2000s

"I am Iron Man."

- Tony Stark

This is a timeline of events that occurred during the 2000s.

November

 * In Sokovia, a mortar shell hits the home of the Maximoff family. The parents are killed, and twins Pietro and Wanda Maximoff, aged 10, are left trapped in the rubble. Another shell falls, but does not detonate. The twins are left stuck for 2 days, terrified that any slight movement could set it off. All they can see, until they are rescued, is the name on the shell - "Stark".

10

 * Peter Parker is born

13

 * Two days after the September 11 attacks, Thaddeus Ross convinces the U.S. Armed Forces to start the Bio-Tech Force Enhancement Project in an attempt to recreate the results of Project Rebirth.

16

 * Under the threat of funding cuts, Bruce Banner tests the Bio-Tech Force Enhancement Project on himself, but the combination of Gamma Radiation and the serum Betty Ross developed based on Abraham Erskine's Super Soldier Serum results in the accident that turns him into the Hulk. Gamma pulses stored in Banner's amygdala which are released during high stress moments, will trigger a transformation. Betty is injured and hospitalized.

9

 * Natasha Romanoff is given the task of escorting a nuclear scientist out of Iran. The Winter Soldier attacks them in Odessa, Ukraine, firing a bullet which goes through Romanoff's abdomen and hits the scientist, successfully killing him.

3

 * Returning to the U.S. and deeply affected by his near-death experience, Tony Stark pulls Stark Industries out of the weapons business, terminating all military contracts.

18

 * Prince T’Challa of Wakanda adopts the mantle of the “Black Panther” as his father, King T’Chaka, retires from the role. The Panther Habit armor is passed on from father to son.

25

 * At a press conference the day following his fight with Stane, Stark rejects SHIELD’s constructed alibi and admits to the world that he is Iron Man.