1970s

"Science could not save my body. My mind, however, that was worth saving, on two hundred thousand feet of data banks."

- Arnim Zola

This is a timeline of events that occurred during the 1970s.

7

 * Howard Stark buys flowers for his wife, Maria, who is pregnant.

29

 * Tony Stark is born in Long Island to Howard Stark and his wife Maria

1972

 * Arnim Zola receives a terminal diagnosis, and dies shortly after. His consciousness survives in an advanced supercomputer, which is kept in a SHIELD bunker in Camp Lehigh, New Jersey.

13

 * Rosie’s Mother, Jeanine Harlow dies

12

 * Pepper Potts is born

26

 * The last Stark World Exposition until 2010 opens. Howard Stark hides the secret to perfecting Arc Reactor technology in the layout of the Expo for Tony Stark to find when he gets older.

7

 * Howard Stark unveils his building attempts in Arc Reactor technology. Although the technologically is successful, no attempt is made to explore its profitability.

23

 * Stark Industries makes its last breakthrough in Arc Reactor technology until 2009.