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Before 1900
Prehistoric eras: Precambrian • Carboniferous • Permian • Jurassic • Cretaceous
1900-1999
1900-1939: 1908 • 1912 • 1915 • 1918 • 1920 • 1926 • 1931 • 1932 • 1933 • 1934 • 1938
'50s: 1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 • 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959
'70s: 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979
2000-present
In the real world
March
- 17 March: Invasion of Astro-Monster is re-released in Japan.
April
- 21 April: The first episode of Return of Ultraman, the first entry in the Ultra Series following Eiji Tsuburaya's death, airs in Japan.
July
- 17 July: Gamera vs. Zigra is released in Japan.
- 24 July: Godzilla vs. Hedorah is released in Japan. This is the first Godzilla film made after the death of Eiji Tsuburaya.
August
- 8 August: Yosuke Nakano is born in Hakata, Fukuoka, Japan.
November
- 29 November Daiei, the company that produces the Gamera films, goes bankrupt but isn't liquidated. This begins a long hiatus in the Gamera series which lasts until 1980.
December
- 5 December: The first episode of Mirrorman airs in Japan.
- 12 December: Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster is re-released in Japan.
In fiction
- An alien from a distant planet named Zigra arrives on Earth, intent on enslaving the human race to be used as food for his kind. Gamera arrives to battle him, and after a long and vicious battle succeeds in killing Zigra. (Gamera vs. Zigra)
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