1947 AD

• July 9 – The time-travelling Planet Express crew create the Roswell UFO incident. Zoidberg is studied and disected while Fry accidentally kills the man he believed to be his grandfather. Fry then impregnates his grandmother, becoming his own grandfather. (Alternate First)
• July 10 – Bender‘s head is left behind in this time, and it remains buried for over 1000 years. (Alternate First)

1948 AD

• Jaunray 4 or April 4 – Yancy Fry, Sr. (Philip’s father and simultaneously his son) is born. (Possibly for Alternate First)

1950 AD

• May 2 –Sherri Fry (Fry’s mother and simultaneously his daughter-in-law) is born. (Possibly for Alternate First)

1951 AD

• Pete’s TVs: “letting people watch news reports in our window since 1951” (Orginial Timeline or Alternate First)

1960 AD

• August 9 – David Duchovny is supposedly born. This date is taken from Duchovny’s IMDb page. In the Futurama universe, David Duchovny is in fact the individual who will later be known as Calculon; his birth date might be a lie
• November 8 – 1960 United States presidential election: In a close race, Democratic U. S. Senator John F. Kennedy is elected over Republican U. S. Vice President Richard Nixon, to become (at 43) the second youngest man to serve as President of the United States, and the youngest man elected to this position.

1963 AD – 1968 AD

• Professor Farnsworth, Zoidberg and Dr. Amy Wong meet Andy Warhol here after time traveling through the effects of H2OGfat laced with Opal from Lyndon Johnson’s head. They return after a moment. (Alternate Third)

1962 AD

• While attempting to kill Hitler a second time, Farnsworth accidentally shoots into the wrong decade and kills Eleanor Roosevelt instead. (Alternate Third)

1966 AD

• 8 September – Star Trek: The Original Series debuts on NBC.
• 26 December -The first Kwanzaa is celebrated from now until 1 January, 1967.

1968 AD

• Zoidberg inspires Andy to paint a painting called ‘Unwelcome Guest‘ in 1968. (Alternate Third)

1969 AD

• Shea Stadium: “Home of the 1969 & 1986 World Champion [New York] Mets”
• 20 January –Richard Nixon is inaugurated as President of the United States of America.
• 20 July – The Lunar landing site is established after the Apollo Lunar Module reaches the Moon‘s surface.

1971 AD

• Yancy Fry, Jr. is born (Possible Alternate First)

1972 AD

• 4 September –The Price Is Right begins airing on CBS with Bob Barker as host.
• 31 December – Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve begins airing with Dick Clark as host.
• The band Devo forms (Orginial Timeline or Alternate First)

1973 AD

• Computers in 3000 are twice as fast as they were in 1973 according to Richard Nixon. (Orginial Timeline or Alternate First)
• Muhammed Ali faces an 80ft-tall mechanical Joe Frazier. The entire Earth is destroyed. (Orginial Timeline or Alternate First)

1974 AD

• 9 April –Hank Aaron hits his 715th home run, breaking the all-time record set by Babe Ruth.
• 9 August
  • Richard Nixon officially resigns as the President of the United States of America during the Watergate scandal.
  • Gerald Ford is subsequently sworn in as President.
• 14 August – Philip J. Fry is born at Brooklyn Pre-Med Junior Hospital. (Possible Alternate First)

1975 AD

• In Leela’s dream, the Yellow Brick Road is renamed MLK Boulevard. (Maybe Alternate First)

1977 AD

• 20 January – Jimmy Carter succeeds Gerald R. Ford as the President of the United States.
• 11 March – Charles Constantine is born.
• 25 May – Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope is released.
• Unknown – Life in Hell is created by Matt Groening.

1979 AD

• Unknown date – The Partridge Family Lunchbox is buried (Alternate First)

1980s

• Zap Brannigan’s favourite musical era. “For me, there are only one Eighties.” (Alternate First)

1980 AD

• Unknown – Fry starts wanting a robot for a friend around this time

1984 AD

• Stricken with incurable boneitis, “that guy” (Steve Castle) is cryogenically frozen until a cure can be found.
• He’s from the 1980s, but also has certainly seen Apple’s “1984” advert. His name is revealed on the DVD commentary track for this episode.

1985 AD

• Commercials for the McDonald’s Lettuce and Tomato with the slogan “Keep the hot side hot, and the cool side cool” begin circulating. (Orginial Timeline or Alternate First)

1986 AD

• Shea Stadium: “Home of the 1969 & 1986 World Champion [New York] Mets”. Since this sign appears in the year 3000+, note the oblique implication that the Mets won’t win the World Championship again for over a thousand years.