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* [[Captain]] [[John Christopher]] is stationed at the command headquarters of the [[498th Air Base]] in Nebraska, [[North America]]. * Agents [[Agent 201|201]] A major assassination and [[Agent 347|347]], working undercover on [[Earth]] for an unknown alien faction, are killed in a car crash. Three days later, [[Gary SevenAsia]] is dispatched to Earth to find out why contact is lost, and after he finds out they are dead, he assumes their mission. * A major assassination and an Asian n ''[[coup d'etat]]'' occur, both on the same day. * Also on the same day as the assassination and ''coup'', the The [[United States of America ]] launches an orbital nuclear weapons platform from McKinley Rocket Base. Following the launch, the platform develops a severe malfunction, and begins to reenter the atmosphere. Attempts to initiate destruct initially fail, but the platform eventually detonates 104 miles above Asia. The result is a new and stronger agreement against the use of such weapons.  * The {{USS|Enterprise|NCC|1701}} travels back from [[2268]] to study how Earth survived this period in its history. <br> It becomes involved in the orbital platform crisis, and is instrumental in causing the detonation of the falling platform.   * '''October 11''' &ndash; NASA launches Apollo 7, the first successful manned Apollo mission, with astronauts Wally Schirra, Donn F. Eisele and Walter Cunningham aboard.