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Indeterminate time in past

"Official Lost Podcast/May 26, 2006" Unknown dates

• The statue was built.
• A structure now referred to as the Ruins was built.

1800s

1845

"The Constant" 22 March

• The Black Rock (believed to have possibly been owned by Magnus Hanso's company, New World Sea Traders) set sail from Portsmouth, England on a trading mission to the Kingdom of Siam, and was lost at sea. Magnus' name possibly on manifesto.

1852

"The Constant" Unknown date

• The Black Rock ledger was discovered among the artifacts of pirates on Île Sainte-Marie, an island off the coast of Madagascar.

1882

Non-canon: "The Lost Experience" Unknown date

• Magnus Hanso's New World Sea Traders sold to the East Ocean Trade Group.

1894

Non-canon: "The Lost Experience" Unknown date

• Alvar Hanso was born.

1900-1940

1900

Non-canon: "The Lost Experience" 21 September

• Joop was born.

Late 1920s

Non-canon: "The Lost Experience" Unknown date

• Enzo Valenzetti was born in Sardinia.

"Cabin Fever" Unknown date

• Anthony Cooper was born.

1933

"Numbers" Unknown date

• Hurley's uncle Tito is born.

1936

"Flashes Before Your Eyes" Unknown date

• MacCutcheon bottles the whiskey with which Widmore taunts Desmond.

1937

• 6 April: Billy Dee Williams in born.
• 2 July: Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan disappeared while flying across the Pacific.

1938

Non-canon: "The Lost Experience": Unknown date

• M. David Benson, founder of the Apollo Candy Company, was born to Nils and Elli Benson.

1940s

Historical Reference: 2 July

• During World War II, the South Pacific was an area of intense fighting between Japan and the Allied Powers.

Non-canon: "The Lost Experience" Unknown dates

• During World War II, Alvar Hanso made his mark providing munitions to various resistance movements around Europe.

1940

"Deus Ex Machina" 15 July

• Emily Annabeth Locke was born.

1941

Non-canon: "The Lost Experience" December

• Nils Christer Benson joined the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II and was shipped overseas.

1943

"Man of Science, Man of Faith"

• Adam Rutherford born.

1944

Historical Reference: 6 June

• D-Day. The Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy and engaged Nazi forces in order to retake France.

Non-canon: "The Lost Experience" 6 June

• Nils Christer Benson died on Omaha Beach during the Invasion of Normandy.

Between 1945 and 1954

"Everybody Hates Hugo" Unknown date

• Rose Nadler was born.

1947/48

"S.O.S." Unknown date

• Bernard Nadler was born.

1949

"S.O.S." Unknown date

• Isaac of Uluru was born.

1950s

1951

"Numbers" Unknown date

• Hurley's uncle Tito begins working three jobs.

Between 1954 and 1964

"House of the Rising Sun" Unknown date(s)

• Jack's estimated date of death for Adam and Eve based on clothing degradation.

1955

"Cabin Fever" December

• John Locke was conceived by Anthony Cooper and Emily Locke.

1956

"Cabin Fever" 29/30 May

• Emily Locke argued with her mother about seeing her lover.
• Emily ran into the street and was struck by a car.

"Cabin Fever" 30 May

• Emily's accident resulted in the premature birth of John Locke only 6 months into the pregnancy.

"Cabin Fever" Unknown date (at least a few weeks past 30 May)

• Against odds, John Locke was now a healthy baby and ready to be taken out of intensive care.
• Emily panicked and ran from her responsibility to her son.
• Mrs. Locke requested adoption information for John.
• Mrs. Locke and a nurse saw a suited Richard Alpert outside baby John Locke's hospital room.

1960s

Unknown date

"The Man Behind the Curtain"

• Emily Linus went into labor prematurely while hiking 32 miles outside of Portland, Oregon with her husband, Roger Linus. She was 7 months pregnant.
• Horace and Olivia Goodspeed came upon the Linuses on the side of the road with intention to help.
• Emily died after having given birth to Ben Linus.

1961/62

"Cabin Fever" Unknown date

• John Locke, age 5, was visited by Richard Alpert at Locke's foster home.
• Richard claimed to be from a school for special kids, and gave Locke a test.

• Locke did not pass the test. Richard told him that he was "not ready" and left angrily.

1962

Non-canon: "The Lost Experience" Unknown date

• The Apollo Candy Company was founded in San Francisco by M. David Benson, with candy first sold at J. Pickersweet's Five & Dime.

"The Economist" 3 March

• The fictitious "Dean Moriarty" was supposedly born, according to Ben's fake passport.

Historical reference: 16 October

• The Cuban Missile Crisis had begun, bringing the world to the brink of nuclear war.

Non-canon: "The Lost Experience"

• In conjunction with the Cuban Missile Crisis, this was the year which Alvar Hanso noted to be a turning point for the world.
• The United Nations began investigating a mathematical formula predicting the end of the world by mankind's hand (the Valenzetti Equation).

1964

Non-canon: "The Lost Experience" Unknown date

• M. David Benson perfects the recipe for his affordable, yet exceptionally delicious Apollo Bars, and begins distributing them citywide.

1967

^{[source needed]} Unknown Date

• Jack Shephard was born to Margo and Christian Shephard.

^{[source needed]} Unknown Date

• Libby was born.

Non-canon: "The Lost Experience" Unknown date

• Alvar Hanso addressed the UN Security Council.

1968

"One of Them" Unknown date

• Sayid Jarrah was born.

^{[source needed]} Unknown Date

• Eko was born.

Non-canon: "The Lost Experience" Unknown date

• The fledgling Apollo Candy Company secured distribution outlets nationwide.

1969

• November 12 – Mikhail Bakunin born in Kiev, Ukraine. ("Par Avion")

"Every Man for Himself" Unknown date

• James Ford was born.

1970s

Unknown dates

"Man of Science, Man of Faith"

• Sarah born.

Non-canon: "The Lost Experience"

• The Apollo Candy Company fell into dire straits.
• Due to the considerable financial intervention of Alvar Hanso, the company is saved from bankruptcy.
• The Apollo Candy Company then existed as a private purveyor of chocolates for Alvar Hanso and his many companies.

Unknown dates

"Orientation"

• "The Incident" occurs.

Unknown dates

"Secrets from the Hatch"

• The Swan Station was built.

Unknown dates

"The Man Behind the Curtain" Date A: 1976/7

• Ben and Roger Linus arrived on the Island with the DHARMA Initiative.
• Horace Goodspeed greeted Ben and Roger.
• Ben met Annie.

"The Man Behind the Curtain" Date B: 1977/8

• Ben met Richard Alpert in the jungle.

Unknown dates

"White Rabbit"

• Jack gets beat up by a school bully for trying to protect his friend, Mark Silverman.

1970

"Orientation"

• The DHARMA Initiative is created.

1971

Non-canon: "Find 815" 20 May

• Sam Thomas was born.

1972/73

"Cabin Fever" Spring

• 16-years-old and in high school, John Locke was beat up and stuffed in a locker.
• John is a Geronimo Jackson fan.
• John's teacher informed him that Mittelos Bioscience had offered him an opportunity to go to science camp in Portland.
• John staunchly refused to go to science camp.

1974

"D.O.C." 27 November

• Jin-Soo Kwon was born to a prostitute.
• The prostitute gave the child to Mr. Kwon to raise, questionable biological fatherhood aside.

1975

^{[source needed]} Unknown date

• Ana Lucia Cortez was born to Teresa Cortez.

Non-canon: "The Lost Experience"

• The Sri Lanka Video, featuring Alvar Hanso, was made.

Late 1970's

"Orientation" Unknown date

• Something happens to Helen that leads to her being angry for the next 20 years, until she meets John Locke.

1976

Canonicity Unknown: 8 December [1]

(SOURCE: Lost: The Official Magazine Volume 1, Issue 9 "Revelations" pg 44) (This website SECOND TOUR OF FINLAND appears as a "clue" on pg 44 of an "official" magazine.)

• Charlie Pace was born to Megan Pace and Simon Pace.
  • NOTE: A "French Rolling Stone" article, appearing on same site and dated 5 June 2002 [2], refers to Charlie as being "26," which would make his birthyear "1975."

1977

"Confidence Man" Unknown dates

• Under the alias "Tom Sawyer," Anthony Cooper conned James Ford's parents out of their money.
• James witnessed his father kill both his mother and himself.
• James wrote a letter to "Mr. Sawyer" regarding the incident.

"Tricia Tanaka Is Dead" Unknown date

• Hugo Reyes was born to Carmen and David Reyes.

"What Kate Did" February/March

• Sam Austen returned from his military assignment in Korea.
• Sam's wife Diane was already pregnant from her affair with Wayne Janssen.

"What Kate Did" May/June

• Kate Austen was born.

1978

Dharma Initiative Recruiting Project 17 July

• Default date on the sign-up page of Dharmawantsyou.com.

1979

"Confirmed Dead" 2 July

• Charlotte Lewis was born.

1980s

1980

"Orientation" Unknown date

• The Swan Orientation film was copyrighted.

"?" Unknown date

• The Pearl Orientation video was copyrighted.

"Ji Yeon" 20 March

• Sun-Hwa Paik was born.

1981

^{[source needed]} Unknown date

• Boone Carlyle was born to Sabrina Carlyle.

"Numbers" 27 October

• Claire Littleton was born to Carole Littleton and Christian Shephard.

"Lockdown" 7 December

• Date for which the blast door map read: "H.G. (Hanso Group) Delegation inspection."

1981/82

Non-canon: "The Lost Experience" Unknown date

• Rachel Blake was born.

1982

• Sam Austen leaves Diane Janssen and wants to take 5-year-old Kate Austen with him. Diane makes Kate "stay behind," forcing Kate to grow up in a home with Diane and Wayne Janssen.

1983

"Raised by Another" ( ? ) October

• Shannon Rutherford was born to Adam Rutherford.

1984

"Lockdown" 28 October

• Date for which the blast door map read: "Suspected shutdown date."

"Fire + Water" 25 December

• Charlie Pace received a piano for Christmas.
• Liam Pace received a Voltron for Christmas.

1985

"Lockdown" Unknown date

• Year for which the blast door map read: "AH/MDG incident."

Mid/Late 1980s

"The Glass Ballerina" Unknown date

• Sun accidentally broke a glass ballerina and blamed it on her father's maid.

"Enter 77" Unknown date

• Mikhail Bakunin enlists in Soviet Army and "does unpleasant things" in Afghanistan.

1987

Non-canon: "The Lost Experience" Unknown date

• Hanso Foundation funding of the DHARMA Initiative ended.

"Tricia Tanaka Is Dead" Unknown date

• David Reyes abandoned his family.

1987/88

"Deus Ex Machina" Unknown date

• Theresa, Boone's nanny, took a "bad step", and broke her neck.

1988

"Numbers" Unknown date

• While stationed in the South Pacific, Sam Toomey and Leonard Simms heard an unencrypted transmission of the Numbers.

"Solitary" Unknown date

• Danielle Rousseau and her crew arrived on the Island after hearing a transmission of the Numbers.
• Danielle was trapped at a location near the Black Rock by a "he/it" who had "killed them all."
• Danielle "mercy killed" all of the members of her science crew in order to save them from the their sickness.
• Danielle goes to the radio tower and replaces the Numbers broadcast (that she heard at sea during the science expedition) with a distress signal.
• Alexandra Rousseau was born.
• Alexandra was kidnapped by the Others a week after her birth.

"Confidence Man" Unknown date

• James Ford adopted the nickname "Sawyer" and conned a woman and her husband for $6,000.

1989

"Catch-22" Unknown date

• Desmond began dating Ruth

"There's No Place Like Home, Part 1" Unknown date

• A case containing crackers, binoculars and a mirror is hidden under some rocks on the Island.

"Born to Run" 15 August

• Kate and Tom Brennan bury a time capsule in Ames, Iowa.

"Further Instructions" May/June

• Edward F. "Eddie" Colburn graduates from Humboldt County High School (CA).

1990s

Early 1990s

• Mikhail Bakunin released from Soviet army after his unit is decommissioned. ("Enter 77")

1991

• 16 January - 1st Persian Gulf War began.
• Zahra, the wife of Essam Tasir, Sayid's college roommate, is killed by a bomb dropped by coalition forces in the 1st Persian Gulf War. ("The Greater Good")
• Sayid served as Republican Guard.
• Sam Austen also served in the 1st Persian Gulf War.
• Sayid captured by Sam Austen's battalion circa (Jan/Feb) 1991. ("One of Them")
• Kelvin Joe Inman, CIA, served as (Interrogator/Torturer aka "Intelligence Gatherer") for the US military during the 1st Persian Gulf War. His encounter with Sayid forever changed Sayid's life.
• Hurley's buddy served with the 104th Airborne during 1st Persian Gulf War.

• May/June - Edward F. "Eddie" Colburn graduates from two-year California college and enters California Law Enforcement Academy.

1992

• May - Sabrina Carlyle and Adam Rutherford marry, making Shannon and Boone step-siblings. ("Hearts and Minds")
• 5 October – John Locke's mother is admitted to the Santa Rosa Mental Health Institute to be treated for schizophrenia. ("Deus Ex Machina")
• 4pm - December 19 - The Purge takes place. ("Cabin Fever")

1993

• Mikhail Bakunin claims to have arrived on the Island. ("Enter 77")
• Edward F. "Eddie" Colburn graduates from CA Law Enforcement Academy.
• November - Susan Lloyd and Michael conceive future Walt.

1994

• 12 June - Eddie joins the Humboldt Co., CA, Sheriff's Department's Patrol Division. ("Further Instructions")
• August 24 – Walter Lloyd is born. ("House of the Rising Sun")
• Mikhail Bakunin claims he began playing the computer at chess in the Flame, but never beats it. ("Enter 77")

1995

• 12 May - Emily Annabeth Locke checks self back into Santa Rosa Mental Health Institute.
• May 27 – Celtic wins the Scottish Cup, beating Aidrieonians 1-0 in the final. ("Catch-22")
• June - Susan leaves attorney position at a legal clinic for the poor and accepts a high-paying job with Brian Porter's international law firm. She takes Walt to Amsterdam, marking the last time Michael sees his son before their custody fight. ("Adrift")
• A week before his wedding to Ruth, Desmond gets drunk and is found in the street by Brother Campbell. Desmond joins the monastery. ("Catch-22")
• Brother Campbell has a framed photo of Ms. Hawking on his desk in the monastery.
• Upon being expelled from the monastery, Desmond meets Penelope Widmore. ("Catch-22")
• After receiving high marks and many honors, Eddie moves from Patrol Division to Deputy Sheriff.

1996

• Locke joins a farming commune in Northern California and picks up Eddie, a hitchhiker. After six weeks, commune leaders Mike and Jan find out that Eddie is a cop who's there to bust them for growing marijuana. Locke promises to take care of the problem by killing Eddie but proves unable to pull the trigger. (Jan says Eddie was recruited "fresh out of the academy", and the records they show Locke indicate he became a police officer in 1994 and a Deputy Sheriff in 1995).
• June - Michael Dawson learns Susan Lloyd is involved with another man. He gets hit by a car.
• early August - While in NYC hospital, Michael Dawson is told by Susan Lloyd that: 1) she is going to pay Michael's medical bills; 2)she is marrying Brian Porter and he wants to adopt Walt; and 3) they are moving to Italy at the end of the month.("Special")
• Michael initially files an injunction against Susan but eventually relents and says goodbye to Walt after presenting Walt with a stuffed Polar bear. ("Adrift")
• While Charlie is busking on a London street, it begins to rain. He packs up his guitar and begins to hear a woman call for help. Charlie is able to scare off the mugger who is attacking her. The woman is Sayid's Nadia. She tells Charlie three (3) other people walked by and refused to help her; she tells Charlie he is a "hero." This is one of Charlie's "Greatest Hits" ("Greatest Hits").
• Desmond asks Charles Widmore for his permission to marry his daughter Penny but is refused, meets Charlie busking on a London street, and finally breaks up with Penny. ("Flashes Before Your Eyes") (Official Lost Podcast transcript/February 20, 2007)
  • Desmond later goes back into 1996, and considers changing his history, proposing to Penny. As he goes buy a ring, Ms. Hawking reminds him he "has second thoughts and walks right out that door" then confronts him about his destiny. Ultimately, Desmond breaks up with Penny again and throws the ring in the Thames. ("Flashes Before Your Eyes")
• Sam Thomas and Sonya begin dating.
• While in basic training, Desmond begins to experience shifts between the current year and December 24, 2004, when his future self travels from the Island to the freighter Kahana. Under advice from Daniel Faraday, he goes to visit Faraday's past self at Queens College, Oxford University. ("The Constant")
• Charles Widmore wins the journal of the first mate of the Black Rock at a Southfield's auction, after which he gives Desmond Penelope Widmore's new address. ("The Constant")
• Desmond goes to Penny's new house, asking for her phone number so that he can call her eight years later, on Christmas Eve, 2004. The concurrence of his meeting with Penny and his call in 2004 seem to end the shifts. ("The Constant")

1997

• Sayid, having helped Noor Abed Jazeem (aka Nadia) escape execution a couple of years earlier, finally leaves the Republican Guard and begins his eight (8)-year search for her. ("Solitary")  ("The Shape of Things to Come")

Late 1990s

• Anthony Cooper stages his death. John Locke encounters Nadia and is lured into another of his father's cons. Helen breaks up with Locke. ("Lockdown")

1999

• Hurley's uncle Tito receives a pacemaker. ("Numbers")
• April 4 – Desmond completes his prison sentence and is dishonorably discharged from the military. Charles Widmore waits in a car outside the prison on the day Desmond is released in order to to bribe Desmond to forget Penelope Widmore. ("Live Together, Die Alone") Widmore shows Desmond that he has been intercepting Desmond's letters to Penelope Widmore for years, and informs him that Penelope Widmore is engaged to another man.

2000-2003

2000

• Sam Toomey commits suicide by shotgun, about twelve years after hearing the Numbers in the listening station. ("Numbers")
• Connor Brennan is born to Tom Brennan and his wife Rachel Brennan.("Born to Run")
• Locke is living in Tustin, suffering from depression, and loses his government benefits after refusing to go to therapy. He is approached by Peter Talbot who informs him Locke's father intends to marry Peter's mother. Peter is killed. Locke demands that Cooper end his con. Cooper pushes Locke through the hotel window. Locke loses the use of his legs; Cooper flees to Mexico. ("The Man from Tallahassee")
• Libby's husband, David, dies in 2000 or perhaps early 2001. ("Live Together, Die Alone")
• Sun and Jin are married.
• Two months later, Jin, on behalf of Mr. Paik, buys a panda for a newborn Chinese minister's grandson. ("Ji Yeon")
• Shortly after Sun's wedding to Jin, Jin's mother threatens to reveal herself to be a prostitute unless Sun pays her a $100,000 extortion. Sun locates Mr. Kwon, Jin's father, whom she thought was dead, and then pays the extortion, but threatens Jin's mother and demands that she never speak to them again. ("D.O.C.")
• June 14 – Alvar Hanso makes a public appearance in London, England. (The Lost Experience)
• September 11 – Alvar Hanso makes a public appearance in Copenhagen, Denmark. (The Lost Experience)
• Adam Rutherford is killed, and Sarah is injured in the same car accident. They are both brought to St. Sebastian Hospital. ("Abandoned")
• Penelope tracks down Desmond at a stadium in Los Angeles. ("Live Together, Die Alone")
• Jack meets Desmond for the first time at the stadium. ("Man of Science, Man of Faith")
• Jack discovers Sarah can walk. ("Man of Science, Man of Faith")
• Desmond meets Libby at a coffee shop shortly after arriving in the United States (possibly Los Angeles). She insists that Desmond take her dead husband's boat so that he can enter Charles Widmore's race. ("Live Together, Die Alone")

2001

• January 1 – Alvar Hanso makes another public appearance in Copenhagen, Denmark. (The Lost Experience)
• February 23 – Alvar Hanso makes a public appearance in Paris, France. (The Lost Experience)

• Desmond begins the boat race in Libby's boat. ("Live Together, Die Alone")
• Desmond arrives on the Island and begins pushing the button with Kelvin Joe Inman. ("Live Together, Die Alone")
• The last time Charlie sees his brother Liam before visiting him before the flight. ("Homecoming")
• Sawyer tries to con Cassidy, who conceives a child by him before he leaves with her money. ("The Long Con") ("Every Man for Himself")
• Kate kills Wayne and begins her life on the run from the law. ("What Kate Did")
  • Kate, a few months later seeks her mother in Iowa, meets Cassidy, who is pregnant. The two evade Edward Mars. ("Left Behind")
• Juliet helps her sister Rachel conceive a child ("Not in Portland")
• Megan, daughter of Charlie's brother Liam, is born. (She seems to be around 2 years old in 2004 when Charlie visits Liam in Sydney) ("Fire + Water")
• June - Sabine becomes pregnant. ("One of Us")
• July 7 – Alvar Hanso makes a public appearance in Geneva, Switzerland. (The Lost Experience)
• September 18 – Alvar Hanso makes a public appearance in Rome, Italy. (The Lost Experience)
• September 20 - Juliet leaves Rachel and boards the submarine. ("One of Us")
• September 21 – Juliet arrives on the island. ("One of Us")
• September 28 - Juliet meets Harper for her first therapy session, and Ben gives Juliet a house. (The Other Woman)
• December 31 – Alvar Hanso makes a public appearance in Madrid, Spain, this is his last public appearance before his four-year hiatus due to his "imprisonment" by Dr. Thomas Werner Mittelwerk. (The Lost Experience)

2002

• Charlie dates Lucy Heatherton in order to steal from her rich father Francis Heatherton to pay for his drug addiction. Francis gives Charlie a job, which he accepts in an attempt to become respectable, but cannot complete even a single day of work due to heroin withdrawal. Lucy discovers this and the theft, telling Charlie he will never take care of anyone. ("Homecoming")
• Kate has Tom Brennan help her see her dying mother in the hospital. They dig up the time capsule. He dies in a shootout as Kate avoids capture.("Born to Run")
• After delivering her baby, Cassidy visits Sawyer in prison. ("Every Man for Himself")

• March – Sabine dies. Juliet asks Ben to let her leave, but she agrees to stay on the premise that Jacob will cure Rachel's just-returned cancer. ("One of Us")

• Kate attempts to assume a new life by relocating to Florida under the alias Monica, where she marries a police officer named Kevin Callis. Callis does not know her true identity. ("I Do")
• August 15 Kate calls Marshal Mars and asks him to stop chasing her. ("I Do")
• Months after marrying him, Kate drugs Kevin Callis and leaves him, after tearfully revealing some of the truth about her history. ("I Do")

2003

• Two years after her car accident, Sarah marries Jack.("Do No Harm") Just before the wedding, Christian gives Jack a watch. ("The Watch")
• Hurley leaves the mental institution and wins the lottery playing the Numbers.("Numbers")
• Mr. Paik orders Jin to "deliver a message" to Byung Han. When Jin does so non-violently, Mr. Paik sends him again the next day with a hitman. Jin saves Byung Han's life by beating him bloody so the hitman need not kill him. When Jin returns home, Sun sees Jin washing the blood from his hands.("...In Translation")
• Essam Tasir, Sayid's college roommate, moves to Sydney. ("The Greater Good")

Between 2003-2004

• Jack unsuccessfully operates on Angelo Busoni and is left by Sarah. ("The Hunting Party") After his divorce, he goes to Thailand. There he meets Achara, who gives him a tattoo. ("Stranger in a Strange Land")
• Jack suspects his father is having an affair with Sarah, his ex-wife. He follows Christian to an AA meeting, attacks Christian, is arrested (and bailed out by Sarah). Christian, who was over 50 days sober, goes back to heavy drinking. ("A Tale of Two Cities")
• Ray Mullen says that his wife died, "eight months ago Wednesday" when Kate arrived at his farm.("Tabula Rasa")

2004

• Canned pears in Ray Mullen's pantry, where Kate hid her wages, are dated 2003 and 2004. ("Tabula Rasa")

"S.O.S." Winter

• Rose and Bernard meet in the Bronx and they begin to date.

"Live Together, Die Alone" Unknown Date

• Kelvin begins repairing boat, leaving Desmond alone in the Hatch.

"Exposé" Unknown Date

• The series four finale of Exposé is filmed and Nikki's character Corvette is killed off.

February 2004

• Claire learns that she is pregnant. She visits a psychic (Richard Malkin) with her friend Rachel. He becomes upset, and does not give her a reading after seeing something "blurry."("Raised by Another")

Spring 2004

"S.O.S." Spring

• Five months after meeting, Bernard proposes to Rose to the backdrop of the Niagara Falls. She admits her illness to him.

April 2004

• Thomas decides to leave Claire after deciding that becoming a young father is a bad idea. Claire insists that Malkin give her another reading and he reveals that she shouldn't give away the baby or the baby will be in danger.("Raised by Another")
• Mr. Eko's passport listed as Oduduwa Ulu had a date of issue of April 16.("?")

June 2004

• Likely date that Kate arrived at Ray Mullen's farm. Ray says she worked for him for almost three months before she was apprehended.("Tabula Rasa")
• Approximately the month Bernard proposes to Rose. ("S.O.S.")

July 2004

• Jack sees his father, Christian Shephard operate on a patient under the influence, and releases the information. His father loses his job. ("All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues")
• Ben told Sayid he arrived on the Island by hot air balloon on this date. Later, this is found to be a lie, however, it may still be based on the date that the real Henry Gale arrived on the Island. ("One of Them")

August 2004

• Sayid is apprehended by the CIA to make a deal: put his friend Essam in custody to get the location of Nadia. ("The Greater Good")

September 2004

Early September

• Sun Kwon devises a scheme to disappear from her family.("House of the Rising Sun")
• Ana Lucia is hired by Christian to be his bodyguard. ("Two for the Road")

Mid September

• Locke cannot participate in the Walkabout he was eager to join. ("Walkabout")
• Shannon tries to con Boone but gets conned herself. ("Hearts and Minds")
• Jack's mother asks him to go to Sydney in order to bring his father home. ("White Rabbit")

September 13

• Walt's mother Susan dies. ("Walkabout")

September 15 or 16

• Sawyer bumps into Christian and Ana Lucia's car outside a Cocktail Bar. Ana Lucia and Christian part ways. ("Two for the Road")
• Sawyer meets Christian in the Cocktail Bar. ("Outlaws") (date estimated by Sawyer in "Exodus, Part 1")
• Christian dies of an alcohol-abuse-related heart attack. ("White Rabbit")
• Sawyer kills Frank Duckett. ("Outlaws") (contradicting date given in "One of Us")

September 16

• Gary Troup is interviewed by Laird Granger on Book Talk for his upcoming book, Bad Twin. (The Lost Experience)

September 19

• Following a bar fight, Sawyer is arrested by the Sydney police.("Hearts and Minds") ("Exodus, Part 1")
• Boone reports Shannon's abusive boyfriend to the Sydney police while Sawyer is brought in.("Hearts and Minds")
• Nikki and Paulo kill Howard L. Zukerman by poisoning his food. They then steal his $8,000,000 diamonds and flee from the scene.("Exposé")

September 20

• Kate attempts to leave Ray Mullen's farm in the night, but he convinces her to stay one more night.("Tabula Rasa")
• Michael goes to Australia to get his son back.("Special")
• Ben finds out that he has a large tumor on his spine.("The Cost of Living")

September 21

• Kate leaves with Ray Mullen, thinking she is going to the train station but she is actually being set up to be arrested by Edward Mars. ("Tabula Rasa")
• Richard Malkin gives Claire a ticket for Oceanic Flight 815 after she decides not to let her baby be adopted. ("Raised by Another")
• Just as Essam prepares to follow through with his suicide bombing, where he would be subsequently apprehended by the CIA, Sayid confesses that he is setting him up. Overcome with despair, Essam holds a gun to Sayid's head, but then shoots himself instead. Sayid then changes flights for the next day to buy time to bury his friend.("The Greater Good")
• Charlie visits his brother Liam, only to discover that unlike him, Liam has a family now.("The Moth")
• Juliet receives Ben's x-rays and discovers he has a tumor on his back. She confronts Ben about Jacob curing her sister of cancer. ("One of Us")
• Shannon and Boone sleep together.("Hearts and Minds")
• Charlie meets Lily at a bar. She claims to be a Drive Shaft fan and they spend the night together. Sometime during the night, they use a good amount of his heroin stash. ("Exodus, Part 2")
• Jack goes to find his father at the hotel. He ends up finding him in the morgue.

September 22

• Waking up in his hotel room at 5:23 in the morning, Walt wants to watch his favorite show on TV. Because of this, he and Michael have a lengthy argument. ("Exodus, Part 1")
• As Charlie prepares to leave for his flight, he gets in a fight with Lily over the last of the heroin. ("Exodus, Part 2")
• Sawyer is released from the Sydney police cell and deported. ("Exodus, Part 1")
• After discovering that he had slept in, Hurley makes a mad dash for the airport. ("Exodus, Part 2")
• At Sydney Airport, Jack argues with Chrissy, an Oceanic Airlines ticket agent, about allowing him to bring the coffin containing his dead father's body with him on the plane. ("White Rabbit")
• Jin is waiting in line at the Oceanic ticket counter when Jack is arguing with Chrissy. Unbeknownst to him, Sun intends to slip out of the airport and disappear from his life, but decides against it at the last moment. ("House of the Rising Sun")
• Ana Lucia is waiting in line behind Jack. When she hears Jack arguing with Chrissy, she decides to call her mother. ("Two for the Road")
• While in the airport, Charlotte Malkin finds Mr. Eko and delivers a message to him from Yemi that was given to her while she was "between places". Greatly disturbed and offended by Charlotte's words, Eko nearly loses it until Libby intervenes. ("?")
• Jack and Ana Lucia have an encounter at the airport bar. ("Exodus, Part 1")
• Kate gets checked in and tries to fight Edward Mars for the miniture airplane.
• Boone fails to get him and Shannon seats in first class. When Shannon learns about this, she reports Sayid, who had asked her to watch his bag, to airport security. ("Exodus, Part 1")
• Michael makes a phone call to his mom. Because of this, he misses John Locke who is passing by in his wheelchair behind him. ("Exodus, Part 2")
• Rose has a brief encounter with John Locke at the airport. ("S.O.S.")
• Nikki and Paulo toast the success of their crime at the airport restaurant and are interrupted by Boone and Shannon arguing. They promise each other to never end up like them. ("Exposé")
• Jin and Sun have a meal at the airport restaurant when Sun accidentally spills coffee on her husband's shirt. ("Exodus, Part 1")
• On his way to the bathroom, Jin walks past Sayid who is escorted by airport security after they have verified that he is not a terrorist. In the airport bathroom, Jin encounters a man who is working for Jin's father-in-law, Mr. Paik, and who threatens Jin that he should not try to run away with his wife. ("Exodus, Part 2")
• Hurley rushes through the airport, overcoming various obstacles on his way, such as having to purchase a second ticket due to his size. At the luggage check point, he encounters Leslie Arzt. ("Exodus, Part 2")
• John Locke is one of the first passengers to board Oceanic Flight 815. Because the special wheelchair used to carry handicapped passengers on board is missing, JD and Michelle have to carry him on board. ("Exodus, Part 2")
• All the passengers board Oceanic Flight 815. Hurley is the last one to make it. ("Exodus, Part 2")
• 04:15 GMT (14:15 Sydney time) - Oceanic Flight 815 departs from Sydney.--("Exodus, Part 2")
• 10:00 GMT - the flight loses radio contact six hours after takeoff and turns south to circle back towards Fiji. ("Pilot, Part 1")
• In the barracks, Juliet almost shows Ben's X-Rays to Amelia until someone arrives at her home for a book club meeting. ("The Envelope")
• After leaving the Swan, Desmond secretly follows Kelvin all the way to the cove. He finds his boat docked there, still in one piece. A fight ensues between the two men and Desmond accidentally kills (assumed, status unknown) Kelvin. Desmond rips the fail-safe key off of Kelvin's neck and rushes back to the Swan but before he can make it back, the timer reaches zero, resulting in a brief system failure. ("Live Together, Die Alone")
• 12:00 GMT - Eight hours after takeoff, Flight 815 nears the Island and encounters turbulence induced from the electromagnetic energy underneath the Swan overflowing due to the system failure. This eventually causes the plane to break up over the Island. ("Exodus, Part 1")

For the details following the crash, see Timeline:September 2004.

Miscellanious trivia

These include independent research on dates of props, songs, books, etc referenced on the show (rather than dates or timeline given specifically). They can sometimes be used as time reference points, but they are occasionally inconsistent with show canon and contribute to continuity errors.

• There is a good chance that the year of Ben's birth was 1963, since the cars used for the opening scene of "The Man Behind the Curtain" were specifically supposed to be "1963 and older". [3]
• The first U-matic was manufactured in 1969.
• "Make Your Own Kind of Music" was released in 1971.
• Apple II, the model of computer in the Swan Station, is released and subsequently used from 1977 through early 1980s.
• The printer used with the Pearl computer was first marketed in 1985.
• The ultrasound scanner in the examination room is first marketed in 1992.
• Hurley bought a Hummer H2 with his lottery winnings. The H2 was first sold in 2002.
• Locke's father in "Lockdown" is driving a silver 1991-1999 W140-series Mercedes-Benz S-Class
• Oceanic Air luggage routing tag found in Rousseau's bunker: J/SHEPHARD 09SEPT21 / 4815162342, the tag format indicates 09 (9th month) SEPT 21 (21st day of the month).
• Sawyer sells jewellery from a 1999-2004 Ford Mustang convertible and Gordy drives a 2000-2005 W220-series Mercedes-Benz S-Class sedan in "The Long Con".
• Dr. Je-Guy Kim also drives a 2000-2005 W220-series Mercedes-Benz S-Class sedan in "The Whole Truth".
• Finding Nemo, to which Shannon alludes, is released in France on September 13th, 2003.
• Oasis' "Wonderwall" is released on the album (What's The Story) Morning Glory? in 1995.
• Ana Lucia states that they had been in the air two hours when the crash occurred, which does not match either the Pilot or Cindy's version of events nor the timeline of the log printout.