This Timeline was created with information from the movie, the book and the newsletters.
1913 - Emilio Lizardo born
1918 - Masado Banzai born
1921 - Sandra Willoughby born
1935 - Toichi Hikita and Masado Banzai start working together in Japan
1937 - Masado Banzai and Toichi Hikita invited to Texas by Edward McKay Willoughy, meets Sandra; Masado goes back to Japan after a month, Hikita stays
1938 - Toichi Hikita and Emilio Lizardo create first Overthruster at Princeton
October 30th, 1938 - Orson Welles broadcasts "War of the Worlds" depicting an invasion of Earth by aliens at Grovers Mill, New Jersey. Was it a hoax or actually the arrival of Red Lectroids on Earth from the Eighth dimension?
November 1st, 1938 - A large number of Yoyodyne employees apply for Social Security numbers on this day in Grovers Mill, New Jersey.
1939 - John Bigboote' takes over administrative control of Yoyodyne
1940 - Sandra Willoughby goes to Nagasaki, Japan
1941 - Masado and Sandra flee Japan in late Nov
1943 - M. Banzai vs. Hanoi Xan in Burma
1946 - M. Banzai and S. Willoughby finally in America; team up with Hikita and Sir Godwin Lloyd-Jons
1949 - M. Banzai and S. Willoughby married
1950 - Buckaroo Banzai born in London - winter
1954 - Peggy and Penny Simpson born
1955 - Masado and Sandra Banzai die in jet car explosion, along with driver George Campbell
1964 - Buckaroo Banzai leaves Denver schools
1965 - Mrs. Eunice Johnson born (later widow of Flyboy)
1966 - Buckaroo Banzai takes a hiking tour of Europe and Asia. In Amsterdam, he witnesses the wedding procession of Princess Wilhelmina (later Queen Beatrix) of the Netherlands - March 10
1972 - Banzai Institute founded
1981 - Final seance staged to discover Peggy's killer, Capt Happen kills self - Nov. 5
1984 - 'The Adventures Of Buckaroo Banzai' - June 12-13
This page was last updated on June 10th, 2016.
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