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Today in Halo

January

January 1

• The colony ship Odyssey is launched from the Sol system to colonize Reach in 2362.

January 2

• A battle takes place at the Theta Ursae Majoris system between the UNSC and Insurrectionists in 2504.
• Avery Johnson, Nolan Byrne, Ponder, and Healy begin training the Harvest militia in 2525.

January 3

• Gage Yevgenny, a Orbital Drop Shock Trooper, is born on Harvest in 2506.
• Forerunner artifacts are discovered on Onyx and all data pertaining to the planet is classified in 2511.
• Gage Yevgenny enlists in the Colonial Military Authority in 2524.
• The United Rebel Front launches a rebellion on Draco III in 2554.

January 7

• Serina is created and assigned to UNSC Spirit of Fire in 2530.

January 8

• Operation: FIRESIDE occurs, in which Orbital Drop Shock Troopers fight off Covenant attackers on Ariel, in 2552.
• Ruth Charet is elected President of the Unified Earth Government in 2553.

January 9

• James Cutter is transferred to UNSC Final Summit in 2514.

January 10

• Draco III is attacked and invaded by the Covenant in 2545.

January 12

• Supersoldiers of the Orion Project complete their first operation with only one causality in 2496.

January 14

• Construction of the Quito Space Tether is completed on Earth in 2313.

January 16

• The Deep Space Research Array is opened in orbit over Arcadia in 2498.
• Harvest residents celebrate the Solstice Celebration in Utgard in 2525.

January 17

• A skirmish over Harvest occurs when Covenant Kig-Yar encounter Avery Johnson and Nolan Byrne in 2525.
• The Minister of Fortitude and the Vice Minister of Tranquility learn of the presence of Forerunner artifacts on Harvest in 2525.
• Smart AI Iona is created on Earth in 2551.
• Iona is placed into stasis to prevent her rampancy in 2558.

January 18

• A telescope orbiting Mars inadvertently captures the first human photograph of High Charity in 2524.
• After the first conflict with the Covenant, UNSC Walk of Shame travels to Reach to request assistance for Harvest in 2525.
• Catherine Halsey learns that the Spartan-II augmentations are being studied on Algolis, Meridian, and Ariel for a secret program in 2532.

January 19

• Avery Johnson accelerates the Harvest militia's training to prepare them for the Covenant in 2525.

January 20

• Tobias Fleming Shaw, co-creator of the Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine, is born in 2220.
• Olympia Vale, a Spartan-IV, is born on Luyten in 2536.

January 28

• Lucy-B091, a Spartan-III, is born in 2533.

January 29

• The Orion Project is re-initiated in 2491.

January 30

• James Cutter turns down a command position on cruiser UNSC Prophecy in 2528.
• Catherine-B320, a Spartan-III, is born on New Harmony in 2530.
• Ellen Anders is recruited by the Office of Naval Intelligence.

February

February 1

• Henry Glassman, an astrophysicist, is born on New Carthage in 2522.

February 3

• Harvest's Tiara station makes long-range radar contact with the Covenant cruiser Rapid Conversion in 2525.
• The preparations are made for the SPARTAN-II program's augmentations in 2525.

February 4

• UNSC Spirit of Fire arrives at Harvest to assist the Third Fleet in its campaign against the Covenant in 2531.
• The United Nations Space Command is victorious in defeating the Covenant in the Harvest campaign in 2531.

February 7

• Indrid Lota is born on Aleria in 2530.
• A funeral service is held for the crew of the destroyed UNSC Prophecy aboard UNSC Spirit of Fire in 2531.

February 8

• Jacob Keyes, captain of UNSC Pillar of Autumn, is born on Earth in 2495.

February 9

• Covenant cruiser Rapid Conversion arrives at Harvest in 2525.
• J.D., an Orbital Drop Shock Trooper nicknamed the Rookie, is born on Luna in 2525.
• The Battle of Arcadia occurs, which results in a UNSC victory in 2531.
• The Battle of Jericho VII begins in 2535.

February 10

• The capture of Ellen Anders forces UNSC Spirit of Fire to follow a Covenant fleet to a shield world in 2531.
• UNSC Spirit of Fire is designated as "lost with all hands" in 2534.

February 11

• First formal contact between humanity and the Covenant on Harvest leads to conflict in 2525.
• The Human-Covenant War begins in 2525.
• Catherine Halsey determines that Cortana may be able to overcome a smart AI's seven-year lifespan in 2550.

February 12

• The Battle of Jericho VII ends, resulting in the Covenant glassing the planet, in 2535.

February 13

• Bliss is glassed by the Covenant in 2526.
• The Battle of XI Boötis A takes place, resulting in a UNSC victory in 2528.

February 15

• Catherine Halsey delineates the fundamentals of the SPARTAN-II program in 2511.

February 16

• Jerald Mulkey Ander, the future leader of the Secessionist Union, is born on Harvest in 2461.

February 18

• Wallace Fujikawa, the co-creator of the Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine, passes away in 2318.

February 19

• Onyx's ecology and geology are extensively studied by the UNSC Engineering Corps in 2492.
• The Spartan-IIIs of Gamma Company undergo their augmentations in 2551.

February 22

• Covenant cruiser Rapid Conversion destroys the town of Gladsheim on Harvest in 2525.

February 23

• A terrorist attack caused by the Freedom and Liberation Party occurs in the Haven arcology, on Mamore, in 2511.
• Harvest is evacuated by humanity, leaving the planet to the Covenant, in 2525.
• The Battle of Trove begins in 2531.

February 25

• The Battle of Trove ends in a UNSC victory after the destruction of the shield world in 2531.

February 26

• The crew of UNSC Spirit of Fire burn Flood-infected bodies rather than study them in 2531.

February 27

• Edward Buck is transferred into the Orbital Drop Shock Troopers by UNSC High Command in 2545.

February 28

• Jun-A266, Spartan-III, a is born on New Harmony in 2524.
• Miranda Keyes, commander of UNSC In Amber Clad, is born on Reach in 2525.

March

March 1

• The Battle of Harvest occurs, resulting in a Pyrrhic UNSC victory in 2526.
• UNSC Spirit of Fire's crew, without a functional slipspace engine, enter cryo-sleep in 2531.

March 2

• The Callisto Incident occurs, effectively beginning the Insurrection in 2494.

March 5

• Jul 'Mdama, leader of a Covenant remnant faction, is born on Sanghelios in 2489.
• Jorge-052, a Spartan-II, is born on Reach in 2511.

March 6

• The Office of Naval Intelligence's Onyx budget is limited due to lack of success in 2525.
• The Battle of 18 Scorpii occurs, during which Insurrectionists help secure a UNSC victory, in 2543.

March 7

• John-117, a Spartan-II, is born on Eridanus II in 2511.

March 8

• Luther Mann and Henry Lamb discover the Halo Array's firing sequence is active in 2555.

March 9

• The Quito Space Tether is officially named in 2401.
• The Spartan-IIs receive augmentations, with only thirty-three Spartans successfully recovering, in 2525.
• Preston Cole requests a series of requisitions, transfers, and favors from Reach Central Command in 2543.

March 10

• The Winter Contingency protocol is enacted by the UNSC in 2526.

March 11

• Emile-239, a Spartan-III, is born on Eridanus II in 2523.

March 12

• Kojo "Romeo" Agu enlists in the UNSC Marine Corps, at the minimum age of sixteen, in 2541.

March 13

• Operation: KALEIDOSCOPE takes place on Harvest, resulting in the assassination of Jerald Mulkey Ander, in 2502.

March 15

• Ord Casto, the future High Prophet of Truth, is born on High Charity in 2396.
• Jameson Locke, Office of Naval Intelligence agent and Spartan-IV, is born on Jericho VII in 2529.

March 17

• Operation: FAR STORM, a joint Swords of Sanghelios–UNSC operation, begins in 2555.

March 19

• Catherine Halsey, creator of the SPARTAN-II program, is born on Endymion in 2492.
• Linda-058, a Spartan-II, is born on Verent in 2511.

March 20

• Benjamín Núñez, an Orbital Drop Shock Trooper, is born on Mars in 2527.
• Operation: FAR STORM ends after the firing of the Halo Array is averted in 2555.

March 21

• Franklin Mendez, trainer of the Spartan-IIs and Spartan-IIIs, is born on Sigma Octanus IV in 2492.

March 23

• Rho 'Barutamee, Supreme Commander of the