Note: this history is incomplete.
Big picture: Society adapts to the discovery of psionics
The discovery of working psionics
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First papers demonstrating the theoretical feasibility of psionics are published
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Nadine Holmes, a 12th grade student from an impoverished New York neighbourhood, develops psionic technology for a school science fair
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The social (but not legal) persecution of psionics (all men are equal under the law, but people are dicks)
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A wave of telekinetic stripping grips Philadelphia
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The psychokinetic destruction of Washington, DC
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Did Charles Barnes flee Washington, DC?
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No, because many senators were part of the Psionic Resistance
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Barnes warns his friends in Congress of Jackson's plans. Several of them use psionic hypnosis to convince him to be quiet.
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Psi-Americans are stripped of citizenship rights in the US. Some other countries follow suit.
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Members of US Congress stripped of pants every time they're on camera
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Maggie Kirsch dies of mind-control-induced brain damage
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What is Maggie Kirsch's legacy?
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Increased awareness of Psi-Americans and their plight
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Frances Harriet gives a press conference about Kirsch's death
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Creation of Mensaperi, a.k.a, Psionistan, the first sovereign psionic state
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Establishment of sovereign pirate nation of Free Psiland
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