My Little Pony timeline (pre-1980s)

The following article is a history of the My Little Pony franchise prior to the 1980s, the decade the series began life in. This page will list all recorded births, deaths, and foundations of people and entities related to the brand before the brand began.

1889

 * Nintendo is founded in Japan

1923

 * Hasbro in its earliest form, the Hassenfeld Brothers company, is formed by Henry and Helal Hassenfeld.

1924

 * The Japanese toy company Tomiyama Toy Factory is founded.

1927

 * Stan Getz is born.

1931

 * William Shatner is born.
 * João Gilberto is born.
 * Narciso Busquets is born.

1933

 * Alejandro Abdalah is born.

1934

 * Amparo Brown is born.

1937

 * Rosanelda Aguirre is born.
 * Gloria González is born.
 * Guadalupe Romero is born.

1938

 * Michael Bell is born.

1939

 * José González is born.

1941

 * Peter Cullen is born.

1944

 * B.J. Ward is born.
 * Danny DeVito is born.

1945

 * George Arthur Bloom is born.

1946

 * Carlos Magaña is born.
 * Frank Welker is born.
 * Veneta Zyumbyuleva is born.
 * Bonnie Zacherle is born.

1947

 * Alice Playten is born.

1948

 * Toei Animation is founded.
 * Teller is born.
 * Rhea Perlman is born.
 * Blu Mankuma is born.
 * Susan Blu is born.
 * Doc Harris is born.
 * Tessho Genda is born.
 * Rocío Garcel is born.

1950

 * Hal Erickson is born.
 * Ami Mandelman is born.

1951

 * Tress MacNeille is born.
 * Eduardo Tejedo is born.

1952

 * Alvin Lee Sanders is born.
 * Liane Rudolph is born.
 * Miguel Ángel Jenner is born.
 * Michael Pan is born.
 * Linda Woolverton is born.

1953

 * Kotobukiya is founded.
 * Masashi Ebara is born.
 * Jay Brazeau is born.

1954

 * Shigeru Chiba is born.
 * Rocío Gallegos is born.

1955

 * Penn Jillette is born.

1956

 * Charlie Adler is born.

1957

 * Juan Alfonso Carralero is born.
 * Terry Klassen is born.
 * Mark Acheson is born.

1958

 * Raffaele Farina is born.
 * Ignacio Campero is born.
 * Gábor Németh is born.

1959

 * Tilo Schmitz is born.
 * Patricia Acevedo is born.
 * Anabel Méndez is born.
 * Guilherme Lopes is born.
 * Edna Kalb is born.
 * "Weird Al" Yankovic is born.
 * Akio Ōtsuka is born.

1960

 * Mami Horikoshi is born.
 * Tony Alcantar is born.
 * Erin Moran is born.
 * Rubén Moya is born.
 * Anne Dorval is born.
 * Fred Meijer is born.

1961

 * Rocío Robledo is born.

1962

 * Ian James Corlett is born.
 * Akira Ishida is born.
 * Scott McNeil is born.
 * Philippe Résimont is born.

1963

 * Olga Golovanov is born.
 * Gaby Willer is born.

1964

 * Páll Danielsen is born.
 * Nurit Banai-Corne is born.
 * Brygida Turowska is born.
 * Sofia Panailidou is born.

1965

 * Vár Berghamar Jacobsen‎ is born.
 * ABG Accessories is founded.
 * Miriam Chytilová is born.
 * Michel Hinderyckx is born.

1966

 * Aki Hata is born.
 * Algirdas Dainavičius is born.

1967

 * Kath Soucie is born.
 * Kathleen Barr is born.
 * Amanda Conner is born.
 * Akiko Yajima is born.
 * Takehito Koyasu is born
 * Luca Bottale is born.
 * Brenda Crichlow is born.
 * Venus Terzo is born.

1968

 * Angelines Santana is born.
 * Nobutoshi Canna is born.

1969

 * Karlo Hackenberger is born.
 * January 27, 1969 is born.
 * Agata Gawrońska-Bauman is born.
 * Lee Tockar is born.
 * Brian Drummond is born
 * Víctor Hugo Aguilar is born.

1970

 * Nicole Oliver is born.
 * Debora Magnaghi is born.
 * Cathy Weseluck is born.
 * Zuzana Hykyšová is born.

1971

 * Cindy Morrow is born.
 * Alan Marriott is born.
 * Yōji Ueda is born.
 * Sam Vincent is born.
 * Giedrius Arbačiauskas is born.
 * Scott Menville is born.

1972

 * Bang Seong-joon is born.
 * Alessio Cavatore is born.
 * Tara Strong is born.
 * Alex de Campi is born.
 * Jason Michas is born.
 * Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is born.
 * Neringa Varnelytė is born.
 * Trevor Devall is born.

1973

 * Wojciech Chorąży is born.
 * Adam Reid is born.
 * Enid-Raye Adams is born.
 * Richard Ian Cox is born.
 * Peter New is born.
 * Bettina Bush is born.
 * Doron Bell is born.

1974

 * Katja Sirkiä is born.
 * Lauren Faust is born.
 * Gail Simone is born.
 * Jay P. Fosgitt is born.
 * Andrew McNee is born.

1975

 * Carmen Katt is born.
 * Jack Lawrence is born.
 * Andy Toth is born.
 * Marielle Ostrowski is born.
 * Rebecca Shoichet is born.
 * Tímea Sági is born.
 * Madoka Shiga is born.
 * Sia is born.

1976

 * Ugnė Žirgulė is born.
 * Andrius Žiurauskas is born.
 * Ahmet Taşar is born.
 * Lin Meixiu is born.
 * Tabitha St. Germain is born.
 * Jayson Thiessen is born.

1977

 * Éva Dögei is born.
 * John Cena is born.
 * Tony Sampson is born.
 * Francesca Bielli is born.

1978

 * Tomasz Borkowski is born.
 * Hyeon-jeong is born.
 * Anneli Heed is born.

1979

 * McFarland and Company is founded.
 * Hiroshi Shirokuma is born.
 * Choi Ji-hoon is born.