See how all the major events in MacGyver’s life fit together.
| 1952 | March 23 Angus MacGyver is born to parents Ellen & James MacGyver. | |
| 1962 | Dec 14 10-year-old MacGyver’s grandmother (Celia Jackson) and father are killed in a car crash. | |
| 1963 | MacGyver had his first drink at age 11, with his friend Freddie Maples. Mac’s friend Jesse accidentally shoot and killed while he and friends Neil and Chuck were playing with his father’s gun. | |
| 1968 | Meets Ellen Jerico. | |
| 1969 | Mac’s grandfather Harry Jackson leaves without saying goodbye. | |
| 1970 | MacGyver graduates from High school. His chances for the Olympic hockey team and playing pro are ruined in a hockey-related accident. Joins the Bomb Disposal Teams on assignments in Vietnam. | |
| 1971 | MacGyver’s mother dies while he is on assignment in Afghanistan. (Presumably as part of the Bomb Disposal Teams.) | |
| 1972 | Meets Kate Malloy in Vietnam. | |
| 1973 | Sean Angus Malloy (SAM) is born. (Mac and Kate’s son). MacGyver wins the physics barricade contest at Western Tech University | |
| 1974 -79 | Graduates from Western Tech University with a degree in Science. MacGyver held several jobs during the mid to late 70s He had a brief career as a race car driver, which ended in a crash Worked full time at the Challengers Club for Boys and Girls. Spent some time “Hell fighting” oil-well fires. Spent time traveling through Europe with Jack Dalton and Mike Forrester | |
| 1980 | March 2 Meets Pete Thornton – While driving Jack Dalton’s cab while Jack recovers from breaking his legs. This is also MacGyver’s first encounter with Murdoc. | |
| 1982 | Kate Malloy (Sam’s mother) is killed in china | |
| 1985 | MacGyver works for the US government, taking odd jobs and special assignments. MacGyver reunites with his grandfather after 16 years Mac moves from the observatory to his Venice beach apartment. | |
| 1986 | January 22 Pete Thornton promoted to Deputy Chief of the DXS. February 12 Pete Thornton appointed Executive Director of Operations for the DXS. MacGyver meets Penny Parker in Bulgaria. MacGyver’s hired by Pete Thornton as a troubleshooter for the Phoenix Foundation. | |
| 1987 . | October MacGyver moves into his houseboat at the marina. MacGyver meets Nikki Carpenter. November 16 Mike Forrester dies in a mountaineering accident | |
| 1989 | October 31 Murdoc asks for MacGyver’s help to save his sister Ashton Cooke. | |
| 1990 | April 30 Harry Jackson dies | |
| 1991 | March Pete admits to Mac that he has Glaucoma. May Pete has surgery for his glaucoma. | |
| 1992 | April MacGyver meets his son Sam for the first time. He then leaves the Phoenix Foundation to spend time with and to get to know Sam. |
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