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thepenguin
June 8th, 2010, 11:22 PM
I have added the names for the PODs. 10 points if anyone gets the joke regarding the laser PODs:
Um...Alan Parsons Project, and...I don't know...
Mr_ Bondoc
June 9th, 2010, 03:06 AM
Here is what we have for the third draft of the 1970s:
January 1st, 1970: Islamic fundamentalist guerillas bomb the U.S. Embassy in Istanbul, Turkish Republic, killing 79 people...
January 8th, 1970: The One-Man Revolution in America by Ammon Hennacy, is published in New York City, New York, proclaiming a rationalist manifesto against the war....
January 11th, 1970: Sheikh Khalil Muhammad Amer calls for independence for Eritrea, launching an armed insurrection against Italian forces
January 20, 1970: Rocky Colavito becomes the Indians new hitting coach.
February 2, 1970: Washington DC -A new Democrat heavy senate, and a divided Republican base ensure that an adequate replacement for Goldwater is never found.
April 7, 1970: In front of a packed Medina County Stadium, the Indians drop Opening Day 8-2 against the Baltimore Orioles.
April 12th, 1970: General Pedro Verdez hosts a conference of newly-independent states from Sub-Saharan Africa in Buenos Aires, proclaiming "victories of unversal health care, public education, defense, and economic growth.."
June 10th, 1970: William Gale advertises for "Christian militias" in America Today and LIFE magazine in an effort to gather volunteers for the "Holy War"...
June 28th, 1970: Business leaders in Miami, Florida establish the U.S./Argentina Trade and Economic Council (USATEC) proclaiming, "America needs Argentina, now more than ever..."
August 19th, 1970: Argentine naval forces announce the construction of S-22 class nuclear submarines in Bahia Blanca, Argentina...
September 13th, 1970: A Guide for Christian Volunteer Militias by William Gale becomes a major bestseller, sparking international attention...
October 13th, 1970: Gubernatorial candidate Dan Dougherty (R-CA) proposes a 58% cut in state taxes, sparking national attention....
November 17th, 1970: General Pedro Verdez reports a CIA-backed assassination attempt on his life in Buenos Aires, sparking anti-American sentiment throughout Latin America...
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April 1, 1971: White Sands, NM - The Electra Tesla Assembly building starts construction of the Helios Launcher. The Helios Launcher can launch about 80 tons to Lunar vicinity.
April 4, 1971: Following notes from Electra Tesla for a Laser based satellite launching system, Alan Parsons and Erich von Däniken begins experimenting with high powered lasers.
April 17th, 1971: Stig Stromholm establishes a libertarian movement, based on the "American model" in Uppsala, Sweden...
May 10th, 1971: "El Volantín" album by Los Jaivas makes its hit musical debut in Santiago, Argentina....
June 28th, 1971: Joe Colombo calls for the registration of all vigilantes as "vicious thugs" during a Italian-American Unity Day rally in New York City, New York....
July 1st, 1971: Armada de la República Argentina (ARA) S-22 submarine fleet is unveiled in Bahia Blanca, Argentina under General Pedro Verdez...
July 5, 1971: Catalina Island, CA - The Confidental, using a hidden camera, infiltrate the Lyonesse skyclad resort and take pictures of Winston Beatty and Diane Welch relaxing on the beach.
July 12, 1971: Alvin Dark fired. Gabe Paul resmues general manager duties and Johnny Lipon takes over managerial duties for the second half of the season.
October 23rd, 1971: Meyer Lansky is named "Wizard of Wall Street" for his massive gains on the stock market by Wall Street Journal...
November 6. 1971: A High-Powered Laser shoots down a Tesla Communication Satellite. This incident causes the project of Alan Parsons and Erich von Däniken to be called the Battlestar Project. Funding increases in the hopes of creating a missile defense system
Decmeber 26, 1971: The Cleveland Browns, AFC Central Division Champions, lose in the first round of the NFL playoffs to the Baltimore Colts 20-7 in front of a sold out crowd at Paul Brown Stadium, Youngstown, Ohio.
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January 12, 1972: Vernon Stouffer, desperate for money, sells the Cleveland Indians at a loss to a group headed by George Steinbrenner and Al Rosen. Steinbrenner names Rosen president of the team. Gabe Paul remains general manager. Ken Aspromonte named manager.
February 11th, 1972: Mafia-sponsored Giulio Andreotti is elected Prime Minister of Italy, despite condemnation by Vatican officials...
March 23rd, 1972: Bilateral talks between the United States and Argentina collapse in Geneva, Switzerland....
April 15, 1972: The Scandinavian Union leaves the Throne Axis following an unfair trade accord with Germany.
May 27th, 1972: Argentine Ambassador Servando González announces, "America should not fear any attack by Argentina, and that America should "do its part to fulfill its Christian duties", during a television interview in Washington D.C.,...
June 10, 1972: Houston, TX - The Republican National Convention meets. A still injured RFK faces a tough challenge from the Libertarian wing which is calling to "HARPER FOR VP". Whereas the Liberal wing of the party keeps supporting a more liberal Running mate to replace Goldwater, Nelson Rockefeller. There is also concern over RFK's health, following the stabbing. RFK's address talks about his civil rights platform and continuing involvement with the Pacific Alliance
June 20, 1972: Minneapolis, MN -The Democratic National Convention. In a surprise move, former President Joseph P. Kennedy is a leading candidate, also Missouri Senator Walter Cronkite is running.
October 5th, 1972: Gubernatorial candidate Victor "Vic" Gould (R-WA) calls for libertarian reforms during a rally in Bellvue, Washington....
October 11, 1972: Los Angeles, CA - The disaster movie the Neptune Adventure premieres. It features a young John Nicholson. The film is a smash hit and pioneers the disaster movie genre
November 2nd, 1972: Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) building in Washington D.C., is bombed killing 6 people, the American Indian Movement (AIM) takes responsibility for the bombing...
November 3, 1972 - PM Chernyenko, following the tense relations with the China junta, acknowledges the Chinese Government in exile in Berlin.
November 4th, 1972: "Todos juntos" album by Los Jaivas makes its hit musical debut in Santiago, Argentina....
November 16th, 1972: Sniper kills 4 African-American students at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana...
November 30th, 1972: After a $500 million expansion project, Colonel Franklin Haise International Airport starts passenger operations. The airport boasts a four-concourse passenger terminal, with connections to Downtown Medina via light rail transit, Fairlawn-Akron via regional rail (North-Central Ohio Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation, better known as the North-Central Railroad), and Brunswick via Brunswick Transit Authority shuttle bus (MCI over the road coach). In addition, the airport can be reached via Interstate 471 and the Route 18 Airport Ring Road.
December 28th, 1972: Vigilantes James McBratney and "Crazy" Eddie Maloney are brutally castrated and executed in Staten Island, New York after attacking mmembers of the Gambino Crime family....
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January 1, 1973: Geostationary Orbit - The Tesla Dynamic, ElectraNet Communications System is established. The old Tesla Commnet is deorbited.
January 4, 1973: Art Modell, New England sporting goods magnate, Michael Burke, and ten others buy the New York Yankees from CBS.
January 7th, 1973: Sniper kills 12 African-Americans in New Orleans, Louisiana, claiming that he is "thinning the criminal population"....
February 17, 1973: President Robert Kennedy authorizes the deployment of a USAF Composite Wing and a Carrier Battle Group to the Middle East on behalf of the Crusaders, but refuses to commit ground troops.
February 28th, 1973: American Indian Movement (AIM) guerillas launch an armed insurrection at Wounded Knee, South Dakota...
April 4, 1973: Los Angeles, CA - The film Ojiisan premieres. It is the story of Kazuo Urameshi, who in 1945 returned from the Third European War in Europe, and his struggles to avoid becoming part of his family's yakuza. He ultimately fails. Ojiisan goes on to be one of the best movies made.
April 12th, 1973: Lieutenant Antonio Nelson Latorre becomes the first man launched into space, launched from Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, embarassing American officials...
April 19th, 1973: Raid on Beirut; Zionist guerilla Ehud Barak leads a commando raid on Beirut, killing 18 people....
May 8th, 1973: Second Wounded Knee Massacre; Federal troops seize control of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, killing 63 people, mainly unarmed civilians....
May 15th, 1973: African-American Robert Seale is elected mayor of Oakland, California based on opposition of the Kennedy administration...
May 17th, 1973: Karl Bray (R-UT) leads a massive "tax strike" in Salt Lake City, Utah, demanding an "end to federal tax tyranny"...
May 18th, 1973: Aeroflot Flight #19 is destroyed over Chita, Siberia; Russian officials launch a massive crackdown on Chechen guerillas...
June 5, 1973: The Western Reserve Port Authority approves an expansion plan for Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport. The plans call for a remodeled passenger terminal with five terminals, a lengthened and widened Runway 5/23, and a new 10,000-foot runway parallel to Runway 14/32.
July 1st, 1973: Battle of Tel Aviv; Zionist guerilla leader Yosef Alon leads troops into Tel Aviv, sparking international attention...
July 7th, 1973: Bruce Evoy establishes the "Libertarian Party of Canada" in Toronto, Ontario, sparking national attention; Also on this day, Society Bank announces plans to build a 57-story skyscraper for its national headquarters. The building, called One Federal Plaza, will stand on the northwest corner of Federal Plaza E and Federal Plaza Central in Downtown Youngstown, Ohio. The building will be designed by Carlos Pelan, an asylumee from Argentina.
October 2nd, 1973: Father John "Johnny Boy" Scorsese calls for an end to gang-violence, condemning organized crime and vigilantes as "perpetuating a cycle of violence" in New York City, New York.....
October 6th, 1973: Jerusalem Holocaust; c. 339,000 people are killed in a nuclear blast in Jerusalem, sparking international outrage...
October 7, 1973: Crimson Lance distributes flyers to all churches, and therefore "True Christians" calling for a million man march to reclaim the Holy Land. They hoped for 800,000 thousand, they planned for a million, and they got 1.2 million volunteers waiting to ship off to the Middle East. General Verdez prepares Argentina's first trans oceanic expedition to Medina. The Pope calls for a week of mourning over Jerusalem, and calls the attack on Jerusalem "unforgivable! These are not the acts of civilized peoples. Our holy crusade was too small in scope. Innocent III should have just called a Holy War in 700 and saved us this whole problem. Robert F. Kennedy is asked by the Pope John XXIII to commit troops to Palestine, Kennedy refuses, despite calls from one of the joint chiefs. About 10,000 troops go AWOL to join the Crimson Lance's Crusade
October 8th, 1973: White House advisor William Safire resigns from the White House over the "indecisiveness of Kennedy", sparking many Republicans to question the President's ability to lead...
October 26th, 1973: Al-Maut; Nuclear weapon is used in Mecca, c.684,000 people killed in the blast; Pope John XXIII suffers a massive heart attack and dies upon hearing of the nuking of Mecca.
October 31st, 1973: General Pedro Verdez meets with Russian officials in Paris, France about further nuclear actions in the Middle East, completely ignoring American diplomatic protests....
November 1, 1973: Following Al-Maut, and Oil Embargo is passed on all non-Muslim countries
November 4, 1973: New York, NY - After 10 years on the air, the TV show Star Quest has its series finale.
November 7th, 1973: B-list sci-fi author Gregory Lucas founds the Church of Atom in response to the two nuclear detonations in the Middle East, claiming "Atom will divide, and through His division Force flows. We must welcome this Force, for it will bring us into a new state of being."
November 20, 1973: The Argentininan Army of Peru sits in Quito, while their Brazilian allies are waiting on the EUARS southern border
November 23, 1973: The American Navy sends one of its Pacific Battle Groups to Panama City. A Carribbean Battle Group to American Guiana.
December 1, 1973: At the Annual Summit of the Pacific Alliance, The Japanese Navy ratios are finally set to equal limits with their American and British Allies. The regime in Beijing, now bereft of allies in Asia, threatens German Indochina. The Throne Axis threatens war if German holdings are attacked.
December 5, 1973: The Hong Kong Summit. President Kennedy meets with Chinese Leadership. Negotiations break down as China demands Taiwan and US support in Indochina. RFK now stuck in a Holy War he wanted the US to stay out of, refuses
December 9, 1973: Brussels, Belgium - In a joint declaration at the Coalition of Nations, the Pacific Alliance and the Throne Axis condemn the coup of China, and declare the governmnet in Berlin the rightful government of China.
December 10, 1973: Mao Zedong and Chang Ch'ün visit Nagaland, and other Indian nations, to garner support for the government of China in Berlin.
December 12, 1973: The Argentinian Exploratory force lands close to Medina and begin marching towards the city.
December 14th, 1973: Marseille Bombing; Muslim guerillas bomb Marseille, France, killing 4 people, injuring another 20 civilians....
December 22nd, 1973: Johnny Dioguardi (a.k.a. "The Great White Shark"), is named one of the "most powerful men on Wall Street" by Wall Street Journal; secretly he is laundering money for the Colombo Crime family in New York City, New York....
December 24, 1973: The Crimson Lance takes the city of Nazareth from the "barbarians"
December 30th, 1973: Colonel Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, EUARS, leads a raid into American Guiana, killing 43 people....
December 31st, 1973: Meir Kahane, Kahane Chai, announces the formation of the State of Judea among the former remains of Jerusalem; backed by General Pedro Verdez....
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January 1, 1974: Economic Sanctions are placed against China by the Pacific Alliance and Throne Axis. The Indian nations agree to also sanction the Coup of China for 1 year
January 2, 1974: Washington DC - Congress declares war, and sends troops to the Middle East. A backroom deal is made between RFK and the Southern Democrats.
January 4, 1974: Washington DC - The American Civil Rights Enforcement Act or ACRE is passed.
January 10, 1974: New York, NY - TIME Magazine debuts the cover story. "The First World War" following a skirmishes between British India and Pakistan troops, and continuing violence in Indonesia. The Holy War has now become global.
January 12, 1974: Detroit, MI - Tesla Motors debuts the Electra-5, in response to demand for an electric car, following the Oil Enbargo, and skyrocketing prices.
February 2nd, 1974: British troop freighter is bombed by Muslim International Mujahideen (MIM) is bombed outside of Karachi, Pakistan killing 55 people...
February 23rd, 1974: Dow Chemical Plant at Lavrion is destroyed by terrorists, causing a chemical fire and spill killing 176 people instantly...
March 12, 1974: The FCC cancels the Hour of Power, the show continues to be produced by pirate radio.
March 13th, 1974: Embalse-I nuclear fission power plant comes online at Embalse, Córdoba, Argentina....
April 8th, 1974: Abdullah Öcalan calls for independence for a state of Kurdistan, backed by Argentina, in Corduene, sparking international attention. Also on this day, Eritrean Islamic Jihad Movement destroys Italian military barracks in Asmara, deamnding Eritrean independence...
April 11, 1974: British Troops declare Martial Law following riots and the sabotage of 4 Oil refineries in Dubai. The Pacific Alliance begins sending troops to the British Protectorate of Dubai
April 12, 1974: Caltech, CA - Claudia Archer, Rebecca Meadows and Simon Hastings demonstrate a plasma fusion reactor system. All three are hired by Tesla Dynamic. Also on this day, San Francisco, CA - America Today publishes a leaked document from the Argentinan Ministry of Defense, which calls that should the US ever makes a move into South America, such as invading EUARS or embargoing Argentina, the Nukes will launch. The missile strategy calls for attacking both military and civilian targets. On the top of the list are Washington DC, San Francisco, New York, and other military targets.
April 13th, 1974: Moro Liberation Front guerillas attack Subic U.S. Naval Base, Philippines killing 15 people in a massive suicide attack....
April 14, 1974: San Francisco, CA - PM Patrick Moore of the British Empire condemns the war plan for using nukes on civilian targets. PM Akagi of Japan also joins the condemnation, after a deep cover spy reveals the Argentinan War Plan for the whole of the Pacific Alliance. Also on this day, Al-Fatah guerillas bomb the Red Line Subway systen in Los Angeles, California killing 43 people....
April 15, 1974: The Pacific Alliance increases its defense stance from Level D to Level C (E being the lowest), following the leak of documents from Argentina
April 17, 1974: General Verdez orders "loyalty tests" for all government employees. The "Blue Scare" descends over Buenos Aries.
April 25th, 1974: Mar Emmanuel III Delly announces independence for the United Christian Republic of Assyria in Mosul, Ottoman Empire; backed by Argentina...
April 29, 1974: General of the Crimson Lance, Patrick Robertson, establishes the Holy Republic of Israel. The country stretches from Netanya to Tripoli (IOTL Lebanon. So South with Israel and Tel Aviv is Judea, and in the North with its capital in Nazareth is Israel)
May 1st, 1974: Al-Fatah guerillas bomb the Caribe Star, Caltalina ferry in Santa Monica, California killing 108 people...
May 2, 1974: Despite many late night talks with RFK, the Turkish Republic cuts off ties to the United States and the Pacific Alliance.
May 5, 1974: Pacific Alliance Forces are waiting in Suez.
May 8, 1974: A Crimson Lance Battalion under the command of Crimson Chaplin Daniel Duke, takes control of Cyprus, and orders the massacre of all Muslims, on the island. Soon thereafter the Crimson Lance reprimands Duke slightly, but it is a slap on the wrist.
May 10, 1974: The Cyprus Genocide causes widespread outrage of Americans not in favor of the Holy War. Hannah Wexler, a grad student at Chicago State University founds RSAC (Rational Students Against Crusades) condemning the violence in Cyprus.
May 12th, 1974: American Indian Movement (AIM) guerillas launch an armed insurrection at Adirondack Mountains Park, New York...
May 18th, 1974: "Pumper Nic" international hamburger fast-food chain is established by Tito Lowenstein in Buenos Aires, Argentina...
June 4th, 1974: Argentine film La Tregua (a.k.a. "The Truce") directed by Sergio Renán, becomes the best-selling film worldwide of the year...
June 6th, 1974: Secretary Bayard Rustin is "outted" as being homosexual by African-American leader Ralph Abernathy in Birmingham, Alabama, clearly disgusted at Rustin's efforts to link the LGBT movement to the African-American Civil Rights struggle...
June 5, 1974: President Robert Kennedy signs the PATRIOT Act in response to the Christian militia and anti-genocide groups for national security reasons.
June 8th, 1974:"Reino de Munt" (a.k.a. "King of the World") by Argentine singer Alejandro Lerner, becomes a hit song, broadcast by Argentine military forces in the Middle East....
July 2nd, 1974: Civil rights worker Staughton Lynd confirms rumors of Secretary Bayard Rustin's homosexuality in Muncie, Indiana...
July 4th, 1974: Mohammad Hajj Amin al-Husayni proclaims "Death to all Americans", during a rally in Jerusalem....
July 16th, 1974: Robert Matthews (R-AZ) calls for the defense of the American border with "Christian militias" during a rally in Phoenix, Arizona....
August 9, 1974: White Sands, NM - Selene 4, with Dustin Grissom winning the draw of the four man crew, is the first man to walk on the moon. They leave behind the Columbus Lunar module.
August 10, 1974: The Western Reserve Port Authority, Youngstown Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, North-Central Railroad, and Amtrak ( Broadway Limited (New York-Chicago via Youngstown, Akron, Mansfield, Lima and Fort Wayne), the Capitol Limited (Chicago-Washington D.C. via Fort Wayne, Lima, Mansfield, Akron, Youngstown, Pittsburgh, and Harper's Ferry), and the Buckeye (Youngstown-Columbus-Dayton-Indianapolis-Chicago)) announce plans to build a combined bus and rail terminal, with a 40-story skyscraper attached. The building will be called Youngstown Tower. The building, bus terminal, and five platform rail station (for North-Central Railroad and future use for YMATA) are on the north side of the Mahoning River, on a parcel of land bordered by Belmont Avenue (East), W. Rayen Street (north), and the Mahoning River to the south. A passenger bridge spans across the Mahoning to another five-platform rail station (Amtrak). Total for the project, including buying parcels of land: $700 million.
August 19th-22nd, 1974: American Ambassador Rodger Davies is taken hostage by Muslim guerillas in Beirut, he is forced to read a manifesto calling for an end to "American cowboy diplomacy", before he is beheaded. His head is mailed to the U.S. Embassy in Paris...
September 8th, 1974: Sabri Khalil al-Banna hijacks a passenger blimp and detonates it at the Empire State Building in New York City, New York, killing 161 commuters....
September 11, 1974: Kennedy receives a memo authorizing the use of extraordinary rendition for terrorists from the CIA, which he signs off on.
September 12th, 1974: Thomas Stockheimer and several "Christian militia" members announce "Christian Citizens' Grand Jury Indictments" against President Kennedy for "failure to defend Christian values" in Washington D.C.,...
September 15th, 1974: 6 U.S. Marines are killed by an 8-year old suicide bomber in Damascus, Ottoman Republic...
September 21st, 1974: Atucha-I nuclear fission power plant comes online at Lima, Zárate, Argentina...
September 30, 1974: Kennedy orders electronic surveillance of the Christian militias.
October 19th-20th, 1974: Christian milita leaders launch the "National Tax Convention" to protest ACRE in Milwaukee, Wisconsin....
October 30th, 1974: 8 American soldiers are killed by sniper fire in Ankara, Turkish Republic...
November 2, 1974: Embalse-1 experiences a critical meltdown. The Argentinan Reactor was rushed to completion and had few of the safety features that are standard in Pacific Alliance Reactors.
November 3, 1974: African American Lieutenant Justin Thomas, is awarded the Medal of Honor, for his service in the Holy War, and successfully coming to the aid of pinned down Crimson Lance forces.
November 9th, 1974: Al-Fatah takes credit for the bombing of a shopping mall in Duarte, California, killing 12 people in the process...
November 12, 1974: Hollywood, CA - The movie Star Quest: The Eugenics War, which features a prominent background war of the 21st century. The 21st Century story follows Kublai, a genetic superman of the 2040s that ruled Eurasia, meanwhile in the 2270s Captain Pike and Endeavor find Kublai frozen aboard a spaceship.
November 20th, 1974: Anti-trust lawsuit is launched against Tesla Incorporated in Washington D.C., sparking national debate...
November 21st, 1974: VC-10 troop transport is bombed at Dubai by Palestinian Liberation Front (PLF) guerillas, killing 68 people....
December 1st, 1974: Mohammad Aslam sends a truck bomb into the British embassy at Karachi, Pakistan, killing 83 people in the process...
December 18th, 1974: Richard Butler establishes a Christian militia in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, proclaiming "Kennedy is selling out the country..."
December 25, 1974: Pro-American forces in the Turkish military replace the former junta in a bloodless coup, which is now headed by the pro-Pacific Alliance Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Tayyip Erdogan; Also on this day, Josef Homolov bombs Pan Am Airlines Flight #25 out of Rome, Italy to Beirut, killing 155 people, mainly American tourists....
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January 3rd, 1975: Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine launches an attack on American and British forces in Damascus in a suicide attack, killing 19 people...
February 8th, 1975: Eureka Springs Riots; Race riots erupt in Eureka Springs, Arkansas after Christian militias receive word that Malcolm Little will be speaking....
February 9th, 1975: Seattle Riots; Mike Beach sparks race riots in Seattle Washington, calling for the creation of a "Christian republic"...
February 17th, 1975: Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine kidnap and rape the 11-year old daughter of American ambassador Robert Walker. The 3-hour video is broadcast on underground television networks throughout the region....
March 1, 1975: Chicago, IL - Tesla Computers premieres the "DATANET" a large transmitter that allows computers in range to "communicate" with one another. DHM Computers launches a suit that Tesla's proprietary technology gives them an unfair market advantage
March 5th, 1975: Salafi Wahabbist guerillas seize control of Riyadh, demanding the expulsion of "infidel troops"....
April 5th, 1975: Representative Roger Macbride (R-VT) is named Speaker of the House, based on his libertarian platform, in Washington D.C.; Also on this day, Washington-1 - The first American Military Space Station is completed in Geostationary orbit. It features full time 12 person crew. The space station is the data processing center for the CIA's satellites, and also a Missile suite, for Space Defense. Secretly 6 American thermonuclear devices are placed on the station with stealth capabilities.
April 11th, 1975: Al-Fatah guerillas capture Kuwait City, brutally killing British Petroleum (BP) 476 employees in televised mass executions....
April 23rd, 1975: Argentine film Dialogues of Exiles durected by Raúl Ruiz, becomes a the best-selling film worldwide of the year...
June 11th, 1975: Al-Ahwaz guerillas led by Sheikh Jabir al-Kaabi, announce independence for Arabistan in Shirinshah, Persia...
June 15th, 1975: Oregon State Government declares bankruptcy under libertarian Governor Paul Pferdner and Lieutenant-Governor Karen Gray, sparking national attention. Also on this day, Abdul Wahab Kayyali, Arab Liberation Front (ALF), proclaims the "liberation of the Holy Land" with the capture of Mecca....
June 16th, 1975: Lieutenant María Cristina "Marita" Perceval becomes the first female launched into space, launched from Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, embarassing American leaders....
June 23rd, 1975: The Independent releases information from White House staffers about President Robert Kennedy's surveillance of Christian militias as "unconstitutional"...
July 1st, 1975: Chicago Crime Boss Paul Castellano, head of the Gambino crime family begins laundering money through stock trades in Chicago, Illinois, adding greater legitimacy for organized crime....
July 30th, 1975: Anthony Provenzano is named head of the Teamsters' Union in Detroit, Michigan despite accusations of links to organized crime...
August 24th, 1975: Secretary Bayard Rustin resigns amidst protests in Washington D.C., The Confidential reports that Bayard Rustin has been diagnosed with "Mittelafrika Feuer"...
October 4, 1975: Chancellor Heinemann of Germany and French PM Mitterand, visit the memorials in both countries for the Three European Wars. Mitterand formally apologizes for France's actions saying, "We were swept up in a religious fervor, and listened to an utter mad man. The loss of Europe caused by Christophe I can never be fixed, but as a continent we must move on to a bright new future."
October 15, 1975: Guardian Columnist and future member of Parliament, Bryan Griffith, pens the "Atheist Manifesto" commenting "At this very moment people are dying in a war over the same bloody deity. Religion is the opiate of the masses, and if we are ever to truly reach for the future, the world needs to go into rehab."
October 22nd, 1975: Mobster Jacob Molinas brags that he has rigged the World Series, after the New York Yankees led by Billy Martin win against the Cincinatti Reds in Game 4, 4-0,....
Ocotber 27th, 1975: Eyal Hotel Bombing; 45 foreign journalists are killed in Jerusalem, after Arab Liberation Front (ALF) set off a car bomb, packed with explosives, directly in front of the lobby....
December 15th, 1975: Dr. Mohammad Hassan Hossinbour and Dr. Ahmad Reza Taheri announce independence for Baluchistan in Zahedan, Persia; backed by Argentina....
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January 9th, 1976: Arab Liberation Front (ALF) guerillas launch rocket attacks into a crowded marketplace in Istanbul, killing 43 people, sparking international attention...
February 12th, 1976: Yoshi's Massacre; Mafia hitman Joseph "The Animal" Barboza kills 12 people, including 4 captains of the Yakuza at Yoshi's night club in San Francisco, California....
March 12, 1976: Miyomoto Naka Industries creates the first video game console. The Famicom. Its debut titles are "Mach 6 Racer" and "Knuckles: the Echidna".
March 19th, 1976: Reputed mobsters Lawrence Paladino and Matthew Ianniello announce earnings of c.$532 million after launching junk bonds....
April 7th, 1976: Moro Liberation Front (MLF) guerillas hijack American Airlines Flight #19, with 72 passengers directly into the Presidential Palace, effectively decapitating the Philippine government....
April 23rd, 1976: Mafia crime boss Philip Rastelli, is named the "Burger King" by investing in several fast-food chains, including "Pumper Nic" burger chains in New York City, New York....
May 21st, 1976: Moro Liberation Front (MLF) execute 6 British Anglican missionaries in Zamboanga, mailing their heads to the British embassy in Manila....
June 13, 1976: DHM Computers debuts the Exodus Video Game Console. Although nearly twice as expensive as the Famicom, it has save game features, along with better graphics. However the games are lacking
June 27th, 1976: Air France #245, with 258 passengers is hijacked in Paris, France to New York City, New York, and is diverted to Mecca; mainly Americans returning home for the Bicentennial...
July 4th, 1976: While President Robert Kennedy tries to negotiate with Abdul Wahab Kayyali, Arab Liberation Front (ALF), Kayyali calmly reminds Kennedy that he lost his entire family at Mecca; and proceeds to blow up the 747 (e.g. Air France, Flight #245) on the tarmac of the Beirut airfield, killing 258 passengers, including 98 Americans....
July 29th, 1976: Serial killer Robert Violante rapes and murders "Dark Paladin" of New York aka Judy Staples; "White Owl" aka Daniel Dreyton is institutionalized after being forced to watch for 3-days the brutal rape and dismemberment of his partner....
September 9th, 1976: Speaker of the House Roger Macbride (R-VT) steps down after allegations of "pay-to-play" bribery accusations erupt in Washington D.C.,....
October 10th, 1976: Ali Hassan Salamah, Arab Liberation Front (ALF) spokesman, speaks in Berlin, saying, "nothing less than complete foreign withdrawal of the region will be accepted..."
November 5th, 1976: Due to the nation being split with the Libertarians running a successful campaign and the Democratic party divided, The Peace Party wins a narrow victory. Les Paul and Gerald Ford are elected President and Vice President with only 40% of the popular vote.
November 6th, 1976: Mahir Cayan, People's Liberation Party-Front of Turkey (THKP-C), launches an armed insurrection in Ankara, demanding the overthrow of the American-backed regime...
November 13th, 1976: Arab Liberation Front (ALF) guerillas fire into a nightclub with American and Argentine troops in Athens, Greece, 18 people killed in the process....
December 1st, 1976: Abd-al-Halim Khaddam announces independence for Syria, in Damascus, backed by American forces....
December 13th, 1976: Moro Liberation Front (MLF) guerillas launch a suicide attack on the Presidential Palace in Manila, killing 23 people....
December 15th, 1976: U.S. Army C-150 transport is shot down by Al-Fatwa guerillas in Baghdad, killing 47 people, including 6 ground crew personnel...
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January 1st, 1977: American ambassador Frank Meloy is abducted by Arab Liberation Front (ALF) guerillas in Beirut. His burned and beaten body is found by U.S. 5th Infantry dangling from a bridge...
January 29th, 1977: Argentine singer Valeria Lynch makes her debut in Buenos Aires, Argentina....
March 5th, 1977: President Paul removes all American forces from the Middle East, citing the deaths of 175,000 American soldiers as his main reason.
March 9th, 1977: Hanafi Muslim terrorists seize control of the City Council Chambers in Washington D.C., taking 134 people hostage. They demand the release of all "enemy combatants", especially religious clerics.....
March 19th, 1977: Turkish Airlines, Flight #78, is hijacked by Arab Liberation Front (ALF) guerillas, who fly the passenger airliner into Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey, effectively decapitating the Pacific-Alliance government....
June 6th, 1977: Spanish expatriate Agustin Garcia Calvo establish the "Acratas" anarchist movement in Buenos Aires
July 4, 1977: The Pacific Alliance Conference meets in San Francisco. The Pacific Coalition is born, following the agreement of unifying the currencies of Japan, the United States and the British Empire to one currency. The switch will take place on January 1, 1985. The Pacific Credit is now being minted
September 5, 1977: White Sands, NM - An Eos Launcher places the Trailblazer Mission into orbit. The 5 probes will be going on a "Grand Tour of the Solar System" Onboard Trailblazer 1 are the ashes of Electra Tesla
December 12th, 1977: U.S. Supreme Court strikes down libertarian tax legislation as a violation of the 10th Amendment, sparking national attention....
December 16th, 1977: Armada de la República Argentina submarines report American and British submarines off the coast of the Malvinas, Argentina....
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January 7th, 1978: Argentine singer Valeria Lynch makes her worldwide hit single debut with "Yo Soy tu Cancion" (a.k.a. "I Am Your Song")....
January 11, 1978: Sen. Elizabeth Holtzman (D-NY) dies in a car crash.
January 15, 1978: Former President Robert Kennedy (R-NY) is appointed to his old Senate seat, where he would serve until his 2000 retirement.
January 18th, 1978: British anti-war leader Malcolm McLaren proclaims "How does it feel to be swindled?" during a rally in London, England...
March 18th, 1978: "Canción Del Sur" album by Los Jaivas makes its hit musical debut in Santiago, Argentina....
April 6th, 1978: Professor Isaak Yudovich Ozimov is diagnosed with "Mittelafrika" from a tainted blood transfusion in Bethesda, Maryland....
May 2nd, 1978: "Ay Amor" single by Argentine singer Myriam Hernández makes its hit debut in Santiago, Argentina...
May 24th, 1978: Bayswater Circle formed; Vince Stevenson, Trevor Dawton, Dafydd Ladd & Stewart Carr establish the Bayswater Circle in Great Britain, calling for a "New Enlightenment"....
June 5, 1978: The new Cuyahoga Towers open. The three 490-foot towers overlook Goodyear Plaza in Akron, Ohio. The buildings offer luxury apartment living (Cuyahoga One) and office space (Cuyahoga Two and Three).
September 2nd, 1978: Argentine film La Isla (a.k.a. "The Island") directed by Alejandro Doria, becomes the best-selling film worldwide of the year....
September 22, 1978: Bronson Street Brawl. Amidst a surprising challenge by the Cleveland Indians for first place in the American League East, a beanball war results in two bench-clearing brawls and an Indians win. This starts a rivalry between the two teams that is arguably larger than the traditional Yankees-Red Sox rivalry.
October 5, 1978: The Battlestar program prototype, performs its first test. It is able to successfully take out 33% of incoming missiles
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April 1, 1979: Monterey, CA - The first Commercial operated Plasma Fusion Reactor goes online.
April 30th, 1979: Argentine Music Invasion; "Los Enanitos Verdes" (a.k.a. "Little Green Men") make their hit debut in America with their hit single "En Vivo"....
May 21st, 1979: Jay Kinney and Paul Mavrides establish the Union of Concerned Comic Books (UCCB) is established in San Francisco, California, demanding better pay and more social awareness in comic books...
July 7, 1979: The new Ohio Turnpike opens. ODOT and Turnpike Commission engineers route the Turnpike via the old Interstate 271 in northern Summit County and build an overpass over Interstate 71 in Medina County, eliminating the old junction with I-71 and replacing it with a new junction with eight-lane gates on both sides of the Turnpike. The eight-lane Turnpike starts at Westgate near Maumee Township, Indiana/Antwerp, Ohio. Major new interchanges are State Route 15 south of Defiance, I-75 at Findlay, State Route 53 at Tiffin, State Route 60 at New London, State Route 301 near Spencer/ Wellington, Interstate 71/471/Haise International Airport at Medina, and Interstate 77/SR 21 at Richfield.
October 5, 1979: Dennis Washington is elected to the House of Representatives (R-TN) His district is Memphis, Tennessee...
November 15th, 1979: Libertarian members of the Republican Party led by Frank Chodorov (R-CA) are arrested by federal agents in Los Angeles, California in a massive voter fraud scandal...
December 1, 1979: The Throne Axis is dissolved and the Eurasian Treaty Organization is made with Germany and Russia as prominent members
December 12, 1979: San Francisco, CA - Senator Alexis Harper (R-CA) makes calls to all Presidental hopefuls, already hoping to get the VP slot on the 1980 ticket.
December 24, 1979: New York, NY - Senator Walter Cronkite on the HBC Nightly News announces that he will run for the Democratic nomination in 1980, during an interview with respected journalist Ronnie Reagan.
December 31st, 1979: A large nuclear accident occurs in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the radiation separates the north from the south. 35,000 are killed. President Paul prepares to send humanitarian aid. Captain Juan Firenze of the Argentine Battle Submarine Belgrano, hears news about the accident, and thinks its a Pacific Alliance attack. He torpedoes the USS New York, an aircraft carrier off the coast of Panama. The ship begins to take on water and starts to sink.
thepenguin
June 9th, 2010, 03:35 AM
December 31st, 1979: A large nuclear accident occurs in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the radiation separates the north from the south. 35,000 are killed. President Paul prepares to send humanitarian aid. Captain Juan Firenze of the Argentine Battle Submarine Belgrano, hears news about the accident, and thinks its a Pacific Alliance attack. He torpedoes the USS New York, an aircraft carrier off the coast of Panama. The ship begins to take on water and starts to sink.
Have we determined what the nature of the accident was? A reactor meltdown like Chernobyl, or a BROKEN ARROW like Greensboro, N.C. (One bomb went through five of the six steps needed to detonate. Only thing keeping the bomb from going off was the pilot's arming switch.)?
Prometheus_2300
June 9th, 2010, 03:45 AM
Have we determined what the nature of the accident was? A reactor meltdown like Chernobyl, or a BROKEN ARROW like Greensboro, N.C. (One bomb went through five of the six steps needed to detonate. Only thing keeping the bomb from going off was the pilot's arming switch.)?
I think Broken Arrow, and I think someone implied that it was in Buenos Aries. So 35,000 are dead probably at a military base near Buenos Aries.
July 4, 1974: Washington DC - Following Rustin's retirement from the Civil Rights Coalition leadership, Marvin Freeman meets with RFK. Freeman is also running for governor in 1974, promising civil rights to the state.
November 4, 1974: Washington DC - Marvin Freeman is elected governor of the State of Tennessee.
Prometheus_2300
June 9th, 2010, 03:49 AM
March 15, 1977: Nazareth, Israel - Following President Paul's withdrawl from the Holy War, the Crimson Lance Corporation reports that it will not be withdrawing. Crimson Lance becomes the military of the Holy Republics of Israel and Cyprus.
Mr_ Bondoc
June 9th, 2010, 06:54 AM
Here are some PODs to make things tough (with some PODs on organized crime, EUASR, counterculture, et al.):
August 7th, 1970: Right-wing guerilla Misael Pastrana Borrero launches an armed insurrection in Bogota, EUASR....
December 7th, 1971: African-American leaders Percy Sutton and Richard Hatcher organize "People United to Save Humanity (PUSH)", as a secular call for civil rights in Gary, Indiana...
November 22nd, 1972: Robert "Bobby" Beausoleil unveils the creation of 6-story geodesic dome structures (a.k.a. "Pleasure Domes") for hedonistic pleasure in San Francisco, California...
November 21st, 1973: Robert "Bobby" Beausoleil unveils the creation of 6-story geodesic dome structures (a.k.a. "Pleasure Domes") for hedonistic pleasure in Los Angeles, California...
August 7th, 1974: CIA-backed guerilla leader Misael Pastrana Borrero is captured and killed in Bogota, EUASR...
January 17th, 1975: American-backed General Gustavo Rojas Pinilla is captured and executed in Melgar, Tolima, EUASR...
July 25th, 1975: Libertarian business owner John Hospers of Los Angeles, California sues the federal government in an effort to overturn ACRE, arguing that companies should be allowed to have racist practices, as a "right of free contract"....
August 25th, 1975: "El Sistema"; Maestro Jose Antonio Abreu launches an armed insurrection against the EUASR in Caracas, backed by Argentina....
November 22nd, 1975: Robert "Bobby" Beausoleil unveils the creation of 6-story geodesic dome structures (a.k.a. "Pleasure Domes") for hedonistic pleasure in New York City, New York...
October 6th, 1976: American-backed Luis Posada Carriles drops batches of botulism virus on Medellin, EUASR, killing 17 people....
August 16th, 1977: Singer Debbie Wimer makes her hit musical debut with the single "TCB" in Memphis, Tennessee...
January 6th, 1978: Mafia boss Jimmy "The Weasel" Fratianno seizes control of Los Angeles, California from Yakuza control in a bloody offensive; Angelo Lonardo, John Calandra, and Ronald Carabbia seize control of Cleveland, Ohio...
March 7th, 1978: U.S. Mobster Salvatore 'Ciaschiteddu' Greco is reported in EUASR, after several bombings in Caracas, backed by the CIA...
June 2nd, 1978: Combahee River Collective established ; African-American feminists launch manifesto in Cambridge, Massachusetts...
JUne 13th, 1978: David & Violet Brandenberger establish the "I-CAN" sexual hedonistic society in Honolulu, Hawaii, as a rebellion against moral and religious values....
June 16th, 1978: Father's Day Massacre; Brothers William and Joseph Cammisano seize control of underworld in Kansas City, Missouri...
January 17th, 1979: Anthony "Tough Tony" Anastasio, head of the ILA of Brooklyn, New York, launches rally demanding an end to vigilante activity...
July 11th, 1979: Anthony Provenzano, Teamster's Union, threatens a "general strike" to cripple the Paul administration in Trenton, New Jersey....
September 14th, 1979: Communist officials led by Fabio Vásquez Castaño call for Non-Aggression Pact with Argentina in Bogota, EUASR....
November 15th, 1979: Mobsters Raffaele Quasarano and Peter Vitale seize control of the automobile workers' unions in Detroit, Michigan....
Mr_ Bondoc
June 9th, 2010, 09:08 AM
I just added some PODs regarding "Pleasure Domes" being built c.1972. If that doesn't say "cultural rebellion", I don't know what will...
thepenguin
June 9th, 2010, 07:39 PM
August 15, 1976: Medina County Commissioners and Medina City Council unanimously vote to deny Robert "Bobby" Beausoleil a zoning and building permit for his "Pleasure Domes" citing that the "pleasure Domes" would not be condusive to "the image that this County and this City try to portray to the North-Central Ohio region, the State of Ohio, the United States of America, and indeed, to the World."
What is the current status of airships in the 1970s?
Mr_ Bondoc
June 9th, 2010, 08:02 PM
What is the current status of airships in the 1970s?
They are definitely up and flying, but they are also now the target of terrorist activities:
September 8th, 1974: Sabri Khalil al-Banna hijacks a passenger blimp and detonates it at the Empire State Building in New York City, New York, killing 161 commuters....
Other than that, there have been few complaints....
thepenguin
June 9th, 2010, 09:15 PM
August 5, 1970: Akron City Council caps the maximum building height at 490 feet, citing the location of Akron-Fulton International Airport. In a related story, Great Lakes Airships announce that Akron-Fulton Airport will become a hub for all flights in the Great Lakes region.
Mr_ Bondoc
June 10th, 2010, 01:25 AM
Here are a few more PODs:
April 23rd, 1971: Incognegro by Los Angeles Times reporter Melvin van Peebles details his experience as an African-American, detailing instances of institutionalized racism throughout the country.....
Here is one POD, that I was surprised no one has shown protests over:
July 4, 1977: The Pacific Alliance Conference meets in San Francisco. The Pacific Coalition is born, following the agreement of unifying the currencies of Japan, the United States and the British Empire to one currency. The switch will take place on January 1, 1985. The Pacific Credit is now being minted
January 20th, 1977: Riots erupt during Inauguration of President Paul in Washington D.C., over proposals of Pacific Alliance currency unity; 379 people are arrested in the rioting...
April 8th, 1978: Administration officials claim that the Pacific Alliance Treaty agreement has created c.14,000 jobs, despite suspicion by many union members....
April 4th, 1979: Anthony Provenzano, Teamster's Union, decries the Pacific Alliance plan as a "threat to national sovereignty" during a rally in New York City, New York...
June 18th, 1979: "Carnival Against Capitalism" is launched in Cologne, Germany over the "globalization agenda"....
October 8th, 1979: Stock Market falls over concerns that Pacific Alliance monetary union will mean the loss of blue-collar jobs nationwide....
November 30th, 1979: Riots erupt during the Pacific Alliance Treaty Conference in Seattle, Washington, after c. 100,000 protest proposed monetary alliance...
Prometheus_2300
June 10th, 2010, 04:14 AM
It surprised me too Bondoc, I put that POD in the water to see what the results would be
Anyway more China PODs
March 17, 1976: Beijing, Nationalist China - 10000 students from the University of Beijing protest the brutal militaristic regime in Tianamen Square. Chinese Military Airships deploy gas weapons to break up the demonstration.
April 14, 1976: Shanghai, Nationalist China - Shanghai secedes from China in protest over the Tianamen Massacre
November 5, 1976: The Provinces of Hainan, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Jaingxi, Fujian, and Zhejiang, secede to join Shanghai.
April 1, 1977: The government of Free China moves to Shanghai
July 5, 1975: Scott Orson Card writes The Fall of the American Republic, a Near future sci-fi story where the United States falls in much the same way that the Roman Republic fell. In an interview he cites his inspiration from visiting a Pleasure Dome and noting the similarities between the Hedonism of Rome and the United States. His novel calls for the rise of Supreme President Alexia Archer in the year 2000.
Mr_ Bondoc
June 10th, 2010, 05:49 AM
Here are some PODs for China based on the science fiction themes:
January 15th, 1970: "Third Worlder" Ni Kuang launches vigilante activites under the guise of "Wai Si Li" (a.k.a. "Wisely") in Ningbo, Zhejiang, China...
March 22nd, 1972: "Third Worlder" Ni Kuang launches "wuxia" rebellion against the military regime in Ningbo, Zhejiang, China, with c. 20,000 people...
February 4th, 1973: "Third Worlder" Ye Yonglie is charged with "spiritual pollution" for announcing that "Mittelafrika Feuer" had arrived in China, during a rally in Beijing, China...
March 15th, 1978: "Third Worlder" Ye Yonglie calls for democracy as the "First Modernization" during his trial in Beijing, China...
December 5th, 1978: Pro-democracy leader Wei Jingsheng proclaims democracy as the "First Modernization" during a rally in Beijing, China...
April 19th, 1978: "Third Worlder" Tong Enzheng is praised, after he leads a demonstration condemning the American Battlestar program in Shanghai, China....
Mr_ Bondoc
June 10th, 2010, 09:08 PM
Just to let everyone know, based on the events of 12/31/1979, it looks like it will turn into a nuclear conflict. Some ground rules that should be established are that:
* This is not the complete collapse of human civilization. Only 3 groups have access to nuclear weapons (Argentina, Russia, and the Pacific Alliance [U.S., Japan, & UK])...
* While it is a "broken arrow" incident, most people are convinced that it is an American "first strike". As such, don't expect nations rushing to America's rescue. Also, any evidence produced by America itself will not be trusted...
* Reconstruction will be hard and painful. Don't expect any developments in space or nuclear energy technology if the nuclear weapons are launched. Too many people will be demanding basic essentials (food, water, electricity, et al.)...
* The 1980s will be based on a need for "Enlightenment", with religious undertones in both the "Holy War" and "War Between the Americas", most people are getting annoyed with religious fundamentalism....
So let's finish up the 1970s, so we can start with the 1980s...
thepenguin
June 10th, 2010, 09:15 PM
December 20, 1979: The attorney generals of ten states file suit in federal court contesting that joining the Pacific Coalition is a violation of the United States Constitution. The State of Texas begins discussions over whether to secede from the Union.
Mr_ Bondoc
June 10th, 2010, 10:30 PM
Here are some PODs that should make things rougher:
April 17th, 1975: Failed assassination attempt on President Robert F. Kennedy in Little Rock, Arkansas by Herbert S. Breed...
September 17th, 1975: National Spotlight magazine published by Christian militia leaders, calls for the impeachment of President Robert F. Kennedy, becoming an instant bestseller....
December 10th, 1977: c.125,000 members of the American Agriculture Movement (AAM) launch a massive protest in washington D.C., over Pacific Alliance Treaty reports that food prices would be de-regulated...
August 17th, 1978: The American Farmer: The 20th Century Slave by James Wickstrom, becomes a major bestseller, with its populist message of agricultural subsides....
November 7th, 1978: Representative Ray Omernick (R-WI) of Marathon County, Wisconsin, calls for the impeachment President Paul on grounds of "selling out national sovereignty"...
Prometheus_2300
June 10th, 2010, 11:13 PM
Just to let everyone know, based on the events of 12/31/1979, it looks like it will turn into a nuclear conflict. Some ground rules that should be established are that:
* This is not the complete collapse of human civilization. Only 3 groups have access to nuclear weapons (Argentina, Russia, and the Pacific Alliance [U.S., Japan, & UK])...
* While it is a "broken arrow" incident, most people are convinced that it is an American "first strike". As such, don't expect nations rushing to America's rescue. Also, any evidence produced by America itself will not be trusted...
* Reconstruction will be hard and painful. Don't expect any developments in space or nuclear energy technology if the nuclear weapons are launched. Too many people will be demanding basic essentials (food, water, electricity, et al.)...
* The 1980s will be based on a need for "Enlightenment", with religious undertones in both the "Holy War" and "War Between the Americas", most people are getting annoyed with religious fundamentalism....
So let's finish up the 1970s, so we can start with the 1980s...
Also keep in mind the America's Battlestar Project is actually getting results of around 33% in 1976. By 1980 they may be up to 50%
Mr_ Bondoc
June 11th, 2010, 03:33 AM
Also keep in mind the America's Battlestar Project is actually getting results of around 33% in 1976. By 1980 they may be up to 50% Not necessarily. Just consider that you are assuming that space flights remain constant, and that defense spending isn't opposed. The following PODs make success harder:
August 28th, 1977: Senator William Proxmire (D-WI) awards the "Golden Fleece" award to the Battlestar program in Washington D.C., calling it a "waste of taxpayers dollars"...
June 30th, 1978: Sgt. John T. Draper in San Francisco, California writes a defense analysis report, warning that "Battlestar" program computers are the subject of "foreign takeover", citing the John Whiteside Parsons Scandal. He is promptly dismissed by upper brass for "rocking the boat"...
July 11th, 1979: Washington-1 Disaster; 7 astronauts are killed when ignition in the pure oxygen environment, kills scientists in the scientific module...
Mr_ Bondoc
June 11th, 2010, 07:13 AM
Here is what we have for the final draft of the 1970s:
January 1st, 1970: Islamic fundamentalist guerillas bomb the U.S. Embassy in Istanbul, Turkish Republic, killing 79 people...
January 8th, 1970: The One-Man Revolution in America by Ammon Hennacy, is published in New York City, New York, proclaiming a rationalist manifesto against the war....
January 11th, 1970: Sheikh Khalil Muhammad Amer calls for independence for Eritrea, launching an armed insurrection against Italian forces
January 15th, 1970: "Third Worlder" Ni Kuang launches vigilante activites under the guise of "Wai Si Li" (a.k.a. "Wisely") in Ningbo, Zhejiang, China...
January 20, 1970: Rocky Colavito becomes the Indians new hitting coach.
February 2, 1970: Washington DC -A new Democrat heavy senate, and a divided Republican base ensure that an adequate replacement for Goldwater is never found.
April 7, 1970: In front of a packed Medina County Stadium, the Indians drop Opening Day 8-2 against the Baltimore Orioles.
April 12th, 1970: General Pedro Verdez hosts a conference of newly-independent states from Sub-Saharan Africa in Buenos Aires, proclaiming "victories of unversal health care, public education, defense, and economic growth.."
June 10th, 1970: William Gale advertises for "Christian militias" in America Today and LIFE magazine in an effort to gather volunteers for the "Holy War"...
June 28th, 1970: Business leaders in Miami, Florida establish the U.S./Argentina Trade and Economic Council (USATEC) proclaiming, "America needs Argentina, now more than ever..."
August 5, 1970: Akron City Council caps the maximum building height at 490 feet, citing the location of Akron-Fulton International Airport. In a related story, Great Lakes Airships announce that Akron-Fulton Airport will become a hub for all flights in the Great Lakes region.
August 7th, 1970: Right-wing guerilla Misael Pastrana Borrero launches an armed insurrection in Bogota, EUASR....
August 19th, 1970: Argentine naval forces announce the construction of S-22 class nuclear submarines in Bahia Blanca, Argentina...
September 13th, 1970: A Guide for Christian Volunteer Militias by William Gale becomes a major bestseller, sparking international attention...
October 13th, 1970: Gubernatorial candidate Dan Dougherty (R-CA) proposes a 58% cut in state taxes, sparking national attention....
November 17th, 1970: General Pedro Verdez reports a CIA-backed assassination attempt on his life in Buenos Aires, sparking anti-American sentiment throughout Latin America...
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April 1, 1971: White Sands, NM - The Electra Tesla Assembly building starts construction of the Helios Launcher. The Helios Launcher can launch about 80 tons to Lunar vicinity.
April 4, 1971: Following notes from Electra Tesla for a Laser based satellite launching system, Alan Parsons and Erich von Däniken begins experimenting with high powered lasers.
April 17th, 1971: Stig Stromholm establishes a libertarian movement, based on the "American model" in Uppsala, Sweden...
April 23rd, 1971: Incognegro by Los Angeles Times reporter Melvin van Peebles details his experience as an African-American, detailing instances of institutionalized racism throughout the country.....
May 10th, 1971: "El Volantín" album by Los Jaivas makes its hit musical debut in Santiago, Argentina....
June 28th, 1971: Joe Colombo calls for the registration of all vigilantes as "vicious thugs" during a Italian-American Unity Day rally in New York City, New York....
July 1st, 1971: Armada de la República Argentina (ARA) S-22 submarine fleet is unveiled in Bahia Blanca, Argentina under General Pedro Verdez...
July 5, 1971: Catalina Island, CA - The Confidental, using a hidden camera, infiltrate the Lyonesse skyclad resort and take pictures of Winston Beatty and Diane Welch relaxing on the beach.
July 12, 1971: Alvin Dark fired. Gabe Paul resmues general manager duties and Johnny Lipon takes over managerial duties for the second half of the season.
October 23rd, 1971: Meyer Lansky is named "Wizard of Wall Street" for his massive gains on the stock market by Wall Street Journal...
November 6. 1971: A High-Powered Laser shoots down a Tesla Communication Satellite. This incident causes the project of Alan Parsons and Erich von Däniken to be called the Battlestar Project. Funding increases in the hopes of creating a missile defense system
December 7th, 1971: African-American leaders Percy Sutton and Richard Hatcher organize "People United to Save Humanity (PUSH)", as a secular call for civil rights in Gary, Indiana...
Decmeber 26, 1971: The Cleveland Browns, AFC Central Division Champions, lose in the first round of the NFL playoffs to the Baltimore Colts 20-7 in front of a sold out crowd at Paul Brown Stadium, Youngstown, Ohio.
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January 12, 1972: Vernon Stouffer, desperate for money, sells the Cleveland Indians at a loss to a group headed by George Steinbrenner and Al Rosen. Steinbrenner names Rosen president of the team. Gabe Paul remains general manager. Ken Aspromonte named manager.
February 11th, 1972: Mafia-sponsored Giulio Andreotti is elected Prime Minister of Italy, despite condemnation by Vatican officials...
March 22nd, 1972: "Third Worlder" Ni Kuang launches "wuxia" rebellion against the military regime in Ningbo, Zhejiang, China, with c. 20,000 people...
March 23rd, 1972: Bilateral talks between the United States and Argentina collapse in Geneva, Switzerland....
April 15, 1972: The Scandinavian Union leaves the Throne Axis following an unfair trade accord with Germany.
May 27th, 1972: Argentine Ambassador Servando González announces, "America should not fear any attack by Argentina, and that America should "do its part to fulfill its Christian duties", during a television interview in Washington D.C.,...
June 10, 1972: Houston, TX - The Republican National Convention meets. A still injured RFK faces a tough challenge from the Libertarian wing which is calling to "HARPER FOR VP". Whereas the Liberal wing of the party keeps supporting a more liberal Running mate to replace Goldwater, Nelson Rockefeller. There is also concern over RFK's health, following the stabbing. RFK's address talks about his civil rights platform and continuing involvement with the Pacific Alliance
June 20, 1972: Minneapolis, MN -The Democratic National Convention. In a surprise move, former President Joseph P. Kennedy is a leading candidate, also Missouri Senator Walter Cronkite is running.
October 5th, 1972: Gubernatorial candidate Victor "Vic" Gould (R-WA) calls for libertarian reforms during a rally in Bellvue, Washington....
October 11, 1972: Los Angeles, CA - The disaster movie the Neptune Adventure premieres. It features a young John Nicholson. The film is a smash hit and pioneers the disaster movie genre
November 2nd, 1972: Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) building in Washington D.C., is bombed killing 6 people, the American Indian Movement (AIM) takes responsibility for the bombing...
November 3, 1972 - PM Chernyenko, following the tense relations with the China junta, acknowledges the Chinese Government in exile in Berlin.
November 4th, 1972: "Todos juntos" album by Los Jaivas makes its hit musical debut in Santiago, Argentina....
November 16th, 1972: Sniper kills 4 African-American students at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana...
November 22nd, 1972: Robert "Bobby" Beausoleil unveils the creation of 6-story geodesic dome structures (a.k.a. "Pleasure Domes") for hedonistic pleasure in San Francisco, California...
November 30th, 1972: After a $500 million expansion project, Colonel Franklin Haise International Airport starts passenger operations. The airport boasts a four-concourse passenger terminal, with connections to Downtown Medina via light rail transit, Fairlawn-Akron via regional rail (North-Central Ohio Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation, better known as the North-Central Railroad), and Brunswick via Brunswick Transit Authority shuttle bus (MCI over the road coach). In addition, the airport can be reached via Interstate 471 and the Route 18 Airport Ring Road.
December 28th, 1972: Vigilantes James McBratney and "Crazy" Eddie Maloney are brutally castrated and executed in Staten Island, New York after attacking mmembers of the Gambino Crime family....
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January 1, 1973: Geostationary Orbit - The Tesla Dynamic, ElectraNet Communications System is established. The old Tesla Commnet is deorbited.
January 4, 1973: Art Modell, New England sporting goods magnate, Michael Burke, and ten others buy the New York Yankees from CBS.
January 7th, 1973: Sniper kills 12 African-Americans in New Orleans, Louisiana, claiming that he is "thinning the criminal population"....
February 4th, 1973: "Third Worlder" Ye Yonglie is charged with "spiritual pollution" for announcing that "Mittelafrika Feuer" had arrived in China, during a rally in Beijing, China...
February 17, 1973: President Robert Kennedy authorizes the deployment of a USAF Composite Wing and a Carrier Battle Group to the Middle East on behalf of the Crusaders, but refuses to commit ground troops.
February 28th, 1973: American Indian Movement (AIM) guerillas launch an armed insurrection at Wounded Knee, South Dakota...
April 4, 1973: Los Angeles, CA - The film Ojiisan premieres. It is the story of Kazuo Urameshi, who in 1945 returned from the Third European War in Europe, and his struggles to avoid becoming part of his family's yakuza. He ultimately fails. Ojiisan goes on to be one of the best movies made.
April 12th, 1973: Lieutenant Antonio Nelson Latorre becomes the first man launched into space, launched from Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, embarassing American officials...
April 19th, 1973: Raid on Beirut; Zionist guerilla Ehud Barak leads a commando raid on Beirut, killing 18 people....
May 8th, 1973: Second Wounded Knee Massacre; Federal troops seize control of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, killing 63 people, mainly unarmed civilians....
May 15th, 1973: African-American Robert Seale is elected mayor of Oakland, California based on opposition of the Kennedy administration...
May 17th, 1973: Karl Bray (R-UT) leads a massive "tax strike" in Salt Lake City, Utah, demanding an "end to federal tax tyranny"...
May 18th, 1973: Aeroflot Flight #19 is destroyed over Chita, Siberia; Russian officials launch a massive crackdown on Chechen guerillas...
June 5, 1973: The Western Reserve Port Authority approves an expansion plan for Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport. The plans call for a remodeled passenger terminal with five terminals, a lengthened and widened Runway 5/23, and a new 10,000-foot runway parallel to Runway 14/32.
July 1st, 1973: Battle of Tel Aviv; Zionist guerilla leader Yosef Alon leads troops into Tel Aviv, sparking international attention...
July 7th, 1973: Bruce Evoy establishes the "Libertarian Party of Canada" in Toronto, Ontario, sparking national attention; Also on this day, Society Bank announces plans to build a 57-story skyscraper for its national headquarters. The building, called One Federal Plaza, will stand on the northwest corner of Federal Plaza E and Federal Plaza Central in Downtown Youngstown, Ohio. The building will be designed by Carlos Pelan, an asylumee from Argentina.
October 2nd, 1973: Father John "Johnny Boy" Scorsese calls for an end to gang-violence, condemning organized crime and vigilantes as "perpetuating a cycle of violence" in New York City, New York.....
October 6th, 1973: Jerusalem Holocaust; c. 339,000 people are killed in a nuclear blast in Jerusalem, sparking international outrage...
October 7, 1973: Crimson Lance distributes flyers to all churches, and therefore "True Christians" calling for a million man march to reclaim the Holy Land. They hoped for 800,000 thousand, they planned for a million, and they got 1.2 million volunteers waiting to ship off to the Middle East. General Verdez prepares Argentina's first trans oceanic expedition to Medina. The Pope calls for a week of mourning over Jerusalem, and calls the attack on Jerusalem "unforgivable! These are not the acts of civilized peoples. Our holy crusade was too small in scope. Innocent III should have just called a Holy War in 700 and saved us this whole problem. Robert F. Kennedy is asked by the Pope John XXIII to commit troops to Palestine, Kennedy refuses, despite calls from one of the joint chiefs. About 10,000 troops go AWOL to join the Crimson Lance's Crusade
October 8th, 1973: White House advisor William Safire resigns from the White House over the "indecisiveness of Kennedy", sparking many Republicans to question the President's ability to lead...
October 26th, 1973: Al-Maut; Nuclear weapon is used in Mecca, c.684,000 people killed in the blast; Pope John XXIII suffers a massive heart attack and dies upon hearing of the nuking of Mecca.
October 31st, 1973: General Pedro Verdez meets with Russian officials in Paris, France about further nuclear actions in the Middle East, completely ignoring American diplomatic protests....
November 1, 1973: Following Al-Maut, and Oil Embargo is passed on all non-Muslim countries
November 4, 1973: New York, NY - After 10 years on the air, the TV show Star Quest has its series finale.
November 7th, 1973: B-list sci-fi author Gregory Lucas founds the Church of Atom in response to the two nuclear detonations in the Middle East, claiming "Atom will divide, and through His division Force flows. We must welcome this Force, for it will bring us into a new state of being."
November 20, 1973: The Argentininan Army of Peru sits in Quito, while their Brazilian allies are waiting on the EUARS southern border
November 21st, 1973: Robert "Bobby" Beausoleil unveils the creation of 6-story geodesic dome structures (a.k.a. "Pleasure Domes") for hedonistic pleasure in Los Angeles, California...
November 23, 1973: The American Navy sends one of its Pacific Battle Groups to Panama City. A Carribbean Battle Group to American Guiana.
December 1, 1973: At the Annual Summit of the Pacific Alliance, The Japanese Navy ratios are finally set to equal limits with their American and British Allies. The regime in Beijing, now bereft of allies in Asia, threatens German Indochina. The Throne Axis threatens war if German holdings are attacked.
December 5, 1973: The Hong Kong Summit. President Kennedy meets with Chinese Leadership. Negotiations break down as China demands Taiwan and US support in Indochina. RFK now stuck in a Holy War he wanted the US to stay out of, refuses
December 9, 1973: Brussels, Belgium - In a joint declaration at the Coalition of Nations, the Pacific Alliance and the Throne Axis condemn the coup of China, and declare the governmnet in Berlin the rightful government of China.
December 10, 1973: Mao Zedong and Chang Ch'ün visit Nagaland, and other Indian nations, to garner support for the government of China in Berlin.
December 12, 1973: The Argentinian Exploratory force lands close to Medina and begin marching towards the city.
December 14th, 1973: Marseille Bombing; Muslim guerillas bomb Marseille, France, killing 4 people, injuring another 20 civilians....
December 22nd, 1973: Johnny Dioguardi (a.k.a. "The Great White Shark"), is named one of the "most powerful men on Wall Street" by Wall Street Journal; secretly he is laundering money for the Colombo Crime family in New York City, New York....
December 24, 1973: The Crimson Lance takes the city of Nazareth from the "barbarians"
December 30th, 1973: Colonel Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, EUARS, leads a raid into American Guiana, killing 43 people....
December 31st, 1973: Meir Kahane, Kahane Chai, announces the formation of the State of Judea among the former remains of Jerusalem; backed by General Pedro Verdez....
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January 1, 1974: Economic Sanctions are placed against China by the Pacific Alliance and Throne Axis. The Indian nations agree to also sanction the Coup of China for 1 year
January 2, 1974: Washington DC - Congress declares war, and sends troops to the Middle East. A backroom deal is made between RFK and the Southern Democrats.
January 4, 1974: Washington DC - The American Civil Rights Enforcement Act or ACRE is passed.
January 10, 1974: New York, NY - TIME Magazine debuts the cover story. "The First World War" following a skirmishes between British India and Pakistan troops, and continuing violence in Indonesia. The Holy War has now become global.
January 12, 1974: Detroit, MI - Tesla Motors debuts the Electra-5, in response to demand for an electric car, following the Oil Enbargo, and skyrocketing prices.
February 2nd, 1974: British troop freighter is bombed by Muslim International Mujahideen (MIM) is bombed outside of Karachi, Pakistan killing 55 people...
February 23rd, 1974: Dow Chemical Plant at Lavrion is destroyed by terrorists, causing a chemical fire and spill killing 176 people instantly...
March 12, 1974: The FCC cancels the Hour of Power, the show continues to be produced by pirate radio.
March 13th, 1974: Embalse-I nuclear fission power plant comes online at Embalse, Córdoba, Argentina....
April 8th, 1974: Abdullah Öcalan calls for independence for a state of Kurdistan, backed by Argentina, in Corduene, sparking international attention. Also on this day, Eritrean Islamic Jihad Movement destroys Italian military barracks in Asmara, deamnding Eritrean independence...
April 11, 1974: British Troops declare Martial Law following riots and the sabotage of 4 Oil refineries in Dubai. The Pacific Alliance begins sending troops to the British Protectorate of Dubai
April 12, 1974: Caltech, CA - Claudia Archer, Rebecca Meadows and Simon Hastings demonstrate a plasma fusion reactor system. All three are hired by Tesla Dynamic. Also on this day, San Francisco, CA - America Today publishes a leaked document from the Argentinan Ministry of Defense, which calls that should the US ever makes a move into South America, such as invading EUARS or embargoing Argentina, the Nukes will launch. The missile strategy calls for attacking both military and civilian targets. On the top of the list are Washington DC, San Francisco, New York, and other military targets.
April 13th, 1974: Moro Liberation Front guerillas attack Subic U.S. Naval Base, Philippines killing 15 people in a massive suicide attack....
April 14, 1974: San Francisco, CA - PM Patrick Moore of the British Empire condemns the war plan for using nukes on civilian targets. PM Akagi of Japan also joins the condemnation, after a deep cover spy reveals the Argentinan War Plan for the whole of the Pacific Alliance. Also on this day, Al-Fatah guerillas bomb the Red Line Subway systen in Los Angeles, California killing 43 people....
April 15, 1974: The Pacific Alliance increases its defense stance from Level D to Level C (E being the lowest), following the leak of documents from Argentina
April 17, 1974: General Verdez orders "loyalty tests" for all government employees. The "Blue Scare" descends over Buenos Aries.
April 25th, 1974: Mar Emmanuel III Delly announces independence for the United Christian Republic of Assyria in Mosul, Ottoman Empire; backed by Argentina...
April 29, 1974: General of the Crimson Lance, Patrick Robertson, establishes the Holy Republic of Israel. The country stretches from Netanya to Tripoli (IOTL Lebanon. So South with Israel and Tel Aviv is Judea, and in the North with its capital in Nazareth is Israel)
May 1st, 1974: Al-Fatah guerillas bomb the Caribe Star, Caltalina ferry in Santa Monica, California killing 108 people...
May 2, 1974: Despite many late night talks with RFK, the Turkish Republic cuts off ties to the United States and the Pacific Alliance.
May 5, 1974: Pacific Alliance Forces are waiting in Suez.
May 8, 1974: A Crimson Lance Battalion under the command of Crimson Chaplin Daniel Duke, takes control of Cyprus, and orders the massacre of all Muslims, on the island. Soon thereafter the Crimson Lance reprimands Duke slightly, but it is a slap on the wrist.
May 10, 1974: The Cyprus Genocide causes widespread outrage of Americans not in favor of the Holy War. Hannah Wexler, a grad student at Chicago State University founds RSAC (Rational Students Against Crusades) condemning the violence in Cyprus.
May 12th, 1974: American Indian Movement (AIM) guerillas launch an armed insurrection at Adirondack Mountains Park, New York...
May 18th, 1974: "Pumper Nic" international hamburger fast-food chain is established by Tito Lowenstein in Buenos Aires, Argentina...
June 4th, 1974: Argentine film La Tregua (a.k.a. "The Truce") directed by Sergio Renán, becomes the best-selling film worldwide of the year...
June 6th, 1974: Secretary Bayard Rustin is "outted" as being homosexual by African-American leader Ralph Abernathy in Birmingham, Alabama, clearly disgusted at Rustin's efforts to link the LGBT movement to the African-American Civil Rights struggle...
June 5, 1974: President Robert Kennedy signs the PATRIOT Act in response to the Christian militia and anti-genocide groups for national security reasons.
June 8th, 1974:"Reino de Munt" (a.k.a. "King of the World") by Argentine singer Alejandro Lerner, becomes a hit song, broadcast by Argentine military forces in the Middle East....
July 2nd, 1974: Civil rights worker Staughton Lynd confirms rumors of Secretary Bayard Rustin's homosexuality in Muncie, Indiana...
July 4th, 1974: Mohammad Hajj Amin al-Husayni proclaims "Death to all Americans", during a rally in Jerusalem; Also on this day, Washington DC - Following Rustin's retirement from the Civil Rights Coalition leadership, Marvin Freeman meets with RFK. Freeman is also running for governor in 1974, promising civil rights to the state.
July 16th, 1974: Robert Matthews (R-AZ) calls for the defense of the American border with "Christian militias" during a rally in Phoenix, Arizona....
August 7th, 1974: CIA-backed guerilla leader Misael Pastrana Borrero is captured and killed in Bogota, EUASR...
August 9, 1974: White Sands, NM - Selene 4, with Dustin Grissom winning the draw of the four man crew, is the first man to walk on the moon. They leave behind the Columbus Lunar module.
August 10, 1974: The Western Reserve Port Authority, Youngstown Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, North-Central Railroad, and Amtrak ( Broadway Limited (New York-Chicago via Youngstown, Akron, Mansfield, Lima and Fort Wayne), the Capitol Limited (Chicago-Washington D.C. via Fort Wayne, Lima, Mansfield, Akron, Youngstown, Pittsburgh, and Harper's Ferry), and the Buckeye (Youngstown-Columbus-Dayton-Indianapolis-Chicago)) announce plans to build a combined bus and rail terminal, with a 40-story skyscraper attached. The building will be called Youngstown Tower. The building, bus terminal, and five platform rail station (for North-Central Railroad and future use for YMATA) are on the north side of the Mahoning River, on a parcel of land bordered by Belmont Avenue (East), W. Rayen Street (north), and the Mahoning River to the south. A passenger bridge spans across the Mahoning to another five-platform rail station (Amtrak). Total for the project, including buying parcels of land: $700 million.
August 19th-22nd, 1974: American Ambassador Rodger Davies is taken hostage by Muslim guerillas in Beirut, he is forced to read a manifesto calling for an end to "American cowboy diplomacy", before he is beheaded. His head is mailed to the U.S. Embassy in Paris...
September 8th, 1974: Sabri Khalil al-Banna hijacks a passenger blimp and detonates it at the Empire State Building in New York City, New York, killing 161 commuters....
September 11, 1974: Kennedy receives a memo authorizing the use of extraordinary rendition for terrorists from the CIA, which he signs off on.
September 12th, 1974: Thomas Stockheimer and several "Christian militia" members announce "Christian Citizens' Grand Jury Indictments" against President Kennedy for "failure to defend Christian values" in Washington D.C.,...
September 15th, 1974: 6 U.S. Marines are killed by an 8-year old suicide bomber in Damascus, Ottoman Republic...
September 21st, 1974: Atucha-I nuclear fission power plant comes online at Lima, Zárate, Argentina...
September 30, 1974: Kennedy orders electronic surveillance of the Christian militias.
October 19th-20th, 1974: Christian milita leaders launch the "National Tax Convention" to protest ACRE in Milwaukee, Wisconsin....
October 30th, 1974: 8 American soldiers are killed by sniper fire in Ankara, Turkish Republic...
November 2, 1974: Embalse-1 experiences a critical meltdown. The Argentinan Reactor was rushed to completion and had few of the safety features that are standard in Pacific Alliance Reactors.
November 3, 1974: African American Lieutenant Justin Thomas, is awarded the Medal of Honor, for his service in the Holy War, and successfully coming to the aid of pinned down Crimson Lance forces.
November 4, 1974: Washington DC - Marvin Freeman is elected governor of the State of Tennessee.
November 9th, 1974: Al-Fatah takes credit for the bombing of a shopping mall in Duarte, California, killing 12 people in the process...
November 12, 1974: Hollywood, CA - The movie Star Quest: The Eugenics War, which features a prominent background war of the 21st century. The 21st Century story follows Kublai, a genetic superman of the 2040s that ruled Eurasia, meanwhile in the 2270s Captain Pike and Endeavor find Kublai frozen aboard a spaceship.
November 20th, 1974: Anti-trust lawsuit is launched against Tesla Incorporated in Washington D.C., sparking national debate...
November 21st, 1974: VC-10 troop transport is bombed at Dubai by Palestinian Liberation Front (PLF) guerillas, killing 68 people....
December 1st, 1974: Mohammad Aslam sends a truck bomb into the British embassy at Karachi, Pakistan, killing 83 people in the process...
December 18th, 1974: Richard Butler establishes a Christian militia in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, proclaiming "Kennedy is selling out the country..."
December 25, 1974: Pro-American forces in the Turkish military replace the former junta in a bloodless coup, which is now headed by the pro-Pacific Alliance Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Tayyip Erdogan; Also on this day, Josef Homolov bombs Pan Am Airlines Flight #25 out of Rome, Italy to Beirut, killing 155 people, mainly American tourists....
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January 3rd, 1975: Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine launches an attack on American and British forces in Damascus in a suicide attack, killing 19 people...
January 17th, 1975: American-backed General Gustavo Rojas Pinilla is captured and executed in Melgar, Tolima, EUASR...
February 8th, 1975: Eureka Springs Riots; Race riots erupt in Eureka Springs, Arkansas after Christian militias receive word that Malcolm Little will be speaking....
February 9th, 1975: Seattle Riots; Mike Beach sparks race riots in Seattle Washington, calling for the creation of a "Christian republic"...
February 17th, 1975: Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine kidnap and rape the 11-year old daughter of American ambassador Robert Walker. The 3-hour video is broadcast on underground television networks throughout the region....
March 1, 1975: Chicago, IL - Tesla Computers premieres the "DATANET" a large transmitter that allows computers in range to "communicate" with one another. DHM Computers launches a suit that Tesla's proprietary technology gives them an unfair market advantage
March 5th, 1975: Salafi Wahabbist guerillas seize control of Riyadh, demanding the expulsion of "infidel troops"....
April 5th, 1975: Representative Roger Macbride (R-VT) is named Speaker of the House, based on his libertarian platform, in Washington D.C.; Also on this day, Washington-1 - The first American Military Space Station is completed in Geostationary orbit. It features full time 12 person crew. The space station is the data processing center for the CIA's satellites, and also a Missile suite, for Space Defense. Secretly 6 American thermonuclear devices are placed on the station with stealth capabilities.
April 11th, 1975: Al-Fatah guerillas capture Kuwait City, brutally killing British Petroleum (BP) 476 employees in televised mass executions....
April 17th, 1975: Failed assassination attempt on President Robert F. Kennedy in Little Rock, Arkansas by Herbert S. Breed...
April 23rd, 1975: Argentine film Dialogues of Exiles durected by Raúl Ruiz, becomes a the best-selling film worldwide of the year...
June 11th, 1975: Al-Ahwaz guerillas led by Sheikh Jabir al-Kaabi, announce independence for Arabistan in Shirinshah, Persia...
June 15th, 1975: Oregon State Government declares bankruptcy under libertarian Governor Paul Pferdner and Lieutenant-Governor Karen Gray, sparking national attention. Also on this day, Abdul Wahab Kayyali, Arab Liberation Front (ALF), proclaims the "liberation of the Holy Land" with the capture of Mecca....
June 16th, 1975: Lieutenant María Cristina "Marita" Perceval becomes the first female launched into space, launched from Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, embarassing American leaders....
June 23rd, 1975: The Independent releases information from White House staffers about President Robert Kennedy's surveillance of Christian militias as "unconstitutional"...
July 1st, 1975: Chicago Crime Boss Paul Castellano, head of the Gambino crime family begins laundering money through stock trades in Chicago, Illinois, adding greater legitimacy for organized crime....
July 25th, 1975: Libertarian business owner John Hospers of Los Angeles, California sues the federal government in an effort to overturn ACRE, arguing that companies should be allowed to have racist practices, as a "right of free contract"....
July 30th, 1975: Anthony Provenzano is named head of the Teamsters' Union in Detroit, Michigan despite accusations of links to organized crime...
August 24th, 1975: Secretary Bayard Rustin resigns amidst protests in Washington D.C., The Confidential reports that Bayard Rustin has been diagnosed with "Mittelafrika Feuer"...
August 25th, 1975: "El Sistema"; Maestro Jose Antonio Abreu launches an armed insurrection against the EUASR in Caracas, backed by Argentina....
September 17th, 1975: National Spotlight magazine published by Christian militia leaders, calls for the impeachment of President Robert F. Kennedy, becoming an instant bestseller....
October 4, 1975: Chancellor Heinemann of Germany and French PM Mitterand, visit the memorials in both countries for the Three European Wars. Mitterand formally apologizes for France's actions saying, "We were swept up in a religious fervor, and listened to an utter mad man. The loss of Europe caused by Christophe I can never be fixed, but as a continent we must move on to a bright new future."
October 15, 1975: Guardian Columnist and future member of Parliament, Bryan Griffith, pens the "Atheist Manifesto" commenting "At this very moment people are dying in a war over the same bloody deity. Religion is the opiate of the masses, and if we are ever to truly reach for the future, the world needs to go into rehab."
October 22nd, 1975: Mobster Jacob Molinas brags that he has rigged the World Series, after the New York Yankees led by Billy Martin win against the Cincinatti Reds in Game 4, 4-0,....
Ocotber 27th, 1975: Eyal Hotel Bombing; 45 foreign journalists are killed in Jerusalem, after Arab Liberation Front (ALF) set off a car bomb, packed with explosives, directly in front of the lobby....
November 22nd, 1975: Robert "Bobby" Beausoleil unveils the creation of 6-story geodesic dome structures (a.k.a. "Pleasure Domes") for hedonistic pleasure in New York City, New York...
December 15th, 1975: Dr. Mohammad Hassan Hossinbour and Dr. Ahmad Reza Taheri announce independence for Baluchistan in Zahedan, Persia; backed by Argentina....
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January 9th, 1976: Arab Liberation Front (ALF) guerillas launch rocket attacks into a crowded marketplace in Istanbul, killing 43 people, sparking international attention...
February 12th, 1976: Yoshi's Massacre; Mafia hitman Joseph "The Animal" Barboza kills 12 people, including 4 captains of the Yakuza at Yoshi's night club in San Francisco, California....
March 12, 1976: Miyomoto Naka Industries creates the first video game console. The Famicom. Its debut titles are "Mach 6 Racer" and "Knuckles: the Echidna".
March 17, 1976: Beijing, Nationalist China - 10000 students from the University of Beijing protest the brutal militaristic regime in Tianamen Square. Chinese Military Airships deploy gas weapons to break up the demonstration.
March 19th, 1976: Reputed mobsters Lawrence Paladino and Matthew Ianniello announce earnings of c.$532 million after launching junk bonds....
April 7th, 1976: Moro Liberation Front (MLF) guerillas hijack American Airlines Flight #19, with 72 passengers directly into the Presidential Palace, effectively decapitating the Philippine government....
April 14, 1976: Shanghai, Nationalist China - Shanghai secedes from China in protest over the Tianamen Massacre
April 23rd, 1976: Mafia crime boss Philip Rastelli, is named the "Burger King" by investing in several fast-food chains, including "Pumper Nic" burger chains in New York City, New York....
May 21st, 1976: Moro Liberation Front (MLF) execute 6 British Anglican missionaries in Zamboanga, mailing their heads to the British embassy in Manila....
June 13, 1976: DHM Computers debuts the Exodus Video Game Console. Although nearly twice as expensive as the Famicom, it has save game features, along with better graphics. However the games are lacking
June 27th, 1976: Air France #245, with 258 passengers is hijacked in Paris, France to New York City, New York, and is diverted to Mecca; mainly Americans returning home for the Bicentennial...
July 4th, 1976: While President Robert Kennedy tries to negotiate with Abdul Wahab Kayyali, Arab Liberation Front (ALF), Kayyali calmly reminds Kennedy that he lost his entire family at Mecca; and proceeds to blow up the 747 (e.g. Air France, Flight #245) on the tarmac of the Beirut airfield, killing 258 passengers, including 98 Americans....
July 29th, 1976: Serial killer Robert Violante rapes and murders "Dark Paladin" of New York aka Judy Staples; "White Owl" aka Daniel Dreyton is institutionalized after being forced to watch for 3-days the brutal rape and dismemberment of his partner....
August 15, 1976: Medina County Commissioners and Medina City Council unanimously vote to deny Robert "Bobby" Beausoleil a zoning and building permit for his "Pleasure Domes" citing that the "pleasure Domes" would not be condusive to "the image that this County and this City try to portray to the North-Central Ohio region, the State of Ohio, the United States of America, and indeed, to the World."
September 9th, 1976: Speaker of the House Roger Macbride (R-VT) steps down after allegations of "pay-to-play" bribery accusations erupt in Washington D.C.,....
October 6th, 1976: American-backed Luis Posada Carriles drops batches of botulism virus on Medellin, EUASR, killing 17 people....
October 10th, 1976: Ali Hassan Salamah, Arab Liberation Front (ALF) spokesman, speaks in Berlin, saying, "nothing less than complete foreign withdrawal of the region will be accepted..."
November 5th, 1976: Due to the nation being split with the Libertarians running a successful campaign and the Democratic party divided, The Peace Party wins a narrow victory. Les Paul and Gerald Ford are elected President and Vice President with only 40% of the popular vote. Also on this day, The Provinces of Hainan, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Jaingxi, Fujian, and Zhejiang, secede to join Shanghai.
November 6th, 1976: Mahir Cayan, People's Liberation Party-Front of Turkey (THKP-C), launches an armed insurrection in Ankara, demanding the overthrow of the American-backed regime...
November 13th, 1976: Arab Liberation Front (ALF) guerillas fire into a nightclub with American and Argentine troops in Athens, Greece, 18 people killed in the process....
December 1st, 1976: Abd-al-Halim Khaddam announces independence for Syria, in Damascus, backed by American forces....
December 13th, 1976: Moro Liberation Front (MLF) guerillas launch a suicide attack on the Presidential Palace in Manila, killing 23 people....
December 15th, 1976: U.S. Army C-150 transport is shot down by Al-Fatwa guerillas in Baghdad, killing 47 people, including 6 ground crew personnel...
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January 1st, 1977: American ambassador Frank Meloy is abducted by Arab Liberation Front (ALF) guerillas in Beirut. His burned and beaten body is found by U.S. 5th Infantry dangling from a bridge...
January 20th, 1977: Riots erupt during Inauguration of President Paul in Washington D.C., over proposals of Pacific Alliance currency unity; 379 people are arrested in the rioting...
January 29th, 1977: Argentine singer Valeria Lynch makes her debut in Buenos Aires, Argentina....
March 5th, 1977: President Paul removes all American forces from the Middle East, citing the deaths of 175,000 American soldiers as his main reason.
March 9th, 1977: Hanafi Muslim terrorists seize control of the City Council Chambers in Washington D.C., taking 134 people hostage. They demand the release of all "enemy combatants", especially religious clerics.....
March 15, 1977: Nazareth, Israel - Following President Paul's withdrawl from the Holy War, the Crimson Lance Corporation reports that it will not be withdrawing. Crimson Lance becomes the military of the Holy Republics of Israel and Cyprus.
March 19th, 1977: Turkish Airlines, Flight #78, is hijacked by Arab Liberation Front (ALF) guerillas, who fly the passenger airliner into Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey, effectively decapitating the Pacific-Alliance government....
April 1, 1977: The government of Free China moves to Shanghai
June 6th, 1977: Spanish expatriate Agustin Garcia Calvo establish the "Acratas" anarchist movement in Buenos Aires
July 4, 1977: The Pacific Alliance Conference meets in San Francisco. The Pacific Coalition is born, following the agreement of unifying the currencies of Japan, the United States and the British Empire to one currency. The switch will take place on January 1, 1985. The Pacific Credit is now being minted
July 5, 1975: Scott Orson Card writes The Fall of the American Republic, a Near future sci-fi story where the United States falls in much the same way that the Roman Republic fell. In an interview he cites his inspiration from visiting a Pleasure Dome and noting the similarities between the Hedonism of Rome and the United States. His novel calls for the rise of Supreme President Alexia Archer in the year 2000.
August 16th, 1977: Singer Debbie Wimer makes her hit musical debut with the single "TCB" in Memphis, Tennessee...
August 28th, 1977: Senator William Proxmire (D-WI) awards the "Golden Fleece" award to the Battlestar program in Washington D.C., calling it a "waste of taxpayers dollars"...
September 5, 1977: White Sands, NM - An Eos Launcher places the Trailblazer Mission into orbit. The 5 probes will be going on a "Grand Tour of the Solar System" Onboard Trailblazer 1 are the ashes of Electra Tesla
December 10th, 1977: c.125,000 members of the American Agriculture Movement (AAM) launch a massive protest in washington D.C., over Pacific Alliance Treaty reports that food prices would be de-regulated...
December 12th, 1977: U.S. Supreme Court strikes down libertarian tax legislation as a violation of the 10th Amendment, sparking national attention....
December 16th, 1977: Armada de la República Argentina submarines report American and British submarines off the coast of the Malvinas, Argentina....
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January 6th, 1978: Mafia boss Jimmy "The Weasel" Fratianno seizes control of Los Angeles, California from Yakuza control in a bloody offensive; Angelo Lonardo, John Calandra, and Ronald Carabbia seize control of Cleveland, Ohio...
January 7th, 1978: Argentine singer Valeria Lynch makes her worldwide hit single debut with "Yo Soy tu Cancion" (a.k.a. "I Am Your Song")....
January 11, 1978: Sen. Elizabeth Holtzman (D-NY) dies in a car crash.
January 15, 1978: Former President Robert Kennedy (R-NY) is appointed to his old Senate seat, where he would serve until his 2000 retirement.
January 18th, 1978: British anti-war leader Malcolm McLaren proclaims "How does it feel to be swindled?" during a rally in London, England...
March 7th, 1978: U.S. Mobster Salvatore 'Ciaschiteddu' Greco is reported in EUASR, after several bombings in Caracas, backed by the CIA...
March 18th, 1978: "Canción Del Sur" album by Los Jaivas makes its hit musical debut in Santiago, Argentina....
April 6th, 1978: Professor Isaak Yudovich Ozimov is diagnosed with "Mittelafrika" from a tainted blood transfusion in Bethesda, Maryland....
April 8th, 1978: Administration officials claim that the Pacific Alliance Treaty agreement has created c.14,000 jobs, despite suspicion by many union members....
April 19th, 1978: "Third Worlder" Tong Enzheng is praised, after he leads a demonstration condemning the American Battlestar program in Shanghai, China....
May 2nd, 1978: "Ay Amor" single by Argentine singer Myriam Hernández makes its hit debut in Santiago, Argentina...
May 24th, 1978: Bayswater Circle formed; Vince Stevenson, Trevor Dawton, Dafydd Ladd & Stewart Carr establish the Bayswater Circle in Great Britain, calling for a "New Enlightenment"....
June 2nd, 1978: Combahee River Collective established ; African-American feminists launch manifesto in Cambridge, Massachusetts...
June 5, 1978: The new Cuyahoga Towers open. The three 490-foot towers overlook Goodyear Plaza in Akron, Ohio. The buildings offer luxury apartment living (Cuyahoga One) and office space (Cuyahoga Two and Three).
June 13th, 1978: David & Violet Brandenberger establish the "I-CAN" sexual hedonistic society in Honolulu, Hawaii, as a rebellion against moral and religious values....
June 16th, 1978: Father's Day Massacre; Brothers William and Joseph Cammisano seize control of underworld in Kansas City, Missouri...
June 30th, 1978: Sgt. John T. Draper in San Francisco, California writes a defense analysis report, warning that "Battlestar" program computers are the subject of "foreign takeover", citing the John Whiteside Parsons Scandal. He is promptly dismissed by upper brass for "rocking the boat"...
August 17th, 1978: The American Farmer: The 20th Century Slave by James Wickstrom, becomes a major bestseller, with its populist message of agricultural subsides....
September 2nd, 1978: Argentine film La Isla (a.k.a. "The Island") directed by Alejandro Doria, becomes the best-selling film worldwide of the year....
September 22, 1978: Bronson Street Brawl. Amidst a surprising challenge by the Cleveland Indians for first place in the American League East, a beanball war results in two bench-clearing brawls and an Indians win. This starts a rivalry between the two teams that is arguably larger than the traditional Yankees-Red Sox rivalry.
October 5, 1978: The Battlestar program prototype, performs its first test. It is able to successfully take out 33% of incoming missiles
October 15, 1978 - Despite many concerns over the Battlestar Program, Congress approves funding for 15 Battlestar Station satellites. Fear over nuclear weapons and desire for a defense against them, overpower any opposition based on cost.
November 7th, 1978: Representative Ray Omernick (R-WI) of Marathon County, Wisconsin, calls for the impeachment President Paul on grounds of "selling out national sovereignty"...
December 5th, 1978: Pro-democracy leader Wei Jingsheng proclaims democracy as the "First Modernization" during a rally in Beijing, China...
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January 17th, 1979: Anthony "Tough Tony" Anastasio, head of the ILA of Brooklyn, New York, launches rally demanding an end to vigilante activity...
April 1, 1979: Monterey, CA - The first Commercial operated Plasma Fusion Reactor goes online.
April 30th, 1979: Argentine Music Invasion; "Los Enanitos Verdes" (a.k.a. "Little Green Men") make their hit debut in America with their hit single "En Vivo"....
May 21st, 1979: Jay Kinney and Paul Mavrides establish the Union of Concerned Comic Books (UCCB) is established in San Francisco, California, demanding better pay and more social awareness in comic books...
June 18th, 1979: "Carnival Against Capitalism" is launched in Cologne, Germany over the "globalization agenda"....
June 2, 1979 - Despite matching funds from the British Empire and Japan, the Pacific Alliance only has 24 of a planned 45 satellite Defense network operational.
July 7, 1979: The new Ohio Turnpike opens. ODOT and Turnpike Commission engineers route the Turnpike via the old Interstate 271 in northern Summit County and build an overpass over Interstate 71 in Medina County, eliminating the old junction with I-71 and replacing it with a new junction with eight-lane gates on both sides of the Turnpike. The eight-lane Turnpike starts at Westgate near Maumee Township, Indiana/Antwerp, Ohio. Major new interchanges are State Route 15 south of Defiance, I-75 at Findlay, State Route 53 at Tiffin, State Route 60 at New London, State Route 301 near Spencer/ Wellington, Interstate 71/471/Haise International Airport at Medina, and Interstate 77/SR 21 at Richfield.
July 11th, 1979: Anthony Provenzano, Teamster's Union, threatens a "general strike" to cripple the Paul administration in Trenton, New Jersey; Also on this day, Washington-1 Disaster; 7 astronauts are killed when ignition in the pure oxygen environment, kills scientists in the scientific module...
September 14th, 1979: Communist officials led by Fabio Vásquez Castaño call for Non-Aggression Pact with Argentina in Bogota, EUASR....
October 5, 1979: Dennis Washington is elected to the House of Representatives (R-TN) His district is Memphis, Tennessee...
October 8th, 1979: Stock Market falls over concerns that Pacific Alliance monetary union will mean the loss of blue-collar jobs nationwide; Also on this day, Stock Market falls over concerns that Pacific Alliance monetary union will mean the loss of blue-collar jobs nationwide....
November 15th, 1979: Libertarian members of the Republican Party led by Frank Chodorov (R-CA) are arrested by federal agents in Los Angeles, California in a massive voter fraud scandal...
November 15th, 1979: Mobsters Raffaele Quasarano and Peter Vitale seize control of the automobile workers' unions in Detroit, Michigan....
November 30th, 1979: Riots erupt during the Pacific Alliance Treaty Conference in Seattle, Washington, after c. 100,000 protest proposed monetary alliance...
December 1, 1979: The Throne Axis is dissolved and the Eurasian Treaty Organization is made with Germany and Russia as prominent members
December 12, 1979: San Francisco, CA - Senator Alexis Harper (R-CA) makes calls to all Presidental hopefuls, already hoping to get the VP slot on the 1980 ticket.
December 20, 1979: The attorney generals of ten states file suit in federal court contesting that joining the Pacific Coalition is a violation of the United States Constitution. The State of Texas begins discussions over whether to secede from the Union.
December 24, 1979: New York, NY - Senator Walter Cronkite on the HBC Nightly News announces that he will run for the Democratic nomination in 1980, during an interview with respected journalist Ronnie Reagan.
December 31st, 1979: A large nuclear accident occurs in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the radiation separates the north from the south. 35,000 are killed. President Paul prepares to send humanitarian aid. Captain Juan Firenze of the Argentine Battle Submarine Belgrano, hears news about the accident, and thinks its a Pacific Alliance attack. He torpedoes the USS New York, an aircraft carrier off the coast of Panama. The ship begins to take on water and starts to sink.
Prometheus_2300
June 11th, 2010, 07:21 AM
October 15, 1978 - Despite many concerns over the Battlestar Program, Congress approves funding for 15 Battlestar Station satellites. Fear over nuclear weapons and desire for a defense against them, overpower any opposition based on cost.
June 2, 1979 - Despite matching funds from the British Empire and Japan, the Pacific Alliance only has 24 of a planned 45 satellite Defense network operational.
Mr_ Bondoc
June 11th, 2010, 07:27 AM
October 15, 1978 - Despite many concerns over the Battlestar Program, Congress approves funding for 15 Battlestar Station satellites. Fear over nuclear weapons and desire for a defense against them, overpower any opposition based on cost.
June 2, 1979 - Despite matching funds from the British Empire and Japan, the Pacific Alliance only has 24 of a planned 45 satellite Defense network operational. I have added those PODs to the ATL. As such, who here wants to begin the 1980s in all of its stereo glory ?
Prometheus_2300
June 11th, 2010, 07:35 AM
Oh are we starting the 1980s?
January 1, 1980: Buenos Aries, Argentina - General Verdez dies of radiation poisoning, throwing Argentina into confusion. There are three top contenders for the position of "Generallismo". General of Military Production José López, Admiral of the Air and Space Forces Silvio Frondizi (who also controls the nuclear missiles), and General of the Army Julio Troxler
<The first POD of 1910 basically means that no common figures can be used anymore. These names were pulled from a list of prominent deaths in Argentina in the 70s. Given radically different circumstances for Argentina they found their way to the military.>.
* Frondizi is a moderate, he will fire the missiles if fired at, and is waiting for an American response before he kills 400 million people. He is also waiting for an investigation of the Buenos Aries blast. His thinking is that if the Americans fired, why is their navy so far away, Why only one nuke?
* Troxler is a hardliner that is poised to just invade the EUASR and keep going until he reaches Texas. He is trying to cover up the accident since the army wasn't supposed to have the nuke.
* Lopez is an administrator, and keeps Argentina running smoothly. He's a bureaucrat but without him things would fall apart.
DEATH TOLL
Argentina: c 35,000 Broken Arrow in Buenos Aries
United States: c 175 sailors aboard the Aircraft carrier.
By the way how big do you guys think the arsenal is for these countries. I honestly don't see them getting very big, nothing like the US or USSR in OTL today.
Mr_ Bondoc
June 11th, 2010, 07:51 AM
And then things hit the fan:
Januiary 1st, 1980: British Royal Marines under Major Mike Norman announce the occupation of South Georgia as part of "police operations", sparking immediate Argentinian outrage. Argentinean forces lead by Lieutenant Commander Guillermo Sanchez-Sabarots' Amphibious Commandos Group, launch a defense killing 20 people...
JJDXB
June 11th, 2010, 05:58 PM
January 1, 1980: The first real news of the sinking of USS New York arrives at the White House. The US President immediately condemns Argentina, and denying any involvement in the disaster in Buenos Aires, instead blaming "insufficient safety standards and regulations"
January 2, 1980: Argentinian forces continue putting up fierce resistance. Meanwhile, an ultimatum is sent to the British provisional governor in South Georgia demanding the immediate withdrawal of PA forces in the area and the ceding of the islands to Argentina.
January 3, 1980: The military stalemate continues as the Argentinian government receives its responses from both the Governor of South Georgia and the UK Government, who reject it outright and warn of "severe" action should Argentinian forces continue to interfere in the sovereign rights of the local government.
Mr_ Bondoc
June 11th, 2010, 07:58 PM
January 1, 1980: The first real news of the sinking of USS New York arrives at the White House. The US President immediately condemns Argentina, and denying any involvement in the disaster in Buenos Aires, instead blaming "insufficient safety standards and regulations"
January 2, 1980: Argentinian forces continue putting up fierce resistance. Meanwhile, an ultimatum is sent to the British provisional governor in South Georgia demanding the immediate withdrawal of PA forces in the area and the ceding of the islands to Argentina.
January 3, 1980: The military stalemate continues as the Argentinian government receives its responses from both the Governor of South Georgia and the UK Government, who reject it outright and warn of "severe" action should Argentinian forces continue to interfere in the sovereign rights of the local government.
January 4th, 1980: Sinking of the HMS Sheffield; British destoyer is sunk by Argentinian forces after entering the "Maritime Exclusion Zone", killing 76 people; General Silvio Frondizi demands Pacific Alliance forces withdraw immediately or face consequences...
January 5th, 1980: Frondizi orders the fueling of nuclear missiles at Río Grande, Tierra del Fuego in an effort to demonstrate his resolve...
Prometheus_2300
June 12th, 2010, 04:29 AM
January 5, 1980: OSS reports to the President that General Verdez has died and that in addition to the tense situation, the Argentinans are moments away from Civil War. President Paul calls PM Woodward of the British Empire, imploring him to withdraw from South Georgia. PM Woodward responds, "Les you are a pacificist, and peace has failed it is time you stop humiliating and embarassing our alliance. We must show Argentina that we will back down NO MORE."
A meeting of the leaders of the Eurasian Treaty Organization agree to increase their readiness to Level 3.
President Paul deploys his diplomats to Buenos Aries to establish communication between the heads of both factions of Argentina.
General Troxler, moves to cover up his remaining nuke. He lacks a launch system but is moving it towards his command post in Quito
General Frondizi checks the satellite observers, and none of them registered a missile launch on December 31. He orders an audit of Argentina's nuclear arsenal.
thepenguin
June 12th, 2010, 05:09 AM
January 1st, 1980 (just after midnight): USS Akron (DE-100), USS Charles F. Adams (DDG-2), and USS Paul F. Foster (DD-964), prosecute ARA Belgrano (SSN-1) after the sinking of USS New York (CV(N)-insert hull number here). Depth charges dropped by the Akron and the Foster force the Belgrano to surface. Boarding party captures Captain Firenze and 100 officers and sailors. The crew are detained in the brigs of the Adams, Foster, and USS Hopkins (CAG-13). Akron takes the Belgrano under tow.
Mr_ Bondoc
June 12th, 2010, 05:36 AM
January 6th, 1980: Operation BLACK BUCK; British Mirage III's launch an attack on Buenos Aires, injuring General Silvio Frondizi sending him into a medically-induced coma...
January 8th, 1980: General José López is named the head of the military government. Lopez alerts General Julio Troxler that elements of the Armada de la República Argentina (ARA) are "within striking distance of Pacific Alliance targets"....
January 9th, 1980: Battle of San Carlos; Escuadron Fenix launches a surprise attack on USS Akron (DE-100), USS Charles F. Adams (DDG-2), and USS Paul F. Foster (DD-964), killing 2,013 people in the largest loss of American lives since the Holy War....
Prometheus_2300
June 12th, 2010, 05:53 AM
January 9, 1980: Escuadron Fenix finds the Belgrano adrift with no crew on board. He quickly discovers that he killed the crew as they were prisoners aboard the Akron.
President Paul attempts to call PM Woodward and receives no answer. Secretary of State George Bush calls Foreign Secretary, Margaret Roberts in an attempt to get Woodward to back off. Margaret says she will try "no one wants over a billion dead."
January 10, 1980: The Army of the EUARS mobilizes to face. Premier Guevara asks to meet with the the American ambassador.
5 squadrons of bombers out of Panama City depart. In a coordinated attack with 2 San Francisco Class Submarines, they move to make the Second Battle of San Carlos...
January 11, 1980: General Troxler attempts to wrest control of the nuclear arsenal while Frondizi is in a coma. The lieutnenant general of the Air Force moves Frondizi to the Air Force hospital in Tierra del Fuego.
Mr_ Bondoc
June 12th, 2010, 06:34 AM
January 12th, 1980: Westchester Disaster; Armada de la República Argentina (ARA) S-22 submarine launches a missile into Westchester, New York, 24 miles from New York City, New York, killing c.1,018 people instantly, causing a massive nuclear meltdown kiliing 57,300 people (deaths reported in Westchester, White Plains, Buchanan and Yonkers). General José López warns President Les Paul to withdraw all Pacific Alliance forces from Latin American waters, or "further measures will be necessary..." General José López also warns that he is taking a "an-eye-for-an-eye" policy, and that any strike will be met with "equal and opposite measure"....
Prometheus_2300
June 12th, 2010, 06:58 AM
January 12, 1980: President Les Paul orders all American ships to depart for the International waters. The exception being the waters of the EUARS, and the Caribbean. The former was allowed by the EUARS Premier, and the Latter because of American Guiana. After many conversations with Foreign Secretary Thatcher, PM Woodward agrees to withdraw the Royal NAvy to the Falklands. However Woodward still refuses to back down in South Georgia. Secretary of State George Bush talks to Fronzini's lieutenant.
Supreme General Lopez denies General Troxler the use of atomic weapons. "Due to the tense situation, I will not allow it"
January 13, 1980: A statement is released by the White House, that "in the interest of peace, the United States Navy will withdraw at least 300 miles from the coasts of Argentina and Brazil. We do this in the hope of peace."
January 14, 1980: General Troxler orders the army to invade Quito. This is done without the knowledge of Generallismo Lopez.
January 17, 1980: General Frondizi awakes from his coma
<Paul is probably going down as one of the least popular presidents in this ATL.>
Death Toll
Argentina: 47,000
United States: 60,000
Mr_ Bondoc
June 12th, 2010, 07:26 AM
January 15th, 1980: EUASR Premier Guevara announces the dismissal of the American diplomatic delegation in Bogota, warning that "America has sold its security for peace, knowing it will never receive either..."
January 18th, 1980: A clearly shaken President Lester William Paul speaks to the nation in a televised speech, declaring, "With this tragedy, I will not seek the nomination as your president for another election..."
January 21st, 1980: British Prime Minister Woodward and Japanese Prime Minister Akio Morita discuss "unconventional options" in an effort to deal with "American short-sightedness"....
thepenguin
June 12th, 2010, 02:49 PM
Is Escuadron Fenix an aviation squadron? Where is it based?
June 16, 1986: After being christened by Akron mayor Jean Franklin, the second USS Akron (CSGN-32) slides down the slipways and into the Pascagoula Bay. The Virginia-class nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser is the second of the class and features the latest air defense capabilities. In addition, the Virginia-class CSGN sports two three-gun 8-inch turrets.
Think of this as a Boston (CAG-1) with a Tico superstructure and air defense suite, and a reactor.
Mr_ Bondoc
June 12th, 2010, 06:47 PM
Is Escuadron Fenix an aviation squadron? Where is it based? Escuadron Fenix is an aviation squadron that is based in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina which was utilized in OTL in the Falklands War.
In the meantime, here is what we have so far for the ATL:
January 1, 1980: Buenos Aries, Argentina - General Verdez dies of radiation poisoning, throwing Argentina into confusion. There are three top contenders for the position of "Generallismo". General of Military Production José López, Admiral of the Air and Space Forces Silvio Frondizi (who also controls the nuclear missiles), and General of the Army Julio Troxler
* Frondizi is a moderate, he will fire the missiles if fired at, and is waiting for an American response before he kills 400 million people. He is also waiting for an investigation of the Buenos Aries blast. His thinking is that if the Americans fired, why is their navy so far away, Why only one nuke?
* Troxler is a hardliner that is poised to just invade the EUASR and keep going until he reaches Texas. He is trying to cover up the accident since the army wasn't supposed to have the nuke.
* Lopez is an administrator, and keeps Argentina running smoothly. He's a bureaucrat but without him things would fall apart.
DEATH TOLL
Argentina: c 35,000 Broken Arrow in Buenos Aries
United States: c 175 sailors aboard the Aircraft carrier.
Januiary 1st, 1980: British Royal Marines under Major Mike Norman announce the occupation of South Georgia as part of "police operations", sparking immediate Argentinian outrage. Argentinean forces lead by Lieutenant Commander Guillermo Sanchez-Sabarots' Amphibious Commandos Group, launch a defense killing 20 people. Also on this day, The first real news of the sinking of USS New York arrives at the White House. The US President immediately condemns Argentina, and denying any involvement in the disaster in Buenos Aires, instead blaming "insufficient safety standards and regulations"; Also on this day, USS Akron (DE-100), USS Charles F. Adams (DDG-2), and USS Paul F. Foster (DD-964), prosecute ARA Belgrano (SSN-1) after the sinking of USS New York (CV(N)-35). Depth charges dropped by the Akron and the Foster force the Belgrano to surface. Boarding party captures Captain Firenze and 100 officers and sailors. The crew are detained in the brigs of the Adams, Foster, and USS Hopkins (CAG-13). Akron takes the Belgrano under tow.
January 2, 1980: Argentinian forces continue putting up fierce resistance. Meanwhile, an ultimatum is sent to the British provisional governor in South Georgia demanding the immediate withdrawal of PA forces in the area and the ceding of the islands to Argentina.
January 3, 1980: The military stalemate continues as the Argentinian government receives its responses from both the Governor of South Georgia and the UK Government, who reject it outright and warn of "severe" action should Argentinian forces continue to interfere in the sovereign rights of the local government.
January 4th, 1980: Sinking of the HMS Sheffield; British destoyer is sunk by Argentinian forces after entering the "Maritime Exclusion Zone", killing 76 people; General Silvio Frondizi demands Pacific Alliance forces withdraw immediately or face consequences...
January 5th, 1980: Frondizi orders the fueling of nuclear missiles at Río Grande, Tierra del Fuego in an effort to demonstrate his resolve; Also on this day, OSS reports to the President that General Verdez has died and that in addition to the tense situation, the Argentinans are moments away from Civil War. President Paul calls PM Woodward of the British Empire, imploring him to withdraw from South Georgia. PM Woodward responds, "Les you are a pacificist, and peace has failed it is time you stop humiliating and embarassing our alliance. We must show Argentina that we will back down NO MORE."
A meeting of the leaders of the Eurasian Treaty Organization agree to increase their readiness to Level 3.
President Paul deploys his diplomats to Buenos Aries to establish communication between the heads of both factions of Argentina.
General Troxler, moves to cover up his remaining nuke. He lacks a launch system but is moving it towards his command post in Quito
General Frondizi checks the satellite observers, and none of them registered a missile launch on December 31. He orders an audit of Argentina's nuclear arsenal.
January 6th, 1980: Operation BLACK BUCK; British Mirage III's launch an attack on Buenos Aires, injuring General Silvio Frondizi sending him into a medically-induced coma...
January 8th, 1980: General José López is named the head of the military government. Lopez alerts General Julio Troxler that elements of the Armada de la República Argentina (ARA) are "within striking distance of Pacific Alliance targets"....
January 9th, 1980: Battle of San Carlos; Escuadron Fenix launches a surprise attack on USS Akron (DE-100), USS Charles F. Adams (DDG-2), and USS Paul F. Foster (DD-964), killing 2,013 people in the largest loss of American lives since the Holy War. Also on this day, Escuadron Fenix finds the Belgrano adrift with no crew on board. He quickly discovers that he killed the crew as they were prisoners aboard the Akron.
President Paul attempts to call PM Woodward and receives no answer. Secretary of State George Bush calls Foreign Secretary, Margaret Roberts in an attempt to get Woodward to back off. Margaret says she will try "no one wants over a billion dead."
January 10, 1980: The Army of the EUARS mobilizes to face. Premier Guevara asks to meet with the the American ambassador.
5 squadrons of bombers out of Panama City depart. In a coordinated attack with 2 San Francisco Class Submarines, they move to make the Second Battle of San Carlos...
January 11, 1980: General Troxler attempts to wrest control of the nuclear arsenal while Frondizi is in a coma. The lieutnenant general of the Air Force moves Frondizi to the Air Force hospital in Tierra del Fuego.
January 12th, 1980: Westchester Disaster; Armada de la República Argentina (ARA) S-22 submarine launches a missile into Westchester, New York, 24 miles from New York City, New York, killing c.1,018 people instantly, causing a massive nuclear meltdown kiliing 57,300 people (deaths reported in Westchester, White Plains, Buchanan and Yonkers). General José López warns President Les Paul to withdraw all Pacific Alliance forces from Latin American waters, or "further measures will be necessary..." General José López also warns that he is taking a "an-eye-for-an-eye" policy, and that any strike will be met with "equal and opposite measure"; President Les Paul orders all American ships to depart for the International waters. The exception being the waters of the EUARS, and the Caribbean. The former was allowed by the EUARS Premier, and the Latter because of American Guiana. After many conversations with Foreign Secretary Thatcher, PM Woodward agrees to withdraw the Royal NAvy to the Falklands. However Woodward still refuses to back down in South Georgia. Secretary of State George Bush talks to Fronzini's lieutenant.
Supreme General Lopez denies General Troxler the use of atomic weapons. "Due to the tense situation, I will not allow it"
January 13, 1980: A statement is released by the White House, that "in the interest of peace, the United States Navy will withdraw at least 300 miles from the coasts of Argentina and Brazil. We do this in the hope of peace."
January 14, 1980: General Troxler orders the army to invade Quito. This is done without the knowledge of Generallismo Lopez.
January 15th, 1980: EUASR Premier Guevara announces the dismissal of the American diplomatic delegation in Bogota, warning that "America has sold its security for peace, knowing it will never receive either..."
January 17, 1980: General Frondizi awakes from his coma
Death Toll
Argentina: 47,000
United States: 60,000
January 18th, 1980: A clearly shaken President Lester William Paul speaks to the nation in a televised speech, declaring, "With this tragedy, I will not seek the nomination as your president for another election..."
January 21st, 1980: British Prime Minister Woodward and Japanese Prime Minister Akio Morita discuss "unconventional options" in an effort to deal with "American short-sightedness"....
*******
June 16, 1986: After being christened by Akron mayor Jean Franklin, the second USS Akron (CSGN-32) slides down the slipways and into the Pascagoula Bay. The Virginia-class nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser is the second of the class and features the latest air defense capabilities. In addition, the Virginia-class CSGN sports two three-gun 8-inch turrets.
thepenguin
June 12th, 2010, 07:01 PM
If the squadron is based in Tierra Del Fuego, then how did they get to off of Panama to attack the Adams group? There's no way that fighters can cover that distance with any appreciable weapon load, the hardpoints would be occupied with external fuel tanks. Are the EUASR allied with the Argies? That's the only way I can see this happening. These ships, along with the Belgrano, and others in the New York battle group, would be steaming towards San Diego. Just a little niggle I have.
Mr_ Bondoc
June 12th, 2010, 07:06 PM
If the squadron is based in Tierra Del Fuego, then how did they get to off of Panama to attack the Adams group? There's no way that fighters can cover that distance with any appreciable weapon load, the hardpoints would be occupied with external fuel tanks. Are the EUASR allied with the Argies? That's the only way I can see this happening. These ships, along with the Belgrano, and others in the New York battle group, would be steaming towards San Diego. Just a little niggle I have. Well, they have a Non-Aggression Treaty with the EUASR as of 1979. Also with the alliance with Brazil, along with the tensions mentioned starting in 1973, the squadron could have easily been stationed close to the action.... NUFF SAID!!
An additional POD:
December 23rd, 1980: "No llores por mí, Argentina (Don't Cry for Me, Argentina)" by Paloma San Basilio makes its hit debut, as part of charity efforts to raise funds for victims of the "Buenos Aires Disaster". The song is banned by many radio stations in the United States...
thepenguin
June 12th, 2010, 08:17 PM
Okay, bear with me, but I just did the math. An Adams DDG has a complement of 310 officers and enlisted, a Sprucan has a full complement of 334 officers and enlisted, and a Bronstein FF (Akron-class ITTL) has a full complement of 196 officers and enlisted. Add that with the hundred or so on the Belgrano, that adds up to 940 sailors if the ships are lost with all hands. Does Fenix take any casualties? The Adams and Foster were guided missile destroyers (even though the Foster took the gun destroyer classification with the other Spruance ships), and I don't think our boys are that incompetent to not take a couple down with them. Especially if Fenix is a bomber squadron. Anyways:
January 12, 1980: Second Battle of San Carlos. Carrier fighters from Kittyhawk (CVN-36) (Make the New York CVN-35. I don't think we built 5,000 aircraft carriers in the space of sixty years), and United States (CVN-37), combined with guided missile cruisers McDonough (CAG-2), and Virginia (CSGN-31), shoot down 50 bombers from Panama. Twenty two get through and score hits on Bunker Hill (DDG-31), Grigsby (CAG-5), Joliet (DE-110), Kansas (BB-66), and Ohio (BB-67). Joliet loses 100 men. The survivors are picked up by Columbus (CAG-6) and she is left to sink into the Pacific. In addition, Ohio takes a torpedo hit from S-1, a San Francisco-class diesel attack submarine. It is sunk by ASROC barrage from Electra (DD-995). S-2 is driven off by Schenectady (DE-103) and Opelika (SSN-356). Columbus and Indianapolis (CAG-7) shell EUARS airfields and naval base with shells from their 8-inch guns.
Pending a directive otherwise, Ohio and Kansas are the Iowa-class analogues ITTL. They are on their sunset cruise. Bunker Hill is an Adams-class DDG. Electra is a Spruance-class DD. The CAGs are the Boston analogues ITTL, upgraded with VLS.
Mr_ Bondoc
June 12th, 2010, 08:30 PM
Okay, bear with me, but I just did the math. An Adams DDG has a complement of 310 officers and enlisted, a Sprucan has a full complement of 334 officers and enlisted, and a Bronstein FF (Akron-class ITTL) has a full complement of 196 officers and enlisted. Add that with the hundred or so on the Belgrano, that adds up to 940 sailors if the ships are lost with all hands. Does Fenix take any casualties? The Adams and Foster were guided missile destroyers (even though the Foster took the gun destroyer classification with the other Spruance ships), and I don't think our boys are that incompetent to not take a couple down with them. Especially if Fenix is a bomber squadron. Anyways:
January 12, 1980: Second Battle of San Carlos. Carrier fighters from Kittyhawk (CVN-36) (Make the New York CVN-35. I don't think we built 5,000 aircraft carriers in the space of sixty years), and United States (CVN-37), combined with guided missile cruisers McDonough (CAG-2), and Virginia (CSGN-31), shoot down 50 bombers from Panama. Twenty two get through and score hits on Bunker Hill (DDG-31), Grigsby (CAG-5), Joliet (DE-110), Kansas (BB-66), and Ohio (BB-67). Joliet loses 100 men. The survivors are picked up by Columbus (CAG-6) and she is left to sink into the Pacific. In addition, Ohio takes a torpedo hit from S-1, a San Francisco-class diesel attack submarine. It is sunk by ASROC barrage from Electra (DD-995). S-2 is driven off by Schenectady (DE-103) and Opelika (SSN-356). Columbus and Indianapolis (CAG-7) shell EUARS airfields and naval base with shells from their 8-inch guns.
[COLOR=red]Pending a directive otherwise, Ohio and Kansas are the Iowa-class analogues ITTL. They are on their sunset cruise. Bunker Hill is an Adams-class DDG. Electra is a Spruance-class DD. The CAGs are the Boston analogues ITTL, upgraded with VLS. Yes there were Argentinian casualties, 307 Argentine soldiers were killed in the Battle of San Carlos, not to mention those POWs, formerly of the ARA Belagrano. Just remember that the American fleet thought they were coming as part of a humanitarian relief effort. They certainly didn't expect an attack by Argentinian forces...
Just consider the worst case scenarios regarding OTL's Battle of Midway....
thepenguin
June 12th, 2010, 08:48 PM
Okay then.
January 14, 1980: USS Hopkins (CAG-13) limps into her home port of San Diego. Her aft launchers are destroyed, along with her turbines. She is forced to limp home on diesel backups. She loses fifty of her crew in the Battle of San Carlos. She rescues twenty crewmembers from the Adams and Foster, along with ten POWs from the Belgrano. Marine MPs take thirty crewmembers from the Belgrano into custody. The cruiser is taken out of active service for repair and refit, including upgrading her launchers to a VLS system and upgrading her radar to the latest ARIES standard.
Prometheus_2300
June 13th, 2010, 12:28 AM
January 15, 1980: Bolstered by Argentina's victory over the United States, Generallismo Rega allows General Troxler to begin the invasion of the EUASR Quito. On this date Argentina bombs Quito, and the army swoops in to take the city. Troxler orders his men to bury the weapon underground in Quito, and then orders a retreat.
January 17, 1980: Premier Guevara orders the Communist Army to move to Quito to prepare to attack Troxler's forces. The bulk of the EUASR army passes through Quito in parade to the cheerful crowds. As the army makes plans for the march to Lima, Troxler receives word that the EUASR army is now in optimal position, and orders the detonation of his hidden atomic device in the city. A mushroom cloud now hangs over the former Metropolis of Quito. Troxler, his plan worked perfectly orders his army to begin marching for Bogota, and to destroy any resistance. "Soon all of the Americas will be ours."
<Yes Troxler is now caught up in conquering all of South America, and doesn't want anyone in his way. Rega is going with it because it will bolster morale at home, and therefore increase production. Frondizi I do not know>
Mr_ Bondoc
June 13th, 2010, 12:34 AM
January 20th, 1981: "Our long national nightmare is over" is proclaimed by newly sworn-in (insert name here) during his Inauguration Address in Washington D.C.; Unfortunately with the need for reconstruction of metropolitan area of New York City, New York, a heavily divided electorate, and racial and sectarian divisions, many people remain skeptical....
Prometheus_2300
June 13th, 2010, 12:37 AM
January 16, 1980: The Democrats and the Republicans, both upset over President Paul's cowardice regarding Argentina, begin to work together to come up with impeachable offenses.
Prometheus_2300
June 13th, 2010, 12:40 AM
November 5, 1980: Sen. Walter Cronkite (D-MO) is the winner of the 1980 Presidential election.
thepenguin
June 13th, 2010, 12:47 AM
June 4, 1981: In a meeting between the Secretary of the Navy, Chief of Naval Operations, and CINCNAVSEA, it is decided that the Ohio and Kansas be repaired and refitted instead of retired. SECNAV also goes before the Senate Armed Services Committee asking that the other two Wisconsin battleships, Wisconsin (BB-64), and New Jersey (BB-65) be taken out of mothballs due to increasing tensions.
December 5, 1981: Ohio leaves drydock at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. In addition to repairing damage incurred at Second San Carlos, she receives upgrades to her fire control system, and receives eight Armored Box Launchers carrying four Tesla BGM-109 Javelin cruise missiles each.
December 10, 1981: Kansas leaves drydock at Puget Sound, with much of the same upgrades installed as on the Ohio.
Prometheus_2300
June 13th, 2010, 01:05 AM
It's gotta be a Reagan analogue. Paul's presidency echoed Carter's IOTL, so there could be a Reagan this term. What are the positions of the Dems and Repubs on the political spectrum TTL?
The Republicans and Dems both hate Paul, because he is the Peace Party candidate, and Congress is only Republicans and Democrats. Basically Paul isn facing a universally hostile congress, and I would argue from 1977 on was going to be a one-termer, as Paul's agenda has virtually no chance of getting through.
The Republicans are supporting of civil rights and the South is forever lost to them. Nixon's Southern Strategy never happened so they are still a prominent force in the Northeast. Previous Prominent Republican Presidents are RFK and Dewey.
The Democrats are very strong in the South, but after losing to a third party in 1976 has had to readjust their attitudes on Civil rights. They still call the South a stronghold and the Southern Democrats are still very much a force. Previous prominent Democrat Presidents are: FDR, and Joseph P. Kennedy.
Reagan is a respected journalist, and isn't going into politics. On the other hand Cronkite has been a Senator from Missouri, a moderate Democrat with a good civil rights background.
Mr_ Bondoc
June 13th, 2010, 03:05 AM
Here are some PODs to make things difficult:
May 17th-19th, 1980: Miami Riots; African-American and Cuban-American groups clash in Miami, Florida; National Guard units are called out....
April 9th, 1981: Yellow Thunder Insurrection; American Indian Movement (AIM) guerillas launch an armed insurrection in Black Hills, South Dakota, demanding a meeting with President Walter Cronkite...
April 11th-12th, 1981: Race riots erupt in Brixton, London, over the collapse of Commonwealth unity in Sub-Saharan Africa...
August 24th, 1981: Argentine General José López announces plans to pay the foreign debts of Mexico in Mexico City, Mexico, proclaiming a "Bolivarian Revolution"...
April 3rd, 1982: Navajo/ Hopi members of the American Indian Movment (AIM) launch an armed insurrection in Taos, New Mexico....
June 24th, 1982: President Walter Cronkite announces the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) in Washington D.C., barring racial, religious, or gender discrimination on a state and federal level, as "part of the American credo, as sacred as the gospel..."
November 13th, 1982: President Walter Cronkite dedicates a monument to the "Westchester Disaster" in Washington D.C., proclaiming "Never Again!"...
Prometheus_2300
June 13th, 2010, 04:12 AM
So since we have moved onto later 1980s, I assume the threat of nuclear war is diminished?
EDIT: Never mind I missed the reference to New York Reconstruction.
POD
January 18, 1980:
General Frondizi, asks Generallismo Lopez to reprimand General Troxler for "misusing the property of the Air Space Force". Premier Guevara has a heartattack upon hearing that the Army of the EUASR has been obliterated in Quito, 300,000 troops dead. General Troxler himself is in the provisional Command of Argentinan forces on this day.
General Forrest, Head of the Joint Chiefs in a tense meeting with President Paul, gets permission to launch a nuclear device. The Target the army of General Troxler moving north towards Caracas. The meeting between Paul and Forrest, would feature in many historical debates, as whether or not a coup occured or not.
Secretary of State Bush, flys to Brussels to address the Coalition of Nations, and to meet with many leaders of Europe in the hopes of improving American relations. Although he faces many problems thanks to, in the words of Russian PM Aliyev said, "a coward President and a Warhawk in London."
General Forrest appears on TV to say the following, "The 3rd Army of Argentina has 12 hours to reverse direction and return to Lima, and abandon their campaign in the EUASR."
General Frondizi attempts to get Troxler to "abandon this madcap adventure in Ecuador", even the neutral Lopez says, "Buenos Aries is lost, I do not want to lose our whole country." Troxler storms out of the headquarters and begins to fly back to the Third Army in Quito. He is halfway between Buenos Aries and Quito when the 12 hour deadline passes.
The Third Army of Argentina, upon hearing the ultimatum laughs at Forrest's hot air and continue to march north. They are all quite surprised when 12 hours later a Nuclear Bomb obliterates them
Mr_ Bondoc
June 13th, 2010, 05:56 AM
Here is a sad testament to the Paul administration:
January 19th, 1980: President Lester Williams Paul fires publicly General James Forrest for "insubordination" for use of a nuclear weapon in Quito. For many Americans, Forrest is considered a national hero, despite his actions. Both Democratic and Republican Parties announce the formation of presidential exploratory committees for the soldier who has never held an elected office....
February 8th, 1980: General James Forrest is given a ticker-tape parade in Chicago, Illinois; Police estimate c. 800,000 people attend the parade....
February 12th, 1980: General James Forrest speaks before the House of Representatives, proclaiming, "Heroes are not born, they are forged in the heat of conflict..."; Forrest receives over 50 standing ovations over the course of his speech in Washington D.C.,....
tehShifty
June 13th, 2010, 05:57 AM
May 3, 1981 - Los Angles Carlos Ray Norris becomes the masked vigilante, 'Iron Fist' after his brother Weiland is killed by crossfire in a gang shootout. His presence is immedietely felt by the local criminal underworld.
August 13, 1981 - The Pacific Alliance begans forming Joint Taskforce 141 from special forces members to better combat irregular forces and terrorism. It is headed by British Royal Marine Col. Patrick Stewart.
Notable members will include Walter B. Willis, William Nye, Noriyuki Morita, and Clinton Dawkins.
Mr_ Bondoc
June 13th, 2010, 07:08 AM
Here are some randome PODs to show that the world is trying to move on:
May 30th, 1980: Zurich Youth Rebellion; Youth groups form "movment of the discontented" in opposition to religious and political authorities, chanting "No Leaders!" as their motto....
March 21st, 1981: The anarchist single "They Lie!" by the Layabouts makes its hit debut in Detroit, Michigan....
September 10th, 1983: RSA (Alternative Society Movement) launches anti-authoritarian riots in Danzig, demanding national independence for Poland from Germany....
December 13th, 1983: Musician Léo Ferré sparks riots in Paris, France with the beginning of the underground "Radio Libertaire"....
May 1st, 1985: Danzig Riots; RSA (Alternative Society Movement) launches Polish nationalist riots, sparking a massive crackdown by German military authorities...
Zacoftheaxes
June 13th, 2010, 01:58 PM
August 7th, 1981: The Argentine Anarchy movement begins, more than 55,000 Aregentinians are members.
October 19th, 1981: Argentine Anarchy members assassinate several high ranking members of Argentina's government in a bombing.
March 5th, 1982: Argentine Anarchy members manage to steal 6 suitcase nukes from the argentine government, and declare they will be used to "spread the anarchy" to other nations.
tehShifty
June 13th, 2010, 05:51 PM
January 17, 1984 - Marseilles, French Officials seize a shipment of translated Atlas Shrugged novels. The shipment was marked for Paris.
Mr_ Bondoc
June 13th, 2010, 11:21 PM
Here are some PODs:
March 26th-28th, 1982: Bloody Kansas; Former Christian militia members Jerry Wright and Eugene Schroeder launch a 3-day armed insurrection against the federal government in Weskan, Kansas...
May 4th, 1982: Christian militia leaders Charles Norman Howarth and Wesley White bomb shopping mall in Colorado Springs, Colorado, sparking international attention and concern....
May 5th, 1982: Len Martin launches a rally at the state capitol in Bismarck, North Dakota, demanding an end to "federal oppression" sparking national attention...
June 1st, 1982: Christian militia leaders Bill Gale and James Wickstrom call for a "New American Revolution" from KTTL-TV in Dodge City, Kansas...
Prometheus_2300
June 14th, 2010, 06:29 AM
PODs:
June 17, 1980: After years of Japanese Animated shows being shared via the DataNet. The show Lupin IV is aired in primetime. It is the first of many Japanese Animated shows to be exported abroad
November 1, 1980: The Japanese animated movie "Soul in the Shell" is released and becomes a smash hit.
November 13, 1980: Star Quest III: The Voyage Home premieres. The movie does so well that Roddenberry gets funding for his new scifi TV show. A co-production with William L. Larson, Wormhole a modern day sci-fi story about a secret space program that is going to the stars
Mr_ Bondoc
June 14th, 2010, 06:37 AM
Here are some more PODs:
June 1st, 1981: Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh launches a Hindu-reformist movement in Mumbai, India....
May 10th, 1984: Romualdez v. Tesla Incorporated; Ines Romualdez, a cancer-stricken patient launches a national class-action lawsuit against Tesla Incorporated for nuclear waste contamination, in San Francisco, California...
June 6th-7th, 1984: Activist David Lange leads c.750,000 people in protests in Wellington and Adelaide, New Zealand, demanding an end to Pacific Alliance vessels in local harbors...
September 30th, 1985: Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh launches a series of book-burning rallies nationwide against the United States and China, targetting Third World novels by Mao Tse-tung and episodes of Star Quest as "spiritual pollution"....
October 22nd, 1985: Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh announces that "America is a spiritual blackhole, that reveals its moral cowardice..." during a rally in Mumbai, India...
Mr_ Bondoc
June 14th, 2010, 07:04 AM
Here is what we have so far for the first look at the 1980s of the ATL:
January 1, 1980: Buenos Aries, Argentina - General Verdez dies of radiation poisoning, throwing Argentina into confusion. There are three top contenders for the position of "Generallismo". General of Military Production José López, Admiral of the Air and Space Forces Silvio Frondizi (who also controls the nuclear missiles), and General of the Army Julio Troxler
* Frondizi is a moderate, he will fire the missiles if fired at, and is waiting for an American response before he kills 400 million people. He is also waiting for an investigation of the Buenos Aries blast. His thinking is that if the Americans fired, why is their navy so far away, Why only one nuke?
* Troxler is a hardliner that is poised to just invade the EUASR and keep going until he reaches Texas. He is trying to cover up the accident since the army wasn't supposed to have the nuke.
* Lopez is an administrator, and keeps Argentina running smoothly. He's a bureaucrat but without him things would fall apart.
DEATH TOLL
Argentina: c 35,000 Broken Arrow in Buenos Aries
United States: c 175 sailors aboard the Aircraft carrier.
Januiary 1st, 1980: British Royal Marines under Major Mike Norman announce the occupation of South Georgia as part of "police operations", sparking immediate Argentinian outrage. Argentinean forces lead by Lieutenant Commander Guillermo Sanchez-Sabarots' Amphibious Commandos Group, launch a defense killing 20 people. Also on this day, The first real news of the sinking of USS New York arrives at the White House. The US President immediately condemns Argentina, and denying any involvement in the disaster in Buenos Aires, instead blaming "insufficient safety standards and regulations"; Also on this day, USS Akron (DE-100), USS Charles F. Adams (DDG-2), and USS Paul F. Foster (DD-964), prosecute ARA Belgrano (SSN-1) after the sinking of USS New York (CV(N)-35). Depth charges dropped by the Akron and the Foster force the Belgrano to surface. Boarding party captures Captain Firenze and 100 officers and sailors. The crew are detained in the brigs of the Adams, Foster, and USS Hopkins (CAG-13). Akron takes the Belgrano under tow.
January 2, 1980: Argentinian forces continue putting up fierce resistance. Meanwhile, an ultimatum is sent to the British provisional governor in South Georgia demanding the immediate withdrawal of PA forces in the area and the ceding of the islands to Argentina.
January 3, 1980: The military stalemate continues as the Argentinian government receives its responses from both the Governor of South Georgia and the UK Government, who reject it outright and warn of "severe" action should Argentinian forces continue to interfere in the sovereign rights of the local government.
January 4th, 1980: Sinking of the HMS Sheffield; British destoyer is sunk by Argentinian forces after entering the "Maritime Exclusion Zone", killing 76 people; General Silvio Frondizi demands Pacific Alliance forces withdraw immediately or face consequences...
January 5th, 1980: Frondizi orders the fueling of nuclear missiles at Río Grande, Tierra del Fuego in an effort to demonstrate his resolve; Also on this day, OSS reports to the President that General Verdez has died and that in addition to the tense situation, the Argentinans are moments away from Civil War. President Paul calls PM Woodward of the British Empire, imploring him to withdraw from South Georgia. PM Woodward responds, "Les you are a pacificist, and peace has failed it is time you stop humiliating and embarassing our alliance. We must show Argentina that we will back down NO MORE."
A meeting of the leaders of the Eurasian Treaty Organization agree to increase their readiness to Level 3.
President Paul deploys his diplomats to Buenos Aries to establish communication between the heads of both factions of Argentina.
General Troxler, moves to cover up his remaining nuke. He lacks a launch system but is moving it towards his command post in Quito
General Frondizi checks the satellite observers, and none of them registered a missile launch on December 31. He orders an audit of Argentina's nuclear arsenal.
January 6th, 1980: Operation BLACK BUCK; British Mirage III's launch an attack on Buenos Aires, injuring General Silvio Frondizi sending him into a medically-induced coma...
January 8th, 1980: General José López is named the head of the military government. Lopez alerts General Julio Troxler that elements of the Armada de la República Argentina (ARA) are "within striking distance of Pacific Alliance targets"....
January 9th, 1980: Battle of San Carlos; Escuadron Fenix launches a surprise attack on USS Akron (DE-100), USS Charles F. Adams (DDG-2), and USS Paul F. Foster (DD-964), killing 2,013 people in the largest loss of American lives since the Holy War. Also on this day, Escuadron Fenix finds the Belgrano adrift with no crew on board. He quickly discovers that he killed the crew as they were prisoners aboard the Akron.
President Paul attempts to call PM Woodward and receives no answer. Secretary of State George Bush calls Foreign Secretary, Margaret Roberts in an attempt to get Woodward to back off. Margaret says she will try "no one wants over a billion dead."
January 10, 1980: The Army of the EUARS mobilizes to face. Premier Guevara asks to meet with the the American ambassador.
5 squadrons of bombers out of Panama City depart. In a coordinated attack with 2 San Francisco Class Submarines, they move to make the Second Battle of San Carlos...
January 11, 1980: General Troxler attempts to wrest control of the nuclear arsenal while Frondizi is in a coma. The lieutnenant general of the Air Force moves Frondizi to the Air Force hospital in Tierra del Fuego.
January 12th, 1980: Westchester Disaster; Armada de la República Argentina (ARA) S-22 submarine launches a missile into Westchester, New York, 24 miles from New York City, New York, killing c.1,018 people instantly, causing a massive nuclear meltdown kiliing 57,300 people (deaths reported in Westchester, White Plains, Buchanan and Yonkers). General José López warns President Les Paul to withdraw all Pacific Alliance forces from Latin American waters, or "further measures will be necessary..." General José López also warns that he is taking a "an-eye-for-an-eye" policy, and that any strike will be met with "equal and opposite measure"; President Les Paul orders all American ships to depart for the International waters. The exception being the waters of the EUARS, and the Caribbean. The former was allowed by the EUARS Premier, and the Latter because of American Guiana. After many conversations with Foreign Secretary Thatcher, PM Woodward agrees to withdraw the Royal NAvy to the Falklands. However Woodward still refuses to back down in South Georgia. Secretary of State George Bush talks to Fronzini's lieutenant.
Supreme General Lopez denies General Troxler the use of atomic weapons. "Due to the tense situation, I will not allow it"
January 13, 1980: A statement is released by the White House, that "in the interest of peace, the United States Navy will withdraw at least 300 miles from the coasts of Argentina and Brazil. We do this in the hope of peace."
January 14, 1980: General Troxler orders the army to invade Quito. This is done without the knowledge of Generallismo Lopez. Also on this day, USS Hopkins (CAG-13) limps into her home port of San Diego. Her aft launchers are destroyed, along with her turbines. She is forced to limp home on diesel backups. She loses fifty of her crew in the Battle of San Carlos. She rescues twenty crewmembers from the Adams and Foster, along with ten POWs from the Belgrano. Marine MPs take thirty crewmembers from the Belgrano into custody. The cruiser is taken out of active service for repair and refit, including upgrading her launchers to a VLS system and upgrading her radar to the latest ARIES standard.
January 15th, 1980: EUASR Premier Guevara announces the dismissal of the American diplomatic delegation in Bogota, warning that "America has sold its security for peace, knowing it will never receive either..." Bolstered by Argentina's victory over the United States, Generallismo Rega allows General Troxler to begin the invasion of the EUASR Quito. On this date Argentina bombs Quito, and the army swoops in to take the city. Troxler orders his men to bury the weapon underground in Quito, and then orders a retreat.
January 16, 1980: The Democrats and the Republicans, both upset over President Paul's cowardice regarding Argentina, begin to work together to come up with impeachable offenses.
January 17, 1980: General Frondizi awakes from his coma; Premier Guevara orders the Communist Army to move to Quito to prepare to attack Troxler's forces. The bulk of the EUASR army passes through Quito in parade to the cheerful crowds. As the army makes plans for the march to Lima, Troxler receives word that the EUASR army is now in optimal position, and orders the detonation of his hidden atomic device in the city. A mushroom cloud now hangs over the former Metropolis of Quito. Troxler, his plan worked perfectly orders his army to begin marching for Bogota, and to destroy any resistance. "Soon all of the Americas will be ours."
Death Toll
Argentina: 47,000
United States: 60,000
January 18th, 1980: A clearly shaken President Lester William Paul speaks to the nation in a televised speech, declaring, "With this tragedy, I will not seek the nomination as your president for another election..." Meanwhile in Buenos Aires, General Frondizi, asks Generallismo Lopez to reprimand General Troxler for "misusing the property of the Air Space Force". Premier Guevara has a heartattack upon hearing that the Army of the EUASR has been obliterated in Quito, 300,000 troops dead. General Troxler himself is in the provisional Command of Argentinan forces on this day.
General Forrest, Head of the Joint Chiefs in a tense meeting with President Paul, gets permission to launch a nuclear device. The Target the army of General Troxler moving north towards Caracas. The meeting between Paul and Forrest, would feature in many historical debates, as whether or not a coup occured or not.
Secretary of State Bush, flys to Brussels to address the Coalition of Nations, and to meet with many leaders of Europe in the hopes of improving American relations. Although he faces many problems thanks to, in the words of Russian PM Aliyev said, "a coward President and a Warhawk in London."
General Forrest appears on TV to say the following, "The 3rd Army of Argentina has 12 hours to reverse direction and return to Lima, and abandon their campaign in the EUASR."
General Frondizi attempts to get Troxler to "abandon this madcap adventure in Ecuador", even the neutral Lopez says, "Buenos Aries is lost, I do not want to lose our whole country." Troxler storms out of the headquarters and begins to fly back to the Third Army in Quito. He is halfway between Buenos Aries and Quito when the 12 hour deadline passes.
The Third Army of Argentina, upon hearing the ultimatum laughs at Forrest's hot air and continue to march north. They are all quite surprised when 12 hours later a Nuclear Bomb obliterates them
January 19th, 1980: President Lester Williams Paul fires publicly General James Forrest for "insubordination" for use of a nuclear weapon in Quito. For many Americans, Forrest is considered a national hero, despite his actions. Both Democratic and Republican Parties announce the formation of presidential exploratory committees for the soldier who has never held an elected office....
January 21st, 1980: British Prime Minister Woodward and Japanese Prime Minister Akio Morita discuss "unconventional options" in an effort to deal with "American short-sightedness"....
February 8th, 1980: General James Forrest is given a ticker-tape parade in Chicago, Illinois; Police estimate c. 800,000 people attend the parade....
February 12th, 1980: General James Forrest speaks before the House of Representatives, proclaiming, "Heroes are not born, they are forged in the heat of conflict..."; Forrest receives over 50 standing ovations over the course of his speech in Washington D.C.,....
May 17th-19th, 1980: Miami Riots; African-American and Cuban-American groups clash in Miami, Florida; National Guard units are called out....
May 30th, 1980: Zurich Youth Rebellion; Youth groups form "movment of the discontented" in opposition to religious and political authorities, chanting "No Leaders!" as their motto....
June 17, 1980: After years of Japanese Animated shows being shared via the DataNet. The show Lupin IV is aired in primetime. It is the first of many Japanese Animated shows to be exported abroad
November 1, 1980: The Japanese animated movie "Soul in the Shell" is released and becomes a smash hit.
November 5, 1980: Sen. Walter Cronkite (D-MO) is the winner of the 1980 Presidential election.
November 13, 1980: Star Quest III: The Voyage Home premieres. The movie does so well that Roddenberry gets funding for his new scifi TV show. A co-production with William L. Larson, Wormhole a modern day sci-fi story about a secret space program that is going to the stars
December 23rd, 1980: "No llores por mí, Argentina (Don't Cry for Me, Argentina)" by Paloma San Basilio makes its hit debut, as part of charity efforts to raise funds for victims of the "Buenos Aires Disaster". The song is banned by many radio stations in the United States...
*******
January 20th, 1981: "Our long national nightmare is over" is proclaimed by newly sworn-in President Walter Cronkite (D-MO) during his Inauguration Address in Washington D.C.; Unfortunately with the need for reconstruction of metropolitan area of New York City, New York, a heavily divided electorate, and racial and sectarian divisions, many people remain skeptical....
March 21st, 1981: The anarchist single "They Lie!" by the Layabouts makes its hit debut in Detroit, Michigan....
April 9th, 1981: Yellow Thunder Insurrection; American Indian Movement (AIM) guerillas launch an armed insurrection in Black Hills, South Dakota, demanding a meeting with President Walter Cronkite...
April 11th-12th, 1981: Race riots erupt in Brixton, London, over the collapse of Commonwealth unity in Sub-Saharan Africa...
May 3, 1981 - Los Angles Carlos Ray Norris becomes the masked vigilante, 'Iron Fist' after his Weiland is killed by crossfire in a gang shootout. His presence is immedietely felt by the local criminal underworld.
June 1st, 1981: Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh launches a Hindu-reformist movement in Mumbai, India....
June 4, 1981: In a meeting between the Secretary of the Navy, Chief of Naval Operations, and CINCNAVSEA, it is decided that the Ohio and Kansas be repaired and refitted instead of retired. SECNAV also goes before the Senate Armed Services Committee asking that the other two Wisconsin battleships, Wisconsin (BB-64), and New Jersey (BB-65) be taken out of mothballs due to increasing tensions.
August 7th, 1981: The Argentine Anarchy movement begins, more than 55,000 Aregentinians are members.
August 13, 1981 - The Pacific Alliance begans forming Joint Taskforce 141 from special forces members to better combat irregular forces and terrorism. It is headed by British Royal Marine Col. Patrick Stewart. Notable members will include Walter B. Willis, William Nye, Noriyuki Morita, and Clinton Dawkins.
August 24th, 1981: Argentine General José López announces plans to pay the foreign debts of Mexico in Mexico City, Mexico, proclaiming a "Bolivarian Revolution"...
October 19th, 1981: Argentine Anarchy members assassinate several high ranking members of Argentina's government in a bombing.
December 5, 1981: Ohio leaves drydock at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. In addition to repairing damage incurred at Second San Carlos, she receives upgrades to her fire control system, and receives eight Armored Box Launchers carrying four Tesla BGM-109 Javelin cruise missiles each.
December 10, 1981: Kansas leaves drydock at Puget Sound, with much of the same upgrades installed as on the Ohio.
*******
March 5th, 1982: Argentine Anarchy members manage to steal 6 suitcase nukes from the argentine government, and declare they will be used to "spread the anarchy" to other nations.
March 26th-28th, 1982: Bloody Kansas; Former Christian militia members Jerry Wright and Eugene Schroeder launch a 3-day armed insurrection against the federal government in Weskan, Kansas...
April 3rd, 1982: Navajo/ Hopi members of the American Indian Movment (AIM) launch an armed insurrection in Taos, New Mexico....
May 4th, 1982: Christian militia leaders Charles Norman Howarth and Wesley White bomb shopping mall in Colorado Springs, Colorado, sparking international attention and concern....
May 5th, 1982: Len Martin launches a rally at the state capitol in Bismarck, North Dakota, demanding an end to "federal oppression" sparking national attention...
June 1st, 1982: Christian militia leaders Bill Gale and James Wickstrom call for a "New American Revolution" from KTTL-TV in Dodge City, Kansas...
June 24th, 1982: President Walter Cronkite announces the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) in Washington D.C., barring racial, religious, or gender discrimination on a state and federal level, as "part of the American credo, as sacred as the gospel..."
November 13th, 1982: President Walter Cronkite dedicates a monument to the "Westchester Disaster" in Washington D.C., proclaiming "Never Again!"...
*******
September 10th, 1983: RSA (Alternative Society Movement) launches anti-authoritarian riots in Danzig, demanding national independence for Poland from Germany....
December 13th, 1983: Musician Léo Ferré sparks riots in Paris, France with the beginning of the underground "Radio Libertaire"....
*******
January 17, 1984 - Marseilles, French Officials seize a shipment of translated Atlas Shrugged novels. The shipment was marked for Paris.
May 10th, 1984: Romualdez v. Tesla Incorporated; Ines Romualdez, a cancer-stricken patient launches a national class-action lawsuit against Tesla Incorporated for nuclear waste contamination, in San Francisco, California...
June 6th-7th, 1984: Activist David Lange leads c.750,000 people in protests in Wellington and Adelaide, New Zealand, demanding an end to Pacific Alliance vessels in local harbors...
********
May 1st, 1985: Danzig Riots; RSA (Alternative Society Movement) launches Polish nationalist riots, sparking a massive crackdown by German military authorities...
September 30th, 1985: Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh launches a series of book-burning rallies nationwide against the United States and China, targetting Third World novels by Mao Tse-tung and episodes of Star Quest as "spiritual pollution"....
October 22nd, 1985: Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh announces that "America is a spiritual blackhole, that reveals its moral cowardice..." during a rally in Mumbai, India...
********
June 16, 1986: After being christened by Akron mayor Jean Franklin, the second USS Akron (CSGN-32) slides down the slipways and into the Pascagoula Bay. The Virginia-class nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser is the second of the class and features the latest air defense capabilities. In addition, the Virginia-class CSGN sports two three-gun 8-inch turrets.
thepenguin
June 14th, 2010, 05:44 PM
January 11, 1980: Second Battle of San Carlos. 72 bombers leave a Panama airfield and fly towards two American carrier battle groups in the area after the loss of three ships a couple days prior. Simultaneously, S-1 and S-2, two San Francisco-class diesel attack submarines, move towards the battle groups. Carrier fighters from Kittyhawk (CVN-36) and United States (CVN-37) are scrambled, and combined with guided missile cruisers McDonough (CAG-2), and Virginia (CSGN-31), shoot down 50 bombers. Twenty two get through and score hits on Bunker Hill (DDG-31), Grigsby (CAG-5), Joliet (DE-110), Kansas (BB-66), and Ohio (BB-67). Grigsby suffers hits to her aft launchers and superstructure. Bunker Hill's five inch gun is damaged and is locked in train. Her helicopter hanger is severely damaged, and she loses a radar array. Kansas loses a five-inch mount and fires break out in the middle of the ship. Ohio loses the fire control radar for her nine 16-inch guns, and several comaprtments are flooded below decks and amidships following a torpedo hit from S-1. Joliet loses 100 men. The survivors are picked up by Columbus (CAG-6) and she is left to sink into the Pacific. S-1 is sunk by ASROC barrage from Electra (DD-995). S-2 is driven off by Schenectady (DE-103) and Opelika (SSN-356). Columbus and Indianapolis (CAG-7) shell EUARS airfields and naval base with shells from their 8-inch guns.
tehShifty
June 14th, 2010, 05:51 PM
April 28-May 1 1983 - US and Filipino forces inflict severe loses on the Moro Liberation Front after a series of search and destroy missions.
May 25 1983 - George Lucas's Church of the Force moves to a a secuded compound in California's Napa Valley. Local Media quickly dubbs it Skywalker Ranch.
March 12 1984 - New Coke is released. The reception is overwelmingly positive. (Hope this one isn't too ASB)
November 3, 1985 - Pacific Alliance Joint Taskforce 141 is placed on alert and moved to Ceylon to provide immediate anti-terror support in the event of any Hindi Nationialist-related violence.
Mr_ Bondoc
June 14th, 2010, 08:21 PM
Here are some more Lucas PODs:
August 13th, 1982: George Lucas, Church of the Force, leads a rally in Berkeley, California proclaiming that "man's destiny lies ultimately in the stars..."
January 4th, 1983: Church of the Force buildings are raided by FDA and IRS agents in San Francisco, California; George Lucas claims "religious oppression"...
July 15th, 1983: IRS agents challenge the tax-exempt status of "the Church of the Force" during hearings in Washington D.C.,...
November 22nd, 1986: George Lucas, Church of the Force, unveils a series of private airships dubbed the "Millenium Falcons" at Moffit Airfield in Sacramento, California as a form of "flying universities/ private communities"...
February 21st, 1988: People magazine dubs the "Millenium Falcons" as "the craziest cruise on Earth..."
Mr_ Bondoc
June 15th, 2010, 05:50 AM
Some random PODs:
August 17th, 1986: Pike Place Riots; Police launch a brutal crackdown on protesters at Pike Place Market in Seattle, Washington, sparking national attention....
October 14th, 1988: "Zenkoku Jiren" guerillas launch bombings in Tokyo, Japan, demanding democratic reforms....
October 30th, 1988: "Anarchist highway" electronic network is established in Warsaw, Poland, sparking international attention....
Prometheus_2300
June 15th, 2010, 06:39 AM
This ought to mix things up...
January 21, 1980: General Troxler of Argentina is held for treason, for attacking an "allied state" and "provoking a nuclear exchange". The EUASR province of Ecuador is vacated.
October 5, 1980: During a VP debate between VP Republican candidate Alexis Harper, and VP Johnathan Carson. Carson makes a joke about Harper's "Katanas, Yen, and Political Machine. Three things that keep my opponent in Power"
October 20, 1980: A pair of Hearst reporters (Insert names) uncover a huge corruption scandal in California. The Mass Transit Act of 1977, which provided federal grant money for Rapid Transit in the Bay Area, via Maglev trains, was discovered to have been squandered by "Matsuya Construction" which simply spent it.
October 31, 1980: "This is the HBC Nightly News with Ronald Reagan. The Republican VP candidate Alexis Harper was exposed to have diverted nearly 20 million of federal grant money for Bay Area infrastructure projects to her own accounts, and mansion in Atherton." The report goes onto to show the lavish and opulence of Harper's mansion that the taxpayers paid for. It is a disaster for the Republican party, who had been neck and neck with Cronkite/Carson but now drop to only 30% in the polls.
November 6, 1980: Alexis Harper is found dead at Pier 41 in San Francisco. Police investigations show that she was tortured before being decapitated. Nearby was a hastily packed bag and an airship ticket to London. FBI Director Nixon, now free of Harper's interference in California, begins a crackdown in the Golden State. The first to shut down are the "trading companies" and casinos of Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco.
January 1, 1981: Studio 60 on the Santa Monica Pier, becoming the premier nightclub in LA. The nightclub would soon gain promenience for its extreme hedonism, and pioneering the Techno music genre <Studio 54 analog>
January 1, 1981: President-Elect Cronkite states during an interview with Ronald Reagan that "President Paul did a great disservice to General Forrest. I plan to restore him to Head of the Joint Chiefs once in office."
February 14, 1981: Catalina Island Council, passes legislation banning any clothing to be worn on the island.
November 2, 1984: Stephen J. Wozniak, develops the jigsaw file transfer system. The JIGSAW (OTL: BitTorrent) quickly becomes the method of choice for both large scale file transfers and Illegal video data.
October 1, 1985: The Ninja's Dojo, a JIGSAW file sharing site is moved to the Private Airship, Harbinger, and begins its never ending flight around the world.
November 13, 1986: Studio 60 owner <insert name> opens up a second Studio 60 on Catalina Island, and a ferry system between the two clubs
December 31, 1989: Henry Hughes, son of entrepreneur Howard Hughes, proposes to build, "The first Airborne City: Skycity!". A city which will be kept aloft by airships, and go on a ten year cruise around the globe
<Anyone have any thoughts on who the Republican candidate in 1980 should be?>
Mr_ Bondoc
June 15th, 2010, 07:21 AM
Here are some PODs to show that the "cultural cold war" is definitely in full-swing:
September 21st, 1981: "Wadu-Wadu" album by Argentine band, Virus, makes its hit musical debut worldwide....
December 11th, 1981: "La Magia" single by Alejandro Federico Lerner makes its hit debut in Buenos Aires, Argentina....
December 18th, 1981: Argentine singer Roberto Pettinato of "Virus" is arrested in Montevideo, after an all-night spree with heroin, cocaine, and PCP...
June 11th, 1982: "Quiéreme (a.k.a. "Love Me")" album by Valeria Lynch, makes its hit debut in Buenos Aires, Argentina....
January 7th, 1985: Argentinian singer Valeria Lynch performs in Tokyo, Japan as an "Ambassador of Peace", sparking international attention....
May 16th-18th, 1986: "Virus" launches "Intoxicados" festival in Lima, Peru, meant to be 3 days of hedonist entertainment from drugs to sexual orgies....
December 21st, 1988: Argentinian singer Federico Moura, leader of "Virus" dies of "Mittelafrika Feuer", sparking a period of mourning for Argentina's youth in Burnos Aires, Argentina....
Mr_ Bondoc
June 15th, 2010, 08:05 PM
Here are the PODs with names added:
This ought to mix things up...
October 20, 1980: A pair of San Francisco Chronicle reporters Herb Caen and Randy Shilts uncover a huge corruption scandal in California. The Mass Transit Act of 1977, which provided federal grant money for Rapid Transit in the Bay Area, via Maglev trains, was discovered to have been squandered by "Matsuya Construction" which simply spent it.
November 13, 1986: Studio 60 owner Sylvester James opens up a second Studio 60 on Catalina Island, and a ferry system between the two clubs
Mr_ Bondoc
June 15th, 2010, 08:46 PM
Here are some PODs about the issue of globalization:
February 3rd, 1980: Professor Noam Chomsky defects in Porto Alegre, Brazil, proclaiming "American foreign policy is international terrorism..."
March 27th-30th, 1980: Toronto Riots; Riots erupt in Toronto, Ontario over proposed plans for currency unification; police install curfew measures...
May 1st, 1980: Anti-Semitic riots erupt in Buenos Aires, Argentina as "Ya Basta!" accuses "Jewish moneybaggers" of manufacturing tensions between the United States and Argentina...
May 10th, 1980: Sergio Cofferati leads riots in Genoa, Italy over proposed plans for the creation of a "Common Market" for Europe, similar to the Pacific Alliance...
December 7th, 1981: Canadian trade representative Pierre Pettigrew proclaims an end to opposition to Pacific Alliance currency unification in Kitchener, Ontario, sparking national attention...
January 2nd-8th, 1983: Scottish Uprising (a.k.a. "the Troubles"); Riots erupt in Edinburgh, Stirling, and Gleneagles, Scotland over proposed Pacific Alliance currency unification plans; Martial law is declared in the region...
May 18th-19th, 1984: Melbourne Riots; Australian nationalists launch riots in Melbourne, Australia against Pacific Alliance currency unification plans...
April 18th, 1985: Riots erupt in Washington D.C., as Christian Militia leaders launch their opposition to Pacific Alliance "oppression"; 117 people are placed under arrest...
January 23rd, 1986: Hokkaido Riots; c.250,000 people riot in Hokkaido, Japan as union leaders voice their opposition to Pacific Alliance currency unification plans....
January 11th, 1987: Piero Bernocchi and Sergio Cofferati launch riots against European Common Market Plans in Strasbourg, France....
November 6th, 1987: Riots erupt as German government officials announce plans for "police actions" in an effort to deal with riots in Athens, Greece...
thepenguin
June 15th, 2010, 08:56 PM
March 15, 1980: Insert Name-vs-Insert Name. In a 5-4 decision, the US Supreme Court rules that plans to unify the currency under the Pacific Coalition is unconstitutional because "This plan would take away Congress' rights to regulate the monetary supply of the United States and the planned Coalition would subject the United States to an outside regulatory body that would be above the Constitution of this land, which is the sole Supreme Law of the Land."
ArKhan
June 15th, 2010, 11:14 PM
Jesus christ! You people are in the Eighties already? This one moves far to fast. I'm out. :eek:
Mr_ Bondoc
June 15th, 2010, 11:32 PM
March 15, 1980: Volcker v. U.S.. In a 5-4 decision, the US Supreme Court rules that plans to unify the currency under the Pacific Coalition is unconstitutional because "This plan would take away Congress' rights to regulate the monetary supply of the United States and the planned Coalition would subject the United States to an outside regulatory body that would be above the Constitution of this land, which is the sole Supreme Law of the Land."
January 20th, 1981: Paul Administration official launches a suit to overturn Volcker v. U.S. arguing that attempts to overturn the Pacific Alliance currency unification plan is "unconstitutional" citing Article VI, paragraph 2 of the U.S. Constitution; citing also its approval by the Executive and Legislative Branches....
Arkhan: Definitely stick around!! If anything, while we move fast, we also have been making sure that realism is kept to a certain level.....
tehShifty
June 16th, 2010, 02:38 AM
May 8, 1980: Wealthy Jewish citizens begin to immigrate from Argentina flowing the anti-semitic riots.
July 19, 1981: FBI Director Nixon ok's electronic surveillance of Studio 60 as a suspected narcotics front.
September 23, 1985: HBC launches the hit show "Seattle Vice", Leonard Nemoy stars and popularizes the goatee.
November 11, 1988: Operatives from the Pacific Alliance Joint Taskforce 141 stop a chemical attack involving nerve agents in several government buildings in Tokyo. The attack is linked to the "Zenkoku Jiren" guerillas
thepenguin
June 16th, 2010, 04:06 AM
September 5, 1984: The US Supreme Court upholds Volcker v. United States. In his opinion, Chief Justice Scott writes:
"In 1787, the states that created this Union did not give the central government via the US Constitution the ability to enter into a treaty with a foreign nation that would [1] empower treaty functions that they (States) did not allow the US government to have, or [2] that would obligate this Union and its States to do something that is contrary to the US Constitution, or [3] that would transfer functions and activities assigned to the Union to any agency outside of the Union. This treaty, which would unite the British Pound Sterling, Japanese Yen, and United States Dollar into one currency, the Pacific Credit, would strip Congress of its express right to 'coin money and regulate the value thereof.' While it does state '...all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land,' it is the opinion of this Court that ratifying this treaty would place it above the Authority of the United States, and transfer functions and activities assigned to the Union to any agency outside the Union, and therefore, be unconstitutional."
tehShifty
June 16th, 2010, 04:10 AM
January 6, 1982: The Scandinavian Union and Pacific Alliance enter talks about a new trade agreement over North Sea oil.
Mr_ Bondoc
June 16th, 2010, 04:45 AM
Here are some PODs for the competition for President Walter Cronkite (D-MO):
March 23rd, 1983: Senator Lyndon La Rouche (R-NH) launches a nationwide call for an increased Defense Department role in space travel, during a rally in Washington D.C.,...
January 14th, 1985: Senator Lyndon La Rouche (R-NH) sues HBC-TV for "libelous slander" after being called a "small-time Christophe" by Reporter Pat Lynch in New York City, New York...
June 23rd, 1986: Senator Lyndon La Rouche (R-NH) establishes "Prevent Mittelafrika Feuer Now Initiative Committee" (PMF-NOW) in Washington D.C., calling for internment camps for "Mittelafrika Feuer" patients as a "public health menace"...
July 30th, 1987: Senator Lyndon La Rouche (R-NH) meets with Turgut Özal in Ankara, Turkish Republic, in an effort to establish "alternative policy"...
December 18th, 1988: Republican presidential candidate Senator Lyndon La Rouche (R-NH) is indicted on 12 counts of money-laundering, 15 counts of mail-fraud, and 1 count of possession of child-pornography in Washington D.C.,....
jmberry
June 16th, 2010, 06:05 AM
For the record, there is no George Lucas. There is a Gregory Lucas who founded the Church of Atom. I really wanted to include that Fallout 3 reference and you guys ditch it in five seconds.
Aslo, there is no Ayn Rand, and there shouldn't be a Leonard Nimoy. I think we've moved far beyond the point of no return for most OTL characters, and even ATL cousins are going to become fewer and farther between - President Cronkite and Ronald Reagan might be some of the last close-to-OTL characters we see in this TL.
Mr_ Bondoc
June 16th, 2010, 07:45 AM
For the record, there is no George Lucas. There is a Gregory Lucas who founded the Church of Atom. I really wanted to include that Fallout 3 reference and you guys ditch it in five seconds.
Aslo, there is no Ayn Rand, and there shouldn't be a Leonard Nimoy. I think we've moved far beyond the point of no return for most OTL characters, and even ATL cousins are going to become fewer and farther between - President Cronkite and Ronald Reagan might be some of the last close-to-OTL characters we see in this TL.
I call it the "naughty" Harry Turtledove in the group (e.g. TL-191). At least it isn't the Harry Harrison (e.g. Stars & Stripes Forever)....
tehShifty
June 16th, 2010, 06:42 PM
For the record, there is no George Lucas. There is a Gregory Lucas who founded the Church of Atom. I really wanted to include that Fallout 3 reference and you guys ditch it in five seconds.
Aslo, there is no Ayn Rand, and there shouldn't be a Leonard Nimoy. I think we've moved far beyond the point of no return for most OTL characters, and even ATL cousins are going to become fewer and farther between - President Cronkite and Ronald Reagan might be some of the last close-to-OTL characters we see in this TL.
Except that there is a George Lucas and Ayn Rand. Maybe you should reread the timeline sometime.
George Lucas and his Church of the Force is more amusing and more accessable as a referance.
jmberry
June 16th, 2010, 07:54 PM
Except that there is a George Lucas and Ayn Rand. Maybe you should reread the timeline sometime.
George Lucas and his Church of the Force is more amusing and more accessable as a referance.
I copied the entire timeline into wordpad and searched.
I'll concede defeat with regards to Rand, but George Lucas does not exist, and my Church of Atom is canon according to the timeline. That means my posts take precedence.
tehShifty
June 16th, 2010, 09:52 PM
Not a major problem. I reread the post myself and must have seen Lucas and Force and ran with Starwars. Sorry about that.
We'll just change George to Gregory and Force to Atom when the 80's go into the offical timeline thread.
Mr_ Bondoc
June 16th, 2010, 10:34 PM
Here is what we have so far for the second draft of the 1980s of the ATL:
January 1, 1980: Buenos Aries, Argentina - General Verdez dies of radiation poisoning, throwing Argentina into confusion. There are three top contenders for the position of "Generallismo". General of Military Production José López, Admiral of the Air and Space Forces Silvio Frondizi (who also controls the nuclear missiles), and General of the Army Julio Troxler
* Frondizi is a moderate, he will fire the missiles if fired at, and is waiting for an American response before he kills 400 million people. He is also waiting for an investigation of the Buenos Aries blast. His thinking is that if the Americans fired, why is their navy so far away, Why only one nuke?
* Troxler is a hardliner that is poised to just invade the EUASR and keep going until he reaches Texas. He is trying to cover up the accident since the army wasn't supposed to have the nuke.
* Lopez is an administrator, and keeps Argentina running smoothly. He's a bureaucrat but without him things would fall apart.
DEATH TOLL
Argentina: c 35,000 Broken Arrow in Buenos Aries
United States: c 175 sailors aboard the Aircraft carrier.
Januiary 1st, 1980: British Royal Marines under Major Mike Norman announce the occupation of South Georgia as part of "police operations", sparking immediate Argentinian outrage. Argentinean forces lead by Lieutenant Commander Guillermo Sanchez-Sabarots' Amphibious Commandos Group, launch a defense killing 20 people. Also on this day, The first real news of the sinking of USS New York arrives at the White House. The US President immediately condemns Argentina, and denying any involvement in the disaster in Buenos Aires, instead blaming "insufficient safety standards and regulations"; Also on this day, USS Akron (DE-100), USS Charles F. Adams (DDG-2), and USS Paul F. Foster (DD-964), prosecute ARA Belgrano (SSN-1) after the sinking of USS New York (CV(N)-35). Depth charges dropped by the Akron and the Foster force the Belgrano to surface. Boarding party captures Captain Firenze and 100 officers and sailors. The crew are detained in the brigs of the Adams, Foster, and USS Hopkins (CAG-13). Akron takes the Belgrano under tow.
January 2, 1980: Argentinian forces continue putting up fierce resistance. Meanwhile, an ultimatum is sent to the British provisional governor in South Georgia demanding the immediate withdrawal of PA forces in the area and the ceding of the islands to Argentina.
January 3, 1980: The military stalemate continues as the Argentinian government receives its responses from both the Governor of South Georgia and the UK Government, who reject it outright and warn of "severe" action should Argentinian forces continue to interfere in the sovereign rights of the local government.
January 4th, 1980: Sinking of the HMS Sheffield; British destoyer is sunk by Argentinian forces after entering the "Maritime Exclusion Zone", killing 76 people; General Silvio Frondizi demands Pacific Alliance forces withdraw immediately or face consequences...
January 5th, 1980: Frondizi orders the fueling of nuclear missiles at Río Grande, Tierra del Fuego in an effort to demonstrate his resolve; Also on this day, OSS reports to the President that General Verdez has died and that in addition to the tense situation, the Argentinans are moments away from Civil War. President Paul calls PM Woodward of the British Empire, imploring him to withdraw from South Georgia. PM Woodward responds, "Les you are a pacificist, and peace has failed it is time you stop humiliating and embarassing our alliance. We must show Argentina that we will back down NO MORE."
A meeting of the leaders of the Eurasian Treaty Organization agree to increase their readiness to Level 3.
President Paul deploys his diplomats to Buenos Aries to establish communication between the heads of both factions of Argentina.
General Troxler, moves to cover up his remaining nuke. He lacks a launch system but is moving it towards his command post in Quito
General Frondizi checks the satellite observers, and none of them registered a missile launch on December 31. He orders an audit of Argentina's nuclear arsenal.
January 6th, 1980: Operation BLACK BUCK; British Mirage III's launch an attack on Buenos Aires, injuring General Silvio Frondizi sending him into a medically-induced coma...
January 8th, 1980: General José López is named the head of the military government. Lopez alerts General Julio Troxler that elements of the Armada de la República Argentina (ARA) are "within striking distance of Pacific Alliance targets"....
January 9th, 1980: Battle of San Carlos; Escuadron Fenix launches a surprise attack on USS Akron (DE-100), USS Charles F. Adams (DDG-2), and USS Paul F. Foster (DD-964), killing 2,013 people in the largest loss of American lives since the Holy War. Also on this day, Escuadron Fenix finds the Belgrano adrift with no crew on board. He quickly discovers that he killed the crew as they were prisoners aboard the Akron.
President Paul attempts to call PM Woodward and receives no answer. Secretary of State George Bush calls Foreign Secretary, Margaret Roberts in an attempt to get Woodward to back off. Margaret says she will try "no one wants over a billion dead."
January 10, 1980: The Army of the EUARS mobilizes to face. Premier Guevara asks to meet with the the American ambassador.
5 squadrons of bombers out of Panama City depart. In a coordinated attack with 2 San Francisco Class Submarines, they move to make the Second Battle of San Carlos...
January 11, 1980: General Troxler attempts to wrest control of the nuclear arsenal while Frondizi is in a coma. The lieutnenant general of the Air Force moves Frondizi to the Air Force hospital in Tierra del Fuego. Second Battle of San Carlos; 72 bombers leave a Panama airfield and fly towards two American carrier battle groups in the area after the loss of three ships a couple days prior. Simultaneously, S-1 and S-2, two San Francisco-class diesel attack submarines, move towards the battle groups. Carrier fighters from Kittyhawk (CVN-36) and United States (CVN-37) are scrambled, and combined with guided missile cruisers McDonough (CAG-2), and Virginia (CSGN-31), shoot down 50 bombers. Twenty two get through and score hits on Bunker Hill (DDG-31), Grigsby (CAG-5), Joliet (DE-110), Kansas (BB-66), and Ohio (BB-67). Grigsby suffers hits to her aft launchers and superstructure. Bunker Hill's five inch gun is damaged and is locked in train. Her helicopter hanger is severely damaged, and she loses a radar array. Kansas loses a five-inch mount and fires break out in the middle of the ship. Ohio loses the fire control radar for her nine 16-inch guns, and several comaprtments are flooded below decks and amidships following a torpedo hit from S-1. Joliet loses 100 men. The survivors are picked up by Columbus (CAG-6) and she is left to sink into the Pacific. S-1 is sunk by ASROC barrage from Electra (DD-995). S-2 is driven off by Schenectady (DE-103) and Opelika (SSN-356). Columbus and Indianapolis (CAG-7) shell EUARS airfields and naval base with shells from their 8-inch guns.
January 12th, 1980: Westchester Disaster; Armada de la República Argentina (ARA) S-22 submarine launches a missile into Westchester, New York, 24 miles from New York City, New York, killing c.1,018 people instantly, causing a massive nuclear meltdown kiliing 57,300 people (deaths reported in Westchester, White Plains, Buchanan and Yonkers). General José López warns President Les Paul to withdraw all Pacific Alliance forces from Latin American waters, or "further measures will be necessary..." General José López also warns that he is taking a "an-eye-for-an-eye" policy, and that any strike will be met with "equal and opposite measure"; President Les Paul orders all American ships to depart for the International waters. The exception being the waters of the EUARS, and the Caribbean. The former was allowed by the EUARS Premier, and the Latter because of American Guiana. After many conversations with Foreign Secretary Thatcher, PM Woodward agrees to withdraw the Royal NAvy to the Falklands. However Woodward still refuses to back down in South Georgia. Secretary of State George Bush talks to Fronzini's lieutenant.
Supreme General Lopez denies General Troxler the use of atomic weapons. "Due to the tense situation, I will not allow it"
January 13, 1980: A statement is released by the White House, that "in the interest of peace, the United States Navy will withdraw at least 300 miles from the coasts of Argentina and Brazil. We do this in the hope of peace."
January 14, 1980: General Troxler orders the army to invade Quito. This is done without the knowledge of Generallismo Lopez. Also on this day, USS Hopkins (CAG-13) limps into her home port of San Diego. Her aft launchers are destroyed, along with her turbines. She is forced to limp home on diesel backups. She loses fifty of her crew in the Battle of San Carlos. She rescues twenty crewmembers from the Adams and Foster, along with ten POWs from the Belgrano. Marine MPs take thirty crewmembers from the Belgrano into custody. The cruiser is taken out of active service for repair and refit, including upgrading her launchers to a VLS system and upgrading her radar to the latest ARIES standard.
January 15th, 1980: EUASR Premier Guevara announces the dismissal of the American diplomatic delegation in Bogota, warning that "America has sold its security for peace, knowing it will never receive either..." Bolstered by Argentina's victory over the United States, Generallismo Rega allows General Troxler to begin the invasion of the EUASR Quito. On this date Argentina bombs Quito, and the army swoops in to take the city. Troxler orders his men to bury the weapon underground in Quito, and then orders a retreat.
January 16, 1980: The Democrats and the Republicans, both upset over President Paul's cowardice regarding Argentina, begin to work together to come up with impeachable offenses.
January 17, 1980: General Frondizi awakes from his coma; Premier Guevara orders the Communist Army to move to Quito to prepare to attack Troxler's forces. The bulk of the EUASR army passes through Quito in parade to the cheerful crowds. As the army makes plans for the march to Lima, Troxler receives word that the EUASR army is now in optimal position, and orders the detonation of his hidden atomic device in the city. A mushroom cloud now hangs over the former Metropolis of Quito. Troxler, his plan worked perfectly orders his army to begin marching for Bogota, and to destroy any resistance. "Soon all of the Americas will be ours."
Death Toll
Argentina: 47,000
United States: 60,000
January 18th, 1980: A clearly shaken President Lester William Paul speaks to the nation in a televised speech, declaring, "With this tragedy, I will not seek the nomination as your president for another election..." Meanwhile in Buenos Aires, General Frondizi, asks Generallismo Lopez to reprimand General Troxler for "misusing the property of the Air Space Force". Premier Guevara has a heartattack upon hearing that the Army of the EUASR has been obliterated in Quito, 300,000 troops dead. General Troxler himself is in the provisional Command of Argentinan forces on this day.
General Forrest, Head of the Joint Chiefs in a tense meeting with President Paul, gets permission to launch a nuclear device. The Target the army of General Troxler moving north towards Caracas. The meeting between Paul and Forrest, would feature in many historical debates, as whether or not a coup occured or not.
Secretary of State Bush, flys to Brussels to address the Coalition of Nations, and to meet with many leaders of Europe in the hopes of improving American relations. Although he faces many problems thanks to, in the words of Russian PM Aliyev said, "a coward President and a Warhawk in London."
General Forrest appears on TV to say the following, "The 3rd Army of Argentina has 12 hours to reverse direction and return to Lima, and abandon their campaign in the EUASR."
General Frondizi attempts to get Troxler to "abandon this madcap adventure in Ecuador", even the neutral Lopez says, "Buenos Aries is lost, I do not want to lose our whole country." Troxler storms out of the headquarters and begins to fly back to the Third Army in Quito. He is halfway between Buenos Aries and Quito when the 12 hour deadline passes.
The Third Army of Argentina, upon hearing the ultimatum laughs at Forrest's hot air and continue to march north. They are all quite surprised when 12 hours later a Nuclear Bomb obliterates them
January 19th, 1980: President Lester Williams Paul fires publicly General James Forrest for "insubordination" for use of a nuclear weapon in Quito. For many Americans, Forrest is considered a national hero, despite his actions. Both Democratic and Republican Parties announce the formation of presidential exploratory committees for the soldier who has never held an elected office....
January 21st, 1980: British Prime Minister Woodward and Japanese Prime Minister Akio Morita discuss "unconventional options" in an effort to deal with "American short-sightedness". Also on this day, General Troxler of Argentina is held for treason, for attacking an "allied state" and "provoking a nuclear exchange". The EUASR province of Ecuador is vacated.
February 3rd, 1980: Professor Noam Chomsky defects in Porto Alegre, Brazil, proclaiming "American foreign policy is international terrorism..."
February 8th, 1980: General James Forrest is given a ticker-tape parade in Chicago, Illinois; Police estimate c. 800,000 people attend the parade....
February 12th, 1980: General James Forrest speaks before the House of Representatives, proclaiming, "Heroes are not born, they are forged in the heat of conflict..."; Forrest receives over 50 standing ovations over the course of his speech in Washington D.C.,....
March 15, 1980: Volcker v. U.S.; In a 5-4 decision, the US Supreme Court rules that plans to unify the currency under the Pacific Coalition is unconstitutional because "This plan would take away Congress' rights to regulate the monetary supply of the United States and the planned Coalition would subject the United States to an outside regulatory body that would be above the Constitution of this land, which is the sole Supreme Law of the Land."
March 27th-30th, 1980: Toronto Riots; Riots erupt in Toronto, Ontario over proposed plans for currency unification; police install curfew measures...
May 1st, 1980: Anti-Semitic riots erupt in Buenos Aires, Argentina as "Ya Basta!" accuses "Jewish moneybaggers" of manufacturing tensions between the United States and Argentina...
May 8, 1980: Wealthy Jewish citizens begin to immigrate from Argentina flowing the anti-semitic riots.
May 10th, 1980: Sergio Cofferati leads riots in Genoa, Italy over proposed plans for the creation of a "Common Market" for Europe, similar to the Pacific Alliance...
May 17th-19th, 1980: Miami Riots; African-American and Cuban-American groups clash in Miami, Florida; National Guard units are called out....
May 30th, 1980: Zurich Youth Rebellion; Youth groups form "movment of the discontented" in opposition to religious and political authorities, chanting "No Leaders!" as their motto....
June 17, 1980: After years of Japanese Animated shows being shared via the DataNet. The show Lupin IV is aired in primetime. It is the first of many Japanese Animated shows to be exported abroad
October 5, 1980: During a VP debate between VP Republican candidate Alexis Harper, and VP Johnathan Carson. Carson makes a joke about Harper's "Katanas, Yen, and Political Machine. Three things that keep my opponent in Power"
October 20, 1980: A pair of San Francisco Chronicle reporters Herb Caen and Randy Shilts uncover a huge corruption scandal in California. The Mass Transit Act of 1977, which provided federal grant money for Rapid Transit in the Bay Area, via Maglev trains, was discovered to have been squandered by "Matsuya Construction" which simply spent it.
October 31, 1980: "This is the HBC Nightly News with Ronald Reagan. The Republican VP candidate Alexis Harper was exposed to have diverted nearly 20 million of federal grant money for Bay Area infrastructure projects to her own accounts, and mansion in Atherton." The report goes onto to show the lavish and opulence of Harper's mansion that the taxpayers paid for. It is a disaster for the Republican party, who had been neck and neck with Cronkite/Carson but now drop to only 30% in the polls.
November 1, 1980: The Japanese animated movie "Soul in the Shell" is released and becomes a smash hit.
November 5, 1980: Sen. Walter Cronkite (D-MO) is the winner of the 1980 Presidential election.
November 6, 1980: Alexis Harper is found dead at Pier 41 in San Francisco. Police investigations show that she was tortured before being decapitated. Nearby was a hastily packed bag and an airship ticket to London. FBI Director Nixon, now free of Harper's interference in California, begins a crackdown in the Golden State. The first to shut down are the "trading companies" and casinos of Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco.
November 13, 1980: Star Quest III: The Voyage Home premieres. The movie does so well that Roddenberry gets funding for his new scifi TV show. A co-production with William L. Larson, Wormhole a modern day sci-fi story about a secret space program that is going to the stars
December 23rd, 1980: "No llores por mí, Argentina (Don't Cry for Me, Argentina)" by Paloma San Basilio makes its hit debut, as part of charity efforts to raise funds for victims of the "Buenos Aires Disaster". The song is banned by many radio stations in the United States...
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January 1, 1981: President-Elect Cronkite states during an interview with Ronald Reagan that "President Paul did a great disservice to General Forrest. I plan to restore him to Head of the Joint Chiefs once in office."
January 20th, 1981: "Our long national nightmare is over" is proclaimed by newly sworn-in President Walter Cronkite (D-MO) during his Inauguration Address in Washington D.C.; Unfortunately with the need for reconstruction of metropolitan area of New York City, New York, a heavily divided electorate, and racial and sectarian divisions, many people remain skeptical. Also on this day, former Paul Administration officials launch a suit to overturn Volcker v. U.S. arguing that attempts to overturn the Pacific Alliance currency unification plan is "unconstitutional" citing Article VI, paragraph 2 of the U.S. Constitution; citing also its approval by the Executive and Legislative Branches....
February 14, 1981: Catalina Island Council, passes legislation banning any clothing to be worn on the island.
March 21st, 1981: The anarchist single "They Lie!" by the Layabouts makes its hit debut in Detroit, Michigan....
April 9th, 1981: Yellow Thunder Insurrection; American Indian Movement (AIM) guerillas launch an armed insurrection in Black Hills, South Dakota, demanding a meeting with President Walter Cronkite...
April 11th-12th, 1981: Race riots erupt in Brixton, London, over the collapse of Commonwealth unity in Sub-Saharan Africa...
May 3, 1981 - Los Angles Carlos Ray Norris becomes the masked vigilante, 'Iron Fist' after his Weiland is killed by crossfire in a gang shootout. His presence is immedietely felt by the local criminal underworld.
June 1st, 1981: Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh launches a Hindu-reformist movement in Mumbai, India....
June 4, 1981: In a meeting between the Secretary of the Navy, Chief of Naval Operations, and CINCNAVSEA, it is decided that the Ohio and Kansas be repaired and refitted instead of retired. SECNAV also goes before the Senate Armed Services Committee asking that the other two Wisconsin battleships, Wisconsin (BB-64), and New Jersey (BB-65) be taken out of mothballs due to increasing tensions.
July 19, 1981: FBI Director Nixon ok's electronic surveillance of Studio 60 as a suspected narcotics front.
August 7th, 1981: The Argentine Anarchy movement begins, more than 55,000 Aregentinians are members.
August 13, 1981 - The Pacific Alliance begans forming Joint Taskforce 141 from special forces members to better combat irregular forces and terrorism. It is headed by British Royal Marine Col. Patrick Stewart. Notable members will include Walter B. Willis, William Nye, Noriyuki Morita, and Clinton Dawkins.
August 24th, 1981: Argentine General José López announces plans to pay the foreign debts of Mexico in Mexico City, Mexico, proclaiming a "Bolivarian Revolution"...
September 21st, 1981: "Wadu-Wadu" album by Argentine band, Virus, makes its hit musical debut worldwide....
October 19th, 1981: Argentine Anarchy members assassinate several high ranking members of Argentina's government in a bombing.
December 5, 1981: Ohio leaves drydock at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. In addition to repairing damage incurred at Second San Carlos, she receives upgrades to her fire control system, and receives eight Armored Box Launchers carrying four Tesla BGM-109 Javelin cruise missiles each.
December 7th, 1981: Canadian trade representative Pierre Pettigrew proclaims an end to opposition to Pacific Alliance currency unification in Kitchener, Ontario, sparking national attention...
December 10, 1981: Kansas leaves drydock at Puget Sound, with much of the same upgrades installed as on the Ohio.
December 11th, 1981: "La Magia" single by Alejandro Federico Lerner makes its hit debut in Buenos Aires, Argentina....
December 18th, 1981: Argentine singer Roberto Pettinato of "Virus" is arrested in Montevideo, after an all-night spree with heroin, cocaine, and PCP...
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January 6, 1982: The Scandinavian Union and Pacific Alliance enter talks about a new trade agreement over North Sea oil.
March 5th, 1982: Argentine Anarchy members manage to steal 6 suitcase nukes from the argentine government, and declare they will be used to "spread the anarchy" to other nations.
March 26th-28th, 1982: Bloody Kansas; Former Christian militia members Jerry Wright and Eugene Schroeder launch a 3-day armed insurrection against the federal government in Weskan, Kansas...
April 3rd, 1982: Navajo/ Hopi members of the American Indian Movment (AIM) launch an armed insurrection in Taos, New Mexico....
May 4th, 1982: Christian militia leaders Charles Norman Howarth and Wesley White bomb shopping mall in Colorado Springs, Colorado, sparking international attention and concern....
May 5th, 1982: Len Martin launches a rally at the state capitol in Bismarck, North Dakota, demanding an end to "federal oppression" sparking national attention...
June 1st, 1982: Christian militia leaders Bill Gale and James Wickstrom call for a "New American Revolution" from KTTL-TV in Dodge City, Kansas...
June 11th, 1982: "Quiéreme (a.k.a. "Love Me")" album by Valeria Lynch, makes its hit debut in Buenos Aires, Argentina....
June 24th, 1982: President Walter Cronkite announces the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) in Washington D.C., barring racial, religious, or gender discrimination on a state and federal level, as "part of the American credo, as sacred as the gospel..."
August 13th, 1982: Gregory Lucas, Church of the Atom, leads a rally in Berkeley, California proclaiming that "man's destiny lies ultimately in the stars..."
November 13th, 1982: President Walter Cronkite dedicates a monument to the "Westchester Disaster" in Washington D.C., proclaiming "Never Again!"...
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January 2nd-8th, 1983: Scottish Uprising (a.k.a. "the Troubles"); Riots erupt in Edinburgh, Stirling, and Gleneagles, Scotland over proposed Pacific Alliance currency unification plans; Martial law is declared in the region...
January 4th, 1983: Church of the Atom buildings are raided by FDA and IRS agents in San Francisco, California; Gregory Lucas claims "religious oppression"...
March 23rd, 1983: Senator Lyndon La Rouche (R-NH) launches a nationwide call for an increased Defense Department role in space travel, during a rally in Washington D.C.,...
April 28-May 1 1983 - US and Filipino forces inflict severe loses on the Moro Liberation Front after a series of search and destroy missions.
May 25 1983 - Gregory Lucas's Church of the Atom moves to a a secuded compound in California's Napa Valley. Local Media quickly dubbs it Skywalker Ranch.
July 15th, 1983: IRS agents challenge the tax-exempt status of "the Church of the Atom" during hearings in Washington D.C.,...
September 10th, 1983: RSA (Alternative Society Movement) launches anti-authoritarian riots in Danzig, demanding national independence for Poland from Germany....
December 13th, 1983: Musician Léo Ferré sparks riots in Paris, France with the beginning of the underground "Radio Libertaire"....
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January 17, 1984 - Marseilles, French Officials seize a shipment of translated Atlas Shrugged novels. The shipment was marked for Paris.
March 12 1984 - New Coke is released. The reception is overwelmingly positive.
May 10th, 1984: Romualdez v. Tesla Incorporated; Ines Romualdez, a cancer-stricken patient launches a national class-action lawsuit against Tesla Incorporated for nuclear waste contamination, in San Francisco, California...
May 18th-19th, 1984: Melbourne Riots; Australian nationalists launch riots in Melbourne, Australia against Pacific Alliance currency unification plans...
June 6th-7th, 1984: Activist David Lange leads c.750,000 people in protests in Wellington and Adelaide, New Zealand, demanding an end to Pacific Alliance vessels in local harbors...
September 5, 1984: The US Supreme Court upholds Volcker v. United States. In his opinion, Chief Justice Scott writes:
"In 1787, the states that created this Union did not give the central government via the US Constitution the ability to enter into a treaty with a foreign nation that would [1] empower treaty functions that they (States) did not allow the US government to have, or [2] that would obligate this Union and its States to do something that is contrary to the US Constitution, or [3] that would transfer functions and activities assigned to the Union to any agency outside of the Union. This treaty, which would unite the British Pound Sterling, Japanese Yen, and United States Dollar into one currency, the Pacific Credit, would strip Congress of its express right to 'coin money and regulate the value thereof.' While it does state '...all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land,' it is the opinion of this Court that ratifying this treaty would place it above the Authority of the United States, and transfer functions and activities assigned to the Union to any agency outside the Union, and therefore, be unconstitutional."
November 2, 1984: Stephen J. Wozniak, develops the jigsaw file transfer system. The JIGSAW (OTL: BitTorrent) quickly becomes the method of choice for both large scale file transfers and Illegal video data.
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January 7th, 1985: Argentinian singer Valeria Lynch performs in Tokyo, Japan as an "Ambassador of Peace", sparking international attention....
January 14th, 1985: Senator Lyndon La Rouche (R-NH) sues HBC-TV for "libelous slander" after being called a "small-time Christophe" by Reporter Pat Lynch in New York City, New York..
April 18th, 1985: Riots erupt in Washington D.C., as Christian Militia leaders launch their opposition to Pacific Alliance "oppression"; 117 people are placed under arrest...
May 1st, 1985: Danzig Riots; RSA (Alternative Society Movement) launches Polish nationalist riots, sparking a massive crackdown by German military authorities...
September 23, 1985: HBC launches the hit show "Seattle Vice", Leonard Nemoy stars and popularizes the goatee.
September 30th, 1985: Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh launches a series of book-burning rallies nationwide against the United States and China, targetting Third World novels by Mao Tse-tung and episodes of Star Quest as "spiritual pollution"....
October 1, 1985: The Ninja's Dojo, a JIGSAW file sharing site is moved to the Private Airship, Harbinger, and begins its never ending flight around the world.
October 22nd, 1985: Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh announces that "America is a spiritual blackhole, that reveals its moral cowardice..." during a rally in Mumbai, India...
November 3, 1985 - Pacific Alliance Joint Taskforce 141 is placed on alert and moved to Ceylon to provide immediate anti-terror support in the event of any Hindi Nationialist-related violence.
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January 23rd, 1986: Hokkaido Riots; c.250,000 people riot in Hokkaido, Japan as union leaders voice their opposition to Pacific Alliance currency unification plans....
May 16th-18th, 1986: "Virus" launches "Intoxicados" festival in Lima, Peru, meant to be 3 days of hedonist entertainment from drugs to sexual orgies....
June 16, 1986: After being christened by Akron mayor Jean Franklin, the second USS Akron (CSGN-32) slides down the slipways and into the Pascagoula Bay. The Virginia-class nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser is the second of the class and features the latest air defense capabilities. In addition, the Virginia-class CSGN sports two three-gun 8-inch turrets.
June 23rd, 1986: Senator Lyndon La Rouche (R-NH) establishes "Prevent Mittelafrika Feuer Now Initiative Committee" (PMF-NOW) in Washington D.C., calling for internment camps for "Mittelafrika Feuer" patients as a "public health menace"...
August 17th, 1986: Pike Place Riots; Police launch a brutal crackdown on protesters at Pike Place Market in Seattle, Washington, sparking national attention...
November 13, 1986: Studio 60 owner Sylvester James opens up a second Studio 60 on Catalina Island, and a ferry system between the two clubs
November 22nd, 1986: Gregory Lucas, Church of the Atom, unveils a series of private airships dubbed the "Millenium Falcons" at Moffit Airfield in Sacramento, California as a form of "flying universities/ private communities"...
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January 11th, 1987: Piero Bernocchi and Sergio Cofferati launch riots against European Common Market Plans in Strasbourg, France....
July 30th, 1987: Senator Lyndon La Rouche (R-NH) meets with Turgut Özal in Ankara, Turkish Republic, in an effort to establish "alternative policy"...
November 6th, 1987: Riots erupt as German government officials announce plans for "police actions" in an effort to deal with riots in Athens, Greece...
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February 21st, 1988: People magazine dubs the "Millenium Falcons" as "the craziest cruise on Earth..."
October 14th, 1988: "Zenkoku Jiren" guerillas launch bombings in Tokyo, Japan, demanding democratic reforms....
October 30th, 1988: "Anarchist highway" electronic network is established in Warsaw, Poland, sparking international attention....
November 11, 1988: Operatives from the Pacific Alliance Joint Taskforce 141 stop a chemical attack involving nerve agents in several government buildings in Tokyo. The attack is linked to the "Zenkoku Jiren" guerillas
December 18th, 1988: Republican presidential candidate Senator Lyndon La Rouche (R-NH) is indicted on 12 counts of money-laundering, 15 counts of mail-fraud, and 1 count of possession of child-pornography in Washington D.C.,....
December 21st, 1988: Argentinian singer Federico Moura, leader of "Virus" dies of "Mittelafrika Feuer", sparking a period of mourning for Argentina's youth in Burnos Aires, Argentina....
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December 31, 1989: Henry Hughes, son of entrepreneur Howard Hughes, proposes to build, "The first Airborne City: Skycity!". A city which will be kept aloft by airships, and go on a ten year cruise around the globe
Mr_ Bondoc
June 17th, 2010, 12:15 AM
Here are some PODs to show that people are tired of religious fundamentalism:
January 27th, 1980: Jack Houston launches "Dial-an-Atheist" in Houston, Texas, as an alternative to religious
March 31st, 1984: Murray O'Hair launches his "Exit Deus" campaign in Austin, Texas, with pornographer Chester Flynt, publisher of Erotica magazine...
April 14th, 1986: Atheist leader Robert Sherman leads a march in Zion City, Illinois, sparking civil unrest with Christian fundamentalists...
August 27th, 1987: Atheist leader James Sutton leads a rally in Chicago, Illinois calling for an end to "god-fearing"....
June 18th, 1988: O'Hair v. U.S. ends school prayer in public schools, after a lawsuit by Murray O'Hair demanding, "Why should my children be brainwashed in someone else's ideas...That's my job as a parent!"
August 27th, 1988: Robert I. Sherman, American Atheist Association (AAA) calls for Democrats to embrace atheists in an effort to win the White House, during a rally in Washington D.C.,...
November 29th, 1988: "Atheist Rag" single by Alexander Popov (a.k.a. "Dr. Pop") makes its hit musical debut in Belgrade, Serbia...
June 15th, 1989: Atheist Rick Sherman of Chicago, Illinois sparks controversy, after refusing to say "under God" during the "Pledge of Allegiance" during U.S. Army basic training.
December 22nd, 1989: Alexander Prairie leads a rally of the American Atheist Association with Sylvester James in Santa Monica, California....
Prometheus_2300
June 17th, 2010, 02:53 AM
Nuclear Industry PODs
January 15, 1981: As one of Cronkites campaign promises, he reorganizes the Atomic Regulatory Commission, into NEC (Nuclear Energy Commission), and it soon delivers a report about reactor safety on America's 231 reactors. Due to public fears about Nuclear Reactors, the Nuclear Refurbishment Act is passed which will provide for large renovations to American reactors.
March 12, 1982: The Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Depository is built near the small town of Las Vegas, Nevada.
June 5, 1982: 13 reactors are shut down following safety reviews. Tesla Dynamic avoids legal battles by citing that the utilities mismanaged their reactors.
October 4, 1984: Rolling Blackouts are common in the South as a result of the safety overhaul, and shutdown of 14 reactors in the former confederacy.
March 13, 1985: The San Onofre Plasma Fusion reactor goes online.
October 4, 1987: A class action suit is brought against Tesla Dynamic, citing negligence in reactor construction.
<The above POD was delayed by Tesla for years but now the Class Action Suit will happen. Both the Monroe and New York Accidents will be brought up. Tesla did install a defective reactor in Monroe, and tried to cover it up. New York but they were somewhat sloppy. If someone else could follow this up I would appreciate it. Everyone please keep in mind that Tesla Dynamic is the largest corporation in the US in this ATL>
<Tesla makes the reactors and sells them. Sort of like how GE makes reactors in our world but the utilities sell them>
American Space PODs
November 5, 1982: The Argentinan Space Program finally reaches the moon with, Bolivar-4.
October 1, 1982: After much analysis, Department of Space Development declares that every odd numbered Selene Mission will be going to Copernicus Crater. Each trip the crew leaves behind their Lunar module. After 6 trips there are about 6 of these at the same site on the moon.
October 12, 1983: The American Selene-31 mission to the moon, has a defective oxygen tank. The crew of 5 do not return to Earth, as they run out of Oxygen on the way back.
November 1, 1985: After a year hiatus in Moon missions, Selene-32 departs Earth.
June 13, 1988: Using the much delayed Helios Booster, the Apollo-3 lands on the moon. The unmanned mission is hailed as a scientific achievement of the decade, as remote controlled robowalkers, position the 9 Selene Habitat modules, along with 4 Helios modules together via a network of "Space ways". The Electra Colony is now completed, and can supprt 18 people for extended stays on the moon. The most controversial part of this base is the Nuclear reactor which powers the base.
<So now we have a moon base. Now this is sort of like Antarctic Research Bases. But this is both scientific and commercial. 6 of the people are scientists, 6 are engineers and the other 6 are varying support roles or guests running tests for future development.>
August 10, 1989: The Department of Space Exploration asks the various space contractors to develop a Reusable spacecraft capable of reaching the Moon, and returning.
To explain the naming scheme: Selene Missions are normal Moon missions. Apollo are heavy lift missions, with large payloads bound for the moon. The Raiden missions (Japan is tired of paying for a space program that is very American centric despite being a Pacific Alliance program, and got lots of concessions) are what the reusable lunar spaceship will be called
Mr_ Bondoc
June 17th, 2010, 05:43 AM
Here are some PODs to show that there are some weird things taking place:
January 9th, 1980: Juhayman ibn Muhammad ibn Sayf al-Otaibi proclaims himself in Mecca, proclaiming the need for "expulsion of the West"....
November 13th, 1981: African -American leader Yaweh ben Yaweh proclaims Florida the "New Zion" during a rally in Miami, Florida...
October 22nd, 1983: African-American leader Yaweh ben Yaweh recruits U.S. Army dropout Leonard Dupree is baptised as "Leonard ben Judah" in Miami, Florida
June 16th, 1985: Apollo Carreon Quiboloy seizes control of the government proclaiming the "Kingdom of Jesus Christ" in Manila, sparking international attention and concern...
April 12th, 1986: African-American leader "Yaweh ben Yaweh" proclaims the need to eliminate the "white devils" during a rally in Miami, Florida...
October 18th, 1987: "Nation of Yaweh" leader "Leonard ben Judah" is married in Liberty City, Miami, Florida....
January 18th, 1988: African-American leader "Leonard ben Judah", of the Nation of Yaweh, proclaims that African-Americans are the "True Israelites" during a rally in Saint Petersburg, Florida....
January 13th, 1989: HBC-TV televises the documentary The Hate That Hate Produced by reporter Louis Lomax, bringing to mainstream prominence "Leonard ben Judah" and the "Nation of Yaweh"....
Mr_ Bondoc
June 17th, 2010, 07:31 PM
Here are a few more PODs regarding the problem with nuclear and space technology:
November 5th, 1982: Commander José Vaquero plants the Argentine flag on the lunar surface, proclaiming, "En unión y libertad" (In Unity and Freedom) , dedicating the mission to the dead from the Buenos Aires Disaster...
December 14th, 1983: Karen Gay Silkwood of Crescent, Oklahoma reports clandestine sales of nuclear technology to totalitarian states since 1945, to Congress in Washington D.C.,...
July 25th, 1984: Lieutenant Magdalena Ruiz Guinazu becomes the first woman to conduct a space-walk, sparking international attention...
November 16th, 1984: Night of the Comet directed by Thom Eberhardt, starring Kelli Maroney, makes its hit film debut.....
February 9th, 1986: Year of the Comet; Halley's Comet passes through Earth's atmosphere. Celebrations and parties are held all over the globe...
July 25th, 1986: Karen Gay Silkwood dies mysteriously in a car accident outside Crescent, Oklahoma. Investigators for Tesla Dynamic claim it is a case of "drunk-driving", although no alcohol is detected...
August 16th-17th, 1987: Grand Harmonic Convergence; Thousands of New Age followers led by Jose Argüelles gather at Mount Shasta, California, proclaiming the "dawn of a new era"...
Prometheus_2300
June 18th, 2010, 07:06 AM
March 11, 1989: The Bolivar-9 lunar module suffers a problem in its return capsule, and strands the 3 Argentinians on the moon. The Pacific Alliance offers to deploy a rover pick up the astronauts and send them back on the next ship back to Earth.
June 22, 1984: The United States Senate votes on the Pacific Alliance Currency Union. It is soundly defeated 76-21 with 5 abstains. The Pacific Credit coins are never put into circulation. Following similar legislation and power shifts in Britain and Japan, the Pacific Currency Union is defeated (PM Woodward was replaced with PM Margaret Roberts at the Tory meeting, and the opposition came into power in Japan). The coins become collector's items. The 50 cent piece of the Pacific Credit, which bore the face of President Paul becomes the enduring symbol of the Paul presidency.
<The idea was that each year's 50 cent piece would show the face of the head of state of the US. The 25 cent the British PM, and the 10 cent the Japanese PM. But since the coins never became currency, they just become collectors items.>
November 1, 1986: PM Margaret Roberts calls for an international customs union between the Pacific Alliance.
<Let's try that. My reasoning is that the clearing up of customs in the Pacific Alliance, will allow trade to pick up between the member nations. A step on the way to a NAFTA like organization.>
Mr_ Bondoc
June 18th, 2010, 08:18 PM
Here are some PODs to explain what's going on in Europe, in the post-"Holy War" environment:
May 9th, 1980: Malliarakis Declaration; French Foreign Minister Christian Bouchet and Prime Minister Jean-Gilles Malliarakis, alog with German Chancellor Otto Strasser call for a European Common Market, citing the "irrational whims of the Americas..." in Paris, France....
June 3rd, 1980: Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands agree to the creation of a European "common market" in Geneva Switzerland...
April 18th, 1981: Treaty of Amsterdam; French Prime Minister Jean-Gilles Malliarakis and German Chancellor Otto Strasser sign the Treaty of Geneva, establishing the European Common Market (ECM)....
May 27th, 1982: French Prime Minister Jean-Gilles Malliarakis and German Chancellor Otto Strasser announce the formation of the European Defense Community (EDC) in Rome, Italy....
December 8th, 1984: Council of Ministers in Rome, adopts a flag with a blue field with 12 stars representing the members of the European Common Market (ECM) in Rome, Italy...
March 25th, 1987: European Defense Community (EDC) leaders announce plans to "coordinate" nuclear resources and defenses, during a conference in Rome, Italy...
June 8th, 1989: Austria, Hungary, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Greece, and Switzerland announce their membership in the European Common Market (ECM) in Rome, Italy...
Prometheus_2300
June 19th, 2010, 05:35 AM
Here are some PODs to explain what's going on in Europe, in the post-"Holy War" environment:
May 9th, 1980: Malliarakis Declaration; French Foreign Minister Christian Bouchet and Prime Minister Jean-Gilles Malliarakis, alog with German Chancellor Otto Strasser call for a European Common Market, citing the "irrational whims of the Americas..." in Paris, France....
June 3rd, 1980: Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands agree to the creation of a European "common market" in Geneva Switzerland...
April 18th, 1981: Treaty of Amsterdam; French Prime Minister Jean-Gilles Malliarakis and German Chancellor Otto Strasser sign the Treaty of Geneva, establishing the European Common Market (ECM)....
May 27th, 1982: French Prime Minister Jean-Gilles Malliarakis and German Chancellor Otto Strasser announce the formation of the European Defense Community (EDC) in Rome, Italy....
December 8th, 1984: Council of Ministers in Rome, adopts a flag with a blue field with 12 stars representing the members of the European Common Market (ECM) in Rome, Italy...
March 25th, 1987: European Defense Community (EDC) leaders announce plans to "coordinate" nuclear resources and defenses, during a conference in Rome, Italy...
June 8th, 1989: Austria, Hungary, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Greece, and Switzerland announce their membership in the European Common Market (ECM) in Rome, Italy...
Isn't Denmark still part of the Scandinavian Union, and the same with Norway?
Also a map of the world by Defense bloc for 1990 as the current PODs stand. Basically it looks like a quad polar world: Pacific Alliance, Argentina and its allies, the Throne Axis and the European Community
Mr_ Bondoc
June 19th, 2010, 06:14 AM
Prometheus 2300- You forgot to add Spain and Portugal (see 1989)...
In the meantime, here are some other PODs that should be added; Some of the PODs help to explain why atheism becomes a big idea in the 1980s:
January 21st, 1980: Crime boss Frank D. Frassetto seizes control of the underworld in Rochester, New York....
June 17th, 1982: Roberto Calvi reveals links between the Banco Ambrosiano and the Mafia to English reporters for The Guardian, sparking concerns about the power of the Vatican City....
July 20th, 1982: James "Blackie" Licavoli seizes control of the criminal underworld in Cleveland, Ohio....
July 26th, 1982: Vatican Bank Scandal; Cardinal Paul Casimir Marcinkus is indicted in a scandal linking the Banco Ambrosiano to members of the Mafia organization in Rome, Italy....
December 6th, 1982: Joey "The Clown" Lombardo brutally murders Senator Howard Cannon (D-NV) in Reno, Nevada, sparking a national call for the revival of vigilantes...
April 29th, 1983: Pasquale "Pat the Cat" Spirito seizes control of the criminal underworld in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania....
October 28th, 1989: San Francisco Seals led by Kevin Mitchell, wins the World Series in Game 4, sparking national attention in San Francisco, California...
Prometheus_2300
June 19th, 2010, 06:06 PM
The revised map of the defensive blocs
Zacoftheaxes
June 19th, 2010, 08:08 PM
November 7th, 1988: Senator Robert Byrd (D) is elected president. He promises to "Bring America's power above Argentina's."
There, now every "born president" has taken office.
Prometheus_2300
June 19th, 2010, 09:23 PM
November 7th, 1988: Senator Robert Byrd (D) is elected president. He promises to "Bring America's power above Argentina's."
There, now every "born president" has taken office.
Why aren't the democratic Cronkite/Carson ticket running for a third term, as their presidency is seemingly going well? Going by OTL they still have another 4 years in them.
Mr_ Bondoc
June 19th, 2010, 09:29 PM
Here are some PODs to make sure that we also include Africa into the scene:
June 16th, 1980: Vereniging van Oranjewerkers ("Organization of Orange Workers", a.k.a. "Oranjewerkers") led by Wally Grant, H. F. Verwoerd Jr., Carel Boshoff and C. J. Joost, calling for " native manumission" during a rally in Morgenzon, South Africa...
November 9th, 1980: Carel Willem Hendrik Boshoff, Afrikaner Broderbond, is elected Prime Minister of South Africa....
February 4th, 1981: Alan Fotheringham leads Wit Kommando (a.k.a. "White Commando") raids on “white kaffirs” (a.k.a. "race mixers") in Johannesburg, South Africa....
January 23rd, 1983: Reverend Alan Boesak launches a "United Front" resistance campaign against the Afrikaner government in Transvaal, South Africa...
August 20th, 1983: Mitchell's Plain Statement; Reverend Alan Boesak and Frank Chikane launch a manifesto calling for a egalitarian revolution in Mitchell's Plain, South Africa, sparking international attention...
February 4th, 1988: South African activist Godfrey Motsepe calls for European Common Market leaders to launch a boycott of Pacific Alliance goods during a meeting in Rome, Italy, citing British support of the apartheid regime in South Africa....
March 29th, 1988: South African activist Dulcie September survives an assassination attempt by British MI5 in Paris, France, sparking international tensions between the rival economic blocs....
January 3rd, 1989: Civil rights leader Frank Chikane is assassinated by members of the Civil Cooperation Bureau (CCB) in Soweto, South Africa, sparking civil unrest and violence....
May 1st, 1989: Dr. David Webster, anti-apartheid activist survives an assassination attempt at Wits University in Johannesburg, South Africa...
August 26th, 1989: South African Defense Forces (SADF) are accused of using biological weapons in Windhoek, Namibia....
August 31st, 1989: Early Learning Centre Bombing; 8 children are killed after Wit Kommando guerillas bomb a children's daycare in West Cape, South Africa....
thepenguin
June 19th, 2010, 11:30 PM
July 20th, 1982: James "Blackie" Licavoli seizes control of the criminal underworld in Cleveland, Ohio....
Make it Medina, Akron, or Youngstown. Cleveland was abandoned after the Monroe accident...
Mr_ Bondoc
June 19th, 2010, 11:55 PM
Make it Medina, Akron, or Youngstown. Cleveland was abandoned after the Monroe accident... Thanks for the heads up!! As such:
July 20th, 1982: Bloody Medina; James "Blackie" Licavoli seizes control of the criminal underworld in Medina, Ohio....
Mr_ Bondoc
June 20th, 2010, 05:01 AM
Here are some PODs to show that space is actually becoming a lot more crowded:
April 22nd, 1984: David Ashford announces the creation of Bristol Spaceplanes, reusable spacecraft in Bristol, England....
July 17th, 1986: Gary Hudson, CEO of Pacific American Launch Systems, announces the construction of the "Phoenix-E" spacecraft for commercial purposes, promising flights for c.$75,000 per person in Los Angeles, California...
October 29th, 1986: MP Makoto Nagatomo calls for Japanese leadership in the space program, during a rally in Nagasaki, Japan....
November 30th, 1987: Dietrich Koelle unveils the Saenger 2STO in Peenemunde, Germany, sparking international attention and concern....
December 7th, 1989: Shimizu Corporation under Yoichi Iwasaki and Hideki Kanayama announce in Tokyo, Japan, plans for the creation of commercial spacecraft....
Prometheus_2300
June 20th, 2010, 05:11 AM
Literature and Culture
August 12, 1983: At the former site of the Greek Olympic Games, a group of worshippers set up shrines to the Greek Gods of Old. This is the start of a Pagan revival surrounding the Greek/Roman Gods. Athena is the most popular.
July 31, 1985: Member of Parliament Douglas J. Adams, a former writer for Professor Who publishes The Babel Fish is a Dead Giveaway it is a best seller in the Pacific Alliance and the EC, for its humorous take bible-thumpers, the Holy Way, and in his words, "The non-existence of any gods".
October 3, 1987: Donald M. Moore publishes a near future cyberpunk story called "Deus Ex"
American Politics
October 3, 1982: President Cronkite signs into law the Nuclear Reorganization Act of 1982. Creating stiff new regulations upon the nuclear industry following the nuclear disasters.
November 5, 1984: President Cronkite soundly defeats Republican candidate Lyndon LaRouche.
April 1, 1986: The American Military Restructuring act is passed. The legislation is seen as a much needed measure to clarify lines of command, and to make the Defense Department more efficient. Notably the Marines are now the first to be called should the Pacific Alliance Treaty ever be invoked
May 5, 1987: President Cronkite's approval numbers are at 62%
June 5, 1988: The Democratic National Convention. President Cronkite, although popular has made few friends among the Southern Democrats. Although he does wish to run for a third term, the risk of him shattering the Democratic party is quite large. Cronkite rejects a compromise that would drop VP Carson from the ticket. The Keynote speaker for this year is a young senator from Indiana named John David Letterman.
June 12, 1988: The Republican National Convention. After two embarrassing defeats in 1980 and 1984, LaRouche is not considered for 88 candidacy. There are three leading candidates <I need 3 names>
Mr_ Bondoc
June 20th, 2010, 06:53 AM
Here are some names:
June 12, 1988: The Republican National Convention. After two embarrassing defeats in 1980 and 1984, LaRouche is not considered for 88 candidacy. There are three leading candidates internationalist Governor Harold Stassen (R-Minnesota); libertarian Senator Andre Marrou (R-Texas); conservative Senator Johnathan "Jack" Kemp (R-New York)
Prometheus_2300
June 20th, 2010, 06:55 PM
List of Presidents of 100 years
1908-1916: William Howard Taft w/ VP James Sherman
1916-1920: William McAdoo w/ VP James Cox
1920-1928: John J. Pershing w/ VP Calvin Coolidge
1928-1933: Calvin Coolidge w/ VP Hiram Bingham. Coolidge died in 1933
1933-1936: Hiram Bingham
1936-1948: Franklin Delano Roosevelt w/ VP John Nance Garner (1936-1944) and VP Thomas E. Dewey (1944-1948)
1948-1960: Thomas E. Dewey w/ VP Arthur Vandenburg
1960-1968: Joseph P Kennedy w/ VP Lyndon B. Johnson
1968-1976: Robert F Kennedy w/ VP Barry Goldwater
1976-1980: Les Paul w/ VP Gerald Ford
1980-1988: Walter Cronkite w/ VP Johnny Carson
1988-1992: Robert Byrd
Prometheus_2300
June 20th, 2010, 07:32 PM
November 11, 1984: President Cronkite delivers his message to American Veterans marking American soldiers accomplishments in the Baja War the Third European War, and the Argentinan Crisis. He irritates Southern Democrats when he vetoes a bill that would have included a National Memorial for Crimson Lance Troops in the Holy War and makes only oblique references to the Holy War, only referring it as "The Middle East War" referencing American and British troops in Dubai.
November 5, 1986: The Republicans Recapture the House but not the Senate.
December 25, 1986: President Cronkite's Christmas message to the Nation contains no reference to
June 5, 1988: The Democratic National Convention. President Cronkite, although popular has made few friends among the Southern Democrats. Although he does wish to run for a third term, the risk of him shattering the Democratic party is quite large. Cronkite rejects a compromise that would drop VP Carson from the ticket. The Keynote speaker for this year is a young senator from Indiana named John David Letterman.
After much debate President Cronkite and VP Carson split from the party following the DNC's decision to support the Southerner Robert Byrd.
<Effectively the DNC was facing being ripped in half and decided to appease the southern base to keep them in the party. Cronkite lost the nomination because the Southern Democrats didn't like him.>
June 12, 1988: The Republican National Convention. After two embarrassing defeats in 1980 and 1984, LaRouche is not considered for 88 candidacy. There are three leading candidates internationalist Governor Harold Stassen (R-Minnesota); libertarian Senator Andre Marrou (R-Texas); conservative Senator Johnathan "Jack" Kemp (R-New York). At the convention after 2 ballots Harold Stassen and running mate Andre Morrau win the nomination
October 5, 1988: The Presidential debates between President Cronkite, Democratic Nominee Robert Byrd, and Republican Harold Stassen.
October 27, 1988: The 1988 election is a tight race between all the candidates. However due to the strenuous schedule, Harold Stassen collapses during a fundraiser, attracting national headlines.
November 5, 1988: On Election day the popular vote turns out with 39% of the vote for President Cronkite, 35% for Byrd, and 26% for Stassen. No candidate captures the electoral victory as many Northeast democratic strongholds supported Cronkite. The victor of the election will get thrown to the House of Representatives.
In Congressional Races, the Republicans maintain a slim lead in the House, but fail to recapture the Senate however they did lessen the gap to a difference of 3 senators.
The House of Representatives chooses Robert Byrd as the next President of the United States. President Cronkite announces his creation and joining of a new Political Party, the Liberal Party, which promotes separation of Church and State, along with an internationalist foreign agenda.
November 12, 1989: Senator David Letterman of Indiana, starts to lead what would be known as the Northeast caucus, a group of 7 Democratic senators from the Northeast that followed Cronkite's form of the Democratic Party, but don't want to go as far as to join the Liberal Party, but that might change by 1992
<Hope this isn't too ASB. Byrd seems likely to receive a lot of support from the Bible Belt wing of the Democrats, and given the Democrats ITTL somewhat shoddy Civil Rights record all the more likely. Cronkite over 8 years has nearly caused the Democrats to fracture, and being denied the nomination for a third term was a grievous insult for him. Stassen's collapse seemed likely, he would be in his 80s in 88, but the Republicans will be back in 1992.>
<It also seems that religion is a real hot-button issue and right now the Democrats are trying to maintain a coalition with widely different views on it. We may start to see the demise of the Democratic Party over this fracturing. >
Prometheus_2300
June 20th, 2010, 09:47 PM
March 12, 1986: Oak Ridge Laboratory achieves the honor of receiving the grant money for the "HyperCollider". The collider promises to prove string theory and provide incredible new data about the birth of the universe. A group of about 12,000 people from various southern congregations protest, and stage a sit in on the construction site.
Mr_ Bondoc
June 20th, 2010, 09:51 PM
Here are some PODs to show that religion is also very different from OTL:
June 29th, 1981: "Mohammed for Christ" organization, formed primarily from Holy Lance veterans, including David Brickner, is established in San Francisco, California, with the belief that Mohammed was a prophet for Christ...
August 14th, 1982: "Mohammed for Christ" leaders David Brickner and Bill Proctor proclaim the need for "Kingdom principles" during a rally at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York....
November 21st, 1983: Mohammed for Christ by Bill Proctor and Moishe Rosen, is published, sparking international attention....
June 12th, 1984: Lausanne Riots; Members of "Mohammed for Christ" spark sectarian riots in Lausanne, Switzerland...
January 1st, 1985: "Mohammed for Christ" leaders establish an office in Corte Madera, California....
November 15th, 1985: "Bring Us the Light" single by the Judean Singers, makes its hit musical debut....
June 28th, 1986: San Francisco Examiner features an article on the "cult activities" of "Mohammed for Christ" in San Francisco, California....
September 17th, 1988: "Mohammed for Christ" organization leaders led by David Brickner establish an office in Washington D.C.,....
Mr_ Bondoc
June 20th, 2010, 11:39 PM
Here is what we have so far for the third draft of the 1980s of the ATL:
January 1, 1980: Buenos Aries, Argentina - General Verdez dies of radiation poisoning, throwing Argentina into confusion. There are three top contenders for the position of "Generallismo". General of Military Production José López, Admiral of the Air and Space Forces Silvio Frondizi (who also controls the nuclear missiles), and General of the Army Julio Troxler
* Frondizi is a moderate, he will fire the missiles if fired at, and is waiting for an American response before he kills 400 million people. He is also waiting for an investigation of the Buenos Aries blast. His thinking is that if the Americans fired, why is their navy so far away, Why only one nuke?
* Troxler is a hardliner that is poised to just invade the EUASR and keep going until he reaches Texas. He is trying to cover up the accident since the army wasn't supposed to have the nuke.
* Lopez is an administrator, and keeps Argentina running smoothly. He's a bureaucrat but without him things would fall apart.
DEATH TOLL
Argentina: c 35,000 Broken Arrow in Buenos Aries
United States: c 175 sailors aboard the Aircraft carrier.
Januiary 1st, 1980: British Royal Marines under Major Mike Norman announce the occupation of South Georgia as part of "police operations", sparking immediate Argentinian outrage. Argentinean forces lead by Lieutenant Commander Guillermo Sanchez-Sabarots' Amphibious Commandos Group, launch a defense killing 20 people. Also on this day, The first real news of the sinking of USS New York arrives at the White House. The US President immediately condemns Argentina, and denying any involvement in the disaster in Buenos Aires, instead blaming "insufficient safety standards and regulations"; Also on this day, USS Akron (DE-100), USS Charles F. Adams (DDG-2), and USS Paul F. Foster (DD-964), prosecute ARA Belgrano (SSN-1) after the sinking of USS New York (CV(N)-35). Depth charges dropped by the Akron and the Foster force the Belgrano to surface. Boarding party captures Captain Firenze and 100 officers and sailors. The crew are detained in the brigs of the Adams, Foster, and USS Hopkins (CAG-13). Akron takes the Belgrano under tow.
January 2, 1980: Argentinian forces continue putting up fierce resistance. Meanwhile, an ultimatum is sent to the British provisional governor in South Georgia demanding the immediate withdrawal of PA forces in the area and the ceding of the islands to Argentina.
January 3, 1980: The military stalemate continues as the Argentinian government receives its responses from both the Governor of South Georgia and the UK Government, who reject it outright and warn of "severe" action should Argentinian forces continue to interfere in the sovereign rights of the local government.
January 4th, 1980: Sinking of the HMS Sheffield; British destoyer is sunk by Argentinian forces after entering the "Maritime Exclusion Zone", killing 76 people; General Silvio Frondizi demands Pacific Alliance forces withdraw immediately or face consequences...
January 5th, 1980: Frondizi orders the fueling of nuclear missiles at Río Grande, Tierra del Fuego in an effort to demonstrate his resolve; Also on this day, OSS reports to the President that General Verdez has died and that in addition to the tense situation, the Argentinans are moments away from Civil War. President Paul calls PM Woodward of the British Empire, imploring him to withdraw from South Georgia. PM Woodward responds, "Les you are a pacificist, and peace has failed it is time you stop humiliating and embarassing our alliance. We must show Argentina that we will back down NO MORE."
A meeting of the leaders of the Eurasian Treaty Organization agree to increase their readiness to Level 3.
President Paul deploys his diplomats to Buenos Aries to establish communication between the heads of both factions of Argentina.
General Troxler, moves to cover up his remaining nuke. He lacks a launch system but is moving it towards his command post in Quito
General Frondizi checks the satellite observers, and none of them registered a missile launch on December 31. He orders an audit of Argentina's nuclear arsenal.
January 6th, 1980: Operation BLACK BUCK; British Mirage III's launch an attack on Buenos Aires, injuring General Silvio Frondizi sending him into a medically-induced coma...
January 8th, 1980: General José López is named the head of the military government. Lopez alerts General Julio Troxler that elements of the Armada de la República Argentina (ARA) are "within striking distance of Pacific Alliance targets"....
January 9th, 1980: Battle of San Carlos; Escuadron Fenix launches a surprise attack on USS Akron (DE-100), USS Charles F. Adams (DDG-2), and USS Paul F. Foster (DD-964), killing 2,013 people in the largest loss of American lives since the Holy War. Also on this day, Escuadron Fenix finds the Belgrano adrift with no crew on board. He quickly discovers that he killed the crew as they were prisoners aboard the Akron.
President Paul attempts to call PM Woodward and receives no answer. Secretary of State George Bush calls Foreign Secretary, Margaret Roberts in an attempt to get Woodward to back off. Margaret says she will try "no one wants over a billion dead."
January 9th, 1980: Juhayman ibn Muhammad ibn Sayf al-Otaibi proclaims himself in Mecca, proclaiming the need for "expulsion of the West"....
January 10, 1980: The Army of the EUARS mobilizes to face. Premier Guevara asks to meet with the the American ambassador.
5 squadrons of bombers out of Panama City depart. In a coordinated attack with 2 San Francisco Class Submarines, they move to make the Second Battle of San Carlos...
January 11, 1980: General Troxler attempts to wrest control of the nuclear arsenal while Frondizi is in a coma. The lieutnenant general of the Air Force moves Frondizi to the Air Force hospital in Tierra del Fuego. Second Battle of San Carlos; 72 bombers leave a Panama airfield and fly towards two American carrier battle groups in the area after the loss of three ships a couple days prior. Simultaneously, S-1 and S-2, two San Francisco-class diesel attack submarines, move towards the battle groups. Carrier fighters from Kittyhawk (CVN-36) and United States (CVN-37) are scrambled, and combined with guided missile cruisers McDonough (CAG-2), and Virginia (CSGN-31), shoot down 50 bombers. Twenty two get through and score hits on Bunker Hill (DDG-31), Grigsby (CAG-5), Joliet (DE-110), Kansas (BB-66), and Ohio (BB-67). Grigsby suffers hits to her aft launchers and superstructure. Bunker Hill's five inch gun is damaged and is locked in train. Her helicopter hanger is severely damaged, and she loses a radar array. Kansas loses a five-inch mount and fires break out in the middle of the ship. Ohio loses the fire control radar for her nine 16-inch guns, and several comaprtments are flooded below decks and amidships following a torpedo hit from S-1. Joliet loses 100 men. The survivors are picked up by Columbus (CAG-6) and she is left to sink into the Pacific. S-1 is sunk by ASROC barrage from Electra (DD-995). S-2 is driven off by Schenectady (DE-103) and Opelika (SSN-356). Columbus and Indianapolis (CAG-7) shell EUARS airfields and naval base with shells from their 8-inch guns.
January 12th, 1980: Westchester Disaster; Armada de la República Argentina (ARA) S-22 submarine launches a missile into Westchester, New York, 24 miles from New York City, New York, killing c.1,018 people instantly, causing a massive nuclear meltdown kiliing 57,300 people (deaths reported in Westchester, White Plains, Buchanan and Yonkers). General José López warns President Les Paul to withdraw all Pacific Alliance forces from Latin American waters, or "further measures will be necessary..." General José López also warns that he is taking a "an-eye-for-an-eye" policy, and that any strike will be met with "equal and opposite measure"; President Les Paul orders all American ships to depart for the International waters. The exception being the waters of the EUARS, and the Caribbean. The former was allowed by the EUARS Premier, and the Latter because of American Guiana. After many conversations with Foreign Secretary Thatcher, PM Woodward agrees to withdraw the Royal NAvy to the Falklands. However Woodward still refuses to back down in South Georgia. Secretary of State George Bush talks to Fronzini's lieutenant.
Supreme General Lopez denies General Troxler the use of atomic weapons. "Due to the tense situation, I will not allow it"
January 13, 1980: A statement is released by the White House, that "in the interest of peace, the United States Navy will withdraw at least 300 miles from the coasts of Argentina and Brazil. We do this in the hope of peace."
January 14, 1980: General Troxler orders the army to invade Quito. This is done without the knowledge of Generallismo Lopez. Also on this day, USS Hopkins (CAG-13) limps into her home port of San Diego. Her aft launchers are destroyed, along with her turbines. She is forced to limp home on diesel backups. She loses fifty of her crew in the Battle of San Carlos. She rescues twenty crewmembers from the Adams and Foster, along with ten POWs from the Belgrano. Marine MPs take thirty crewmembers from the Belgrano into custody. The cruiser is taken out of active service for repair and refit, including upgrading her launchers to a VLS system and upgrading her radar to the latest ARIES standard.
January 15th, 1980: EUASR Premier Guevara announces the dismissal of the American diplomatic delegation in Bogota, warning that "America has sold its security for peace, knowing it will never receive either..." Bolstered by Argentina's victory over the United States, Generallismo Rega allows General Troxler to begin the invasion of the EUASR Quito. On this date Argentina bombs Quito, and the army swoops in to take the city. Troxler orders his men to bury the weapon underground in Quito, and then orders a retreat.
January 16, 1980: The Democrats and the Republicans, both upset over President Paul's cowardice regarding Argentina, begin to work together to come up with impeachable offenses.
January 17, 1980: General Frondizi awakes from his coma; Premier Guevara orders the Communist Army to move to Quito to prepare to attack Troxler's forces. The bulk of the EUASR army passes through Quito in parade to the cheerful crowds. As the army makes plans for the march to Lima, Troxler receives word that the EUASR army is now in optimal position, and orders the detonation of his hidden atomic device in the city. A mushroom cloud now hangs over the former Metropolis of Quito. Troxler, his plan worked perfectly orders his army to begin marching for Bogota, and to destroy any resistance. "Soon all of the Americas will be ours."
Death Toll
Argentina: 47,000
United States: 60,000
January 18th, 1980: A clearly shaken President Lester William Paul speaks to the nation in a televised speech, declaring, "With this tragedy, I will not seek the nomination as your president for another election..." Meanwhile in Buenos Aires, General Frondizi, asks Generallismo Lopez to reprimand General Troxler for "misusing the property of the Air Space Force". Premier Guevara has a heartattack upon hearing that the Army of the EUASR has been obliterated in Quito, 300,000 troops dead. General Troxler himself is in the provisional Command of Argentinan forces on this day.
General Forrest, Head of the Joint Chiefs in a tense meeting with President Paul, gets permission to launch a nuclear device. The Target the army of General Troxler moving north towards Caracas. The meeting between Paul and Forrest, would feature in many historical debates, as whether or not a coup occured or not.
Secretary of State Bush, flys to Brussels to address the Coalition of Nations, and to meet with many leaders of Europe in the hopes of improving American relations. Although he faces many problems thanks to, in the words of Russian PM Aliyev said, "a coward President and a Warhawk in London."
General Forrest appears on TV to say the following, "The 3rd Army of Argentina has 12 hours to reverse direction and return to Lima, and abandon their campaign in the EUASR."
General Frondizi attempts to get Troxler to "abandon this madcap adventure in Ecuador", even the neutral Lopez says, "Buenos Aries is lost, I do not want to lose our whole country." Troxler storms out of the headquarters and begins to fly back to the Third Army in Quito. He is halfway between Buenos Aries and Quito when the 12 hour deadline passes.
The Third Army of Argentina, upon hearing the ultimatum laughs at Forrest's hot air and continue to march north. They are all quite surprised when 12 hours later a Nuclear Bomb obliterates them
January 19th, 1980: President Lester Williams Paul fires publicly General James Forrest for "insubordination" for use of a nuclear weapon in Quito. For many Americans, Forrest is considered a national hero, despite his actions. Both Democratic and Republican Parties announce the formation of presidential exploratory committees for the soldier who has never held an elected office....
January 21st, 1980: British Prime Minister Woodward and Japanese Prime Minister Akio Morita discuss "unconventional options" in an effort to deal with "American short-sightedness". Also on this day, General Troxler of Argentina is held for treason, for attacking an "allied state" and "provoking a nuclear exchange". The EUASR province of Ecuador is vacated. Also on this day, Crime boss Frank D. Frassetto seizes control of the underworld in Rochester, New York....
January 27th, 1980: Jack Houston launches "Dial-an-Atheist" in Houston, Texas, as an alternative to religious fundamentalism
February 3rd, 1980: Professor Noam Chomsky defects in Porto Alegre, Brazil, proclaiming "American foreign policy is international terrorism..."
February 8th, 1980: General James Forrest is given a ticker-tape parade in Chicago, Illinois; Police estimate c. 800,000 people attend the parade....
February 12th, 1980: General James Forrest speaks before the House of Representatives, proclaiming, "Heroes are not born, they are forged in the heat of conflict..."; Forrest receives over 50 standing ovations over the course of his speech in Washington D.C.,....
March 15, 1980: Volcker v. U.S.; In a 5-4 decision, the US Supreme Court rules that plans to unify the currency under the Pacific Coalition is unconstitutional because "This plan would take away Congress' rights to regulate the monetary supply of the United States and the planned Coalition would subject the United States to an outside regulatory body that would be above the Constitution of this land, which is the sole Supreme Law of the Land."
March 27th-30th, 1980: Toronto Riots; Riots erupt in Toronto, Ontario over proposed plans for currency unification; police install curfew measures...
May 1st, 1980: Anti-Semitic riots erupt in Buenos Aires, Argentina as "Ya Basta!" accuses "Jewish moneybaggers" of manufacturing tensions between the United States and Argentina...
May 8, 1980: Wealthy Jewish citizens begin to immigrate from Argentina flowing the anti-semitic riots.
May 9th, 1980: Malliarakis Declaration; French Foreign Minister Christian Bouchet and Prime Minister Jean-Gilles Malliarakis, alog with German Chancellor Otto Strasser call for a European Common Market, citing the "irrational whims of the Americas..." in Paris, France....
May 10th, 1980: Sergio Cofferati leads riots in Genoa, Italy over proposed plans for the creation of a "Common Market" for Europe, similar to the Pacific Alliance...
May 17th-19th, 1980: Miami Riots; African-American and Cuban-American groups clash in Miami, Florida; National Guard units are called out....
May 30th, 1980: Zurich Youth Rebellion; Youth groups form "movment of the discontented" in opposition to religious and political authorities, chanting "No Leaders!" as their motto....
June 3rd, 1980: Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands agree to the creation of a European "common market" in Geneva Switzerland...
June 16th, 1980: Vereniging van Oranjewerkers ("Organization of Orange Workers", a.k.a. "Oranjewerkers") led by Wally Grant, H. F. Verwoerd Jr., Carel Boshoff and C. J. Joost, calling for " native manumission" during a rally in Morgenzon, South Africa...
June 17, 1980: After years of Japanese Animated shows being shared via the DataNet. The show Lupin IV is aired in primetime. It is the first of many Japanese Animated shows to be exported abroad
October 5, 1980: During a VP debate between VP Republican candidate Alexis Harper, and VP Johnathan Carson. Carson makes a joke about Harper's "Katanas, Yen, and Political Machine. Three things that keep my opponent in Power"
October 20, 1980: A pair of San Francisco Chronicle reporters Herb Caen and Randy Shilts uncover a huge corruption scandal in California. The Mass Transit Act of 1977, which provided federal grant money for Rapid Transit in the Bay Area, via Maglev trains, was discovered to have been squandered by "Matsuya Construction" which simply spent it.
October 31, 1980: "This is the HBC Nightly News with Ronald Reagan. The Republican VP candidate Alexis Harper was exposed to have diverted nearly 20 million of federal grant money for Bay Area infrastructure projects to her own accounts, and mansion in Atherton." The report goes onto to show the lavish and opulence of Harper's mansion that the taxpayers paid for. It is a disaster for the Republican party, who had been neck and neck with Cronkite/Carson but now drop to only 30% in the polls.
November 1, 1980: The Japanese animated movie "Soul in the Shell" is released and becomes a smash hit.
November 5, 1980: Sen. Walter Cronkite (D-MO) is the winner of the 1980 Presidential election.
November 6, 1980: Alexis Harper is found dead at Pier 41 in San Francisco. Police investigations show that she was tortured before being decapitated. Nearby was a hastily packed bag and an airship ticket to London. FBI Director Nixon, now free of Harper's interference in California, begins a crackdown in the Golden State. The first to shut down are the "trading companies" and casinos of Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco.
November 9th, 1980: Carel Willem Hendrik Boshoff, Afrikaner Broderbond, is elected Prime Minister of South Africa....
November 13, 1980: Star Quest III: The Voyage Home premieres. The movie does so well that Roddenberry gets funding for his new scifi TV show. A co-production with William L. Larson, Wormhole a modern day sci-fi story about a secret space program that is going to the stars
December 23rd, 1980: "No llores por mí, Argentina (Don't Cry for Me, Argentina)" by Paloma San Basilio makes its hit debut, as part of charity efforts to raise funds for victims of the "Buenos Aires Disaster". The song is banned by many radio stations in the United States...
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January 1, 1981: President-Elect Cronkite states during an interview with Ronald Reagan that "President Paul did a great disservice to General Forrest. I plan to restore him to Head of the Joint Chiefs once in office."
January 15, 1981: As one of Cronkites campaign promises, he reorganizes the Atomic Regulatory Commission, into NEC (Nuclear Energy Commission), and it soon delivers a report about reactor safety on America's 231 reactors. Due to public fears about Nuclear Reactors, the Nuclear Refurbishment Act is passed which will provide for large renovations to American reactors.
January 20th, 1981: "Our long national nightmare is over" is proclaimed by newly sworn-in President Walter Cronkite (D-MO) during his Inauguration Address in Washington D.C.; Unfortunately with the need for reconstruction of metropolitan area of New York City, New York, a heavily divided electorate, and racial and sectarian divisions, many people remain skeptical. Also on this day, former Paul Administration officials launch a suit to overturn Volcker v. U.S. arguing that attempts to overturn the Pacific Alliance currency unification plan is "unconstitutional" citing Article VI, paragraph 2 of the U.S. Constitution; citing also its approval by the Executive and Legislative Branches....
February 4th, 1981: Alan Fotheringham leads Wit Kommando (a.k.a. "White Commando") raids on “white kaffirs” (a.k.a. "race mixers") in Johannesburg, South Africa....
February 14, 1981: Catalina Island Council, passes legislation banning any clothing to be worn on the island.
March 21st, 1981: The anarchist single "They Lie!" by the Layabouts makes its hit debut in Detroit, Michigan....
April 9th, 1981: Yellow Thunder Insurrection; American Indian Movement (AIM) guerillas launch an armed insurrection in Black Hills, South Dakota, demanding a meeting with President Walter Cronkite...
April 11th-12th, 1981: Race riots erupt in Brixton, London, over the collapse of Commonwealth unity in Sub-Saharan Africa...
April 18th, 1981: Treaty of Amsterdam; French Prime Minister Jean-Gilles Malliarakis and German Chancellor Otto Strasser sign the Treaty of Geneva, establishing the European Common Market (ECM)....
May 3, 1981 - Los Angles Carlos Ray Norris becomes the masked vigilante, 'Iron Fist' after his Weiland is killed by crossfire in a gang shootout. His presence is immedietely felt by the local criminal underworld.
June 1st, 1981: Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh launches a Hindu-reformist movement in Mumbai, India....
June 4, 1981: In a meeting between the Secretary of the Navy, Chief of Naval Operations, and CINCNAVSEA, it is decided that the Ohio and Kansas be repaired and refitted instead of retired. SECNAV also goes before the Senate Armed Services Committee asking that the other two Wisconsin battleships, Wisconsin (BB-64), and New Jersey (BB-65) be taken out of mothballs due to increasing tensions.
June 29th, 1981: "Mohammed for Christ" organization, formed primarily from Holy Lance veterans, including David Brickner, is established in San Francisco, California, with the belief that Mohammed was a prophet for Christ...
July 19, 1981: FBI Director Nixon ok's electronic surveillance of Studio 60 as a suspected narcotics front.
August 7th, 1981: The Argentine Anarchy movement begins, more than 55,000 Aregentinians are members.
August 13, 1981 - The Pacific Alliance begans forming Joint Taskforce 141 from special forces members to better combat irregular forces and terrorism. It is headed by British Royal Marine Col. Patrick Stewart. Notable members will include Walter B. Willis, William Nye, Noriyuki Morita, and Clinton Dawkins.
August 24th, 1981: Argentine General José López announces plans to pay the foreign debts of Mexico in Mexico City, Mexico, proclaiming a "Bolivarian Revolution"...
September 21st, 1981: "Wadu-Wadu" album by Argentine band, Virus, makes its hit musical debut worldwide....
October 19th, 1981: Argentine Anarchy members assassinate several high ranking members of Argentina's government in a bombing.
November 13th, 1981: African -American leader Yaweh ben Yaweh proclaims Florida the "New Zion" during a rally in Miami, Florida...
December 5, 1981: Ohio leaves drydock at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. In addition to repairing damage incurred at Second San Carlos, she receives upgrades to her fire control system, and receives eight Armored Box Launchers carrying four Tesla BGM-109 Javelin cruise missiles each.
December 7th, 1981: Canadian trade representative Pierre Pettigrew proclaims an end to opposition to Pacific Alliance currency unification in Kitchener, Ontario, sparking national attention...
December 10, 1981: Kansas leaves drydock at Puget Sound, with much of the same upgrades installed as on the Ohio.
December 11th, 1981: "La Magia" single by Alejandro Federico Lerner makes its hit debut in Buenos Aires, Argentina....
December 18th, 1981: Argentine singer Roberto Pettinato of "Virus" is arrested in Montevideo, after an all-night spree with heroin, cocaine, and PCP...
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January 6, 1982: The Scandinavian Union and Pacific Alliance enter talks about a new trade agreement over North Sea oil.
March 5th, 1982: Argentine Anarchy members manage to steal 6 suitcase nukes from the argentine government, and declare they will be used to "spread the anarchy" to other nations.
March 12, 1982: The Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Depository is built near the small town of Las Vegas, Nevada.
March 26th-28th, 1982: Bloody Kansas; Former Christian militia members Jerry Wright and Eugene Schroeder launch a 3-day armed insurrection against the federal government in Weskan, Kansas...
April 3rd, 1982: Navajo/ Hopi members of the American Indian Movment (AIM) launch an armed insurrection in Taos, New Mexico....
May 4th, 1982: Christian militia leaders Charles Norman Howarth and Wesley White bomb shopping mall in Colorado Springs, Colorado, sparking international attention and concern....
May 5th, 1982: Len Martin launches a rally at the state capitol in Bismarck, North Dakota, demanding an end to "federal oppression" sparking national attention...
May 27th, 1982: French Prime Minister Jean-Gilles Malliarakis and German Chancellor Otto Strasser announce the formation of the European Defense Community (EDC) in Rome, Italy....
June 1st, 1982: Christian militia leaders Bill Gale and James Wickstrom call for a "New American Revolution" from KTTL-TV in Dodge City, Kansas...
June 5, 1982: 13 reactors are shut down following safety reviews. Tesla Dynamic avoids legal battles by citing that the utilities mismanaged their reactors.
June 11th, 1982: "Quiéreme (a.k.a. "Love Me")" album by Valeria Lynch, makes its hit debut in Buenos Aires, Argentina....
June 17th, 1982: Roberto Calvi reveals links between the Banco Ambrosiano and the Mafia to English reporters for The Guardian, sparking concerns about the power of the Vatican City....
June 24th, 1982: President Walter Cronkite announces the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) in Washington D.C., barring racial, religious, or gender discrimination on a state and federal level, as "part of the American credo, as sacred as the gospel..."
July 20th, 1982: Bloody Medina; James "Blackie" Licavoli seizes control of the criminal underworld in Medina, Ohio....
July 26th, 1982: Vatican Bank Scandal; Cardinal Paul Casimir Marcinkus is indicted in a scandal linking the Banco Ambrosiano to members of the Mafia organization in Rome, Italy....
August 13th, 1982: Gregory Lucas, Church of the Atom, leads a rally in Berkeley, California proclaiming that "man's destiny lies ultimately in the stars..."
August 14th, 1982: "Mohammed for Christ" leaders David Brickner and Bill Proctor proclaim the need for "Kingdom principles" during a rally at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York....
October 1, 1982: After much analysis, Department of Space Development declares that every odd numbered Selene Mission will be going to Copernicus Crater. Each trip the crew leaves behind their Lunar module. After 6 trips there are about 6 of these at the same site on the moon.
October 3, 1982: President Cronkite signs into law the Nuclear Reorganization Act of 1982. Creating stiff new regulations upon the nuclear industry following the nuclear disasters.
November 5, 1982: The Argentinan Space Program finally reaches the moon with, Bolivar-4. Commander José Vaquero plants the Argentine flag on the lunar surface, proclaiming, "En unión y libertad" (In Unity and Freedom) , dedicating the mission to the dead from the Buenos Aires Disaster...
November 13th, 1982: President Walter Cronkite dedicates a monument to the "Westchester Disaster" in Washington D.C., proclaiming "Never Again!"...
December 6th, 1982: Joey "The Clown" Lombardo brutally murders Senator Howard Cannon (D-NV) in Reno, Nevada, sparking a national call for the revival of vigilantes...
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January 2nd-8th, 1983: Scottish Uprising (a.k.a. "the Troubles"); Riots erupt in Edinburgh, Stirling, and Gleneagles, Scotland over proposed Pacific Alliance currency unification plans; Martial law is declared in the region...
January 4th, 1983: Church of the Atom buildings are raided by FDA and IRS agents in San Francisco, California; Gregory Lucas claims "religious oppression"...
January 23rd, 1983: Reverend Alan Boesak launches a "United Front" resistance campaign against the Afrikaner government in Transvaal, South Africa...
March 23rd, 1983: Senator Lyndon La Rouche (R-NH) launches a nationwide call for an increased Defense Department role in space travel, during a rally in Washington D.C.,...
April 28-May 1 1983 - US and Filipino forces inflict severe loses on the Moro Liberation Front after a series of search and destroy missions.
April 29th, 1983: Pasquale "Pat the Cat" Spirito seizes control of the criminal underworld in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania....
May 25 1983 - Gregory Lucas's Church of the Atom moves to a a secuded compound in California's Napa Valley. Local Media quickly dubbs it Skywalker Ranch.
July 15th, 1983: IRS agents challenge the tax-exempt status of "the Church of the Atom" during hearings in Washington D.C.,...
August 12, 1983: At the former site of the Greek Olympic Games, a group of worshippers set up shrines to the Greek Gods of Old. This is the start of a Pagan revival surrounding the Greek/Roman Gods. Athena is the most popular.
August 20th, 1983: Mitchell's Plain Statement; Reverend Alan Boesak and Frank Chikane launch a manifesto calling for a egalitarian revolution in Mitchell's Plain, South Africa, sparking international attention...
September 10th, 1983: RSA (Alternative Society Movement) launches anti-authoritarian riots in Danzig, demanding national independence for Poland from Germany....
October 12, 1983: The American Selene-31 mission to the moon, has a defective oxygen tank. The crew of 5 do not return to Earth, as they run out of Oxygen on the way back.
October 22nd, 1983: African-American leader Yaweh ben Yaweh recruits U.S. Army dropout Leonard Dupree is baptised as "Leonard ben Judah" in Miami, Florida
November 21st, 1983: Mohammed for Christ by Bill Proctor and Moishe Rosen, is published, sparking international attention....
December 13th, 1983: Musician Léo Ferré sparks riots in Paris, France with the beginning of the underground "Radio Libertaire"....
December 14th, 1983: Karen Gay Silkwood of Crescent, Oklahoma reports clandestine sales of nuclear technology to totalitarian states since 1945, to Congress in Washington D.C.,...
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January 17, 1984 - Marseilles, French Officials seize a shipment of translated Atlas Shrugged novels. The shipment was marked for Paris.
March 12 1984 - New Coke is released. The reception is overwelmingly positive.
March 31st, 1984: Murray O'Hair launches his "Exit Deus" campaign in Austin, Texas, with pornographer Chester Flynt, publisher of Erotica magazine...
April 22nd, 1984: David Ashford announces the creation of Bristol Spaceplanes, reusable spacecraft in Bristol, England....
May 10th, 1984: Romualdez v. Tesla Incorporated; Ines Romualdez, a cancer-stricken patient launches a national class-action lawsuit against Tesla Incorporated for nuclear waste contamination, in San Francisco, California...
May 18th-19th, 1984: Melbourne Riots; Australian nationalists launch riots in Melbourne, Australia against Pacific Alliance currency unification plans...
June 6th-7th, 1984: Activist David Lange leads c.750,000 people in protests in Wellington and Adelaide, New Zealand, demanding an end to Pacific Alliance vessels in local harbors...
June 12th, 1984: Lausanne Riots; Members of "Mohammed for Christ" spark sectarian riots in Lausanne, Switzerland...
June 22, 1984: The United States Senate votes on the Pacific Alliance Currency Union. It is soundly defeated 76-21 with 5 abstains. The Pacific Credit coins are never put into circulation. Following similar legislation and power shifts in Britain and Japan, the Pacific Currency Union is defeated (PM Woodward was replaced with PM Margaret Roberts at the Tory meeting, and the opposition came into power in Japan). The coins become collector's items. The 50 cent piece of the Pacific Credit, which bore the face of President Paul becomes the enduring symbol of the Paul presidency.
July 25th, 1984: Argentinian Lieutenant Magdalena Ruiz Guinazu becomes the first woman to conduct a space-walk, sparking international attention...
September 5, 1984: The US Supreme Court upholds Volcker v. United States. In his opinion, Chief Justice Scott writes:
"In 1787, the states that created this Union did not give the central government via the US Constitution the ability to enter into a treaty with a foreign nation that would [1] empower treaty functions that they (States) did not allow the US government to have, or [2] that would obligate this Union and its States to do something that is contrary to the US Constitution, or [3] that would transfer functions and activities assigned to the Union to any agency outside of the Union. This treaty, which would unite the British Pound Sterling, Japanese Yen, and United States Dollar into one currency, the Pacific Credit, would strip Congress of its express right to 'coin money and regulate the value thereof.' While it does state '...all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land,' it is the opinion of this Court that ratifying this treaty would place it above the Authority of the United States, and transfer functions and activities assigned to the Union to any agency outside the Union, and therefore, be unconstitutional."
October 4, 1984: Rolling Blackouts are common in the South as a result of the safety overhaul, and shutdown of 14 reactors in the former confederacy.
November 2, 1984: Stephen J. Wozniak, develops the jigsaw file transfer system. The JIGSAW (OTL: BitTorrent) quickly becomes the method of choice for both large scale file transfers and Illegal video data.
November 5, 1984: President Cronkite soundly defeats Republican candidate Lyndon LaRouche.
November 11, 1984: President Cronkite delivers his message to American Veterans marking American soldiers accomplishments in the Baja War the Third European War, and the Argentinan Crisis. He irritates Southern Democrats when he vetoes a bill that would have included a National Memorial for Crimson Lance Troops in the Holy War and makes only oblique references to the Holy War, only referring it as "The Middle East War" referencing American and British troops in Dubai.
November 16th, 1984: Night of the Comet directed by Thom Eberhardt, starring Kelli Maroney, makes its hit film debut.....
December 8th, 1984: Council of Ministers in Rome, adopts a flag with a blue field with 12 stars representing the members of the European Common Market (ECM) in Rome, Italy...
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January 1st, 1985: "Mohammed for Christ" leaders establish an office in Corte Madera, California....
January 7th, 1985: Argentinian singer Valeria Lynch performs in Tokyo, Japan as an "Ambassador of Peace", sparking international attention....
January 14th, 1985: Senator Lyndon La Rouche (R-NH) sues HBC-TV for "libelous slander" after being called a "small-time Christophe" by Reporter Pat Lynch in New York City, New York..
March 13, 1985: The San Onofre Plasma Fusion reactor goes online.
April 18th, 1985: Riots erupt in Washington D.C., as Christian Militia leaders launch their opposition to Pacific Alliance "oppression"; 117 people are placed under arrest...
May 1st, 1985: Danzig Riots; RSA (Alternative Society Movement) launches Polish nationalist riots, sparking a massive crackdown by German military authorities...
June 16th, 1985: Apollo Carreon Quiboloy seizes control of the government proclaiming the "Kingdom of Jesus Christ" in Manila, sparking international attention and concern...
July 31, 1985: Member of Parliament Douglas J. Adams, a former writer for Professor Who publishes The Babel Fish is a Dead Giveaway it is a best seller in the Pacific Alliance and the EC, for its humorous take bible-thumpers, the Holy Way, and in his words, "The non-existence of any gods".
September 23, 1985: HBC launches the hit show "Seattle Vice", Leonard Nemoy stars and popularizes the goatee.
September 30th, 1985: Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh launches a series of book-burning rallies nationwide against the United States and China, targetting Third World novels by Mao Tse-tung and episodes of Star Quest as "spiritual pollution"....
October 1, 1985: The Ninja's Dojo, a JIGSAW file sharing site is moved to the Private Airship, Harbinger, and begins its never ending flight around the world.
October 22nd, 1985: Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh announces that "America is a spiritual blackhole, that reveals its moral cowardice..." during a rally in Mumbai, India...
November 1, 1985: After a year hiatus in Moon missions, Selene-32 departs Earth.
November 3, 1985 - Pacific Alliance Joint Taskforce 141 is placed on alert and moved to Ceylon to provide immediate anti-terror support in the event of any Hindi Nationialist-related violence.
November 15th, 1985: "Bring Us the Light" single by the Judean Singers, makes its hit musical debut....
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January 23rd, 1986: Hokkaido Riots; c.250,000 people riot in Hokkaido, Japan as union leaders voice their opposition to Pacific Alliance currency unification plans....
February 9th, 1986: Year of the Comet; Halley's Comet passes through Earth's atmosphere. Celebrations and parties are held all over the globe...
March 12, 1986: Oak Ridge Laboratory achieves the honor of receiving the grant money for the "HyperCollider". The collider promises to prove string theory and provide incredible new data about the birth of the universe. A group of about 12,000 people from various southern congregations protest, and stage a sit in on the construction site.
April 12th, 1986: African-American leader "Yaweh ben Yaweh" proclaims the need to eliminate the "white devils" during a rally in Miami, Florida...
April 1, 1986: The American Military Restructuring act is passed. The legislation is seen as a much needed measure to clarify lines of command, and to make the Defense Department more efficient. Notably the Marines are now the first to be called should the Pacific Alliance Treaty ever be invoked.
April 14th, 1986: Atheist leader Robert Sherman leads a march in Zion City, Illinois, sparking civil unrest with Christian fundamentalists...
May 16th-18th, 1986: "Virus" launches "Intoxicados" festival in Lima, Peru, meant to be 3 days of hedonist entertainment from drugs to sexual orgies....
June 16, 1986: After being christened by Akron mayor Jean Franklin, the second USS Akron (CSGN-32) slides down the slipways and into the Pascagoula Bay. The Virginia-class nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser is the second of the class and features the latest air defense capabilities. In addition, the Virginia-class CSGN sports two three-gun 8-inch turrets.
June 23rd, 1986: Senator Lyndon La Rouche (R-NH) establishes "Prevent Mittelafrika Feuer Now Initiative Committee" (PMF-NOW) in Washington D.C., calling for internment camps for "Mittelafrika Feuer" patients as a "public health menace"...
June 28th, 1986: San Francisco Examiner features an article on the "cult activities" of "Mohammed for Christ" in San Francisco, California....
July 17th, 1986: Gary Hudson, CEO of Pacific American Launch Systems, announces the construction of the "Phoenix-E" spacecraft for commercial purposes, promising flights for c.$75,000 per person in Los Angeles, California...
July 25th, 1986: Karen Gay Silkwood dies mysteriously in a car accident outside Crescent, Oklahoma. Investigators for Tesla Dynamic claim it is a case of "drunk-driving", although no alcohol is detected...
August 17th, 1986: Pike Place Riots; Police launch a brutal crackdown on protesters at Pike Place Market in Seattle, Washington, sparking national attention...
October 29th, 1986: MP Makoto Nagatomo calls for Japanese leadership in the space program, during a rally in Nagasaki, Japan....
November 1, 1986: PM Margaret Roberts calls for an international customs union between the Pacific Alliance.
November 5, 1986: The Republicans Recapture the House but not the Senate.
November 13, 1986: Studio 60 owner Sylvester James opens up a second Studio 60 on Catalina Island, and a ferry system between the two clubs
November 22nd, 1986: Gregory Lucas, Church of the Atom, unveils a series of private airships dubbed the "Millenium Falcons" at Moffit Airfield in Sacramento, California as a form of "flying universities/ private communities"...
December 25, 1986: President Cronkite's Christmas message to the Nation contains no reference to "Middle East War", sparking controversy
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January 11th, 1987: Piero Bernocchi and Sergio Cofferati launch riots against European Common Market Plans in Strasbourg, France....
March 25th, 1987: European Defense Community (EDC) leaders announce plans to "coordinate" nuclear resources and defenses, during a conference in Rome, Italy...
May 5, 1987: President Cronkite's approval numbers are at 62%
July 30th, 1987: Senator Lyndon La Rouche (R-NH) meets with Turgut Özal in Ankara, Turkish Republic, in an effort to establish "alternative policy"...
August 16th-17th, 1987: Grand Harmonic Convergence; Thousands of New Age followers led by Jose Argüelles gather at Mount Shasta, California, proclaiming the "dawn of a new era"...
August 27th, 1987: Atheist leader James Sutton leads a rally in Chicago, Illinois calling for an end to "god-fearing"....
October 3, 1987: Donald M. Moore publishes a near future cyberpunk story called "Deus Ex"
October 4, 1987: A class action suit is brought against Tesla Dynamic, citing negligence in reactor construction.
October 18th, 1987: "Nation of Yaweh" leader "Leonard ben Judah" is married in Liberty City, Miami, Florida....
November 6th, 1987: Riots erupt as German government officials announce plans for "police actions" in an effort to deal with riots in Athens, Greece...
November 30th, 1987: Dietrich Koelle unveils the Saenger 2STO in Peenemunde, Germany, sparking international attention and concern....
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January 18th, 1988: African-American leader "Leonard ben Judah", of the Nation of Yaweh, proclaims that African-Americans are the "True Israelites" during a rally in Saint Petersburg, Florida....
February 4th, 1988: South African activist Godfrey Motsepe calls for European Common Market leaders to launch a boycott of Pacific Alliance goods during a meeting in Rome, Italy, citing British support of the apartheid regime in South Africa....
February 21st, 1988: People magazine dubs the "Millenium Falcons" as "the craziest cruise on Earth..."
March 29th, 1988: South African activist Dulcie September survives an assassination attempt by British MI5 in Paris, France, sparking international tensions between the rival economic blocs....
June 5, 1988: The Democratic National Convention. President Cronkite, although popular has made few friends among the Southern Democrats. Although he does wish to run for a third term, the risk of him shattering the Democratic party is quite large. Cronkite rejects a compromise that would drop VP Carson from the ticket. The Keynote speaker for this year is a young senator from Indiana named John David Letterman. After much debate President Cronkite and VP Carson split from the party following the DNC's decision to support the Southerner Robert Byrd.
June 12, 1988: The Republican National Convention. After two embarrassing defeats in 1980 and 1984, LaRouche is not considered for 88 candidacy. There are three leading candidates internationalist Governor Harold Stassen (R-Minnesota); libertarian Senator Andre Marrou (R-Texas); conservative Senator Johnathan "Jack" Kemp (R-New York). At the convention after 2 ballots Harold Stassen and running mate Andre Morrau win the nomination
June 13, 1988: Using the much delayed Helios Booster, the Apollo-3 lands on the moon. The unmanned mission is hailed as a scientific achievement of the decade, as remote controlled robowalkers, position the 9 Selene Habitat modules, along with 4 Helios modules together via a network of "Space ways". The Electra Colony is now completed, and can supprt 18 people for extended stays on the moon. The most controversial part of this base is the Nuclear reactor which powers the base.
June 18th, 1988: O'Hair v. U.S. ends school prayer in public schools, after a lawsuit by Murray O'Hair demanding, "Why should my children be brainwashed in someone else's ideas...That's my job as a parent!"
August 27th, 1988: Robert I. Sherman, American Atheist Association (AAA) calls for Democrats to embrace atheists in an effort to win the White House, during a rally in Washington D.C.,...
September 17th, 1988: "Mohammed for Christ" organization leaders led by David Brickner establish an office in Washington D.C.,....
October 5, 1988: The Presidential debates between President Cronkite, Democratic Nominee Robert Byrd, and Republican Harold Stassen.
October 14th, 1988: "Zenkoku Jiren" guerillas launch bombings in Tokyo, Japan, demanding democratic reforms....
October 27, 1988: The 1988 election is a tight race between all the candidates. However due to the strenuous schedule, Harold Stassen collapses during a fundraiser, attracting national headlines.
October 30th, 1988: "Anarchist highway" electronic network is established in Warsaw, Poland, sparking international attention....
November 5, 1988: On Election day the popular vote turns out with 39% of the vote for President Cronkite, 35% for Byrd, and 26% for Stassen. No candidate captures the electoral victory as many Northeast democratic strongholds supported Cronkite. The victor of the election will get thrown to the House of Representatives.
In Congressional Races, the Republicans maintain a slim lead in the House, but fail to recapture the Senate however they did lessen the gap to a difference of 3 senators.
The House of Representatives chooses Robert Byrd as the next President of the United States. President Cronkite announces his creation and joining of a new Political Party, the Liberal Party, which promotes separation of Church and State, along with an internationalist foreign agenda.
November 11, 1988: Operatives from the Pacific Alliance Joint Taskforce 141 stop a chemical attack involving nerve agents in several government buildings in Tokyo. The attack is linked to the "Zenkoku Jiren" guerillas
November 29th, 1988: "Atheist Rag" single by Alexander Popov (a.k.a. "Dr. Pop") makes its hit musical debut in Belgrade, Serbia...
December 18th, 1988: Republican presidential candidate Senator Lyndon La Rouche (R-NH) is indicted on 12 counts of money-laundering, 15 counts of mail-fraud, and 1 count of possession of child-pornography in Washington D.C.,....
December 21st, 1988: Argentinian singer Federico Moura, leader of "Virus" dies of "Mittelafrika Feuer", sparking a period of mourning for Argentina's youth in Burnos Aires, Argentina....
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January 3rd, 1989: Civil rights leader Frank Chikane is assassinated by members of the Civil Cooperation Bureau (CCB) in Soweto, South Africa, sparking civil unrest and violence....
January 13th, 1989: HBC-TV televises the documentary The Hate That Hate Produced by reporter Louis Lomax, bringing to mainstream prominence "Leonard ben Judah" and the "Nation of Yaweh"....
March 11, 1989: The Bolivar-9 lunar module suffers a problem in its return capsule, and strands the 3 Argentinians on the moon. The Pacific Alliance offers to deploy a rover pick up the astronauts and send them back on the next ship back to Earth.
May 1st, 1989: Dr. David Webster, anti-apartheid activist survives an assassination attempt at Wits University in Johannesburg, South Africa...
June 8th, 1989: Austria, Hungary, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Greece, and Switzerland announce their membership in the European Common Market (ECM) in Rome, Italy...
June 15th, 1989: Atheist Rick Sherman of Chicago, Illinois sparks controversy, after refusing to say "under God" during the "Pledge of Allegiance" during U.S. Army basic training.
August 10, 1989: The Department of Space Exploration asks the various space contractors to develop a Reusable spacecraft capable of reaching the Moon, and returning.
August 26th, 1989: South African Defense Forces (SADF) are accused of using biological weapons in Windhoek, Namibia....
August 31st, 1989: Early Learning Centre Bombing; 8 children are killed after Wit Kommando guerillas bomb a children's daycare in West Cape, South Africa....
October 28th, 1989: San Francisco Seals led by Kevin Mitchell, wins the World Series in Game 4, sparking national attention in San Francisco, California...
November 12, 1989: Senator David Letterman of Indiana, starts to lead what would be known as the Northeast caucus, a group of 7 Democratic senators from the Northeast that followed Cronkite's form of the Democratic Party, but don't want to go as far as to join the Liberal Party, but that might change by 1992
December 7th, 1989: Shimizu Corporation under Yoichi Iwasaki and Hideki Kanayama announce in Tokyo, Japan, plans for the creation of commercial spacecraft....
December 22nd, 1989: Alexander Prairie leads a rally of the American Atheist Association (AAA) with Sylvester James in Santa Monica, California....
December 31, 1989: Henry Hughes, son of entrepreneur Howard Hughes, proposes to build, "The first Airborne City: Skycity!". A city which will be kept aloft by airships, and go on a ten year cruise around the globe
Prometheus_2300
June 21st, 2010, 12:50 AM
October 2, 1986: Using a Pacific Advanced Research Projects Agency Grant Eric Drexler develops a colony of nanites capable of cleaning small pockets of land in nuclear blast zones to make them usable once more.
November 5, 1986: Eric Drexler publishes Engines of Creation which speculates about the wide range of uses Nanotechnology will have in the next 10 to 20 years.
Mr_ Bondoc
June 21st, 2010, 02:39 AM
Here are some PODs to make sure that Robert Byrd's plans are going to get ugly:
October 31st, 1980: Gaëtan Dugas establishes a series of "Mittelafrika Feuer" (MF) hospices in Montreal, Quebec....
May 18th, 1981: Dr. Lawrence Mass of New York City, New York becomes the first doctor to identify the DNA for the virus that causes "Mittelafrika Feuer"...
January 21st, 1983: French "Mittelafrika" Scare; Dr. Françoise Barré-Sinoussi reports massive contamination of the French blood supply; with reports that c. 697,000 may have contracted the disease through blood transfusion....
September 19th, 1985: 8.1 earthquake hits Mexico City, Mexico; killing 10,153 people. Argentina sends "peace-keeping" troops to aid relief efforts, despite American protests....
September 30th, 1985: Rumors spread throughout the country that the government in Mexico City, Mexico has collapsed...
October 7th, 1985: President Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas flees Mexico City, for the United States, sparking fears of border tensions...
January 14th, 1986: Health officials report that there are over 38 million people with "Mittelafrika Feuer" worldwide, with 20 million deaths reported...
March 23rd, 1987: "Mittelafrika Feuer" (MF) Registration Act is passed by Congress led by Senator Lyndon LaRouche, calling for the federal registration of all patients of "Mittelafrika Feuer" nationwide, in Washington D.C.,...
October 29th, 1987: Argentine and Mexican government officials announce the ratification of a new "Bolivarian" constitution in Mexico City, Mexico....
December 13th, 1987: Argentine forces announce the formation of a Provisional Electoral Council (PEC) in Mexico City, in an effort to "monitor the legality of elections..."
July 6th, 1988: Argentinian-backed Manuel Clouthier is elected President of Mexico, sparking international attention and concern...
October 17th, 1989: San Francisco Baseball Riots & Quake; San Francisco, California struck by 7.9 earthquake; 174 injured, 12 killed, after baseball fans panic during the World Series in San Francisco, California; Argentina offers "peace-keeping" troops, sparking international controversy...
Prometheus_2300
June 21st, 2010, 06:13 AM
October 15, 1985: Pacific Alliance Representative to the Coalition of Nations condemns the Argentinan installation of a puppet government in Mexico. Argentina responds by simply leaving the CN, calling it a useless organization. This begins to spell the end of the Coalition of Nations.
December 14, 1987: Pro-American Mexican Presidential candidate Guiterrez is found dead in a Mexico City alleyway.
January 4, 1986: The Autonomous region of Tibet secedes from China. This is the beginning of the end of the Military Dictatorship in Beijing
March 12, 1987: The Throne Axis and the Pacific Alliance sign a letter of declaration, seeking the restoration of Free China.
May 13, 1987: President Walter Cronkite visits Moscow, strengthening ties between the Throne Axis (now called Eurasian Federation) and the Pacific Alliance.
March 12, 1989: General Juan Arévalo Gardoqui leads a military insurrection in the district of Tehuantepec, over the election of Clouthier. It goes without saying that Clouthier is American-backed
<Everyone remember that Mexico in this ATL does NOT include the Yucatan (separate country), or Baja/Sonora (Territory of the USA)>
December 24, 1989: Dr. Mass working with Eric Drexler proposes a nanotech immunity booster, which could be a vaccine to MF. However treatment for people that have MF has no such results.
Mr_ Bondoc
June 21st, 2010, 07:45 AM
Here are some PODs to show that Russia is more than a totalitarian state:
October 29th, 1982: Metropolitan Saliba announces his "moral corruption of the Throne of St. Peter... (Roman Catholic Church)" during a rally in Saint Petersburg, Russia....
June 6th, 1984: Alexey Pazhitnov, CEO of Elektronorgtechnica, storms the video game world, with the highly addictive game "Elektronika" in Moscow, Russia...
May 6th, 1985: Organized crime boss Evsei Agron seizes control of the underworld in Saint Petersburg, Russia...
May 15th, 1985: Orthodox Christian Mission Center (OCMC) is established in Saint Petersburg, Russia...
February 12th, 1985: Marat Balagula announces the development of Simferopol (a.k.a. Sevastopol) as the region's capitol for legalized gambling and prositution....
October 9th, 1987: Metropolitan Saliba announces the consolidation of the Eastern Orthodox Church, in an effort to reduce the autonomy of the Georgian, Romanian, Bulgarian, and Serbian Orthodox Churches...
June 1st, 1988: "Elorg" (e.g. Russian hackers) movement is established by Sergei Shmatko, seeking control of the "anarchist highway" (e.g. Internet)....
February 27th, 1989: Marat Balagula a.k.a. "The Czar of Simferopol", is found murdered by his mistress Natalia Shevchencko in Simferopol, Russia...
October 9th, 1989: Tikhon of Moscow (1865-1925) is proclaimed a Saint by Metropolitan Ephraim I at Saint Basil's Cathedral in Moscow, Russia....
Mr_ Bondoc
June 21st, 2010, 05:45 PM
Here are some follow-up PODs:
September 16th, 1981: P.M. Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh announces the beginning of construction of the "Library of Pune" as an "Ark of Consciousness", as "repository of human knowledge against global suicide..."
March 13th, 1984: P.M. Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh predicts "2/3 of humanity may perish due to MF, because of the arrogance of the West..." during aspeech in Mumbai, India....
October 30th, 1984: P.M. Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh calls for "revelation of truths" during a televised address in New Dehli, India; warning against "dark actions" by the Pacific Alliance...
September 16th, 1985: P.M. Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh calls the Coalition of Nations a "gang of imperialists and fascists" during a rally in Mumbai, India....
April 10th, 1989: Zhao Changqing is named head of the " Chinese government-in-exile", after underground elections in Beijing, China and in Berlin, Germany....
June 5th, 1989: Fang Lizhi is arrested in Beijing, China after leading demonstrations against the military junta government....
June 16th, 1989: Wang Youcai begins transmission of underground pro-democracy speeches, manifestoes, et al. over the "anarchist highway" (e.g. the Internet) from Beijing, China....
July 2nd, 1989: Wang Dan, along with 21 other dissidents, announce their defection to American officials in San Francisco, California...
Brady Kj
June 21st, 2010, 11:44 PM
May 23, 1980: Buck Rogers Turing Berk graduates from the West Point's school of space aviation, as the valedictorian.
Zacoftheaxes
June 22nd, 2010, 02:29 AM
This timeline isn't done suffering yet, those suitcase nukes the AA stole are getting put to use.
August 17th, 1989: The Argentine Anarchy detonates a suitcase nuke in downtown San Deigo, killing 14,555.
August 18th, 1989: The Argentine Anarchy detonates a suitcase nuke in Warsaw, Poland, killing 17,890.
August 19th, 1989: The Argentine Anarchy detonates a suitcase nuke in Leeds, United Kingdom, killing 18,202.
August 20th, 1989: In a finale, the Argentine Anarchy detonates five suitcase nukes in (Insert cities here), killing 545,620.
QuoProQuid
June 22nd, 2010, 02:42 AM
This timeline isn't done suffering yet, those suitcase nukes the AA stole are getting put to use.
August 17th, 1989: The Argentine Anarchy detonates a suitcase nuke in downtown San Deigo, killing 14,555.
August 18th, 1989: The Argentine Anarchy detonates a suitcase nuke in Warsaw, Poland, killing 17,890.
August 19th, 1989: The Argentine Anarchy detonates a suitcase nuke in Leeds, United Kingdom, killing 18,202.
August 20th, 1989: In a finale, the Argentine Anarchy detonates five suitcase nukes in (Insert cities here), killing 545,620.
I see that the millenium will be going out with a bang.
EDIT: Perhaps some capital city for the last one.
Prometheus_2300
June 22nd, 2010, 04:12 AM
I see that the millenium will be going out with a bang.
EDIT: Perhaps some capital city for the last one.
Caracas
St. Petersburg
Amsterdam
Beijing
Baghdad
How about that? AA has managed to do the impossible tick off every major powerbloc in this world
Mr_ Bondoc
June 22nd, 2010, 05:51 AM
Its kind of scary that the more I think about it, the more the ATL sounds like a version of The Watchmen. At least there weren't any giant squid involved....
Here are some PODs that should be appropriate for the ATL:
September 7th, 1989: President Robert Byrd announces the formation of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in an effort to coordinate emergency response efforts in Washington D.C.,...
September 10th, 1989: Coalition of Nations officials place the official death toll from the nuclear explosions at 596,267 sparking international attention...
September 21st-22nd, 1989: United We Stand Concert; Concerts are hels in Buenos Aires, New York City, and Moscow in an effort to raise money for the survivors of the nuclear attacks....
October 13th, 1989: After a great amount of debate, despite opposition by libertarian leaders, President Robert Byrd signs the Minuteman Response Act in Washington D.C.,...
Prometheus_2300
June 22nd, 2010, 06:09 AM
Its kind of scary that the more I think about it, the more the ATL sounds like a version of The Watchmen. At least there weren't any giant squid involved....
No... No. you are <reads over timeline>. Dear Lord all we need is Ozymandias analog to come up with his plan.
Mr_ Bondoc
June 22nd, 2010, 07:59 AM
Here are some PODs to show that the ATL also has some fun PODs, outside of politics:
November 19th, 1980: Heaven's Gate directed by Michael Cimino, starring Isabelle Huppert, makes its hit film debut,...
July 11th, 1985: "Soda Pop Wars" begins as Rocket Fuel (Arg.) and Coca-Cola (US) battle against each other for control of the soft-drink market...
October 5th, 1985: Professional wrestler Gene "The Yankee" Bollea defeats Argentinian luchador "El Toro" at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York....
May 15th, 1987: The Road to Ishtar comedy featuring Henry Beaty and Lee Hoffman, makes its hit film debut,...
July 14th, 1988: Hobgoblins science-fiction film starring Tom Bartlett and Paige Sullivan makes its hit debut,....
August 12th, 1988: Mac & Me science-fiction film starring Jade Calegory, becomes one of the biggest money-making films of all time,...
Zacoftheaxes
June 22nd, 2010, 02:45 PM
It has dawned on me that Byrd has no vice president. Perhaps Ted Kennedy?
Prometheus_2300
June 22nd, 2010, 03:07 PM
It has dawned on me that Byrd has no vice president. Perhaps Ted Kennedy?
Nah I would pick someone from the south.
QuoProQuid
June 22nd, 2010, 03:09 PM
Caracas
St. Petersburg
Amsterdam
Beijing
Baghdad
How about that? AA has managed to do the impossible tick off every major powerbloc in this world
That sounds good to me.
Zacoftheaxes
June 22nd, 2010, 03:40 PM
Nah I would pick someone from the south.
Byrd can already carry the south, he needs a northerner to balance the ticket.
Anyways, I think at the last update of this timeline will be about global radiation levels.
Mr_ Bondoc
June 22nd, 2010, 05:20 PM
Byrd can already carry the south, he needs a northerner to balance the ticket.
I was thinking Governor Stanley Dukakis (D-Mass).
Anyways, I think at the last update of this timeline will be about global radiation levels. That's what you said about the last time nuclear weapons were used in the ATL. Give the people some credit. They will find a way to survive without nuking the planet back to the Stone Age...
Mr_ Bondoc
June 22nd, 2010, 06:00 PM
Here is what we have so far for the third draft of the 1980s of the ATL:
January 1, 1980: Buenos Aries, Argentina - General Verdez dies of radiation poisoning, throwing Argentina into confusion. There are three top contenders for the position of "Generallismo". General of Military Production José López, Admiral of the Air and Space Forces Silvio Frondizi (who also controls the nuclear missiles), and General of the Army Julio Troxler
* Frondizi is a moderate, he will fire the missiles if fired at, and is waiting for an American response before he kills 400 million people. He is also waiting for an investigation of the Buenos Aries blast. His thinking is that if the Americans fired, why is their navy so far away, Why only one nuke?
* Troxler is a hardliner that is poised to just invade the EUASR and keep going until he reaches Texas. He is trying to cover up the accident since the army wasn't supposed to have the nuke.
* Lopez is an administrator, and keeps Argentina running smoothly. He's a bureaucrat but without him things would fall apart.
DEATH TOLL
Argentina: c 35,000 Broken Arrow in Buenos Aries
United States: c 175 sailors aboard the Aircraft carrier.
Januiary 1st, 1980: British Royal Marines under Major Mike Norman announce the occupation of South Georgia as part of "police operations", sparking immediate Argentinian outrage. Argentinean forces lead by Lieutenant Commander Guillermo Sanchez-Sabarots' Amphibious Commandos Group, launch a defense killing 20 people. Also on this day, The first real news of the sinking of USS New York arrives at the White House. The US President immediately condemns Argentina, and denying any involvement in the disaster in Buenos Aires, instead blaming "insufficient safety standards and regulations"; Also on this day, USS Akron (DE-100), USS Charles F. Adams (DDG-2), and USS Paul F. Foster (DD-964), prosecute ARA Belgrano (SSN-1) after the sinking of USS New York (CV(N)-35). Depth charges dropped by the Akron and the Foster force the Belgrano to surface. Boarding party captures Captain Firenze and 100 officers and sailors. The crew are detained in the brigs of the Adams, Foster, and USS Hopkins (CAG-13). Akron takes the Belgrano under tow.
January 2, 1980: Argentinian forces continue putting up fierce resistance. Meanwhile, an ultimatum is sent to the British provisional governor in South Georgia demanding the immediate withdrawal of PA forces in the area and the ceding of the islands to Argentina.
January 3, 1980: The military stalemate continues as the Argentinian government receives its responses from both the Governor of South Georgia and the UK Government, who reject it outright and warn of "severe" action should Argentinian forces continue to interfere in the sovereign rights of the local government.
January 4th, 1980: Sinking of the HMS Sheffield; British destoyer is sunk by Argentinian forces after entering the "Maritime Exclusion Zone", killing 76 people; General Silvio Frondizi demands Pacific Alliance forces withdraw immediately or face consequences...
January 5th, 1980: Frondizi orders the fueling of nuclear missiles at Río Grande, Tierra del Fuego in an effort to demonstrate his resolve; Also on this day, OSS reports to the President that General Verdez has died and that in addition to the tense situation, the Argentinans are moments away from Civil War. President Paul calls PM Woodward of the British Empire, imploring him to withdraw from South Georgia. PM Woodward responds, "Les you are a pacificist, and peace has failed it is time you stop humiliating and embarassing our alliance. We must show Argentina that we will back down NO MORE."
A meeting of the leaders of the Eurasian Treaty Organization agree to increase their readiness to Level 3.
President Paul deploys his diplomats to Buenos Aries to establish communication between the heads of both factions of Argentina.
General Troxler, moves to cover up his remaining nuke. He lacks a launch system but is moving it towards his command post in Quito
General Frondizi checks the satellite observers, and none of them registered a missile launch on December 31. He orders an audit of Argentina's nuclear arsenal.
January 6th, 1980: Operation BLACK BUCK; British Mirage III's launch an attack on Buenos Aires, injuring General Silvio Frondizi sending him into a medically-induced coma...
January 8th, 1980: General José López is named the head of the military government. Lopez alerts General Julio Troxler that elements of the Armada de la República Argentina (ARA) are "within striking distance of Pacific Alliance targets"....
January 9th, 1980: Battle of San Carlos; Escuadron Fenix launches a surprise attack on USS Akron (DE-100), USS Charles F. Adams (DDG-2), and USS Paul F. Foster (DD-964), killing 2,013 people in the largest loss of American lives since the Holy War. Also on this day, Escuadron Fenix finds the Belgrano adrift with no crew on board. He quickly discovers that he killed the crew as they were prisoners aboard the Akron.
President Paul attempts to call PM Woodward and receives no answer. Secretary of State George Bush calls Foreign Secretary, Margaret Roberts in an attempt to get Woodward to back off. Margaret says she will try "no one wants over a billion dead."
January 9th, 1980: Juhayman ibn Muhammad ibn Sayf al-Otaibi proclaims himself in Mecca, proclaiming the need for "expulsion of the West"....
January 10, 1980: The Army of the EUARS mobilizes to face. Premier Guevara asks to meet with the the American ambassador.
5 squadrons of bombers out of Panama City depart. In a coordinated attack with 2 San Francisco Class Submarines, they move to make the Second Battle of San Carlos...
January 11, 1980: General Troxler attempts to wrest control of the nuclear arsenal while Frondizi is in a coma. The lieutnenant general of the Air Force moves Frondizi to the Air Force hospital in Tierra del Fuego. Second Battle of San Carlos; 72 bombers leave a Panama airfield and fly towards two American carrier battle groups in the area after the loss of three ships a couple days prior. Simultaneously, S-1 and S-2, two San Francisco-class diesel attack submarines, move towards the battle groups. Carrier fighters from Kittyhawk (CVN-36) and United States (CVN-37) are scrambled, and combined with guided missile cruisers McDonough (CAG-2), and Virginia (CSGN-31), shoot down 50 bombers. Twenty two get through and score hits on Bunker Hill (DDG-31), Grigsby (CAG-5), Joliet (DE-110), Kansas (BB-66), and Ohio (BB-67). Grigsby suffers hits to her aft launchers and superstructure. Bunker Hill's five inch gun is damaged and is locked in train. Her helicopter hanger is severely damaged, and she loses a radar array. Kansas loses a five-inch mount and fires break out in the middle of the ship. Ohio loses the fire control radar for her nine 16-inch guns, and several comaprtments are flooded below decks and amidships following a torpedo hit from S-1. Joliet loses 100 men. The survivors are picked up by Columbus (CAG-6) and she is left to sink into the Pacific. S-1 is sunk by ASROC barrage from Electra (DD-995). S-2 is driven off by Schenectady (DE-103) and Opelika (SSN-356). Columbus and Indianapolis (CAG-7) shell EUARS airfields and naval base with shells from their 8-inch guns.
January 12th, 1980: Westchester Disaster; Armada de la República Argentina (ARA) S-22 submarine launches a missile into Westchester, New York, 24 miles from New York City, New York, killing c.1,018 people instantly, causing a massive nuclear meltdown kiliing 57,300 people (deaths reported in Westchester, White Plains, Buchanan and Yonkers). General José López warns President Les Paul to withdraw all Pacific Alliance forces from Latin American waters, or "further measures will be necessary..." General José López also warns that he is taking a "an-eye-for-an-eye" policy, and that any strike will be met with "equal and opposite measure"; President Les Paul orders all American ships to depart for the International waters. The exception being the waters of the EUARS, and the Caribbean. The former was allowed by the EUARS Premier, and the Latter because of American Guiana. After many conversations with Foreign Secretary Thatcher, PM Woodward agrees to withdraw the Royal NAvy to the Falklands. However Woodward still refuses to back down in South Georgia. Secretary of State George Bush talks to Fronzini's lieutenant.
Supreme General Lopez denies General Troxler the use of atomic weapons. "Due to the tense situation, I will not allow it"
January 13, 1980: A statement is released by the White House, that "in the interest of peace, the United States Navy will withdraw at least 300 miles from the coasts of Argentina and Brazil. We do this in the hope of peace."
January 14, 1980: General Troxler orders the army to invade Quito. This is done without the knowledge of Generallismo Lopez. Also on this day, USS Hopkins (CAG-13) limps into her home port of San Diego. Her aft launchers are destroyed, along with her turbines. She is forced to limp home on diesel backups. She loses fifty of her crew in the Battle of San Carlos. She rescues twenty crewmembers from the Adams and Foster, along with ten POWs from the Belgrano. Marine MPs take thirty crewmembers from the Belgrano into custody. The cruiser is taken out of active service for repair and refit, including upgrading her launchers to a VLS system and upgrading her radar to the latest ARIES standard.
January 15th, 1980: EUASR Premier Guevara announces the dismissal of the American diplomatic delegation in Bogota, warning that "America has sold its security for peace, knowing it will never receive either..." Bolstered by Argentina's victory over the United States, Generallismo Rega allows General Troxler to begin the invasion of the EUASR Quito. On this date Argentina bombs Quito, and the army swoops in to take the city. Troxler orders his men to bury the weapon underground in Quito, and then orders a retreat.
January 16, 1980: The Democrats and the Republicans, both upset over President Paul's cowardice regarding Argentina, begin to work together to come up with impeachable offenses.
January 17, 1980: General Frondizi awakes from his coma; Premier Guevara orders the Communist Army to move to Quito to prepare to attack Troxler's forces. The bulk of the EUASR army passes through Quito in parade to the cheerful crowds. As the army makes plans for the march to Lima, Troxler receives word that the EUASR army is now in optimal position, and orders the detonation of his hidden atomic device in the city. A mushroom cloud now hangs over the former Metropolis of Quito. Troxler, his plan worked perfectly orders his army to begin marching for Bogota, and to destroy any resistance. "Soon all of the Americas will be ours."
Death Toll
Argentina: 47,000
United States: 60,000
January 18th, 1980: A clearly shaken President Lester William Paul speaks to the nation in a televised speech, declaring, "With this tragedy, I will not seek the nomination as your president for another election..." Meanwhile in Buenos Aires, General Frondizi, asks Generallismo Lopez to reprimand General Troxler for "misusing the property of the Air Space Force". Premier Guevara has a heartattack upon hearing that the Army of the EUASR has been obliterated in Quito, 300,000 troops dead. General Troxler himself is in the provisional Command of Argentinan forces on this day.
General Forrest, Head of the Joint Chiefs in a tense meeting with President Paul, gets permission to launch a nuclear device. The Target the army of General Troxler moving north towards Caracas. The meeting between Paul and Forrest, would feature in many historical debates, as whether or not a coup occured or not.
Secretary of State Bush, flys to Brussels to address the Coalition of Nations, and to meet with many leaders of Europe in the hopes of improving American relations. Although he faces many problems thanks to, in the words of Russian PM Aliyev said, "a coward President and a Warhawk in London."
General Forrest appears on TV to say the following, "The 3rd Army of Argentina has 12 hours to reverse direction and return to Lima, and abandon their campaign in the EUASR."
General Frondizi attempts to get Troxler to "abandon this madcap adventure in Ecuador", even the neutral Lopez says, "Buenos Aries is lost, I do not want to lose our whole country." Troxler storms out of the headquarters and begins to fly back to the Third Army in Quito. He is halfway between Buenos Aries and Quito when the 12 hour deadline passes.
The Third Army of Argentina, upon hearing the ultimatum laughs at Forrest's hot air and continue to march north. They are all quite surprised when 12 hours later a Nuclear Bomb obliterates them
January 19th, 1980: President Lester Williams Paul fires publicly General James Forrest for "insubordination" for use of a nuclear weapon in Quito. For many Americans, Forrest is considered a national hero, despite his actions. Both Democratic and Republican Parties announce the formation of presidential exploratory committees for the soldier who has never held an elected office....
January 21st, 1980: British Prime Minister Woodward and Japanese Prime Minister Akio Morita discuss "unconventional options" in an effort to deal with "American short-sightedness". Also on this day, General Troxler of Argentina is held for treason, for attacking an "allied state" and "provoking a nuclear exchange". The EUASR province of Ecuador is vacated. Also on this day, Crime boss Frank D. Frassetto seizes control of the underworld in Rochester, New York....
January 27th, 1980: Jack Houston launches "Dial-an-Atheist" in Houston, Texas, as an alternative to religious fundamentalism
February 3rd, 1980: Professor Noam Chomsky defects in Porto Alegre, Brazil, proclaiming "American foreign policy is international terrorism..."
February 8th, 1980: General James Forrest is given a ticker-tape parade in Chicago, Illinois; Police estimate c. 800,000 people attend the parade....
February 12th, 1980: General James Forrest speaks before the House of Representatives, proclaiming, "Heroes are not born, they are forged in the heat of conflict..."; Forrest receives over 50 standing ovations over the course of his speech in Washington D.C.,....
March 15, 1980: Volcker v. U.S.; In a 5-4 decision, the US Supreme Court rules that plans to unify the currency under the Pacific Coalition is unconstitutional because "This plan would take away Congress' rights to regulate the monetary supply of the United States and the planned Coalition would subject the United States to an outside regulatory body that would be above the Constitution of this land, which is the sole Supreme Law of the Land."
March 27th-30th, 1980: Toronto Riots; Riots erupt in Toronto, Ontario over proposed plans for currency unification; police install curfew measures...
May 1st, 1980: Anti-Semitic riots erupt in Buenos Aires, Argentina as "Ya Basta!" accuses "Jewish moneybaggers" of manufacturing tensions between the United States and Argentina...
May 8, 1980: Wealthy Jewish citizens begin to immigrate from Argentina flowing the anti-semitic riots.
May 9th, 1980: Malliarakis Declaration; French Foreign Minister Christian Bouchet and Prime Minister Jean-Gilles Malliarakis, alog with German Chancellor Otto Strasser call for a European Common Market, citing the "irrational whims of the Americas..." in Paris, France....
May 10th, 1980: Sergio Cofferati leads riots in Genoa, Italy over proposed plans for the creation of a "Common Market" for Europe, similar to the Pacific Alliance...
May 17th-19th, 1980: Miami Riots; African-American and Cuban-American groups clash in Miami, Florida; National Guard units are called out....
May 23, 1980: Buck Rogers Turing Berk graduates from the West Point's school of space aviation, as the valedictorian.
May 30th, 1980: Zurich Youth Rebellion; Youth groups form "movment of the discontented" in opposition to religious and political authorities, chanting "No Leaders!" as their motto....
June 3rd, 1980: Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands agree to the creation of a European "common market" in Geneva Switzerland...
June 16th, 1980: Vereniging van Oranjewerkers ("Organization of Orange Workers", a.k.a. "Oranjewerkers") led by Wally Grant, H. F. Verwoerd Jr., Carel Boshoff and C. J. Joost, calling for " native manumission" during a rally in Morgenzon, South Africa...
June 17, 1980: After years of Japanese Animated shows being shared via the DataNet. The show Lupin IV is aired in primetime. It is the first of many Japanese Animated shows to be exported abroad
October 5, 1980: During a VP debate between VP Republican candidate Alexis Harper, and VP Johnathan Carson. Carson makes a joke about Harper's "Katanas, Yen, and Political Machine. Three things that keep my opponent in Power"
October 20, 1980: A pair of San Francisco Chronicle reporters Herb Caen and Randy Shilts uncover a huge corruption scandal in California. The Mass Transit Act of 1977, which provided federal grant money for Rapid Transit in the Bay Area, via Maglev trains, was discovered to have been squandered by "Matsuya Construction" which simply spent it.
October 31, 1980: "This is the HBC Nightly News with Ronald Reagan. The Republican VP candidate Alexis Harper was exposed to have diverted nearly 20 million of federal grant money for Bay Area infrastructure projects to her own accounts, and mansion in Atherton." The report goes onto to show the lavish and opulence of Harper's mansion that the taxpayers paid for. It is a disaster for the Republican party, who had been neck and neck with Cronkite/Carson but now drop to only 30% in the polls. Also on this day, Gaëtan Dugas establishes a series of "Mittelafrika Feuer" (MF) hospices in Montreal, Quebec....
November 1, 1980: The Japanese animated movie "Soul in the Shell" is released and becomes a smash hit.
November 5, 1980: Sen. Walter Cronkite (D-MO) is the winner of the 1980 Presidential election.
November 6, 1980: Alexis Harper is found dead at Pier 41 in San Francisco. Police investigations show that she was tortured before being decapitated. Nearby was a hastily packed bag and an airship ticket to London. FBI Director Nixon, now free of Harper's interference in California, begins a crackdown in the Golden State. The first to shut down are the "trading companies" and casinos of Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco.
November 9th, 1980: Carel Willem Hendrik Boshoff, Afrikaner Broderbond, is elected Prime Minister of South Africa....
November 13, 1980: Star Quest III: The Voyage Home premieres. The movie does so well that Roddenberry gets funding for his new scifi TV show. A co-production with William L. Larson, Wormhole a modern day sci-fi story about a secret space program that is going to the stars
November 19th, 1980: Heaven's Gate directed by Michael Cimino, starring Isabelle Huppert, makes its hit film debut,...
December 23rd, 1980: "No llores por mí, Argentina (Don't Cry for Me, Argentina)" by Paloma San Basilio makes its hit debut, as part of charity efforts to raise funds for victims of the "Buenos Aires Disaster". The song is banned by many radio stations in the United States...
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January 1, 1981: President-Elect Cronkite states during an interview with Ronald Reagan that "President Paul did a great disservice to General Forrest. I plan to restore him to Head of the Joint Chiefs once in office."
January 15, 1981: As one of Cronkites campaign promises, he reorganizes the Atomic Regulatory Commission, into NEC (Nuclear Energy Commission), and it soon delivers a report about reactor safety on America's 231 reactors. Due to public fears about Nuclear Reactors, the Nuclear Refurbishment Act is passed which will provide for large renovations to American reactors.
January 20th, 1981: "Our long national nightmare is over" is proclaimed by newly sworn-in President Walter Cronkite (D-MO) during his Inauguration Address in Washington D.C.; Unfortunately with the need for reconstruction of metropolitan area of New York City, New York, a heavily divided electorate, and racial and sectarian divisions, many people remain skeptical. Also on this day, former Paul Administration officials launch a suit to overturn Volcker v. U.S. arguing that attempts to overturn the Pacific Alliance currency unification plan is "unconstitutional" citing Article VI, paragraph 2 of the U.S. Constitution; citing also its approval by the Executive and Legislative Branches....
February 4th, 1981: Alan Fotheringham leads Wit Kommando (a.k.a. "White Commando") raids on “white kaffirs” (a.k.a. "race mixers") in Johannesburg, South Africa....
February 14, 1981: Catalina Island Council, passes legislation banning any clothing to be worn on the island.
March 21st, 1981: The anarchist single "They Lie!" by the Layabouts makes its hit debut in Detroit, Michigan....
April 9th, 1981: Yellow Thunder Insurrection; American Indian Movement (AIM) guerillas launch an armed insurrection in Black Hills, South Dakota, demanding a meeting with President Walter Cronkite...
April 11th-12th, 1981: Race riots erupt in Brixton, London, over the collapse of Commonwealth unity in Sub-Saharan Africa...
April 18th, 1981: Treaty of Amsterdam; French Prime Minister Jean-Gilles Malliarakis and German Chancellor Otto Strasser sign the Treaty of Geneva, establishing the European Common Market (ECM)....
May 3, 1981 - Los Angles Carlos Ray Norris becomes the masked vigilante, 'Iron Fist' after his Weiland is killed by crossfire in a gang shootout. His presence is immedietely felt by the local criminal underworld.
May 18th, 1981: Dr. Lawrence Mass of New York City, New York becomes the first doctor to identify the DNA for the virus that causes "Mittelafrika Feuer"...
June 1st, 1981: Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh launches a Hindu-reformist movement in Mumbai, India....
June 4, 1981: In a meeting between the Secretary of the Navy, Chief of Naval Operations, and CINCNAVSEA, it is decided that the Ohio and Kansas be repaired and refitted instead of retired. SECNAV also goes before the Senate Armed Services Committee asking that the other two Wisconsin battleships, Wisconsin (BB-64), and New Jersey (BB-65) be taken out of mothballs due to increasing tensions.
June 29th, 1981: "Mohammed for Christ" organization, formed primarily from Holy Lance veterans, including David Brickner, is established in San Francisco, California, with the belief that Mohammed was a prophet for Christ...
July 19, 1981: FBI Director Nixon ok's electronic surveillance of Studio 60 as a suspected narcotics front.
August 7th, 1981: The Argentine Anarchy movement begins, more than 55,000 Aregentinians are members.
August 13, 1981 - The Pacific Alliance begans forming Joint Taskforce 141 from special forces members to better combat irregular forces and terrorism. It is headed by British Royal Marine Col. Patrick Stewart. Notable members will include Walter B. Willis, William Nye, Noriyuki Morita, and Clinton Dawkins.
August 24th, 1981: Argentine General José López announces plans to pay the foreign debts of Mexico in Mexico City, Mexico, proclaiming a "Bolivarian Revolution"...
September 16th, 1981: P.M. Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh announces the beginning of construction of the "Library of Pune" as an "Ark of Consciousness", as "repository of human knowledge against global suicide..."
September 21st, 1981: "Wadu-Wadu" album by Argentine band, Virus, makes its hit musical debut worldwide....
October 19th, 1981: Argentine Anarchy members assassinate several high ranking members of Argentina's government in a bombing.
November 13th, 1981: African -American leader Yaweh ben Yaweh proclaims Florida the "New Zion" during a rally in Miami, Florida...
December 5, 1981: Ohio leaves drydock at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. In addition to repairing damage incurred at Second San Carlos, she receives upgrades to her fire control system, and receives eight Armored Box Launchers carrying four Tesla BGM-109 Javelin cruise missiles each.
December 7th, 1981: Canadian trade representative Pierre Pettigrew proclaims an end to opposition to Pacific Alliance currency unification in Kitchener, Ontario, sparking national attention...
December 10, 1981: Kansas leaves drydock at Puget Sound, with much of the same upgrades installed as on the Ohio.
December 11th, 1981: "La Magia" single by Alejandro Federico Lerner makes its hit debut in Buenos Aires, Argentina....
December 18th, 1981: Argentine singer Roberto Pettinato of "Virus" is arrested in Montevideo, after an all-night spree with heroin, cocaine, and PCP...
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January 6, 1982: The Scandinavian Union and Pacific Alliance enter talks about a new trade agreement over North Sea oil.
March 5th, 1982: Argentine Anarchy members manage to steal 6 suitcase nukes from the argentine government, and declare they will be used to "spread the anarchy" to other nations.
March 12, 1982: The Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Depository is built near the small town of Las Vegas, Nevada.
March 26th-28th, 1982: Bloody Kansas; Former Christian militia members Jerry Wright and Eugene Schroeder launch a 3-day armed insurrection against the federal government in Weskan, Kansas...
April 3rd, 1982: Navajo/ Hopi members of the American Indian Movment (AIM) launch an armed insurrection in Taos, New Mexico....
May 4th, 1982: Christian militia leaders Charles Norman Howarth and Wesley White bomb shopping mall in Colorado Springs, Colorado, sparking international attention and concern....
May 5th, 1982: Len Martin launches a rally at the state capitol in Bismarck, North Dakota, demanding an end to "federal oppression" sparking national attention...
May 27th, 1982: French Prime Minister Jean-Gilles Malliarakis and German Chancellor Otto Strasser announce the formation of the European Defense Community (EDC) in Rome, Italy....
June 1st, 1982: Christian militia leaders Bill Gale and James Wickstrom call for a "New American Revolution" from KTTL-TV in Dodge City, Kansas...
June 5, 1982: 13 reactors are shut down following safety reviews. Tesla Dynamic avoids legal battles by citing that the utilities mismanaged their reactors.
June 11th, 1982: "Quiéreme (a.k.a. "Love Me")" album by Valeria Lynch, makes its hit debut in Buenos Aires, Argentina....
June 17th, 1982: Roberto Calvi reveals links between the Banco Ambrosiano and the Mafia to English reporters for The Guardian, sparking concerns about the power of the Vatican City....
June 24th, 1982: President Walter Cronkite announces the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) in Washington D.C., barring racial, religious, or gender discrimination on a state and federal level, as "part of the American credo, as sacred as the gospel..."
July 20th, 1982: Bloody Medina; James "Blackie" Licavoli seizes control of the criminal underworld in Medina, Ohio....
July 26th, 1982: Vatican Bank Scandal; Cardinal Paul Casimir Marcinkus is indicted in a scandal linking the Banco Ambrosiano to members of the Mafia organization in Rome, Italy....
August 13th, 1982: Gregory Lucas, Church of the Atom, leads a rally in Berkeley, California proclaiming that "man's destiny lies ultimately in the stars..."
August 14th, 1982: "Mohammed for Christ" leaders David Brickner and Bill Proctor proclaim the need for "Kingdom principles" during a rally at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York....
October 1, 1982: After much analysis, Department of Space Development declares that every odd numbered Selene Mission will be going to Copernicus Crater. Each trip the crew leaves behind their Lunar module. After 6 trips there are about 6 of these at the same site on the moon.
October 3, 1982: President Cronkite signs into law the Nuclear Reorganization Act of 1982. Creating stiff new regulations upon the nuclear industry following the nuclear disasters.
October 29th, 1982: Metropolitan Saliba announces his "moral corruption of the Throne of St. Peter... (Roman Catholic Church)" during a rally in Saint Petersburg, Russia....
November 5, 1982: The Argentinan Space Program finally reaches the moon with, Bolivar-4. Commander José Vaquero plants the Argentine flag on the lunar surface, proclaiming, "En unión y libertad" (In Unity and Freedom) , dedicating the mission to the dead from the Buenos Aires Disaster...
November 13th, 1982: President Walter Cronkite dedicates a monument to the "Westchester Disaster" in Washington D.C., proclaiming "Never Again!"...
December 6th, 1982: Joey "The Clown" Lombardo brutally murders Senator Howard Cannon (D-NV) in Reno, Nevada, sparking a national call for the revival of vigilantes...
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January 2nd-8th, 1983: Scottish Uprising (a.k.a. "the Troubles"); Riots erupt in Edinburgh, Stirling, and Gleneagles, Scotland over proposed Pacific Alliance currency unification plans; Martial law is declared in the region...
January 4th, 1983: Church of the Atom buildings are raided by FDA and IRS agents in San Francisco, California; Gregory Lucas claims "religious oppression"...
January 21st, 1983: French "Mittelafrika" Scare; Dr. Françoise Barré-Sinoussi reports massive contamination of the French blood supply; with reports that c. 697,000 may have contracted the disease through blood transfusion....
January 23rd, 1983: Reverend Alan Boesak launches a "United Front" resistance campaign against the Afrikaner government in Transvaal, South Africa...
March 23rd, 1983: Senator Lyndon La Rouche (R-NH) launches a nationwide call for an increased Defense Department role in space travel, during a rally in Washington D.C.,...
April 28-May 1 1983 - US and Filipino forces inflict severe loses on the Moro Liberation Front after a series of search and destroy missions.
April 29th, 1983: Pasquale "Pat the Cat" Spirito seizes control of the criminal underworld in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania....
May 25 1983 - Gregory Lucas's Church of the Atom moves to a a secuded compound in California's Napa Valley. Local Media quickly dubbs it Skywalker Ranch.
July 15th, 1983: IRS agents challenge the tax-exempt status of "the Church of the Atom" during hearings in Washington D.C.,...
August 12, 1983: At the former site of the Greek Olympic Games, a group of worshippers set up shrines to the Greek Gods of Old. This is the start of a Pagan revival surrounding the Greek/Roman Gods. Athena is the most popular.
August 20th, 1983: Mitchell's Plain Statement; Reverend Alan Boesak and Frank Chikane launch a manifesto calling for a egalitarian revolution in Mitchell's Plain, South Africa, sparking international attention...
September 10th, 1983: RSA (Alternative Society Movement) launches anti-authoritarian riots in Danzig, demanding national independence for Poland from Germany....
October 12, 1983: The American Selene-31 mission to the moon, has a defective oxygen tank. The crew of 5 do not return to Earth, as they run out of Oxygen on the way back.
October 22nd, 1983: African-American leader Yaweh ben Yaweh recruits U.S. Army dropout Leonard Dupree is baptised as "Leonard ben Judah" in Miami, Florida
November 21st, 1983: Mohammed for Christ by Bill Proctor and Moishe Rosen, is published, sparking international attention....
December 13th, 1983: Musician Léo Ferré sparks riots in Paris, France with the beginning of the underground "Radio Libertaire"....
December 14th, 1983: Karen Gay Silkwood of Crescent, Oklahoma reports clandestine sales of nuclear technology to totalitarian states since 1945, to Congress in Washington D.C.,...
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January 17, 1984 - Marseilles, French Officials seize a shipment of translated Atlas Shrugged novels. The shipment was marked for Paris.
March 12 1984 - New Coke is released. The reception is overwelmingly positive.
March 13th, 1984: P.M. Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh predicts "2/3 of humanity may perish due to MF, because of the arrogance of the West..." during aspeech in Mumbai, India....
March 31st, 1984: Murray O'Hair launches his "Exit Deus" campaign in Austin, Texas, with pornographer Chester Flynt, publisher of Erotica magazine...
April 22nd, 1984: David Ashford announces the creation of Bristol Spaceplanes, reusable spacecraft in Bristol, England....
May 10th, 1984: Romualdez v. Tesla Incorporated; Ines Romualdez, a cancer-stricken patient launches a national class-action lawsuit against Tesla Incorporated for nuclear waste contamination, in San Francisco, California...
May 18th-19th, 1984: Melbourne Riots; Australian nationalists launch riots in Melbourne, Australia against Pacific Alliance currency unification plans...
June 6th, 1984: Alexey Pazhitnov, CEO of Elektronorgtechnica, storms the video game world, with the highly addictive game "Elektronika" in Moscow, Russia...
June 6th-7th, 1984: Activist David Lange leads c.750,000 people in protests in Wellington and Adelaide, New Zealand, demanding an end to Pacific Alliance vessels in local harbors...
June 12th, 1984: Lausanne Riots; Members of "Mohammed for Christ" spark sectarian riots in Lausanne, Switzerland...
June 22, 1984: The United States Senate votes on the Pacific Alliance Currency Union. It is soundly defeated 76-21 with 5 abstains. The Pacific Credit coins are never put into circulation. Following similar legislation and power shifts in Britain and Japan, the Pacific Currency Union is defeated (PM Woodward was replaced with PM Margaret Roberts at the Tory meeting, and the opposition came into power in Japan). The coins become collector's items. The 50 cent piece of the Pacific Credit, which bore the face of President Paul becomes the enduring symbol of the Paul presidency.
July 25th, 1984: Argentinian Lieutenant Magdalena Ruiz Guinazu becomes the first woman to conduct a space-walk, sparking international attention...
September 5, 1984: The US Supreme Court upholds Volcker v. United States. In his opinion, Chief Justice Scott writes:
"In 1787, the states that created this Union did not give the central government via the US Constitution the ability to enter into a treaty with a foreign nation that would [1] empower treaty functions that they (States) did not allow the US government to have, or [2] that would obligate this Union and its States to do something that is contrary to the US Constitution, or [3] that would transfer functions and activities assigned to the Union to any agency outside of the Union. This treaty, which would unite the British Pound Sterling, Japanese Yen, and United States Dollar into one currency, the Pacific Credit, would strip Congress of its express right to 'coin money and regulate the value thereof.' While it does state '...all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land,' it is the opinion of this Court that ratifying this treaty would place it above the Authority of the United States, and transfer functions and activities assigned to the Union to any agency outside the Union, and therefore, be unconstitutional."
October 4, 1984: Rolling Blackouts are common in the South as a result of the safety overhaul, and shutdown of 14 reactors in the former confederacy.
October 30th, 1984: P.M. Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh calls for "revelation of truths" during a televised address in New Dehli, India; warning against "dark actions" by the Pacific Alliance...
November 2, 1984: Stephen J. Wozniak, develops the jigsaw file transfer system. The JIGSAW (OTL: BitTorrent) quickly becomes the method of choice for both large scale file transfers and Illegal video data.
November 5, 1984: President Cronkite soundly defeats Republican candidate Lyndon LaRouche.
November 11, 1984: President Cronkite delivers his message to American Veterans marking American soldiers accomplishments in the Baja War the Third European War, and the Argentinan Crisis. He irritates Southern Democrats when he vetoes a bill that would have included a National Memorial for Crimson Lance Troops in the Holy War and makes only oblique references to the Holy War, only referring it as "The Middle East War" referencing American and British troops in Dubai.
November 16th, 1984: Night of the Comet directed by Thom Eberhardt, starring Kelli Maroney, makes its hit film debut.....
December 8th, 1984: Council of Ministers in Rome, adopts a flag with a blue field with 12 stars representing the members of the European Common Market (ECM) in Rome, Italy...
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January 1st, 1985: "Mohammed for Christ" leaders establish an office in Corte Madera, California....
January 7th, 1985: Argentinian singer Valeria Lynch performs in Tokyo, Japan as an "Ambassador of Peace", sparking international attention....
January 14th, 1985: Senator Lyndon La Rouche (R-NH) sues HBC-TV for "libelous slander" after being called a "small-time Christophe" by Reporter Pat Lynch in New York City, New York..
February 12th, 1985: Marat Balagula announces the development of Simferopol (a.k.a. Sevastopol) as the region's capitol for legalized gambling and prositution....
March 13, 1985: The San Onofre Plasma Fusion reactor goes online.
April 18th, 1985: Riots erupt in Washington D.C., as Christian Militia leaders launch their opposition to Pacific Alliance "oppression"; 117 people are placed under arrest...
May 1st, 1985: Danzig Riots; RSA (Alternative Society Movement) launches Polish nationalist riots, sparking a massive crackdown by German military authorities...
May 6th, 1985: Organized crime boss Evsei Agron seizes control of the underworld in Saint Petersburg, Russia...
May 15th, 1985: Orthodox Christian Mission Center (OCMC) is established in Saint Petersburg, Russia...
June 16th, 1985: Apollo Carreon Quiboloy seizes control of the government proclaiming the "Kingdom of Jesus Christ" in Manila, sparking international attention and concern...
July 11th, 1985: "Soda Pop Wars" begins as Rocket Fuel (Arg.) and Coca-Cola (US) battle against each other for control of the soft-drink market...
July 31, 1985: Member of Parliament Douglas J. Adams, a former writer for Professor Who publishes The Babel Fish is a Dead Giveaway it is a best seller in the Pacific Alliance and the EC, for its humorous take bible-thumpers, the Holy Way, and in his words, "The non-existence of any gods".
September 16th, 1985: P.M. Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh calls the Coalition of Nations a "gang of imperialists and fascists" during a rally in Mumbai, India....
September 19th, 1985: 8.1 earthquake hits Mexico City, Mexico; killing 10,153 people. Argentina sends "peace-keeping" troops to aid relief efforts, despite American protests....
September 23, 1985: HBC launches the hit show "Seattle Vice", Leonard Nemoy stars and popularizes the goatee.
September 30th, 1985: Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh launches a series of book-burning rallies nationwide against the United States and China, targetting Third World novels by Mao Tse-tung and episodes of Star Quest as "spiritual pollution". Also on this day, Rumors spread throughout the country that the government in Mexico City, Mexico has collapsed...
October 1, 1985: The Ninja's Dojo, a JIGSAW file sharing site is moved to the Private Airship, Harbinger, and begins its never ending flight around the world.
October 5th, 1985: Professional wrestler Gene "The Yankee" Bollea defeats Argentinian luchador "El Toro" at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York...
October 7th, 1985: President Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas flees Mexico City, for the United States, sparking fears of border tensions...
October 15, 1985: Pacific Alliance Representative to the Coalition of Nations condemns the Argentinan installation of a puppet government in Mexico. Argentina responds by simply leaving the CN, calling it a useless organization. This begins to spell the end of the Coalition of Nations.
October 22nd, 1985: Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh announces that "America is a spiritual blackhole, that reveals its moral cowardice..." during a rally in Mumbai, India...
November 1, 1985: After a year hiatus in Moon missions, Selene-32 departs Earth.
November 3, 1985 - Pacific Alliance Joint Taskforce 141 is placed on alert and moved to Ceylon to provide immediate anti-terror support in the event of any Hindi Nationialist-related violence.
November 15th, 1985: "Bring Us the Light" single by the Judean Singers, makes its hit musical debut....
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January 4, 1986: The Autonomous region of Tibet secedes from China. This is the beginning of the end of the Military Dictatorship in Beijing
January 14th, 1986: Health officials report that there are over 38 million people with "Mittelafrika Feuer" worldwide, with 20 million deaths reported..
January 23rd, 1986: Hokkaido Riots; c.250,000 people riot in Hokkaido, Japan as union leaders voice their opposition to Pacific Alliance currency unification plans....
February 9th, 1986: Year of the Comet; Halley's Comet passes through Earth's atmosphere. Celebrations and parties are held all over the globe...
March 12, 1986: Oak Ridge Laboratory achieves the honor of receiving the grant money for the "HyperCollider". The collider promises to prove string theory and provide incredible new data about the birth of the universe. A group of about 12,000 people from various southern congregations protest, and stage a sit in on the construction site. Also on this day, the Throne Axis and the Pacific Alliance sign a letter of declaration, seeking the restoration of Free China.
April 12th, 1986: African-American leader "Yaweh ben Yaweh" proclaims the need to eliminate the "white devils" during a rally in Miami, Florida...
April 1, 1986: The American Military Restructuring act is passed. The legislation is seen as a much needed measure to clarify lines of command, and to make the Defense Department more efficient. Notably the Marines are now the first to be called should the Pacific Alliance Treaty ever be invoked.
April 14th, 1986: Atheist leader Robert Sherman leads a march in Zion City, Illinois, sparking civil unrest with Christian fundamentalists...
May 16th-18th, 1986: "Virus" launches "Intoxicados" festival in Lima, Peru, meant to be 3 days of hedonist entertainment from drugs to sexual orgies....
June 16, 1986: After being christened by Akron mayor Jean Franklin, the second USS Akron (CSGN-32) slides down the slipways and into the Pascagoula Bay. The Virginia-class nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser is the second of the class and features the latest air defense capabilities. In addition, the Virginia-class CSGN sports two three-gun 8-inch turrets.
June 23rd, 1986: Senator Lyndon La Rouche (R-NH) establishes "Prevent Mittelafrika Feuer Now Initiative Committee" (PMF-NOW) in Washington D.C., calling for internment camps for "Mittelafrika Feuer" patients as a "public health menace"...
June 28th, 1986: San Francisco Examiner features an article on the "cult activities" of "Mohammed for Christ" in San Francisco, California....
July 17th, 1986: Gary Hudson, CEO of Pacific American Launch Systems, announces the construction of the "Phoenix-E" spacecraft for commercial purposes, promising flights for c.$75,000 per person in Los Angeles, California...
July 25th, 1986: Karen Gay Silkwood dies mysteriously in a car accident outside Crescent, Oklahoma. Investigators for Tesla Dynamic claim it is a case of "drunk-driving", although no alcohol is detected...
August 17th, 1986: Pike Place Riots; Police launch a brutal crackdown on protesters at Pike Place Market in Seattle, Washington, sparking national attention...
October 2, 1986: Using a Pacific Advanced Research Projects Agency Grant Eric Drexler develops a colony of nanites capable of cleaning small pockets of land in nuclear blast zones to make them usable once more.
October 29th, 1986: MP Makoto Nagatomo calls for Japanese leadership in the space program, during a rally in Nagasaki, Japan....
November 1, 1986: PM Margaret Roberts calls for an international customs union between the Pacific Alliance.
November 5, 1986: The Republicans Recapture the House but not the Senate. Also on this day, Eric Drexler publishes Engines of Creation which speculates about the wide range of uses Nanotechnology will have in the next 10 to 20 years.
November 13, 1986: Studio 60 owner Sylvester James opens up a second Studio 60 on Catalina Island, and a ferry system between the two clubs
November 22nd, 1986: Gregory Lucas, Church of the Atom, unveils a series of private airships dubbed the "Millenium Falcons" at Moffit Airfield in Sacramento, California as a form of "flying universities/ private communities"...
December 25, 1986: President Cronkite's Christmas message to the Nation contains no reference to "Middle East War", sparking controversy
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January 11th, 1987: Piero Bernocchi and Sergio Cofferati launch riots against European Common Market Plans in Strasbourg, France....
March 23rd, 1987: "Mittelafrika Feuer" (MF) Registration Act is passed by Congress led by Senator Lyndon LaRouche, calling for the federal registration of all patients of "Mittelafrika Feuer" nationwide, in Washington D.C.,...
March 25th, 1987: European Defense Community (EDC) leaders announce plans to "coordinate" nuclear resources and defenses, during a conference in Rome, Italy...
May 5, 1987: President Cronkite's approval numbers are at 62%
May 13, 1987: President Walter Cronkite visits Moscow, strengthening ties between the Throne Axis (now called Eurasian Federation) and the Pacific Alliance.
May 15th, 1987: The Road to Ishtar comedy featuring Henry Beaty and Lee Hoffman, makes its hit film debut,...
July 30th, 1987: Senator Lyndon La Rouche (R-NH) meets with Turgut Özal in Ankara, Turkish Republic, in an effort to establish "alternative policy"...
August 16th-17th, 1987: Grand Harmonic Convergence; Thousands of New Age followers led by Jose Argüelles gather at Mount Shasta, California, proclaiming the "dawn of a new era"...
August 27th, 1987: Atheist leader James Sutton leads a rally in Chicago, Illinois calling for an end to "god-fearing"....
October 3, 1987: Donald M. Moore publishes a near future cyberpunk story called "Deus Ex"
October 4, 1987: A class action suit is brought against Tesla Dynamic, citing negligence in reactor construction.
October 9th, 1987: Metropolitan Saliba announces the consolidation of the Eastern Orthodox Church, in an effort to reduce the autonomy of the Georgian, Romanian, Bulgarian, and Serbian Orthodox Churches...
October 18th, 1987: "Nation of Yaweh" leader "Leonard ben Judah" is married in Liberty City, Miami, Florida....
October 29th, 1987: Argentine and Mexican government officials announce the ratification of a new "Bolivarian" constitution in Mexico City, Mexico....
November 6th, 1987: Riots erupt as German government officials announce plans for "police actions" in an effort to deal with riots in Athens, Greece...
November 30th, 1987: Dietrich Koelle unveils the Saenger 2STO in Peenemunde, Germany, sparking international attention and concern....
December 13th, 1987: Argentine forces announce the formation of a Provisional Electoral Council (PEC) in Mexico City, in an effort to "monitor the legality of elections..."
December 14, 1987: Pro-American Mexican Presidential candidate Guiterrez is found dead in a Mexico City alleyway.
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January 18th, 1988: African-American leader "Leonard ben Judah", of the Nation of Yaweh, proclaims that African-Americans are the "True Israelites" during a rally in Saint Petersburg, Florida....
February 4th, 1988: South African activist Godfrey Motsepe calls for European Common Market leaders to launch a boycott of Pacific Alliance goods during a meeting in Rome, Italy, citing British support of the apartheid regime in South Africa....
February 21st, 1988: People magazine dubs the "Millenium Falcons" as "the craziest cruise on Earth..."
March 29th, 1988: South African activist Dulcie September survives an assassination attempt by British MI5 in Paris, France, sparking international tensions between the rival economic blocs....
June 1st, 1988: "Elorg" (e.g. Russian hackers) movement is established by Sergei Shmatko, seeking control of the "anarchist highway" (e.g. Internet)....
June 5, 1988: The Democratic National Convention. President Cronkite, although popular has made few friends among the Southern Democrats. Although he does wish to run for a third term, the risk of him shattering the Democratic party is quite large. Cronkite rejects a compromise that would drop VP Carson from the ticket. The Keynote speaker for this year is a young senator from Indiana named John David Letterman. After much debate President Cronkite and VP Carson split from the party following the DNC's decision to support the Southerner Robert Byrd.
June 12, 1988: The Republican National Convention. After two embarrassing defeats in 1980 and 1984, LaRouche is not considered for 88 candidacy. There are three leading candidates internationalist Governor Harold Stassen (R-Minnesota); libertarian Senator Andre Marrou (R-Texas); conservative Senator Johnathan "Jack" Kemp (R-New York). At the convention after 2 ballots Harold Stassen and running mate Andre Morrau win the nomination
June 13, 1988: Using the much delayed Helios Booster, the Apollo-3 lands on the moon. The unmanned mission is hailed as a scientific achievement of the decade, as remote controlled robowalkers, position the 9 Selene Habitat modules, along with 4 Helios modules together via a network of "Space ways". The Electra Colony is now completed, and can supprt 18 people for extended stays on the moon. The most controversial part of this base is the Nuclear reactor which powers the base.
June 18th, 1988: O'Hair v. U.S. ends school prayer in public schools, after a lawsuit by Murray O'Hair demanding, "Why should my children be brainwashed in someone else's ideas...That's my job as a parent!"
July 6th, 1988: Argentinian-backed Manuel Clouthier is elected President of Mexico, sparking international attention and concern...
July 14th, 1988: Hobgoblins science-fiction film starring Tom Bartlett and Paige Sullivan makes its hit debut,....
August 12th, 1988: Mac & Me science-fiction film starring Jade Calegory, becomes one of the biggest money-making films of all time,...
August 27th, 1988: Robert I. Sherman, American Atheist Association (AAA) calls for Democrats to embrace atheists in an effort to win the White House, during a rally in Washington D.C.,...
September 17th, 1988: "Mohammed for Christ" organization leaders led by David Brickner establish an office in Washington D.C.,....
October 5, 1988: The Presidential debates between President Cronkite, Democratic Nominee Robert Byrd, and Republican Harold Stassen.
October 14th, 1988: "Zenkoku Jiren" guerillas launch bombings in Tokyo, Japan, demanding democratic reforms....
October 27, 1988: The 1988 election is a tight race between all the candidates. However due to the strenuous schedule, Harold Stassen collapses during a fundraiser, attracting national headlines.
October 30th, 1988: "Anarchist highway" electronic network is established in Warsaw, Poland, sparking international attention....
November 5, 1988: On Election day the popular vote turns out with 39% of the vote for President Cronkite, 35% for Byrd, and 26% for Stassen. No candidate captures the electoral victory as many Northeast democratic strongholds supported Cronkite. The victor of the election will get thrown to the House of Representatives.
In Congressional Races, the Republicans maintain a slim lead in the House, but fail to recapture the Senate however they did lessen the gap to a difference of 3 senators.
The House of Representatives chooses Robert Byrd as the next President of the United States. President Cronkite announces his creation and joining of a new Political Party, the Liberal Party, which promotes separation of Church and State, along with an internationalist foreign agenda.
November 11, 1988: Operatives from the Pacific Alliance Joint Taskforce 141 stop a chemical attack involving nerve agents in several government buildings in Tokyo. The attack is linked to the "Zenkoku Jiren" guerillas
November 29th, 1988: "Atheist Rag" single by Alexander Popov (a.k.a. "Dr. Pop") makes its hit musical debut in Belgrade, Serbia...
December 18th, 1988: Republican presidential candidate Senator Lyndon La Rouche (R-NH) is indicted on 12 counts of money-laundering, 15 counts of mail-fraud, and 1 count of possession of child-pornography in Washington D.C.,....
December 21st, 1988: Argentinian singer Federico Moura, leader of "Virus" dies of "Mittelafrika Feuer", sparking a period of mourning for Argentina's youth in Burnos Aires, Argentina....
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January 3rd, 1989: Civil rights leader Frank Chikane is assassinated by members of the Civil Cooperation Bureau (CCB) in Soweto, South Africa, sparking civil unrest and violence....
January 13th, 1989: HBC-TV televises the documentary The Hate That Hate Produced by reporter Louis Lomax, bringing to mainstream prominence "Leonard ben Judah" and the "Nation of Yaweh"....
February 27th, 1989: Marat Balagula a.k.a. "The Czar of Simferopol", is found murdered by his mistress Natalia Shevchencko in Simferopol, Russia...
March 11, 1989: The Bolivar-9 lunar module suffers a problem in its return capsule, and strands the 3 Argentinians on the moon. The Pacific Alliance offers to deploy a rover pick up the astronauts and send them back on the next ship back to Earth.
March 12, 1989: General Juan Arévalo Gardoqui leads a military insurrection in the district of Tehuantepec, over the election of Clouthier. It goes without saying that Clouthier is American-backed
April 10th, 1989: Zhao Changqing is named head of the " Chinese government-in-exile", after underground elections in Beijing, China and in Berlin, Germany....
May 1st, 1989: Dr. David Webster, anti-apartheid activist survives an assassination attempt at Wits University in Johannesburg, South Africa...
June 5th, 1989: Fang Lizhi is arrested in Beijing, China after leading demonstrations against the military junta government....
June 8th, 1989: Austria, Hungary, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Greece, and Switzerland announce their membership in the European Common Market (ECM) in Rome, Italy...
June 15th, 1989: Atheist Rick Sherman of Chicago, Illinois sparks controversy, after refusing to say "under God" during the "Pledge of Allegiance" during U.S. Army basic training.
June 16th, 1989: Wang Youcai begins transmission of underground pro-democracy speeches, manifestoes, et al. over the "anarchist highway" (e.g. the Internet) from Beijing, China....
July 2nd, 1989: Wang Dan, along with 21 other dissidents, announce their defection to American officials in San Francisco, California...
August 10, 1989: The Department of Space Exploration asks the various space contractors to develop a Reusable spacecraft capable of reaching the Moon, and returning.
August 17th, 1989: The Argentine Anarchy detonates a suitcase nuke in downtown San Diego, killing 14,555.
August 18th, 1989: The Argentine Anarchy detonates a suitcase nuke in Warsaw, Poland, killing 17,890.
August 19th, 1989: The Argentine Anarchy detonates a suitcase nuke in Leeds, United Kingdom, killing 18,202.
August 20th, 1989: 5-Cities Massacre; In a finale, the Argentine Anarchy detonates five suitcase nukes in Caracas (EUASR); Saint Petersburg (Rus.); Beijing (China); Baghdad; and Amsterdam (Neth.), killing 545,620.
August 26th, 1989: South African Defense Forces (SADF) are accused of using biological weapons in Windhoek, Namibia....
August 31st, 1989: Early Learning Centre Bombing; 8 children are killed after Wit Kommando guerillas bomb a children's daycare in West Cape, South Africa....
September 7th, 1989: President Robert Byrd announces the formation of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in an effort to coordinate emergency response efforts in Washington D.C.,...
September 10th, 1989: Coalition of Nations officials place the official death toll from the nuclear explosions at 596,267 sparking international attention...
September 21st-22nd, 1989: United We Stand Concert; Concerts are hels in Buenos Aires, New York City, and Moscow in an effort to raise money for the survivors of the nuclear attacks....
October 9th, 1989: Tikhon of Moscow (1865-1925) is proclaimed a Saint by Metropolitan Ephraim I at Saint Basil's Cathedral in Moscow, Russia...
October 13th, 1989: After a great amount of debate, despite opposition by libertarian leaders, President Robert Byrd signs the Minuteman Response Act in Washington D.C.,...
October 17th, 1989: San Francisco Baseball Riots & Quake; San Francisco, California struck by 7.9 earthquake; 174 injured, 12 killed, after baseball fans panic during the World Series in San Francisco, California; Argentina offers "peace-keeping" troops, sparking international controversy...
October 28th, 1989: San Francisco Seals led by Kevin Mitchell, wins the World Series in Game 4, sparking national attention in San Francisco, California...
November 12, 1989: Senator David Letterman of Indiana, starts to lead what would be known as the Northeast caucus, a group of 7 Democratic senators from the Northeast that followed Cronkite's form of the Democratic Party, but don't want to go as far as to join the Liberal Party, but that might change by 1992
December 7th, 1989: Shimizu Corporation under Yoichi Iwasaki and Hideki Kanayama announce in Tokyo, Japan, plans for the creation of commercial spacecraft....
December 22nd, 1989: Alexander Prairie leads a rally of the American Atheist Association (AAA) with Sylvester James in Santa Monica, California....
December 24, 1989: Dr. Mass working with Eric Drexler proposes a nanotech immunity booster, which could be a vaccine to MF. However treatment for people that have MF has no such results.
December 31, 1989: Henry Hughes, son of entrepreneur Howard Hughes, proposes to build, "The first Airborne City: Skycity!". A city which will be kept aloft by airships, and go on a ten year cruise around the globe.
Prometheus_2300
June 22nd, 2010, 06:01 PM
December 5, 1989: The Coalition of Nations (CN) condemns Persia for attempting to develop Nuclear weapons.
December 12, 1989: Leaders from various Muslim nations meet in Baghdad, in the hopes of creating their own economic/defensive bloc.
December 24, 1989: Former President Walter Cronkite goes on a goodwill tour to Tokyo, London, Berlin, and Paris.
December 31, 1989: At a Coalition of Nations meeting the 4 major defensive blocs in the World agree to curb the use of nuclear weapons and to discourage "Non-Bloc" nations from acquiring them. The Coalition of Nations Anti-Terrorism Comission or CNATCO, is charged with inspecting non-bloc nations and other parties from gaining control of nuclear weapons.
PM Margaret Roberts calls it, "We will not allow rogue nations to have control of such dangerous weapons"
Mr_ Bondoc
June 22nd, 2010, 06:30 PM
Here are some PODs regarding the results of the nuclear attacks:
August 22nd, 1989: Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna and Prince Nicholas Romanovich Romanov are announced as the successors of the Romanov Dynasty, after it is determined that most of the Romanov Dynasty were killed in the "5-Cities Massacre"
August 23rd, 1989: General Lee Teng-hui is named head of the government in Nanjing, China. Martial law is imposed on the country....
September 21st, 1989: Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna, is crowned at Saint Basil's Cathedral in Moscow, Russia, sparking international attention...
Prometheus_2300
June 23rd, 2010, 01:10 AM
April 12, 1985: Daughter of Electra Tesla, Elaine Tesla-Bush decides to not go into science or politics like her parents but into the world of International Finance. She takes control of Bowman Investments and over the next 20 years will turn it into an economic titan rivalling her Grandparent's Tesla Dynamic. Bowman Investments finances Plasma Fusion Reactors, Nanotechnology and Aquatic Development.
August 10, 1986: Daughter of Electra Tesla, Georgia W. Tesla-Bush accepts a position at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Using the HyperCollider she hopes to prove the existence of the Higgs-Boson Particle
November 4, 1986: Nathan Dallek, pens a biography and history of the presidency of RFK, it is a national seller and improves the perceptions of the former president, as he was seen as trying to keep America out of the Holy War but that Congress forced him to act.
May 8, 1989: The Shah of Persia announces his countries plans to become a nuclear power. As proof of their progress they test the bomb in the Caspian Sea.
May 10, 1989: The Holy Republic of Israel and Cyprus announces that it possesses Nuclear capability and that if Persia should try and invade, Israel will use their nuclear arsenal. Lord President Duke said the following "Should the heathen Muslim try and take this Holy Land they will burn in nuclear hellfire."
March 11, 1989: Former President Cronkite goes on a goodwill tour around the world visiting: London, Tokyo, Berlin, Moscow. He also makes a trip to Rio de Jianero
October 12, 1989: Congress passes NERA or the National Education Reorganization Act, which will provide grant money across the country. However the bill makes a point that no money will be apportioned to public schools that teach religion, school prayer, or other such religious activities.
October 23, 1989: President Byrd vetoes NERA. At the Press Conference he states, "In America we have Freedom to Worship, NERA is trying to imipinge upon that". An official close to Walter Cronkite says that the former president called NERA a step in the right direction.
October 31, 1989: In the Lobbies of the US Capital a deal is struck between the Republicans, led by (need a name here), and Senator David Letterman of Indiana. The Republicans who only offered tacit support before now throw their weight behind NERA. The Republicans are hoping that the schism in the Democrats will allow them to reclaim the Presidency in 1992. The Southern Democrats attempt to filibuster but cloture is met and Byrd's veto is overriden
November 22, 1989: CNATCO makes a raid on a compound in Tierra del Fuego, arresting Colonel Ruiz Santiago for providing nuclear weapons to AA, and actually helping them gain access to restricted areas. He is sentenced to Treason and death by firing squad.
December 9, 1989: CNATCO arrests 3 of the 7 leaders of AA.
Mr_ Bondoc
June 23rd, 2010, 04:57 AM
October 31, 1989: In the Lobbies of the US Capital a deal is struck between the Republicans, led by Senator David Peter Bergland of California, and Senator David Letterman of Indiana. The Republicans who only offered tacit support before now throw their weight behind NERA. The Republicans are hoping that the schism in the Democrats will allow them to reclaim the Presidency in 1992. The Southern Democrats attempt to filibuster but cloture is met and Byrd's veto is overriden.
Alright True Believers!!! Once we get to #886, I want to be able to close the door on the 1980s and move into the 1990s. So everyone please place your last minute 1980s materials into the mix...
Here are some other random PODs:
March 1st, 1980: Pink Lady & Jeff (NBC-TV) hosted by Jeff Altman, featuring Japanese singers Mitsuyo Nemoto and Keiko Masuda, helps promote Pacific Alliance ties....
February 27th, 1983: Minipops (BBC-TV) children's talent show, makes its hit television debut...
January 28th, 1986: The Young Astronauts (CBS-TV) animated series about space travel, sparks interest in the space program, making its hit debut...
September 19th, 1987: Cabbage Patch Kids (CBS-TV) animated series makes its hit television debut...
September 20th, 1988: The Dictator (CBS-TV) sitcom starring Allen Lloyd makes its hit television debut ...
Prometheus_2300
June 23rd, 2010, 07:02 AM
March 15, 1983: Game Designer Gregory Gygax and Daniel Arneson work to develop a "Role-Playing Game" based on a Japanese Anime called Slayers which follow the adventures of Lina Inverse and Naga the Serpent through a fantasy world. The game Slayers and Dungeons is published, and is very popular among college and high school students.
November 11, 1985: The Angel Island Atomic Reactor, the longest operating nuclear reactor is decommissioned. Over the next 5 months the Angel Island Plasma Fusion Reactor is built.
April 7, 1987: Star Quest V; The Undiscovered Country is released. It is the final film with the original cast.
August 20, 1989: Star Quest: A century later remains in the same continuity as Star Quest, but a century has passed. Features a Romulan Security Officer and a Tesla Android Science Officer.
Mr_ Bondoc
June 23rd, 2010, 07:24 AM
Here are me PODs to show that drugs from the EUASR are a major problem from the socialist state:
November 26th, 1984: EUASR anti-government leader Sebastián González is captured by government troops in Medellin, with c.1,250 lbs. of cocaine, bound for the United States and Western Europe...
December 20th, 1985: The Independent led by reporter Gary Webb reports that several American-backed anti-government Contra groups are trafficking drugs into American neighborhoods, in an effort to support the anti-communist movement...
March 16th, 1986: Carlos Cabezas, an anti-government Contra leader, is killled in a police shootout in Seattle, Washington after law enforcement officials discover c.620 lbs of cocaine, from Medellin, EUASR...
April 5th, 1986: FBI officials report cocaine, linked to anti-communist Contra militias being found in Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Colorado and California...
April 17th, 1986: President Walter Cronkite admits that there are links between Contra forces in the EUASR and the cocaine trade, during a press conference in Washington D.C.,...
Mr_ Bondoc
June 23rd, 2010, 08:07 PM
Since the 1980s are about the rise of atheism, here is a set of PODs that should be added:
April 12th, 1980: Lalor v. New York State; Edward Lalor sues the New York State School Board of Education, after suggestions are made to include the Book of Genesis to the biology lesson plan...
May 1st, 1980: Lucy Tran-Nguyen leads protest at Northern Territory University, Australia proclaiming, "I am a child of God, not the offspring of monkeys..."
July 15th, 1980: Brian Silcock leads rally in London, England calling for an end to the "tyranny of religion over science"...
April 3rd, 1984: Irving C. Meyett leads an anti-Darwin rally in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, sparking international attention...
May 27th, 1984: Gabriel Dover leads a pro-Darwinist rally in New York City, New York, sparking national attention and concern...
February 19th, 1985: Greek Orthodox leaders order the burning of The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin in Athens, Greece...
June 3rd, 1985: William A. Rusher leads a pro-Darwinist rally in San Diego, California, sparking 12 arrests,...
May 18th, 1987: Zoologist Jack Sites is fired from Brigham Young University after promoting Darwinism in Salt Lake City, Utah...
June 24th, 1987: William Murchison leads pro-Darwinist riots in Dallas, Texas, sparking national attention and concern...
May 20th, 1988: Russian Orthodox leaders announce a book-burning of The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin as "blasphemous" in Saint Petersburg, Russia...
November 13th, 1988: Professor Yehuda Bauers is lynched after he proclaims that Darwinism is not "anti-religion" during a rally in Jerusalem, Kingdom of Judea...
March 9th, 1989: Frank Gillingham leads a rally in Glasgow, Scotland calling for the end to "Darwinist socialism"....
December 20th, 1989: Neal Peirce claims "Darwinist atheism is responsible for the nuclear holocaust upon us..." during a rally in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...
Prometheus_2300
June 23rd, 2010, 08:28 PM
November 13th, 1988: Professor Yehuda Bauers is lynched after he proclaims that Darwinism is not "anti-religion" during a rally in Jerusalem, Israel...
Tiny little nitpick to otherwise great PODs, Jerusalem is in Judea the Argentinan puppet state in the Mideast. This ATL Israel has the following borders: Tel Aviv is Israelite, but is the southern border, with Judea further South. The Eastern border is right to the suburbs of Damascus. Damascus itself is still Turkish Republic. The Northern Border is at Tartus in Syria. So effectively the North half of our Israel plus Lebanon and Cyprus.
November 17, 1989: Japanese Animated TV shows continue to be popular across the Pacific Alliance. Particular modern supernatural stories
October 4, 1989: Stephanie Jean Meyer changes majors from English to Chemistry. Thus she will never write books about sparkling vampires
<Now they will never be written, if only our timeline was so lucky>
March 11, 1987: Samantha Anne Rice publishes the series The Nosferatu Chronicles
Mr_ Bondoc
June 23rd, 2010, 08:34 PM
Tiny little nitpick to otherwise great PODs, Jerusalem is in Judea the Argentinan puppet state in the Mideast. This ATL Israel has the following borders: Tel Aviv is Israelite, but is the southern border, with Judea further South. The Eastern border is right to the suburbs of Damascus. Damascus itself is still Turkish Republic. The Northern Border is at Tartus in Syria. So effectively the North half of our Israel plus Lebanon and Cyprus.
I have made the appropriate edits. In the meantime, the problem with pop culture is that with the focus on supernatural fantasy and vampires, it is going to be hard to find many optimists. Although it sounds crazy, we need some optimistic stuff or there is going to be no hope for the next 2 decades...
QuoProQuid
June 23rd, 2010, 10:02 PM
This world is in desperate need of an external enemy to unite itself against.
Prometheus_2300
June 23rd, 2010, 11:12 PM
Actually I meant to only imply that fantasy was being popular, not necessarily vampires.
I would imagine that atheists in this world would also enjoy comedic aspects of fantasy novels, with the polytheistic elements and many fantasy works ignoring a rationalist scientific approach to understanding the universe. Magic just is, where as science is discovering the how.
Not Harry Dresden so much as Lord of the Rings.
Although I do have to say a cynical pessimistic 80s contrasts quite nicely with our own 80s.
Oh and Quid... It's almost like we need a giant psychic squid. <runs from tomatoes being thrown at him>
Some PODs to lighten things up culturally
November 4, 1986: Cartoonist William Watterson begins publishing his comic strip, William & Hobbes
November 7, 1987: The TV show the World of Tommorrow, a family sitcom set in the year 2087 premieres.
October 14, 1987: On UBC the show David; The Rise of a King and the story is an ambitious 5 season story, about a modern analog of King David's rise to power.
November 8, 1989: The Mini-series Nations premieres, and is set in the near future of 1999, and is about how the 6 power blocs cooperatively work together to keep the world safe.
Prometheus_2300
June 24th, 2010, 03:31 AM
July 1, 1988: Cuba, West Panama, and Yucatan join the Pacific Alliance
August 3, 1989: unlike many other African countries, Sudan has not succumbed to Western pressure or caved, and has remained steadfastly on the road for independence. On this date Pacific Alliance Troops withdraw from Khartoum. The provisional Sudanese government announces its intention to join the planned Caliphate economic/defensive bloc.
November 12, 1988: Following Italy's joining in the EC, the Mediterranean charter is dissolved.
August 20, 1989: While visiting Beijing General Lee Teng-hui of the government of Nanking is killed in the Atomic blast.
August 25, 1989: 12 more provinces secede to join the Shanghai government.
October 31, 1989: Manchuria secedes from the government in Nanking, although it seems to be a coup it is in fact supported heavily by Japanese businesses, although no power is aware of that yet.
Oh and the defensive bloc map for 1990 as of current PODs
QuoProQuid
June 24th, 2010, 04:21 AM
OOC: Looking at current popular culture, it appears that there are two deeply conflicting attitudes. First, we have the rather dark cynical and sardonic perspective, which reflects the current state of the world. The second is a very romantic, idealistic and almost cavalier school of thought.
It is really quite interesting.
August 14, 1989: Sorriso (La Vita E' Bella) is released by the Italian singer, Prima Marino. Originally recorded in Italian, it is later re-recorded in English as Smile (The World is Wonderful) as well as in German, French and Spanish. The original version becomes an international success.
(OOC: So essentially it is a slightly more popular and opposite version of 99 Luftballoons. An anti-protest song if you will.)
Now that we are near the end, I am going to ask the same question I asked in the Fifties. If we were to rank the top ten best nations in this world (economically, politically, culturally, etc.) which nations would be where?
I just want to see how drastically things have changed.
Mr_ Bondoc
June 24th, 2010, 04:38 AM
Prometheus 2300- I just thought about it, and I noticed the Angel Island Nuclear Plant; Considering the San Francisco 7.9 earthquake of 1989, and the fact that Angel Island is in San Francisco Bay, near the San Andreas Fault Line, aren't you creating yet another disaster?
Here are some PODs to keep things random:
June 2nd, 1981: "Video-casette discs" (VCDs) become the latest home entertainment craze, after being unveiled in Urbana, Illinois...
September 1st, 1981: Catherine Bach announces the creation of the Christian fundamentalist Hazzard Ministries in Virginia Beach, Virginia....
September 29th, 1981: Ronnie Reagan Jr., son of the famed television anchorman, is drafted into the NFL, by the Oakland Raiders, sparking national attention....
December 15th, 1981: Russian health officials announce a "peanut-oil diet", as a means to prevent cancer in Saint Petersburg, Russia...
January 21st, 1982: Chicago Blackout; Metropolitan area of Chicago, Illinois and much of northern Illinois is hit by a major backout....
October 20th, 1982: New York Yankees win the World Series, 6-3, against the Philadelphia Phillies, led by outfielder MVP Reggie Jackson, sparking international attention...
June 15th, 1985: U.S. Department of the Treasury reports that the price for chicken, frozen foods, and alcoholic beverages drops nationwide c.10%-20%,...
July 4th, 1985: Senior citizens chain themselves to the gates of the White House in Washington D.C., in an effort to protest the treatment of the elderly and the handicapped....
Prometheus_2300
June 24th, 2010, 05:06 AM
Another Top Ten? Ok I will try
By Bloc I would say
1. Pacific Alliance
2. Argentinan Empire
3. Throne Axis
4. European Coalition
First 1 and 2 are very close together, as are 3 4 and 5, 7 and 8 are very close as well
1. The United States - Economically the US is the world power, all of the largest corporations in the world are in the US. Culturally the US is divided on the issue of religion, just as Race relations are getting better, religious differences are sparking. Organized Crime is declining thanks to Harper being dead, and allowing the FBI to do their job. Culturally the US does well with movies and live-action TV. They also have their own manned military/industrial space station
2. Argentina - Despite being a military dictatorship, Argentina is a major cultural power. Economically it competes directly with the US. Militarily they are a huge force to be reckoned with. They are also one of the first powers in space.
3. Commonwealth of Nations - They have sort of lost their empire, but the Commonwealth of Nations has succeeded that, which provides local autonomy and effectively self-rule. The Commonwealth Army is a multiple colony and British effort that makes up the bulk of the Pacific Alliance Army. They distinguished themselves during the Holy Wars, maintaining a secular line, and holding Egypt, Kenya and Dubai Protectorate. The PM is Margaret Roberts
4. Russia - The economic, military and cultural leader of the Throne Axis, They have Nuclear capabilities. They have a religious streak, and the Russian Syndicate is quite powerful. Last mentioned PM was Aliyev
5. The Empire of Japan - The Asian member of the Pacific Alliance, and the Economic Superpower of Asia. Culturally, many Japanese animated shows are exported around the world, along with a strong research/industrial complex. They developed the first robotic walkers, and pioneered many consumer electronics. Japan also builds and supplies much of the Pacific Naval Forces of the Pacific Alliance
6. Germany - Economic titan and military powerhouse of Europe. The legacy of Wilhelm III restarted when they buried the hatchet with France and created the EDC as a response to the Throne Axis and Pacific Alliance
7. Italy - Not sure why just seemed right
8. France - The horrors of Christophe's reign and all three European Wars, have left France afraid of centralization of power. Their military is the weakest of Europe, except the Foreign Legion of the French West Africa. Considering Christophe's use of his Merovingan blood as a political tool, makes religion a touchy issue in France. They stayed out of the Holy War, and church attendance has fallen dramatically
9. EUARS - The only communist nation in the world. After the 1980 South American Crisis, the EUARS has been decaying. The cartels control large sectors of the country, the government must constantly pander or play off Argentinan or PAcific Alliance interests, and the global transition away from fossil fuels has hurt this country
10. Persia - While participating in the Holy War they were the only muslim power that came out of it relatively unscathed, they now have nuclear weapons, and are trying to build their own muslim powerbloc with themselves at the center
Honorable Mentions
Turkish Republic (They constantly are suppressing revolts, barely keeping a secular government)
China (The junta and Free China being divided knock it off of the 10 list)
Scandinavian Union (Since Magnusson's death nothing really has been said about them)
Mexico (Anti-American, but with an almost civil war on their hands)
Brazil (reliant on Argentina for Aid)
Prometheus_2300
June 24th, 2010, 05:12 AM
Prometheus 2300- I just thought about it, and I noticed the Angel Island Nuclear Plant; Considering the San Francisco 7.9 earthquake of 1989, and the fact that Angel Island is in San Francisco Bay, near the San Andreas Fault Line, aren't you creating yet another disaster?
Actually I forgot about the quake, but the reactor on Angel Island was first mentioned in the 40s I think.
I guess I will say that the Angel Island reactor's containment dome held, and that the Safety system, shutdown the reactor automatically when the quake started. Remember there were renovations to all nuclear plants since after Churchill in Canada, Monroe in the US and Indian Point. Given that it was on the faultline California Electric made sure that nothing would happen, and the safety systems top notch. In this ATL its probably seen as a shining example of a properly run atomic power plant.
Is that acceptable?
Oh and one of your PODs made me wonder something. The one with the elderly. With no depression only a recession, did this ATL's FDR pass any social security act?
Mr_ Bondoc
June 24th, 2010, 05:24 AM
Actually I forgot about the quake, but the reactor on Angel Island was first mentioned in the 40s I think.
I guess I will say that the Angel Island reactor's containment dome held, and that the Safety system, shutdown the reactor automatically when the quake started. Remember there were renovations to all nuclear plants since after Churchill in Canada, Monroe in the US and Indian Point. Given that it was on the faultline California Electric made sure that nothing would happen, and the safety systems top notch. In this ATL its probably seen as a shining example of a properly run atomic power plant.
Is that acceptable?
Oh and one of your PODs made me wonder something. The one with the elderly. With no depression only a recession, did this ATL's FDR pass any social security act?
RE: Angel Island- That could work, but it would also be chalked up to "dumb-luck" by most environmentalists that nothing went wrong , especially with the Angel Island plant.
There was some social security passed, but it was never as extensive as in OTL. This means that the poor have less of a safety net than in OTL....
Prometheus_2300
June 24th, 2010, 05:33 AM
So Since we are now up to the post 885, shall we start the 90s?
thepenguin
June 24th, 2010, 05:47 AM
Hang on, hopefully I can get this in before the door closes.
September 1, 1988: USS Akron (CSGN-32) participates in RIMPAC '88 on her first operational cruise. RIMPAC is a large military exercise involving the United States, Japan, Canada, Australia, and Britain.
Mr_ Bondoc
June 24th, 2010, 05:50 AM
August 20, 1989: Star Quest: A century later remains in the same continuity as Star Quest, but a century has passed. Features a Romulan Security Officer and a Tesla Android Science Officer.
Unfortunately, because of the "5-City Massacre", I doubt anyone will even notice this detail. Just consider how Doctor Who had to be delayed in its American debut because of the JFK assassination, or how Smallville had to be delayed because of 9/11....
Prometheus_2300
June 24th, 2010, 05:51 AM
Unfortunately, because of the "5-City Massacre", I doubt anyone will even notice this detail. Just consider how Doctor Who had to be delayed in its American debut because of the JFK assassination, or how Smallville had to be delayed because of 9/11....
Ah then please move the premiere to 2 months later. Although I never knew that the JFK assassination delayed Doctor Who coming to America
Mr_ Bondoc
June 24th, 2010, 06:08 AM
August 20, 1989: While visiting Beijing General Lee Teng-hui of the government of Nanking is killed in the Atomic blast.
This can't happen due to the fact that the general isn't in power until after August 23rd, 1989.
Mr_ Bondoc
June 24th, 2010, 06:17 AM
Here is what we have so far for the final draft of the 1980s of the ATL:
January 1, 1980: Buenos Aries, Argentina - General Verdez dies of radiation poisoning, throwing Argentina into confusion. There are three top contenders for the position of "Generallismo". General of Military Production José López, Admiral of the Air and Space Forces Silvio Frondizi (who also controls the nuclear missiles), and General of the Army Julio Troxler
* Frondizi is a moderate, he will fire the missiles if fired at, and is waiting for an American response before he kills 400 million people. He is also waiting for an investigation of the Buenos Aries blast. His thinking is that if the Americans fired, why is their navy so far away, Why only one nuke?
* Troxler is a hardliner that is poised to just invade the EUASR and keep going until he reaches Texas. He is trying to cover up the accident since the army wasn't supposed to have the nuke.
* Lopez is an administrator, and keeps Argentina running smoothly. He's a bureaucrat but without him things would fall apart.
DEATH TOLL
Argentina: c 35,000 Broken Arrow in Buenos Aries
United States: c 175 sailors aboard the Aircraft carrier.
Januiary 1st, 1980: British Royal Marines under Major Mike Norman announce the occupation of South Georgia as part of "police operations", sparking immediate Argentinian outrage. Argentinean forces lead by Lieutenant Commander Guillermo Sanchez-Sabarots' Amphibious Commandos Group, launch a defense killing 20 people. Also on this day, The first real news of the sinking of USS New York arrives at the White House. The US President immediately condemns Argentina, and denying any involvement in the disaster in Buenos Aires, instead blaming "insufficient safety standards and regulations"; Also on this day, USS Akron (DE-100), USS Charles F. Adams (DDG-2), and USS Paul F. Foster (DD-964), prosecute ARA Belgrano (SSN-1) after the sinking of USS New York (CV(N)-35). Depth charges dropped by the Akron and the Foster force the Belgrano to surface. Boarding party captures Captain Firenze and 100 officers and sailors. The crew are detained in the brigs of the Adams, Foster, and USS Hopkins (CAG-13). Akron takes the Belgrano under tow.
January 2, 1980: Argentinian forces continue putting up fierce resistance. Meanwhile, an ultimatum is sent to the British provisional governor in South Georgia demanding the immediate withdrawal of PA forces in the area and the ceding of the islands to Argentina.
January 3, 1980: The military stalemate continues as the Argentinian government receives its responses from both the Governor of South Georgia and the UK Government, who reject it outright and warn of "severe" action should Argentinian forces continue to interfere in the sovereign rights of the local government.
January 4th, 1980: Sinking of the HMS Sheffield; British destoyer is sunk by Argentinian forces after entering the "Maritime Exclusion Zone", killing 76 people; General Silvio Frondizi demands Pacific Alliance forces withdraw immediately or face consequences...
January 5th, 1980: Frondizi orders the fueling of nuclear missiles at Río Grande, Tierra del Fuego in an effort to demonstrate his resolve; Also on this day, OSS reports to the President that General Verdez has died and that in addition to the tense situation, the Argentinans are moments away from Civil War. President Paul calls PM Woodward of the British Empire, imploring him to withdraw from South Georgia. PM Woodward responds, "Les you are a pacificist, and peace has failed it is time you stop humiliating and embarassing our alliance. We must show Argentina that we will back down NO MORE."
A meeting of the leaders of the Eurasian Treaty Organization agree to increase their readiness to Level 3.
President Paul deploys his diplomats to Buenos Aries to establish communication between the heads of both factions of Argentina.
General Troxler, moves to cover up his remaining nuke. He lacks a launch system but is moving it towards his command post in Quito
General Frondizi checks the satellite observers, and none of them registered a missile launch on December 31. He orders an audit of Argentina's nuclear arsenal.
January 6th, 1980: Operation BLACK BUCK; British Mirage III's launch an attack on Buenos Aires, injuring General Silvio Frondizi sending him into a medically-induced coma...
January 8th, 1980: General José López is named the head of the military government. Lopez alerts General Julio Troxler that elements of the Armada de la República Argentina (ARA) are "within striking distance of Pacific Alliance targets"....
January 9th, 1980: Battle of San Carlos; Escuadron Fenix launches a surprise attack on USS Akron (DE-100), USS Charles F. Adams (DDG-2), and USS Paul F. Foster (DD-964), killing 2,013 people in the largest loss of American lives since the Holy War. Also on this day, Escuadron Fenix finds the Belgrano adrift with no crew on board. He quickly discovers that he killed the crew as they were prisoners aboard the Akron.
President Paul attempts to call PM Woodward and receives no answer. Secretary of State George Bush calls Foreign Secretary, Margaret Roberts in an attempt to get Woodward to back off. Margaret says she will try "no one wants over a billion dead."
January 9th, 1980: Juhayman ibn Muhammad ibn Sayf al-Otaibi proclaims himself in Mecca, proclaiming the need for "expulsion of the West"....
January 10, 1980: The Army of the EUARS mobilizes to face. Premier Guevara asks to meet with the the American ambassador.
5 squadrons of bombers out of Panama City depart. In a coordinated attack with 2 San Francisco Class Submarines, they move to make the Second Battle of San Carlos...
January 11, 1980: General Troxler attempts to wrest control of the nuclear arsenal while Frondizi is in a coma. The lieutnenant general of the Air Force moves Frondizi to the Air Force hospital in Tierra del Fuego. Second Battle of San Carlos; 72 bombers leave a Panama airfield and fly towards two American carrier battle groups in the area after the loss of three ships a couple days prior. Simultaneously, S-1 and S-2, two San Francisco-class diesel attack submarines, move towards the battle groups. Carrier fighters from Kittyhawk (CVN-36) and United States (CVN-37) are scrambled, and combined with guided missile cruisers McDonough (CAG-2), and Virginia (CSGN-31), shoot down 50 bombers. Twenty two get through and score hits on Bunker Hill (DDG-31), Grigsby (CAG-5), Joliet (DE-110), Kansas (BB-66), and Ohio (BB-67). Grigsby suffers hits to her aft launchers and superstructure. Bunker Hill's five inch gun is damaged and is locked in train. Her helicopter hanger is severely damaged, and she loses a radar array. Kansas loses a five-inch mount and fires break out in the middle of the ship. Ohio loses the fire control radar for her nine 16-inch guns, and several comaprtments are flooded below decks and amidships following a torpedo hit from S-1. Joliet loses 100 men. The survivors are picked up by Columbus (CAG-6) and she is left to sink into the Pacific. S-1 is sunk by ASROC barrage from Electra (DD-995). S-2 is driven off by Schenectady (DE-103) and Opelika (SSN-356). Columbus and Indianapolis (CAG-7) shell EUARS airfields and naval base with shells from their 8-inch guns.
January 12th, 1980: Westchester Disaster; Armada de la República Argentina (ARA) S-22 submarine launches a missile into Westchester, New York, 24 miles from New York City, New York, killing c.1,018 people instantly, causing a massive nuclear meltdown kiliing 57,300 people (deaths reported in Westchester, White Plains, Buchanan and Yonkers). General José López warns President Les Paul to withdraw all Pacific Alliance forces from Latin American waters, or "further measures will be necessary..." General José López also warns that he is taking a "an-eye-for-an-eye" policy, and that any strike will be met with "equal and opposite measure"; President Les Paul orders all American ships to depart for the International waters. The exception being the waters of the EUARS, and the Caribbean. The former was allowed by the EUARS Premier, and the Latter because of American Guiana. After many conversations with Foreign Secretary Thatcher, PM Woodward agrees to withdraw the Royal NAvy to the Falklands. However Woodward still refuses to back down in South Georgia. Secretary of State George Bush talks to Fronzini's lieutenant.
Supreme General Lopez denies General Troxler the use of atomic weapons. "Due to the tense situation, I will not allow it"
January 13, 1980: A statement is released by the White House, that "in the interest of peace, the United States Navy will withdraw at least 300 miles from the coasts of Argentina and Brazil. We do this in the hope of peace."
January 14, 1980: General Troxler orders the army to invade Quito. This is done without the knowledge of Generallismo Lopez. Also on this day, USS Hopkins (CAG-13) limps into her home port of San Diego. Her aft launchers are destroyed, along with her turbines. She is forced to limp home on diesel backups. She loses fifty of her crew in the Battle of San Carlos. She rescues twenty crewmembers from the Adams and Foster, along with ten POWs from the Belgrano. Marine MPs take thirty crewmembers from the Belgrano into custody. The cruiser is taken out of active service for repair and refit, including upgrading her launchers to a VLS system and upgrading her radar to the latest ARIES standard.
January 15th, 1980: EUASR Premier Guevara announces the dismissal of the American diplomatic delegation in Bogota, warning that "America has sold its security for peace, knowing it will never receive either..." Bolstered by Argentina's victory over the United States, Generallismo Rega allows General Troxler to begin the invasion of the EUASR Quito. On this date Argentina bombs Quito, and the army swoops in to take the city. Troxler orders his men to bury the weapon underground in Quito, and then orders a retreat.
January 16, 1980: The Democrats and the Republicans, both upset over President Paul's cowardice regarding Argentina, begin to work together to come up with impeachable offenses.
January 17, 1980: General Frondizi awakes from his coma; Premier Guevara orders the Communist Army to move to Quito to prepare to attack Troxler's forces. The bulk of the EUASR army passes through Quito in parade to the cheerful crowds. As the army makes plans for the march to Lima, Troxler receives word that the EUASR army is now in optimal position, and orders the detonation of his hidden atomic device in the city. A mushroom cloud now hangs over the former Metropolis of Quito. Troxler, his plan worked perfectly orders his army to begin marching for Bogota, and to destroy any resistance. "Soon all of the Americas will be ours."
Death Toll
Argentina: 47,000
United States: 60,000
January 18th, 1980: A clearly shaken President Lester William Paul speaks to the nation in a televised speech, declaring, "With this tragedy, I will not seek the nomination as your president for another election..." Meanwhile in Buenos Aires, General Frondizi, asks Generallismo Lopez to reprimand General Troxler for "misusing the property of the Air Space Force". Premier Guevara has a heartattack upon hearing that the Army of the EUASR has been obliterated in Quito, 300,000 troops dead. General Troxler himself is in the provisional Command of Argentinan forces on this day.
General Forrest, Head of the Joint Chiefs in a tense meeting with President Paul, gets permission to launch a nuclear device. The Target the army of General Troxler moving north towards Caracas. The meeting between Paul and Forrest, would feature in many historical debates, as whether or not a coup occured or not.
Secretary of State Bush, flys to Brussels to address the Coalition of Nations, and to meet with many leaders of Europe in the hopes of improving American relations. Although he faces many problems thanks to, in the words of Russian PM Aliyev said, "a coward President and a Warhawk in London."
General Forrest appears on TV to say the following, "The 3rd Army of Argentina has 12 hours to reverse direction and return to Lima, and abandon their campaign in the EUASR."
General Frondizi attempts to get Troxler to "abandon this madcap adventure in Ecuador", even the neutral Lopez says, "Buenos Aries is lost, I do not want to lose our whole country." Troxler storms out of the headquarters and begins to fly back to the Third Army in Quito. He is halfway between Buenos Aries and Quito when the 12 hour deadline passes.
The Third Army of Argentina, upon hearing the ultimatum laughs at Forrest's hot air and continue to march north. They are all quite surprised when 12 hours later a Nuclear Bomb obliterates them
January 19th, 1980: President Lester Williams Paul fires publicly General James Forrest for "insubordination" for use of a nuclear weapon in Quito. For many Americans, Forrest is considered a national hero, despite his actions. Both Democratic and Republican Parties announce the formation of presidential exploratory committees for the soldier who has never held an elected office....
January 21st, 1980: British Prime Minister Woodward and Japanese Prime Minister Akio Morita discuss "unconventional options" in an effort to deal with "American short-sightedness". Also on this day, General Troxler of Argentina is held for treason, for attacking an "allied state" and "provoking a nuclear exchange". The EUASR province of Ecuador is vacated. Also on this day, Crime boss Frank D. Frassetto seizes control of the underworld in Rochester, New York....
January 27th, 1980: Jack Houston launches "Dial-an-Atheist" in Houston, Texas, as an alternative to religious fundamentalism
February 3rd, 1980: Professor Noam Chomsky defects in Porto Alegre, Brazil, proclaiming "American foreign policy is international terrorism..."
February 8th, 1980: General James Forrest is given a ticker-tape parade in Chicago, Illinois; Police estimate c. 800,000 people attend the parade....
February 12th, 1980: General James Forrest speaks before the House of Representatives, proclaiming, "Heroes are not born, they are forged in the heat of conflict..."; Forrest receives over 50 standing ovations over the course of his speech in Washington D.C.,....
March 1st, 1980: Pink Lady & Jeff (NBC-TV) hosted by Jeff Altman, featuring Japanese singers Mitsuyo Nemoto and Keiko Masuda, helps promote Pacific Alliance ties....
March 15, 1980: Volcker v. U.S.; In a 5-4 decision, the US Supreme Court rules that plans to unify the currency under the Pacific Coalition is unconstitutional because "This plan would take away Congress' rights to regulate the monetary supply of the United States and the planned Coalition would subject the United States to an outside regulatory body that would be above the Constitution of this land, which is the sole Supreme Law of the Land."
March 27th-30th, 1980: Toronto Riots; Riots erupt in Toronto, Ontario over proposed plans for currency unification; police install curfew measures...
April 12th, 1980: Lalor v. New York State; Edward Lalor sues the New York State School Board of Education, after suggestions are made to include the Book of Genesis to the biology lesson plan...
May 1st, 1980: Anti-Semitic riots erupt in Buenos Aires, Argentina as "Ya Basta!" accuses "Jewish moneybaggers" of manufacturing tensions between the United States and Argentina. Also on this day, Lucy Tran-Nguyen leads protest at Northern Territory University, Australia proclaiming, "I am a child of God, not the offspring of monkeys..."
May 8, 1980: Wealthy Jewish citizens begin to immigrate from Argentina flowing the anti-semitic riots.
May 9th, 1980: Malliarakis Declaration; French Foreign Minister Christian Bouchet and Prime Minister Jean-Gilles Malliarakis, alog with German Chancellor Otto Strasser call for a European Common Market, citing the "irrational whims of the Americas..." in Paris, France....
May 10th, 1980: Sergio Cofferati leads riots in Genoa, Italy over proposed plans for the creation of a "Common Market" for Europe, similar to the Pacific Alliance...
May 17th-19th, 1980: Miami Riots; African-American and Cuban-American groups clash in Miami, Florida; National Guard units are called out....
May 23, 1980: Buck Rogers Turing Berk graduates from the West Point's school of space aviation, as the valedictorian.
May 30th, 1980: Zurich Youth Rebellion; Youth groups form "movment of the discontented" in opposition to religious and political authorities, chanting "No Leaders!" as their motto....
June 3rd, 1980: Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands agree to the creation of a European "common market" in Geneva Switzerland...
June 16th, 1980: Vereniging van Oranjewerkers ("Organization of Orange Workers", a.k.a. "Oranjewerkers") led by Wally Grant, H. F. Verwoerd Jr., Carel Boshoff and C. J. Joost, calling for " native manumission" during a rally in Morgenzon, South Africa...
June 17, 1980: After years of Japanese Animated shows being shared via the DataNet. The show Lupin IV is aired in primetime. It is the first of many Japanese Animated shows to be exported abroad
July 15th, 1980: Brian Silcock leads rally in London, England calling for an end to the "tyranny of religion over science"...
October 5, 1980: During a VP debate between VP Republican candidate Alexis Harper, and VP Johnathan Carson. Carson makes a joke about Harper's "Katanas, Yen, and Political Machine. Three things that keep my opponent in Power"
October 20, 1980: A pair of San Francisco Chronicle reporters Herb Caen and Randy Shilts uncover a huge corruption scandal in California. The Mass Transit Act of 1977, which provided federal grant money for Rapid Transit in the Bay Area, via Maglev trains, was discovered to have been squandered by "Matsuya Construction" which simply spent it.
October 31, 1980: "This is the HBC Nightly News with Ronald Reagan. The Republican VP candidate Alexis Harper was exposed to have diverted nearly 20 million of federal grant money for Bay Area infrastructure projects to her own accounts, and mansion in Atherton." The report goes onto to show the lavish and opulence of Harper's mansion that the taxpayers paid for. It is a disaster for the Republican party, who had been neck and neck with Cronkite/Carson but now drop to only 30% in the polls. Also on this day, Gaëtan Dugas establishes a series of "Mittelafrika Feuer" (MF) hospices in Montreal, Quebec....
November 1, 1980: The Japanese animated movie "Soul in the Shell" is released and becomes a smash hit.
November 5, 1980: Sen. Walter Cronkite (D-MO) is the winner of the 1980 Presidential election.
November 6, 1980: Alexis Harper is found dead at Pier 41 in San Francisco. Police investigations show that she was tortured before being decapitated. Nearby was a hastily packed bag and an airship ticket to London. FBI Director Nixon, now free of Harper's interference in California, begins a crackdown in the Golden State. The first to shut down are the "trading companies" and casinos of Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco.
November 9th, 1980: Carel Willem Hendrik Boshoff, Afrikaner Broderbond, is elected Prime Minister of South Africa....
November 13, 1980: Star Quest III: The Voyage Home premieres. The movie does so well that Roddenberry gets funding for his new scifi TV show. A co-production with William L. Larson, Wormhole a modern day sci-fi story about a secret space program that is going to the stars
November 19th, 1980: Heaven's Gate directed by Michael Cimino, starring Isabelle Huppert, makes its hit film debut,...
December 23rd, 1980: "No llores por mí, Argentina (Don't Cry for Me, Argentina)" by Paloma San Basilio makes its hit debut, as part of charity efforts to raise funds for victims of the "Buenos Aires Disaster". The song is banned by many radio stations in the United States...
*******
January 1, 1981: President-Elect Cronkite states during an interview with Ronald Reagan that "President Paul did a great disservice to General Forrest. I plan to restore him to Head of the Joint Chiefs once in office."
January 15, 1981: As one of Cronkites campaign promises, he reorganizes the Atomic Regulatory Commission, into NEC (Nuclear Energy Commission), and it soon delivers a report about reactor safety on America's 231 reactors. Due to public fears about Nuclear Reactors, the Nuclear Refurbishment Act is passed which will provide for large renovations to American reactors.
January 20th, 1981: "Our long national nightmare is over" is proclaimed by newly sworn-in President Walter Cronkite (D-MO) during his Inauguration Address in Washington D.C.; Unfortunately with the need for reconstruction of metropolitan area of New York City, New York, a heavily divided electorate, and racial and sectarian divisions, many people remain skeptical. Also on this day, former Paul Administration officials launch a suit to overturn Volcker v. U.S. arguing that attempts to overturn the Pacific Alliance currency unification plan is "unconstitutional" citing Article VI, paragraph 2 of the U.S. Constitution; citing also its approval by the Executive and Legislative Branches....
February 4th, 1981: Alan Fotheringham leads Wit Kommando (a.k.a. "White Commando") raids on “white kaffirs” (a.k.a. "race mixers") in Johannesburg, South Africa....
February 14, 1981: Catalina Island Council, passes legislation banning any clothing to be worn on the island.
March 21st, 1981: The anarchist single "They Lie!" by the Layabouts makes its hit debut in Detroit, Michigan....
April 9th, 1981: Yellow Thunder Insurrection; American Indian Movement (AIM) guerillas launch an armed insurrection in Black Hills, South Dakota, demanding a meeting with President Walter Cronkite...
April 11th-12th, 1981: Race riots erupt in Brixton, London, over the collapse of Commonwealth unity in Sub-Saharan Africa...
April 18th, 1981: Treaty of Amsterdam; French Prime Minister Jean-Gilles Malliarakis and German Chancellor Otto Strasser sign the Treaty of Geneva, establishing the European Common Market (ECM)....
May 3, 1981 - Los Angles Carlos Ray Norris becomes the masked vigilante, 'Iron Fist' after his Weiland is killed by crossfire in a gang shootout. His presence is immedietely felt by the local criminal underworld.
May 18th, 1981: Dr. Lawrence Mass of New York City, New York becomes the first doctor to identify the DNA for the virus that causes "Mittelafrika Feuer"...
June 1st, 1981: Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh launches a Hindu-reformist movement in Mumbai, India....
June 2nd, 1981: "Video-casette discs" (VCDs) become the latest home entertainment craze, after being unveiled in Urbana, Illinois...
June 4, 1981: In a meeting between the Secretary of the Navy, Chief of Naval Operations, and CINCNAVSEA, it is decided that the Ohio and Kansas be repaired and refitted instead of retired. SECNAV also goes before the Senate Armed Services Committee asking that the other two Wisconsin battleships, Wisconsin (BB-64), and New Jersey (BB-65) be taken out of mothballs due to increasing tensions.
June 29th, 1981: "Mohammed for Christ" organization, formed primarily from Holy Lance veterans, including David Brickner, is established in San Francisco, California, with the belief that Mohammed was a prophet for Christ...
July 19, 1981: FBI Director Nixon ok's electronic surveillance of Studio 60 as a suspected narcotics front.
August 7th, 1981: The Argentine Anarchy movement begins, more than 55,000 Aregentinians are members.
August 13, 1981 - The Pacific Alliance begans forming Joint Taskforce 141 from special forces members to better combat irregular forces and terrorism. It is headed by British Royal Marine Col. Patrick Stewart. Notable members will include Walter B. Willis, William Nye, Noriyuki Morita, and Clinton Dawkins.
August 24th, 1981: Argentine General José López announces plans to pay the foreign debts of Mexico in Mexico City, Mexico, proclaiming a "Bolivarian Revolution"...
September 1st, 1981: Catherine Bach announces the creation of the Christian fundamentalist Hazzard Ministries in Virginia Beach, Virginia....
September 16th, 1981: P.M. Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh announces the beginning of construction of the "Library of Pune" as an "Ark of Consciousness", as "repository of human knowledge against global suicide..."
September 21st, 1981: "Wadu-Wadu" album by Argentine band, Virus, makes its hit musical debut worldwide....
September 29th, 1981: Ronnie Reagan Jr., son of the famed television anchorman, is drafted into the NFL, by the Oakland Raiders, sparking national attention....
October 19th, 1981: Argentine Anarchy members assassinate several high ranking members of Argentina's government in a bombing.
November 13th, 1981: African -American leader Yaweh ben Yaweh proclaims Florida the "New Zion" during a rally in Miami, Florida...
December 5, 1981: Ohio leaves drydock at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. In addition to repairing damage incurred at Second San Carlos, she receives upgrades to her fire control system, and receives eight Armored Box Launchers carrying four Tesla BGM-109 Javelin cruise missiles each.
December 7th, 1981: Canadian trade representative Pierre Pettigrew proclaims an end to opposition to Pacific Alliance currency unification in Kitchener, Ontario, sparking national attention...
December 10, 1981: Kansas leaves drydock at Puget Sound, with much of the same upgrades installed as on the Ohio.
December 11th, 1981: "La Magia" single by Alejandro Federico Lerner makes its hit debut in Buenos Aires, Argentina....
December 15th, 1981: Russian health officials announce a "peanut-oil diet", as a means to prevent cancer in Saint Petersburg, Russia...
December 18th, 1981: Argentine singer Roberto Pettinato of "Virus" is arrested in Montevideo, after an all-night spree with heroin, cocaine, and PCP...
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January 6, 1982: The Scandinavian Union and Pacific Alliance enter talks about a new trade agreement over North Sea oil.
January 21st, 1982: Chicago Blackout; Metropolitan area of Chicago, Illinois and much of northern Illinois is hit by a major backout....
March 5th, 1982: Argentine Anarchy members manage to steal 6 suitcase nukes from the argentine government, and declare they will be used to "spread the anarchy" to other nations.
March 12, 1982: The Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Depository is built near the small town of Las Vegas, Nevada.
March 26th-28th, 1982: Bloody Kansas; Former Christian militia members Jerry Wright and Eugene Schroeder launch a 3-day armed insurrection against the federal government in Weskan, Kansas...
April 3rd, 1982: Navajo/ Hopi members of the American Indian Movment (AIM) launch an armed insurrection in Taos, New Mexico....
May 4th, 1982: Christian militia leaders Charles Norman Howarth and Wesley White bomb shopping mall in Colorado Springs, Colorado, sparking international attention and concern....
May 5th, 1982: Len Martin launches a rally at the state capitol in Bismarck, North Dakota, demanding an end to "federal oppression" sparking national attention...
May 27th, 1982: French Prime Minister Jean-Gilles Malliarakis and German Chancellor Otto Strasser announce the formation of the European Defense Community (EDC) in Rome, Italy....
June 1st, 1982: Christian militia leaders Bill Gale and James Wickstrom call for a "New American Revolution" from KTTL-TV in Dodge City, Kansas...
June 5, 1982: 13 reactors are shut down following safety reviews. Tesla Dynamic avoids legal battles by citing that the utilities mismanaged their reactors.
June 11th, 1982: "Quiéreme (a.k.a. "Love Me")" album by Valeria Lynch, makes its hit debut in Buenos Aires, Argentina....
June 17th, 1982: Roberto Calvi reveals links between the Banco Ambrosiano and the Mafia to English reporters for The Guardian, sparking concerns about the power of the Vatican City....
June 24th, 1982: President Walter Cronkite announces the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) in Washington D.C., barring racial, religious, or gender discrimination on a state and federal level, as "part of the American credo, as sacred as the gospel..."
July 20th, 1982: Bloody Medina; James "Blackie" Licavoli seizes control of the criminal underworld in Medina, Ohio....
July 26th, 1982: Vatican Bank Scandal; Cardinal Paul Casimir Marcinkus is indicted in a scandal linking the Banco Ambrosiano to members of the Mafia organization in Rome, Italy....
August 13th, 1982: Gregory Lucas, Church of the Atom, leads a rally in Berkeley, California proclaiming that "man's destiny lies ultimately in the stars..."
August 14th, 1982: "Mohammed for Christ" leaders David Brickner and Bill Proctor proclaim the need for "Kingdom principles" during a rally at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York....
October 1, 1982: After much analysis, Department of Space Development declares that every odd numbered Selene Mission will be going to Copernicus Crater. Each trip the crew leaves behind their Lunar module. After 6 trips there are about 6 of these at the same site on the moon.
October 3, 1982: President Cronkite signs into law the Nuclear Reorganization Act of 1982. Creating stiff new regulations upon the nuclear industry following the nuclear disasters.
October 20th, 1982: New York Yankees win the World Series, 6-3, against the Philadelphia Phillies, led by outfielder MVP Reggie Jackson, sparking international attention...
October 29th, 1982: Metropolitan Saliba announces his "moral corruption of the Throne of St. Peter... (Roman Catholic Church)" during a rally in Saint Petersburg, Russia....
November 5, 1982: The Argentinan Space Program finally reaches the moon with, Bolivar-4. Commander José Vaquero plants the Argentine flag on the lunar surface, proclaiming, "En unión y libertad" (In Unity and Freedom) , dedicating the mission to the dead from the Buenos Aires Disaster...
November 13th, 1982: President Walter Cronkite dedicates a monument to the "Westchester Disaster" in Washington D.C., proclaiming "Never Again!"...
December 6th, 1982: Joey "The Clown" Lombardo brutally murders Senator Howard Cannon (D-NV) in Reno, Nevada, sparking a national call for the revival of vigilantes...
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January 2nd-8th, 1983: Scottish Uprising (a.k.a. "the Troubles"); Riots erupt in Edinburgh, Stirling, and Gleneagles, Scotland over proposed Pacific Alliance currency unification plans; Martial law is declared in the region...
January 4th, 1983: Church of the Atom buildings are raided by FDA and IRS agents in San Francisco, California; Gregory Lucas claims "religious oppression"...
January 21st, 1983: French "Mittelafrika" Scare; Dr. Françoise Barré-Sinoussi reports massive contamination of the French blood supply; with reports that c. 697,000 may have contracted the disease through blood transfusion....
January 23rd, 1983: Reverend Alan Boesak launches a "United Front" resistance campaign against the Afrikaner government in Transvaal, South Africa...
February 27th, 1983: Minipops (BBC-TV) children's talent show, makes its hit television debut...
March 15, 1983: Game Designer Gregory Gygax and Daniel Arneson work to develop a "Role-Playing Game" based on a Japanese Anime called Slayers which follow the adventures of Lina Inverse and Naga the Serpent through a fantasy world. The game Slayers and Dungeons is published, and is very popular among college and high school students.
March 23rd, 1983: Senator Lyndon La Rouche (R-NH) launches a nationwide call for an increased Defense Department role in space travel, during a rally in Washington D.C.,...
April 28-May 1 1983 - US and Filipino forces inflict severe loses on the Moro Liberation Front after a series of search and destroy missions.
April 29th, 1983: Pasquale "Pat the Cat" Spirito seizes control of the criminal underworld in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania....
May 25 1983 - Gregory Lucas's Church of the Atom moves to a a secuded compound in California's Napa Valley. Local Media quickly dubbs it Skywalker Ranch.
July 15th, 1983: IRS agents challenge the tax-exempt status of "the Church of the Atom" during hearings in Washington D.C.,...
August 12, 1983: At the former site of the Greek Olympic Games, a group of worshippers set up shrines to the Greek Gods of Old. This is the start of a Pagan revival surrounding the Greek/Roman Gods. Athena is the most popular.
August 20th, 1983: Mitchell's Plain Statement; Reverend Alan Boesak and Frank Chikane launch a manifesto calling for a egalitarian revolution in Mitchell's Plain, South Africa, sparking international attention...
September 10th, 1983: RSA (Alternative Society Movement) launches anti-authoritarian riots in Danzig, demanding national independence for Poland from Germany....
October 12, 1983: The American Selene-31 mission to the moon, has a defective oxygen tank. The crew of 5 do not return to Earth, as they run out of Oxygen on the way back.
October 22nd, 1983: African-American leader Yaweh ben Yaweh recruits U.S. Army dropout Leonard Dupree is baptised as "Leonard ben Judah" in Miami, Florida
November 21st, 1983: Mohammed for Christ by Bill Proctor and Moishe Rosen, is published, sparking international attention....
December 13th, 1983: Musician Léo Ferré sparks riots in Paris, France with the beginning of the underground "Radio Libertaire"....
December 14th, 1983: Karen Gay Silkwood of Crescent, Oklahoma reports clandestine sales of nuclear technology to totalitarian states since 1945, to Congress in Washington D.C.,...
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January 17, 1984 - Marseilles, French Officials seize a shipment of translated Atlas Shrugged novels. The shipment was marked for Paris.
March 12 1984 - New Coke is released. The reception is overwelmingly positive.
March 13th, 1984: P.M. Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh predicts "2/3 of humanity may perish due to MF, because of the arrogance of the West..." during aspeech in Mumbai, India....
March 31st, 1984: Murray O'Hair launches his "Exit Deus" campaign in Austin, Texas, with pornographer Chester Flynt, publisher of Erotica magazine...
April 3rd, 1984: Irving C. Meyett leads an anti-Darwin rally in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, sparking international attention...
April 22nd, 1984: David Ashford announces the creation of Bristol Spaceplanes, reusable spacecraft in Bristol, England....
May 10th, 1984: Romualdez v. Tesla Incorporated; Ines Romualdez, a cancer-stricken patient launches a national class-action lawsuit against Tesla Incorporated for nuclear waste contamination, in San Francisco, California...
May 18th-19th, 1984: Melbourne Riots; Australian nationalists launch riots in Melbourne, Australia against Pacific Alliance currency unification plans...
May 27th, 1984: Gabriel Dover leads a pro-Darwinist rally in New York City, New York, sparking national attention and concern...
June 6th, 1984: Alexey Pazhitnov, CEO of Elektronorgtechnica, storms the video game world, with the highly addictive game "Elektronika" in Moscow, Russia...
June 6th-7th, 1984: Activist David Lange leads c.750,000 people in protests in Wellington and Adelaide, New Zealand, demanding an end to Pacific Alliance vessels in local harbors...
June 12th, 1984: Lausanne Riots; Members of "Mohammed for Christ" spark sectarian riots in Lausanne, Switzerland...
June 22, 1984: The United States Senate votes on the Pacific Alliance Currency Union. It is soundly defeated 76-21 with 5 abstains. The Pacific Credit coins are never put into circulation. Following similar legislation and power shifts in Britain and Japan, the Pacific Currency Union is defeated (PM Woodward was replaced with PM Margaret Roberts at the Tory meeting, and the opposition came into power in Japan). The coins become collector's items. The 50 cent piece of the Pacific Credit, which bore the face of President Paul becomes the enduring symbol of the Paul presidency.
July 25th, 1984: Argentinian Lieutenant Magdalena Ruiz Guinazu becomes the first woman to conduct a space-walk, sparking international attention...
September 5, 1984: The US Supreme Court upholds Volcker v. United States. In his opinion, Chief Justice Scott writes:
"In 1787, the states that created this Union did not give the central government via the US Constitution the ability to enter into a treaty with a foreign nation that would [1] empower treaty functions that they (States) did not allow the US government to have, or [2] that would obligate this Union and its States to do something that is contrary to the US Constitution, or [3] that would transfer functions and activities assigned to the Union to any agency outside of the Union. This treaty, which would unite the British Pound Sterling, Japanese Yen, and United States Dollar into one currency, the Pacific Credit, would strip Congress of its express right to 'coin money and regulate the value thereof.' While it does state '...all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land,' it is the opinion of this Court that ratifying this treaty would place it above the Authority of the United States, and transfer functions and activities assigned to the Union to any agency outside the Union, and therefore, be unconstitutional."
October 4, 1984: Rolling Blackouts are common in the South as a result of the safety overhaul, and shutdown of 14 reactors in the former confederacy.
October 30th, 1984: P.M. Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh calls for "revelation of truths" during a televised address in New Dehli, India; warning against "dark actions" by the Pacific Alliance...
November 2, 1984: Stephen J. Wozniak, develops the jigsaw file transfer system. The JIGSAW (OTL: BitTorrent) quickly becomes the method of choice for both large scale file transfers and Illegal video data.
November 5, 1984: President Cronkite soundly defeats Republican candidate Lyndon LaRouche.
November 11, 1984: President Cronkite delivers his message to American Veterans marking American soldiers accomplishments in the Baja War the Third European War, and the Argentinan Crisis. He irritates Southern Democrats when he vetoes a bill that would have included a National Memorial for Crimson Lance Troops in the Holy War and makes only oblique references to the Holy War, only referring it as "The Middle East War" referencing American and British troops in Dubai.
November 16th, 1984: Night of the Comet directed by Thom Eberhardt, starring Kelli Maroney, makes its hit film debut.....
November 26th, 1984: EUASR anti-government leader Sebastián González is captured by government troops in Medellin, with c.1,250 lbs. of cocaine, bound for the United States and Western Europe...
December 8th, 1984: Council of Ministers in Rome, adopts a flag with a blue field with 12 stars representing the members of the European Common Market (ECM) in Rome, Italy...
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January 1st, 1985: "Mohammed for Christ" leaders establish an office in Corte Madera, California....
January 7th, 1985: Argentinian singer Valeria Lynch performs in Tokyo, Japan as an "Ambassador of Peace", sparking international attention....
January 14th, 1985: Senator Lyndon La Rouche (R-NH) sues HBC-TV for "libelous slander" after being called a "small-time Christophe" by Reporter Pat Lynch in New York City, New York..
February 12th, 1985: Marat Balagula announces the development of Simferopol (a.k.a. Sevastopol) as the region's capitol for legalized gambling and prositution....
February 19th, 1985: Greek Orthodox leaders order the burning of The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin in Athens, Greece...
March 13, 1985: The San Onofre Plasma Fusion reactor goes online.
April 12, 1985: Daughter of Electra Tesla, Elaine Tesla-Bush decides to not go into science or politics like her parents but into the world of International Finance. She takes control of Bowman Investments and over the next 20 years will turn it into an economic titan rivalling her Grandparent's Tesla Dynamic. Bowman Investments finances Plasma Fusion Reactors, Nanotechnology and Aquatic Development.
April 18th, 1985: Riots erupt in Washington D.C., as Christian Militia leaders launch their opposition to Pacific Alliance "oppression"; 117 people are placed under arrest...
May 1st, 1985: Danzig Riots; RSA (Alternative Society Movement) launches Polish nationalist riots, sparking a massive crackdown by German military authorities...
May 6th, 1985: Organized crime boss Evsei Agron seizes control of the underworld in Saint Petersburg, Russia...
May 15th, 1985: Orthodox Christian Mission Center (OCMC) is established in Saint Petersburg, Russia...
June 3rd, 1985: William A. Rusher leads a pro-Darwinist rally in San Diego, California, sparking 12 arrests,...
June 15th, 1985: U.S. Department of the Treasury reports that the price for chicken, frozen foods, and alcoholic beverages drops nationwide c.10%-20%,...
June 16th, 1985: Apollo Carreon Quiboloy seizes control of the government proclaiming the "Kingdom of Jesus Christ" in Manila, sparking international attention and concern...
July 4th, 1985: Senior citizens chain themselves to the gates of the White House in Washington D.C., in an effort to protest the treatment of the elderly and the handicapped....
July 11th, 1985: "Soda Pop Wars" begins as Rocket Fuel (Arg.) and Coca-Cola (US) battle against each other for control of the soft-drink market...
July 31, 1985: Member of Parliament Douglas J. Adams, a former writer for Professor Who publishes The Babel Fish is a Dead Giveaway it is a best seller in the Pacific Alliance and the EC, for its humorous take bible-thumpers, the Holy Way, and in his words, "The non-existence of any gods".
September 16th, 1985: P.M. Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh calls the Coalition of Nations a "gang of imperialists and fascists" during a rally in Mumbai, India....
September 19th, 1985: 8.1 earthquake hits Mexico City, Mexico; killing 10,153 people. Argentina sends "peace-keeping" troops to aid relief efforts, despite American protests....
September 23, 1985: HBC launches the hit show "Seattle Vice", Leonard Nemoy stars and popularizes the goatee.
September 30th, 1985: Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh launches a series of book-burning rallies nationwide against the United States and China, targetting Third World novels by Mao Tse-tung and episodes of Star Quest as "spiritual pollution". Also on this day, Rumors spread throughout the country that the government in Mexico City, Mexico has collapsed...
October 1, 1985: The Ninja's Dojo, a JIGSAW file sharing site is moved to the Private Airship, Harbinger, and begins its never ending flight around the world.
October 5th, 1985: Professional wrestler Gene "The Yankee" Bollea defeats Argentinian luchador "El Toro" at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York...
October 7th, 1985: President Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas flees Mexico City, for the United States, sparking fears of border tensions...
October 15, 1985: Pacific Alliance Representative to the Coalition of Nations condemns the Argentinan installation of a puppet government in Mexico. Argentina responds by simply leaving the CN, calling it a useless organization. This begins to spell the end of the Coalition of Nations.
October 22nd, 1985: Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh announces that "America is a spiritual blackhole, that reveals its moral cowardice..." during a rally in Mumbai, India...
November 1, 1985: After a year hiatus in Moon missions, Selene-32 departs Earth.
November 3, 1985 - Pacific Alliance Joint Taskforce 141 is placed on alert and moved to Ceylon to provide immediate anti-terror support in the event of any Hindi Nationialist-related violence.
November 11, 1985: The Angel Island Atomic Reactor, the longest operating nuclear reactor is decommissioned. Over the next 5 months the Angel Island Plasma Fusion Reactor is built.
November 15th, 1985: "Bring Us the Light" single by the Judean Singers, makes its hit musical debut....
December 20th, 1985: The Independent led by reporter Gary Webb reports that several American-backed anti-government Contra groups are trafficking drugs into American neighborhoods, in an effort to support the anti-communist movement...
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January 4, 1986: The Autonomous region of Tibet secedes from China. This is the beginning of the end of the Military Dictatorship in Beijing
January 14th, 1986: Health officials report that there are over 38 million people with "Mittelafrika Feuer" worldwide, with 20 million deaths reported..
January 23rd, 1986: Hokkaido Riots; c.250,000 people riot in Hokkaido, Japan as union leaders voice their opposition to Pacific Alliance currency unification plans....
January 28th, 1986: The Young Astronauts (CBS-TV) animated series about space travel, sparks interest in the space program, making its hit debut...
February 9th, 1986: Year of the Comet; Halley's Comet passes through Earth's atmosphere. Celebrations and parties are held all over the globe...
March 12, 1986: Oak Ridge Laboratory achieves the honor of receiving the grant money for the "HyperCollider". The collider promises to prove string theory and provide incredible new data about the birth of the universe. A group of about 12,000 people from various southern congregations protest, and stage a sit in on the construction site. Also on this day, the Throne Axis and the Pacific Alliance sign a letter of declaration, seeking the restoration of Free China.
March 16th, 1986: Carlos Cabezas, an anti-government Contra leader, is killled in a police shootout in Seattle, Washington after law enforcement officials discover c.620 lbs of cocaine, from Medellin, EUASR...
April 5th, 1986: FBI officials report cocaine, linked to anti-communist Contra militias being found in Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Colorado and California...
April 12th, 1986: African-American leader "Yaweh ben Yaweh" proclaims the need to eliminate the "white devils" during a rally in Miami, Florida...
April 1, 1986: The American Military Restructuring act is passed. The legislation is seen as a much needed measure to clarify lines of command, and to make the Defense Department more efficient. Notably the Marines are now the first to be called should the Pacific Alliance Treaty ever be invoked.
April 14th, 1986: Atheist leader Robert Sherman leads a march in Zion City, Illinois, sparking civil unrest with Christian fundamentalists...
May 16th-18th, 1986: "Virus" launches "Intoxicados" festival in Lima, Peru, meant to be 3 days of hedonist entertainment from drugs to sexual orgies....
April 17th, 1986: President Walter Cronkite admits that there are links between Contra forces in the EUASR and the cocaine trade, during a press conference in Washington D.C.,...
June 16, 1986: After being christened by Akron mayor Jean Franklin, the second USS Akron (CSGN-32) slides down the slipways and into the Pascagoula Bay. The Virginia-class nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser is the second of the class and features the latest air defense capabilities. In addition, the Virginia-class CSGN sports two three-gun 8-inch turrets.
June 23rd, 1986: Senator Lyndon La Rouche (R-NH) establishes "Prevent Mittelafrika Feuer Now Initiative Committee" (PMF-NOW) in Washington D.C., calling for internment camps for "Mittelafrika Feuer" patients as a "public health menace"...
June 28th, 1986: San Francisco Examiner features an article on the "cult activities" of "Mohammed for Christ" in San Francisco, California....
July 17th, 1986: Gary Hudson, CEO of Pacific American Launch Systems, announces the construction of the "Phoenix-E" spacecraft for commercial purposes, promising flights for c.$75,000 per person in Los Angeles, California...
July 25th, 1986: Karen Gay Silkwood dies mysteriously in a car accident outside Crescent, Oklahoma. Investigators for Tesla Dynamic claim it is a case of "drunk-driving", although no alcohol is detected...
August 10, 1986: Daughter of Electra Tesla, Georgia W. Tesla-Bush accepts a position at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Using the HyperCollider she hopes to prove the existence of the Higgs-Boson Particle
August 17th, 1986: Pike Place Riots; Police launch a brutal crackdown on protesters at Pike Place Market in Seattle, Washington, sparking national attention...
October 2, 1986: Using a Pacific Advanced Research Projects Agency Grant Eric Drexler develops a colony of nanites capable of cleaning small pockets of land in nuclear blast zones to make them usable once more.
October 29th, 1986: MP Makoto Nagatomo calls for Japanese leadership in the space program, during a rally in Nagasaki, Japan....
November 1, 1986: PM Margaret Roberts calls for an international customs union between the Pacific Alliance.
November 4, 1986: Nathan Dallek, pens a biography and history of the presidency of RFK, it is a national seller and improves the perceptions of the former president, as he was seen as trying to keep America out of the Holy War but that Congress forced him to act. Also on this day, Cartoonist William Watterson begins publishing his comic strip, William & Hobbes
November 5, 1986: The Republicans Recapture the House but not the Senate. Also on this day, Eric Drexler publishes Engines of Creation which speculates about the wide range of uses Nanotechnology will have in the next 10 to 20 years.
November 13, 1986: Studio 60 owner Sylvester James opens up a second Studio 60 on Catalina Island, and a ferry system between the two clubs
November 22nd, 1986: Gregory Lucas, Church of the Atom, unveils a series of private airships dubbed the "Millenium Falcons" at Moffit Airfield in Sacramento, California as a form of "flying universities/ private communities"...
December 25, 1986: President Cronkite's Christmas message to the Nation contains no reference to "Middle East War", sparking controversy
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January 11th, 1987: Piero Bernocchi and Sergio Cofferati launch riots against European Common Market Plans in Strasbourg, France....
March 11, 1987: Samantha Anne Rice publishes the series The Nosferatu Chronicles
March 23rd, 1987: "Mittelafrika Feuer" (MF) Registration Act is passed by Congress led by Senator Lyndon LaRouche, calling for the federal registration of all patients of "Mittelafrika Feuer" nationwide, in Washington D.C.,...
March 25th, 1987: European Defense Community (EDC) leaders announce plans to "coordinate" nuclear resources and defenses, during a conference in Rome, Italy...
April 7, 1987: Star Quest V; The Undiscovered Country is released. It is the final film with the original cast.
May 5, 1987: President Cronkite's approval numbers are at 62%
May 13, 1987: President Walter Cronkite visits Moscow, strengthening ties between the Throne Axis (now called Eurasian Federation) and the Pacific Alliance.
May 15th, 1987: The Road to Ishtar comedy featuring Henry Beaty and Lee Hoffman, makes its hit film debut,...
May 18th, 1987: Zoologist Jack Sites is fired from Brigham Young University after promoting Darwinism in Salt Lake City, Utah...
June 24th, 1987: William Murchison leads pro-Darwinist riots in Dallas, Texas, sparking national attention and concern...
July 30th, 1987: Senator Lyndon La Rouche (R-NH) meets with Turgut Özal in Ankara, Turkish Republic, in an effort to establish "alternative policy"...
August 16th-17th, 1987: Grand Harmonic Convergence; Thousands of New Age followers led by Jose Argüelles gather at Mount Shasta, California, proclaiming the "dawn of a new era"...
August 27th, 1987: Atheist leader James Sutton leads a rally in Chicago, Illinois calling for an end to "god-fearing"....
September 19th, 1987: Cabbage Patch Kids (CBS-TV) animated series makes its hit television debut...
October 3, 1987: Donald M. Moore publishes a near future cyberpunk story called "Deus Ex"
October 4, 1987: A class action suit is brought against Tesla Dynamic, citing negligence in reactor construction.
October 9th, 1987: Metropolitan Saliba announces the consolidation of the Eastern Orthodox Church, in an effort to reduce the autonomy of the Georgian, Romanian, Bulgarian, and Serbian Orthodox Churches...
October 14, 1987: On UBC the show David; The Rise of a King and the story is an ambitious 5 season story, about a modern analog of King David's rise to power.
October 18th, 1987: "Nation of Yaweh" leader "Leonard ben Judah" is married in Liberty City, Miami, Florida....
October 29th, 1987: Argentine and Mexican government officials announce the ratification of a new "Bolivarian" constitution in Mexico City, Mexico....
November 6th, 1987: Riots erupt as German government officials announce plans for "police actions" in an effort to deal with riots in Athens, Greece...
November 7, 1987: The TV show the World of Tommorrow, a family sitcom set in the year 2087 premieres.
November 30th, 1987: Dietrich Koelle unveils the Saenger 2STO in Peenemunde, Germany, sparking international attention and concern....
December 13th, 1987: Argentine forces announce the formation of a Provisional Electoral Council (PEC) in Mexico City, in an effort to "monitor the legality of elections..."
December 14, 1987: Pro-American Mexican Presidential candidate Guiterrez is found dead in a Mexico City alleyway.
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January 18th, 1988: African-American leader "Leonard ben Judah", of the Nation of Yaweh, proclaims that African-Americans are the "True Israelites" during a rally in Saint Petersburg, Florida....
February 4th, 1988: South African activist Godfrey Motsepe calls for European Common Market leaders to launch a boycott of Pacific Alliance goods during a meeting in Rome, Italy, citing British support of the apartheid regime in South Africa....
February 21st, 1988: People magazine dubs the "Millenium Falcons" as "the craziest cruise on Earth..."
March 29th, 1988: South African activist Dulcie September survives an assassination attempt by British MI5 in Paris, France, sparking international tensions between the rival economic blocs....
May 20th, 1988: Russian Orthodox leaders announce a book-burning of The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin as "blasphemous" in Saint Petersburg, Russia...
June 1st, 1988: "Elorg" (e.g. Russian hackers) movement is established by Sergei Shmatko, seeking control of the "anarchist highway" (e.g. Internet)....
June 5, 1988: The Democratic National Convention. President Cronkite, although popular has made few friends among the Southern Democrats. Although he does wish to run for a third term, the risk of him shattering the Democratic party is quite large. Cronkite rejects a compromise that would drop VP Carson from the ticket. The Keynote speaker for this year is a young senator from Indiana named John David Letterman. After much debate President Cronkite and VP Carson split from the party following the DNC's decision to support the Southerner Robert Byrd.
June 12, 1988: The Republican National Convention. After two embarrassing defeats in 1980 and 1984, LaRouche is not considered for 88 candidacy. There are three leading candidates internationalist Governor Harold Stassen (R-Minnesota); libertarian Senator Andre Marrou (R-Texas); conservative Senator Johnathan "Jack" Kemp (R-New York). At the convention after 2 ballots Harold Stassen and running mate Andre Morrau win the nomination
June 13, 1988: Using the much delayed Helios Booster, the Apollo-3 lands on the moon. The unmanned mission is hailed as a scientific achievement of the decade, as remote controlled robowalkers, position the 9 Selene Habitat modules, along with 4 Helios modules together via a network of "Space ways". The Electra Colony is now completed, and can supprt 18 people for extended stays on the moon. The most controversial part of this base is the Nuclear reactor which powers the base.
June 18th, 1988: O'Hair v. U.S. ends school prayer in public schools, after a lawsuit by Murray O'Hair demanding, "Why should my children be brainwashed in someone else's ideas...That's my job as a parent!"
July 1, 1988: Cuba, West Panama, and Yucatan join the Pacific Alliance
July 6th, 1988: Argentinian-backed Manuel Clouthier is elected President of Mexico, sparking international attention and concern...
July 14th, 1988: Hobgoblins science-fiction film starring Tom Bartlett and Paige Sullivan makes its hit debut,....
August 12th, 1988: Mac & Me science-fiction film starring Jade Calegory, becomes one of the biggest money-making films of all time,...
August 27th, 1988: Robert I. Sherman, American Atheist Association (AAA) calls for Democrats to embrace atheists in an effort to win the White House, during a rally in Washington D.C.,...
September 1, 1988: USS Akron (CSGN-32) participates in RIMPAC '88 on her first operational cruise. RIMPAC is a large military exercise involving the United States, Japan, Canada, Australia, and Britain.
September 17th, 1988: "Mohammed for Christ" organization leaders led by David Brickner establish an office in Washington D.C.,....
September 20th, 1988: The Dictator (CBS-TV) sitcom starring Allen Lloyd makes its hit television debut ...
October 5, 1988: The Presidential debates between President Cronkite, Democratic Nominee Robert Byrd, and Republican Harold Stassen.
October 14th, 1988: "Zenkoku Jiren" guerillas launch bombings in Tokyo, Japan, demanding democratic reforms....
October 27, 1988: The 1988 election is a tight race between all the candidates. However due to the strenuous schedule, Harold Stassen collapses during a fundraiser, attracting national headlines.
October 30th, 1988: "Anarchist highway" electronic network is established in Warsaw, Poland, sparking international attention....
November 5, 1988: On Election day the popular vote turns out with 39% of the vote for President Cronkite, 35% for Byrd, and 26% for Stassen. No candidate captures the electoral victory as many Northeast democratic strongholds supported Cronkite. The victor of the election will get thrown to the House of Representatives.
In Congressional Races, the Republicans maintain a slim lead in the House, but fail to recapture the Senate however they did lessen the gap to a difference of 3 senators.
The House of Representatives chooses Robert Byrd as the next President of the United States. President Cronkite announces his creation and joining of a new Political Party, the Liberal Party, which promotes separation of Church and State, along with an internationalist foreign agenda.
November 11, 1988: Operatives from the Pacific Alliance Joint Taskforce 141 stop a chemical attack involving nerve agents in several government buildings in Tokyo. The attack is linked to the "Zenkoku Jiren" guerillas
November 12, 1988: Following Italy's joining in the EC, the Mediterranean charter is dissolved.
November 13th, 1988: Professor Yehuda Bauers is lynched after he proclaims that Darwinism is not "anti-religion" during a rally in Jerusalem, Kingdom of Judea...
November 29th, 1988: "Atheist Rag" single by Alexander Popov (a.k.a. "Dr. Pop") makes its hit musical debut in Belgrade, Serbia...
December 18th, 1988: Republican presidential candidate Senator Lyndon La Rouche (R-NH) is indicted on 12 counts of money-laundering, 15 counts of mail-fraud, and 1 count of possession of child-pornography in Washington D.C.,....
December 21st, 1988: Argentinian singer Federico Moura, leader of "Virus" dies of "Mittelafrika Feuer", sparking a period of mourning for Argentina's youth in Burnos Aires, Argentina....
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January 3rd, 1989: Civil rights leader Frank Chikane is assassinated by members of the Civil Cooperation Bureau (CCB) in Soweto, South Africa, sparking civil unrest and violence....
January 13th, 1989: HBC-TV televises the documentary The Hate That Hate Produced by reporter Louis Lomax, bringing to mainstream prominence "Leonard ben Judah" and the "Nation of Yaweh"....
February 27th, 1989: Marat Balagula a.k.a. "The Czar of Simferopol", is found murdered by his mistress Natalia Shevchencko in Simferopol, Russia...
March 9th, 1989: Frank Gillingham leads a rally in Glasgow, Scotland calling for the end to "Darwinist socialism"....
March 11, 1989: The Bolivar-9 lunar module suffers a problem in its return capsule, and strands the 3 Argentinians on the moon. The Pacific Alliance offers to deploy a rover pick up the astronauts and send them back on the next ship back to Earth. Also on this day, Former President Cronkite goes on a goodwill tour around the world visiting: London, Tokyo, Berlin, Moscow. He also makes a trip to Rio de Jianero
March 12, 1989: General Juan Arévalo Gardoqui leads a military insurrection in the district of Tehuantepec, over the election of Clouthier. It goes without saying that Clouthier is American-backed
April 10th, 1989: Zhao Changqing is named head of the " Chinese government-in-exile", after underground elections in Beijing, China and in Berlin, Germany....
May 1st, 1989: Dr. David Webster, anti-apartheid activist survives an assassination attempt at Wits University in Johannesburg, South Africa...
May 8, 1989: The Shah of Persia announces his countries plans to become a nuclear power. As proof of their progress they test the bomb in the Caspian Sea.
May 10, 1989: The Holy Republic of Israel and Cyprus announces that it possesses Nuclear capability and that if Persia should try and invade, Israel will use their nuclear arsenal. Lord President Duke said the following "Should the heathen Muslim try and take this Holy Land they will burn in nuclear hellfire."
June 5th, 1989: Fang Lizhi is arrested in Beijing, China after leading demonstrations against the military junta government....
June 8th, 1989: Austria, Hungary, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Greece, and Switzerland announce their membership in the European Common Market (ECM) in Rome, Italy...
June 15th, 1989: Atheist Rick Sherman of Chicago, Illinois sparks controversy, after refusing to say "under God" during the "Pledge of Allegiance" during U.S. Army basic training.
June 16th, 1989: Wang Youcai begins transmission of underground pro-democracy speeches, manifestoes, et al. over the "anarchist highway" (e.g. the Internet) from Beijing, China....
July 2nd, 1989: Wang Dan, along with 21 other dissidents, announce their defection to American officials in San Francisco, California...
August 3, 1989: unlike many other African countries, Sudan has not succumbed to Western pressure or caved, and has remained steadfastly on the road for independence. On this date Pacific Alliance Troops withdraw from Khartoum. The provisional Sudanese government announces its intention to join the planned Caliphate economic/defensive bloc.
August 10, 1989: The Department of Space Exploration asks the various space contractors to develop a Reusable spacecraft capable of reaching the Moon, and returning.
August 14, 1989: Sorriso (La Vita E' Bella) is released by the Italian singer, Prima Marino. Originally recorded in Italian, it is later re-recorded in English as Smile (The World is Wonderful) as well as in German, French and Spanish. The original version becomes an international success.
August 17th, 1989: The Argentine Anarchy detonates a suitcase nuke in downtown San Diego, killing 14,555.
August 18th, 1989: The Argentine Anarchy detonates a suitcase nuke in Warsaw, Poland, killing 17,890.
August 19th, 1989: The Argentine Anarchy detonates a suitcase nuke in Leeds, United Kingdom, killing 18,202.
August 20th, 1989: 5-Cities Massacre; In a finale, the Argentine Anarchy detonates five suitcase nukes in Caracas (EUASR); Saint Petersburg (Rus.); Beijing (China); Baghdad; and Amsterdam (Neth.), killing 545,620.
August 22nd, 1989: Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna and Prince Nicholas Romanovich Romanov are announced as the successors of the Romanov Dynasty, after it is determined that most of the Romanov Dynasty were killed in the "5-Cities Massacre"
August 23rd, 1989: General Lee Teng-hui is named head of the government in Nanjing, China. Martial law is imposed on the country....
August 25, 1989: 12 more provinces secede to join the Shanghai government.
August 26th, 1989: South African Defense Forces (SADF) are accused of using biological weapons in Windhoek, Namibia....
August 31st, 1989: Early Learning Centre Bombing; 8 children are killed after Wit Kommando guerillas bomb a children's daycare in West Cape, South Africa....
September 7th, 1989: President Robert Byrd announces the formation of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in an effort to coordinate emergency response efforts in Washington D.C.,...
September 10th, 1989: Coalition of Nations officials place the official death toll from the nuclear explosions at 596,267 sparking international attention...
September 21st, 1989: Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna, is crowned at Saint Basil's Cathedral in Moscow, Russia, sparking international attention...
September 21st-22nd, 1989: United We Stand Concert; Concerts are hels in Buenos Aires, New York City, and Moscow in an effort to raise money for the survivors of the nuclear attacks....
October 4, 1989: Stephanie Jean Meyer changes majors from English to Chemistry. Thus she will never write books about sparkling vampires
October 9th, 1989: Tikhon of Moscow (1865-1925) is proclaimed a Saint by Metropolitan Ephraim I at Saint Basil's Cathedral in Moscow, Russia...
October 12, 1989: Congress passes NERA or the National Education Reorganization Act, which will provide grant money across the country. However the bill makes a point that no money will be apportioned to public schools that teach religion, school prayer, or other such religious activities.
October 13th, 1989: After a great amount of debate, despite opposition by libertarian leaders, President Robert Byrd signs the Minuteman Response Act in Washington D.C.,...
October 17th, 1989: San Francisco Baseball Riots & Quake; San Francisco, California struck by 7.9 earthquake; 174 injured, 12 killed, after baseball fans panic during the World Series in San Francisco, California; Argentina offers "peace-keeping" troops, sparking international controversy...
October 23, 1989: President Byrd vetoes NERA. At the Press Conference he states, "In America we have Freedom to Worship, NERA is trying to imipinge upon that". An official close to Walter Cronkite says that the former president called NERA a step in the right direction.
October 28th, 1989: San Francisco Seals led by Kevin Mitchell, wins the World Series in Game 4, sparking national attention in San Francisco, California...
October 31, 1989: In the Lobbies of the US Capital a deal is struck between the Republicans, led by Senator David Peter Bergland of California, and Senator David Letterman of Indiana. The Republicans who only offered tacit support before now throw their weight behind NERA. The Republicans are hoping that the schism in the Democrats will allow them to reclaim the Presidency in 1992. The Southern Democrats attempt to filibuster but cloture is met and Byrd's veto is overriden. Also on this day, Manchuria secedes from the government in Nanking, although it seems to be a coup it is in fact supported heavily by Japanese businesses, although no power is aware of that yet.
November 8, 1989: The Mini-series Nations premieres, and is set in the near future of 1999, and is about how the 6 power blocs cooperatively work together to keep the world safe.
November 12, 1989: Senator David Letterman of Indiana, starts to lead what would be known as the Northeast caucus, a group of 7 Democratic senators from the Northeast that followed Cronkite's form of the Democratic Party, but don't want to go as far as to join the Liberal Party, but that might change by 1992
November 17, 1989: Japanese Animated TV shows continue to be popular across the Pacific Alliance. Particular modern supernatural stories
November 22, 1989: CNATCO makes a raid on a compound in Tierra del Fuego, arresting Colonel Ruiz Santiago for providing nuclear weapons to AA, and actually helping them gain access to restricted areas. He is sentenced to Treason and death by firing squad.
December 5, 1989: The Coalition of Nations (CN) condemns Persia for attempting to develop Nuclear weapons.
December 7th, 1989: Shimizu Corporation under Yoichi Iwasaki and Hideki Kanayama announce in Tokyo, Japan, plans for the creation of commercial spacecraft....
December 9, 1989: CNATCO arrests 3 of the 7 leaders of AA.
December 12, 1989: Leaders from various Muslim nations meet in Baghdad, in the hopes of creating their own economic/defensive bloc.
December 20th, 1989: Neal Peirce claims "Darwinist atheism is responsible for the nuclear holocaust upon us..." during a rally in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Also on this day, Star Quest: A century later remains in the same continuity as Star Quest, but a century has passed. Features a Romulan Security Officer and a Tesla Android Science Officer.
December 22nd, 1989: Alexander Prairie leads a rally of the American Atheist Association (AAA) with Sylvester James in Santa Monica, California....
December 24, 1989: Dr. Mass working with Eric Drexler proposes a nanotech immunity booster, which could be a vaccine to MF. However treatment for people that have MF has no such results. Also on this day, Former President Walter Cronkite goes on a goodwill tour to Tokyo, London, Berlin, and Paris.
December 31, 1989: Henry Hughes, son of entrepreneur Howard Hughes, proposes to build, "The first Airborne City: Skycity!". A city which will be kept aloft by airships, and go on a ten year cruise around the globe. Also on this day, At a Coalition of Nations meeting the 4 major defensive blocs in the World agree to curb the use of nuclear weapons and to discourage "Non-Bloc" nations from acquiring them. The Coalition of Nations Anti-Terrorism Comission or CNATCO, is charged with inspecting non-bloc nations and other parties from gaining control of nuclear weapons.
PM Margaret Roberts calls it, "We will not allow rogue nations to have control of such dangerous weapons
Prometheus_2300
June 24th, 2010, 06:17 AM
This can't happen due to the fact that the general isn't in power until after August 23rd, 1989.
Ok please remove that POD then. I mixed up the dates sorry.
Mr_ Bondoc
June 24th, 2010, 06:25 AM
Alright boys and girls, let's go onto the 1990s!!
Prometheus 2300- Could you post a copy of the map in the "Timelines & Scenarios" section? If anything, the ATL seems to have a life of its own...
Prometheus_2300
June 24th, 2010, 04:02 PM
No problem Bondoc, but I will have to do it later tonight
June 5, 1992: The Democratic National Convention is one of the most divisive in recent memory. Byrd's presidency has been antagonistic to Northern Democrats. It is not helped that former President Cronkite has remained in the news. Byrd's renomination is hardly smooth as a DRAFT CRONKITE Movement shows considerable strength. After 5 ballots, many northern democrats announce their leaving the party to join Cronkite's Liberal party, leading the charge is Senator David Letterman
June 12, 1992: The Republican National Convention chooses, Stephen M. Forbes w/ running mate Harry Stassen. The republicans are going on a fiscal conservancy with and internationalist platform
June 19, 1992: The Liberal Party nominates Cronkite/Carson. Their platform is separation of church and state.
Prometheus_2300
June 24th, 2010, 06:15 PM
January 4, 1992: The Baghdad Conference, a meeting of the leaders of Arabia, Assyria, Kurdistan, Persia, Arabia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sudan, Chad, Tunisia, and Libya meet. The Baghdad Compact is signed, and the Caliphate is formed. It is an economic/defensive bloc with its administrative HQ in Medina. Unlike the West which separates church and state, the Caliphate fuses them. The Turkish Republic does not join the Caliphate.
September 11, 1992: In Raleigh North Carolina a law is passed that forbids the teaching of evolution in all state elementary and high schools. This attracts national attention and becomes an issue the candidates have to deal with
October 12, 1992: The Presidental three-way debate between Forbes, Cronkite and Byrd. Cronkite emerges as the Foreign policy leader but loses the debate when he and Byrd nearly broke debate rules. As a result Forbes moderate position causes the press to label him the victor of the Debate
November 5, 1992: Election day. President Byrd receives 25%, Cronkite with 35% and Forbes 40%. For the 3rd time in America's history the election is thrown to the House.
The Republicans recapture the house with a margin of 3.
The Republicans also recapture the Senate with a margin of 2.
November 24, 1992: The Democratic Congress of 1990-1992, is unable to make the vote. The Liberals, the Democrats and the Republicans are unable to reach a consensus. After several backroom deals, it is decided that Republican Stephen M. Forbes will be the next President.
<The Liberals conceded the presidency in exchange for some future legislation>
Mr_ Bondoc
June 24th, 2010, 06:40 PM
Here are some PODs to keep things weird:
June 11-18th, 1990: Riots erupt in Sofia, Bugaria over allegations of rigged elections, sparking calls for martial law...
July 3rd, 1990: Federation of Anarchist Youth (F.A.M.) establishes the "City of the Truth" commune in Sofia, Bulgaria demanding the establishment of a democratic government....
July 14th, 1991: Nicolas Walter leads an atheist rally in London, England proclaiming, "We may yet end with Neither God nor master!"
October 2nd, 1992: Anarchist riots erupt in Bloomington, Indiana over concerns about the presidential elections...
May 29th, 1994: Anarchist riots erupt in Glasgow, Scotland calling for national autonomy for the region, sparking international attention...
July 8th-17th, 1994: Student riots erupt in Florianopolis, Brazil, sparking a massive military crackdown on the region...
July 17th, 1994: Ceara Manifesto; Students at the University of Ceara, Brazil call for democratic and student rights, sparking international attention...
July 30th, 1994: Local community activists in Espaco Vadiagem, Sao Paulo, Brazil call for civil rights, sparking national attention...
October 21st-30th, 1994: Poll Tax Riots; Riots erupt in London, England over proposed measures for the creation of poll taxes...
February 19th, 1997: La Plume Noire; Anarchist riots erupt in Lyon, France, sparking a massive police crackdown...
July 17th, 1997: Italian Police launch a nationwide crackdown on suspected anarchists. Officials in Rome, Italy claim that the crackdown is aimed at crushing political opposition...
December 17th, 1997: 4 Polish nationalists are killed in Grozny, Chechnya after they are caught supplying Chechen guerillas with weapons....
May 23rd, 1998: Police in New York City, New York, announce the arrest of members of Love & Rage Revolutionary Anarchist Federation....
June 30th, 1998: Labor Activists storm the Parliament in Paris saying, "The dictatorship of capitalism is abolished. The workers declare anarchist-communism"...
Zacoftheaxes
June 24th, 2010, 07:45 PM
April 26th, 1991: Most of the government of Argentina is killed when Argentine Anarchy members crash a jet containing a dirty bomb into the Argentinian capital building. The nation is in chaos.
QuoProQuid
June 24th, 2010, 08:29 PM
April 22, 1991: Vatican officials give secret orders to begin making copies of important scientific and theological documents in their Archives and sending them certain monestaries and cathedrals to ensure their survival in case of nuclear war.
Prometheus_2300
June 24th, 2010, 08:33 PM
November 3, 1992: Arms dealer Mikhail Putin with his various connections to the Russian Army, sells thousands of Weapons to Abdul Mussawir, an Oil Sheik, and plastics manufacturer in Bahrain. Mussawir begins raids and sabotaged all aimed at weakening the Caliphate.
December 11, 1992: At the resanctification of the Kabba in New Mecca, a car bomb explodes, killing 23 muslim clerics
March 13, 1993: Baghdad Sarin Attacks. 628 people are dead following the release of Sarin gas in a crowded subway station during Rush Hour
April 1, 1993: President Forbes opens the Bay Area Transit Network, a system of magrail trains that allow commuters to get around the bay easier. This works in conjunction with the San Francisco Metropolitan Monorail.
June 15, 1993: President Forbes accomplishes one of his campaign promises. The dismissal of the National Sales Tax, and the enstatement of the Flat Income Tax. The Internal Revenue Act of 1993 is signed into law
<WAY back in the 1910s the income tax was never implemented. This means that tariffs and sales tax revenue was how the govt got their money. By the 1990s people are tired of a huge sales tax and welcome the flat income tax.>
January 3, 1994: Tesla Dynamic moves into their new HQ in New York City. Tesla Tower is a 200 story building in South Manhattan.
Prometheus_2300
June 25th, 2010, 02:28 AM
January 5, 1990: The Russian Army moves into the Xinjiang province, routing out the Nanking govt in that province
January 5, 1991: The EDC announces that it will build a bridge across the Strait of Gibraltar. This begins a prestige race for the major blocs.
April 10, 1991: The Throne Axis announces the Construction of a Trans-Siberan Mag-Rail train, called Tsar Locomotive, that will go from St. Petersburg to Shanghai.
May 7, 1991: The Pacific Alliance announces its plan to build a Space Elevator at Nairobi.
May 10, 1991: The Pacific Alliance Scientific Development Commission offers a large number of research grants for nanotechnology.
January 12, 1992: The Lunex Mining Consortium begins mining operations in the Sea of Storms on the Moon. The facility is only manned by 6 people, and a majority of the mining done by computer controlled robotic walkers or remote controlled equipment.
October 5, 1993: Respected Journalist Ronald Reagan, retires as newsanchor for the HBC Nightly News. "This is Ronald Reagan, signing off America." His last interview is with Former President Walter Cronkite.
November 14, 1995: Aries 3 reaches the Red Planet. The spaceship is unmanned but humanoid robotic walkers are remote controlled by Earth, and collect about 750 pounds of Martian samples for the Labs on Earth.
October 12, 1997: The Gibraltar Bridge opens
July 5, 1998: The French PM, Luke Besson along with most of Parliament flees to the backup government bunkers in Toulouse. The bunkers were built as a means of continuing the government of France in the event of nuclear war. Martial Law is declared for the city of Paris and regions of Amiens, Rouen, and Nantes.
Mr_ Bondoc
June 25th, 2010, 03:43 AM
Here are some random PODs:
January 30th, 1990: Medical community is scandalized after reporter Jerry Rivers reports on the treatment of Mittelafrika Feuer" (MF) patients at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba...
May 1st, 1990: Failed assassination attempt on President Robert Byrd at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California...
April 16th, 1991: Lunex Scandal; Defense Department employee Alexander Abian leaks documents to The Independent revealing plans to deploy nuclear weapons to the lunar surface...
June 24th, 1993: Surgeon General Gerd Peters is forced to resign after declaring a sugar a "health food" in Washington D.C.,....
October 23rd, 1993: Magician Countess Sophia Sabak does a televised seance to contact the spirit of Harry Houdini in New York City, New York...
January 30th, 1994: "Beehive" female hairstyles become popular, led by Martha Atkins in New York City, New York...
February 5th, 1994: New York Stock Exchange surpasses 5000+ for the first time, sparking international attention...
June 22nd, 1995: "Female Baldness (a.k.a. "Chrome")" by Robert Schosser becomes a popular fashion trend....
August 5th, 1997: Doctor Theodore Connester proclaims the "End Times" during a rally in Los Angeles, California; purportedly experiencing the "Face of God"...
Prometheus_2300
June 25th, 2010, 03:55 AM
Here are some random PODs:
January 30th, 1990: Medical community is scandalized after reporter Jerry Rivers reports on the treatment of Mittelafrika Feuer" (MF) patients at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba...
Why were they scandalized? Were Rivers reports positive?
Mr_ Bondoc
June 25th, 2010, 04:18 AM
Why were they scandalized? Were Rivers reports positive?
Actually Jerry Rivers pointed out the prison-like conditions that many MF patients underwent, showing the dangers of the 1986 registration law authored by Lyndon LaRouche.... Think of the crappy conditions of VA hospitals or sub-standard nursing homes and the scandal they caused in OTL....
Mr_ Bondoc
June 25th, 2010, 07:15 AM
Here are some PODs for Europe:
July 31st, 1991: Irish President Brian Lenihan anounce Ireland's application into the European Common Market (ECM) in Rome, Italy, despite British pleas regarding the Commonwealth...
August 9th, 1991: Anti-Irish riots erupt in London, Manchester, and Edinburgh after The Telegraph and The Guardian report Ireland's membership into the European Common Market (ECM)....
April 9th, 1992: MP Michael Holmes is elected Prime Minister, after pointing to concerns of an economic dowturn, and opposition to the European Common Market...
November 1st, 1992: Greek dictator Nikolaos Makarezos announces its membership into the European Common Market (ECM) in Athens, Greece...
September 6th, 1993: European Common Market (ECM) leaders reject the application of the Turkish Republic, due to concerns of "Islamo-fascism"....
May 11th, 1997: Government officials led by Prime Minister Michael Holmes condemns the European Common Market (ECM) as "an economic threat to national identity.." during a rally in London, England....
December 1st, 1999: Luxembourg Conference; European Common Market leaders proclaim a "New European Century" during a conference in Luxembourg...
Mr_ Bondoc
June 25th, 2010, 07:38 AM
May 7, 1991: The Pacific Alliance announces its plan to build a Space Elevator at Nairobi.
June 18th, 1991: Daniel arap Moi leads nationalist rebellion in Nairobi, after Pacific Alliance troops are deployed to clear land of 12 local villages in an effort to begin construction of a space elevator...
June 19th, 1991: Kalenjin leaders begin the mass slaughter of Kikuyu, Luo and Luhya minorities nationwide, blaming them for "collaboration with the Pacific Alliance pigs..."
December 23rd, 1992: Ajuran, Ogaden and Degodia clans announce their defiance against the Pacific Alliance in Wajir, Kenya...
December 29th, 1992: Nairobi Bombings; Daniel arap Moi takes credit for the bombing of British and American Embassies in Nairobi, killing 247 people, injuring 4,800 people, using two truck bombs....
October 17th, 1995: Ethnic cleansing operations are launched against Luos and Nubians as "Pacific Alliance collaborators..."
August 8th, 1997: British SAS assassinate Kenyan nationalist leader Gilbert Simiyu, sparking international attention....
August 23rd, 1997: Islamic fundamentalist leader Wadih el-Hage launches "jihad" against the Pacific Alliance in Nairobi....
mcempires
June 25th, 2010, 02:11 PM
may i ask what is the situation of scandinavia at the moment? :confused:
Zacoftheaxes
June 25th, 2010, 03:32 PM
May 3rd, 1991: The Argentinian Civil War begins, the remains of the government go to war with the powerful Argentine Anarchy movement.
April 26th, 1993: on the second anniversary of the assassination of several Argentinian leaders, the new Argentinian government uses a nuclear weapon on a "suspected rebel hideout" in southern Mexico, killing 2,542.
Mr_ Bondoc
June 25th, 2010, 05:56 PM
may i ask what is the situation of scandinavia at the moment? :confused:
As of 1979, it was one of the few economic powers that wasn't affected directly by the nuclear terrorist attacks by the Argentine Anarchy. It was also caught between the economic/defense blocs of the European Common Market, the Eurasian Federation, and the Pacific Alliance. After that point, you can certainly add your own details....
Mr_ Bondoc
June 25th, 2010, 06:22 PM
Here is what we have so far:
January 5, 1990: The Russian Army moves into the Xinjiang province, routing out the Nanking govt in that province
January 30th, 1990: Medical community is scandalized after reporter Jerry Rivers reports on the treatment of Mittelafrika Feuer" (MF) patients at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba...
May 1st, 1990: Failed assassination attempt by Richard Donovan on President Robert Byrd at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California...
June 11-18th, 1990: Riots erupt in Sofia, Bugaria over allegations of rigged elections, sparking calls for martial law...
July 3rd, 1990: Federation of Anarchist Youth (F.A.M.) establishes the "City of the Truth" commune in Sofia, Bulgaria demanding the establishment of a democratic government....
**********
January 5, 1991: The EDC announces that it will build a bridge across the Strait of Gibraltar. This begins a prestige race for the major blocs.
April 10, 1991: The Throne Axis announces the Construction of a Trans-Siberan Mag-Rail train, called Tsar Locomotive, that will go from St. Petersburg to Shanghai.
April 16th, 1991: Lunex Scandal; Defense Department employee Alexander Abian leaks documents to The Independent revealing plans to deploy nuclear weapons to the lunar surface...
April 22, 1991: Vatican officials give secret orders to begin making copies of important scientific and theological documents in their Archives and sending them certain monestaries and cathedrals to ensure their survival in case of nuclear war.
April 26th, 1991: Most of the government of Argentina is killed when Argentine Anarchy members crash a jet containing a dirty bomb into the Argentinian capital building. The nation is in chaos.
May 3rd, 1991: The Argentinian Civil War begins, the remains of the government go to war with the powerful Argentine Anarchy movement.
May 7, 1991: The Pacific Alliance announces its plan to build a Space Elevator at Nairobi.
May 10, 1991: The Pacific Alliance Scientific Development Commission offers a large number of research grants for nanotechnology.
June 18th, 1991: Daniel arap Moi leads nationalist rebellion in Nairobi, after Pacific Alliance troops are deployed to clear land of 12 local villages in an effort to begin construction of a space elevator...
June 19th, 1991: Kalenjin leaders begin the mass slaughter of Kikuyu, Luo and Luhya minorities nationwide, blaming them for "collaboration with the Pacific Alliance pigs..."
July 14th, 1991: Nicolas Walter leads an atheist rally in London, England proclaiming, "We may yet end with Neither God nor master!"
July 31st, 1991: Irish President Brian Lenihan anounce Ireland's application into the European Common Market (ECM) in Rome, Italy, despite British pleas regarding the Commonwealth...
August 9th, 1991: Anti-Irish riots erupt in London, Manchester, and Edinburgh after The Telegraph and The Guardian report Ireland's membership into the European Common Market (ECM)....
**********
January 4, 1992: The Baghdad Conference, a meeting of the leaders of Arabia, Assyria, Kurdistan, Persia, Arabia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sudan, Chad, Tunisia, and Libya meet. The Baghdad Compact is signed, and the Caliphate is formed. It is an economic/defensive bloc with its administrative HQ in Medina. Unlike the West which separates church and state, the Caliphate fuses them. The Turkish Republic does not join the Caliphate.
January 12, 1992: The Lunex Mining Consortium begins mining operations in the Sea of Storms on the Moon. The facility is only manned by 6 people, and a majority of the mining done by computer controlled robotic walkers or remote controlled equipment.
June 5, 1992: The Democratic National Convention is one of the most divisive in recent memory. Byrd's presidency has been antagonistic to Northern Democrats. It is not helped that former President Cronkite has remained in the news. Byrd's renomination is hardly smooth as a DRAFT CRONKITE Movement shows considerable strength. After 5 ballots, many northern democrats announce their leaving the party to join Cronkite's Liberal party, leading the charge is Senator David Letterman
April 9th, 1992: MP Michael Holmes is elected Prime Minister, after pointing to concerns of an economic dowturn, and opposition to the European Common Market...
June 12, 1992: The Republican National Convention chooses, Stephen M. Forbes w/ running mate Harry Stassen. The republicans are going on a fiscal conservancy with and internationalist platform
June 19, 1992: The Liberal Party nominates Cronkite/Carson. Their platform is separation of church and state.
September 11, 1992: In Raleigh North Carolina a law is passed that forbids the teaching of evolution in all state elementary and high schools. This attracts national attention and becomes an issue the candidates have to deal with
October 2nd, 1992: Anarchist riots erupt in Bloomington, Indiana over concerns about the presidential elections...
October 12, 1992: The Presidental three-way debate between Forbes, Cronkite and Byrd. Cronkite emerges as the Foreign policy leader but loses the debate when he and Byrd nearly broke debate rules. As a result Forbes moderate position causes the press to label him the victor of the Debate
November 1st, 1992: Greek dictator Nikolaos Makarezos announces its membership into the European Common Market (ECM) in Athens, Greece...
November 3, 1992: Arms dealer Mikhail Putin with his various connections to the Russian Army, sells thousands of Weapons to Abdul Mussawir, an Oil Sheik, and plastics manufacturer in Bahrain. Mussawir begins raids and sabotaged all aimed at weakening the Caliphate.
November 5, 1992: Election day. President Byrd receives 25%, Cronkite with 35% and Forbes 40%. For the 3rd time in America's history the election is thrown to the House.The Republicans recapture the house with a margin of 3. The Republicans also recapture the Senate with a margin of 2.
November 24, 1992: The Democratic Congress of 1990-1992, is unable to make the vote. The Liberals, the Democrats and the Republicans are unable to reach a consensus. After several backroom deals, it is decided that Republican Stephen M. Forbes will be the next President.
December 11, 1992: At the resanctification of the Kabba in New Mecca, a car bomb explodes, killing 23 muslim clerics
December 23rd, 1992: Ajuran, Ogaden and Degodia clans announce their defiance against the Pacific Alliance in Wajir, Kenya...
December 29th, 1992: Nairobi Bombings; Daniel arap Moi takes credit for the bombing of British and American Embassies in Nairobi, killing 247 people, injuring 4,800 people, using two truck bombs....
***********
March 13, 1993: Baghdad Sarin Attacks. 628 people are dead following the release of Sarin gas in a crowded subway station during Rush Hour
April 1, 1993: President Forbes opens the Bay Area Transit Network, a system of magrail trains that allow commuters to get around the bay easier. This works in conjunction with the San Francisco Metropolitan Monorail.
April 26th, 1993: on the second anniversary of the assassination of several Argentinian leaders, the new Argentinian government uses a nuclear weapon on a "suspected rebel hideout" in southern Mexico, killing 2,542.
June 15, 1993: President Forbes accomplishes one of his campaign promises. The dismissal of the National Sales Tax, and the enstatement of the Flat Income Tax. The Internal Revenue Act of 1993 is signed into law
June 24th, 1993: Surgeon General Gerd Peters is forced to resign after declaring a sugar a "health food" in Washington D.C.,....
September 6th, 1993: European Common Market (ECM) leaders reject the application of the Turkish Republic, due to concerns of "Islamo-fascism"....
October 5, 1993: Respected Journalist Ronald Reagan, retires as newsanchor for the HBC Nightly News. "This is Ronald Reagan, signing off America." His last interview is with Former President Walter Cronkite.
October 23rd, 1993: Magician Countess Sophia Sabak does a televised seance to contact the spirit of Harry Houdini in New York City, New York...
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January 3, 1994: Tesla Dynamic moves into their new HQ in New York City. Tesla Tower is a 200 story building in South Manhattan.
January 30th, 1994: "Beehive" female hairstyles become popular, led by Martha Atkins in New York City, New York...
February 5th, 1994: New York Stock Exchange surpasses 5000+ for the first time, sparking international attention...
May 29th, 1994: Anarchist riots erupt in Glasgow, Scotland calling for national autonomy for the region, sparking international attention...
July 8th-17th, 1994: Student riots erupt in Florianopolis, Brazil, sparking a massive military crackdown on the region...
July 17th, 1994: Ceara Manifesto; Students at the University of Ceara, Brazil call for democratic and student rights, sparking international attention...
July 30th, 1994: Local community activists in Espaco Vadiagem, Sao Paulo, Brazil call for civil rights, sparking national attention...
October 21st-30th, 1994: Poll Tax Riots; Riots erupt in London, England over proposed measures for the creation of poll taxes...
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June 22nd, 1995: "Female Baldness (a.k.a. "Chrome")" by Robert Schosser becomes a popular fashion trend....
October 17th, 1995: Ethnic cleansing operations are launched against Luos and Nubians as "Pacific Alliance collaborators..."
November 14, 1995: Aries 3 reaches the Red Planet. The spaceship is unmanned but humanoid robotic walkers are remote controlled by Earth, and collect about 750 pounds of Martian samples for the Labs on Earth.
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February 19th, 1997: La Plume Noire; Anarchist riots erupt in Lyon, France, sparking a massive police crackdown...
May 11th, 1997: Government officials led by Prime Minister Michael Holmes condemns the European Common Market (ECM) as "an economic threat to national identity.." during a rally in London, England....
July 17th, 1997: Italian Police launch a nationwide crackdown on suspected anarchists. Officials in Rome, Italy claim that the crackdown is aimed at crushing political opposition...
August 5th, 1997: Doctor Theodore Connester proclaims the "End Times" during a rally in Los Angeles, California; purportedly experiencing the "Face of God"...
August 8th, 1997: British SAS assassinate Kenyan nationalist leader Gilbert Simiyu, sparking international attention....
August 23rd, 1997: Islamic fundamentalist leader Wadih el-Hage launches "jihad" against the Pacific Alliance in Nairobi....
October 12, 1997: The Gibraltar Bridge opens
December 17th, 1997: 4 Polish nationalists are killed in Grozny, Chechnya after they are caught supplying Chechen guerillas with weapons....
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May 23rd, 1998: Police in New York City, New York, announce the arrest of members of Love & Rage Revolutionary Anarchist Federation....
June 30th, 1998: Labor Activists storm the Parliament in Paris saying, "The dictatorship of capitalism is abolished. The workers declare anarchist-communism"...
July 5, 1998: The French PM, Luke Besson along with most of Parliament flees to the backup government bunkers in Toulouse. The bunkers were built as a means of continuing the government of France in the event of nuclear war. Martial Law is declared for the city of Paris and regions of Amiens, Rouen, and Nantes.
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December 1st, 1999: Luxembourg Conference; European Common Market leaders proclaim a "New European Century" during a conference in Luxembourg...
mcempires
June 25th, 2010, 07:01 PM
May 1st 1991. Demonstrations and riots against the Scandinavia on the roads of Helsinki in Finland. the local police forces attack the rioters. 10 are killed and over 50 arrested.
may 15th 1991. Riots have spread to all the major cities in Finland. rioters are becoming increasingly agressive for each day that passes. in Stockholm president of united Scandinavia ,Göran Pettersson, announces a state of emergency in Finland. After wich 3 companies of the scandinavian army are sent to finland to stop the rioters.
may 19th 1991. a bomb is denoted in the magnusson square(former senate square) in Helsinki killing 37 scandinavian soliders and 10 civilians. later the same day a man named Urho Kallio who is in charge of the undercover organisation "black knights" announces on the radio that he takes responsibility for the bomb.
and that he prompts people to action against Göran Petterssons troops.
may 27th 1991. a fight occurs between a platoon of the scandinavian troops and a 200 finnish rebels. 30 scandinavian soliders are dead and 10 wounded
while the rebels loose 50 men and another 50 wounded.
june 1st. 1991. 20 armed members of the black knights accompanied by aprox. 50 rebels storm the senate building at magnusson square in Helsinki
rising the flag of the black guard on the top of it.
june 3rd 1991. after a night of heavy fighting the last soliders are driven out from helsinki. and the black guard declares Helsinki to be an inpendent state.
Göran Pettersson announces in a press conference in Stockholm that he will regain helsinki back to the state and that he will see evry single rebellionist killed.
mcempires
June 25th, 2010, 08:22 PM
sorry for double post
june 20th 1991. Göran Pettersson launches a full scale attack on finland.
2000 paratroopers are sent to Helsinki 1000 paratroopers to Tampere.
5000 infantry soliders are sent to finlands west coast on landing craft each able to contain 50 men. while the 1st naval army besieges the naval fortress of Suomenlinna outside Helsinki.
june 21th-30th 1991. war rages on in finland tampere is now held by scandinavian paratroopers. In Helsinki The black knights and finnish rebellionists have won the fight but the situation might get a turn for the worse if Suomenlinna falls.
Urho Kallio mobilises 500 black guard soliders to help in the deffence of Suomenlinna.
july 8th. 1991 suomenlinna falls. but when the marine soliders are rushing towards the city. declares Urho Kallio that the black guard is in the posession of a nuke and that if Göran Pettersson doesnt withdraw his troops within 24hours all of stockholm will go KABOOM! :eek:
Göran Pettersson has no choice but to withdraw all his troops from finnish soil.
july 15th 1991. Urho Kallio declares that evrything south of tampere to the finnish gulf in the south and the laatokka in the east is now a part of a inpendent Finland. he also declares that finland is a kingdom and he as the leader of the fight for inpendence is the king of finland. His name is changed to Väinö I of finland.
july 16th 1991. Väinö I nominates Wilhelm engels to be the new supreme commander of the finnish armed forces that consists of the elite black knights the navy, the infantry, and the airforces.
december 21th 1991. Göran Pettersson gets the report from his inteligence officers that the claim that the finns own a nuke is a hoax. after wich he he sends a army of 30.000 paratrooppers to finland acompanied by the 1st 2nd and 3rd naval armies and the 6th 5th and 9th airforces.
january 10th 1992. the 2nd battle for Tampere takes place killing 3000 paratroopers and destroying 100 planes on the scandinavian side and killing 1000 black guard and 5000 infantry soliders destroying 60 anti aircraft vechiles and 50 armoured cars. the battle was a meager finnish victory. after the battle tampere was completely in ruins.
january 16th 1992. the 2nd battle for helsinki takes place 1st and 2nd naval armies shell helsinki and 5000 marine soliders are sent on landing craft towards the city. meanwhile the air is filled with over 600 scandinavian planes and thousands of paratroopers.
the battle is a solid scandinavian victory. casualties as follows
scands:
1250 marine soliders killed
500 wounded
1000 paratroopers killed
240 wounded
200 planes destroyed
finns:
4000 blackguards killed
3500 infantry soliders killed
all 300 anti aircraft vechiles destroyed or lost.
Väinö I orders engels to take back Helsinki at any cost to wich engels responds that he won't send his men to die in vain becouse the city can't be qoncuered back, atleast not in this situation when the finnish army is begin attacked on all fronts.
Mr_ Bondoc
June 25th, 2010, 09:58 PM
Mcempires- No need to apologize! I certainly don't have a problem with the double-posts. I certainly like what you've done to the Scandinavian region. I'm only worried that there might not be a lot of human beings alive to see 2010....
Prometheus_2300
June 25th, 2010, 11:07 PM
Agreed I like the Scandinavian entries. Good job mc. That was one of the regions I have always been meaning to elaborate on but never got around to. Another is the Pacific Alliance territories on the Arabian Peninsula
March 14, 1990: President Byrd announces that during his last years in office he will increase funding to MF research and improve treatment centers. Although some of this is carried out during his term, it does not accomplish Byrd's political objective, get the nation off the religion debate.
November 12, 1994: Johnathan Winters, volunteers to be a test subject for a nanotech medical experiment. He is first injected with a colony of nanites, designed to augment the immune system. Then he is injected with MF. The nanites obliterated the virus from Winters body. Drexler and his team of doctors are immediately named TIME's Persons of the Year. Almost immediately pharmaceutical companies begin hiring Drexler's team to get market share in the "MF Vaccination market". However those infected with MF there is little that can be done.
<So we have a vaccine to stop people from getting it. An expensive one but its there. Treatment of MF is still a ways off>
November 15, 1992: American and Japanese troops are sent to Kenya to stabilize the region, in particular guarantee the safety of the planned Space Elevator site outside of Nairobi.
mcempires
June 26th, 2010, 12:28 AM
thanks for the feedback :D
February 27th 1992. scandinavian troops control western part of the newly established kingdom of Finland and are advancing towards the final strongholds nish of the forces in the eastern parts of finland. becouse of the demand of the black guard the unvilling king Väinö I is forced to negoshiate a deal with the German empire.
march 9th 1992. a treaty has been made with the German empire and
kingdom of Finland. the Germans will support the finnish war effort against the scandinavia in exchange they may rent the port city of hamina and its sorroundings for 30 years.
march 15-27th 1992 10.000 German troops arrive Hamina.
the commander of the finnish army Wilhelm Engels meets the commander of the german troops in the secret hq of the black guard a 50km to the north.
april 15th 3rd battle for Helsinki. the scandinavian troops entrenched in the city have no chance against the unified strength of the finnish and the german. the commander of the scandinavian troops surrenders at midday on former magnusson square (nowdays Liberty square).
casualties :
scandinavian
500 men dead
2500 as prisoners of war
german
50 men dead
43 men wounded
2 planes crashed
finnish
70 men dead
20 wounded
soon other commanders of the scandinavian troops follow the example of the commander in helsinki.
20th april 1992. almostly all scandinavian troops have been driven out from finland. the german troops will stay and protect the western front for 3 more months after wich they will move to their new garrisson in hamina. Göran Pettersson can do nothing but to accept that they lost a great chunk from their eastern part.
9th june 1992 rebuilding of Helsinki begins with the help of the germans. in case of future atacks it is decided that there shalt be a bomb shelter in every appartment buildings. also its declared that a anti aircraft gun and a searclight is to be deployed in every government building and that appartment buildings should have a platform on their roof roof so that a anti aircraft gun could be deployed there if needed. and hereby turning helsinki to one of the most fortified cities on the globe.
30th june 1992 väinö I reveals the plan for getting down the unemployment from 60% to 10 or less in 2 years. his plan includes re building the finnish forest,coal mining and the ship building industries.
mcempires
June 26th, 2010, 01:00 AM
june 19 1992 scandinavian union signs a law that denies work for any non aryan.
thou this doesn't change the situation much as there has been a law in scandinavia for over 30 years declaring that no non aryans may live there.
also a law stating that the word "finland" is outlawed in scandinavia and if anybody is found using it he or she may be flogged. :mad:
july 30th 1992 the electrical monorail between Stockholm Malmö is ready. the monorail is powered by scandinavias first nuclear reactor named GÖRAN 1.
Prometheus_2300
June 26th, 2010, 01:05 AM
One comment mcempires. Remember that the Scandinavian Union is part of the Eurasian Confederation, and Germany is part of the EDC, this is certain to cause problems between the blocs.
Also a question, how is Russia handling this, as they are Scandinavia's partner in the Eurasian Confederation, and Finland is right on their border?
Mr_ Bondoc
June 26th, 2010, 02:37 AM
Here are some PODs to show that the Internet will not be as free as in OTL:
May 9th, 1990: Operation SUN DEVIL; U.S. Justice Department, in association with the National Security Agency (NSA) launches a massive dragnet against suspected "Elorg" (hackers) and anti-government subversives....
January 7th, 1991: Lewis Shiner proclaims himself a "proud Elorg" during an online session in San Francisco, California...
February 14th, 1991: "Elorg Manifesto" is published on the "Anarchist Highway" by anarchists in Sevastopol. Russia...
February 8th, 1993: TIME magazine warns of the "looming threat" of the "Elorg hordes"....
December 24th, 1993: U.S. Justice Department, backed by the E-games (video-games) industry, announces a national crackdown on hackers for "copyright protection"...
February 28th, 1995: "Elorg" activist Kevin Mitnick publishes information warning that the 1992 and 1994 elections were "rigged" through the "Anarchist Highway" (Internet)....
June 14th, 1995: U.S. Congress passes the Communications Decency Act, banning "pornographic materials" from the "Anarchist Highway"
September 28th, 1995: NII Copyright Protection Act passed by U.S. Congress, severely limiting all forms of video, audio, and information copying
January 24th, 1998: Justice Department officials announces the arrest of thousands of suspected "Elorg pornographers" during a press conference in Washington D.C.,...
January 12th, 1999: Justice Department announces the shutdown of 500 different "pornographic" sites during a press conference in Washington D.C.,....
Mr_ Bondoc
June 26th, 2010, 07:33 AM
Here are some PODs to show that show that China's military junta may have collapsed, but there are far worse things:
May 13th, 1992: Li Hongzhi proclaims "Falun Dafa" in Changchun, China; calling for the rise of a theocratic state...
May 26th, 1994: Hua Jiaxuan, CEO of Qigong International, calls for a return to "classical Chinese virtues", during a rally in Shanghai, China...
January 4th, 1995: Zhuan Falun by Li Hongzhi proclaims the need to reunify the nation of China, as "the only path of salvation from the apocalyptic end.."
February 2nd, 1995: Li Hongzhi leads ultra-nationalist rallies in Nanjing, Southern China, calling for national reunification...
June 17th, 1996: Li Hongzhi launches an "anti-spiritual pollution" campaign in Beijing, leading book-burning campaigns of Third World novels by Mao Tse-tung and all "foreign" literature...
August 28th, 1996: Li Hongzhi calls upon followers to drive out the "foreign devils" during a rally in Beijing;
May 11th, 1998: Li Hongzhi launches "anti-spiritual pollution" campaigns, targetting the Muslim population of Xinjiang....
April 25th, 1999: Zhongnanhai Incident; Government-sponsored mobs launch anti-foreigner riots, setting fire to the Sheraton Hotel in Zhongnanhai, China...
May 7th, 1999: Anti-foreigner riots erupt in Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong, Nanjing, and Taipei, China, sparking international attention and concern...
mcempires
June 26th, 2010, 09:58 AM
One comment mcempires. Remember that the Scandinavian Union is part of the Eurasian Confederation, and Germany is part of the EDC, this is certain to cause problems between the blocs.
Also a question, how is Russia handling this, as they are Scandinavia's partner in the Eurasian Confederation, and Finland is right on their border?
10th may 1992. väinö I makes a pact with russia (in secrecy) that the russians will not interfere with the finnish inpendence in exchange for the landmass from lake ladoga to viipuri as can been seen here
http://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiedosto:Moskovan_rauha.png
would this help?
Mr_ Bondoc
June 26th, 2010, 06:02 PM
10th may 1992. väinö I makes a pact with russia (in secrecy) that the russians will not interfere with the finnish inpendence in exchange for the landmass from lake ladoga to viipuri as can been seen here
http://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiedosto:Moskovan_rauha.png
would this help? It should work. Although, I suspect that there many Scandinavians who can use the agreement to say that the Finns have "sold out" to the Russians, which I gather would be frowned upon in the region...
Also, I suspect the Germans are going to have some issues with the violence in the region...
Zacoftheaxes
June 26th, 2010, 10:30 PM
We need more PoDs for the Argentinian Civil War, it's a pretty major event.
Mr_ Bondoc
June 26th, 2010, 10:55 PM
We need more PoDs for the Argentinian Civil War, it's a pretty major event.
In that case, here are some PODs:
April 1st, 1991: Senator Sergio Galvarino Apablaza is arrested as a suspected member of Argentine Anarchy (AA) in Montevideo, Argentina...
March 17th, 1992: Ultranationalist members of "Ya Basta!" bomb the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires, killing 48 people, injuring 792 people...
June 11th, 1993: Father Julio Grassi is assassinated in Buenos Aires, Argentina after speaking out against the government...
January 21st, 1994: Battle of Puerto Madryn; Government troops announce the discovery of Argentine Anarchy (AA) guerillas in Puerto Madryn, Argentina...
August 20th, 1994: Archbishop Quarracino praises the government for its plans to roundup homosexuals and non-Christians for "re-education camps" during a rally in Buenos Aires...
November 14th, 1995: Military junta leaders launch an etnic crackdown on Kolla Indians in Tabacal, Argentina...
April 14th, 1997: Juan Pablo Orrego is executed as a suspected member of Argentine Anarchy (AA) in Montevideo, Argentina...
January 23rd, 1998: Colonel Alfredo Astiz launches "death squads" in an effort to contain "insurgent factions"...
June 8th, 1998: "La Patria Ordo Nuevo" (New Order Party), comes to power in Buenos Aires, Argentina led by Alejandro Franze
November 10th, 1998: Brigadier General Sergio Espinoza Davies calls for a crackdown on "foreign sympathizers", during a rally in Montevideo, Argentina....
December 28th, 1998: Admiral Ruben Franco is ordered by the Alejandro Franze government to "root out countrer-revolutionaries" in Buenos Aires, Argentina....
Prometheus_2300
June 27th, 2010, 04:08 AM
Been gone for a day, time to make some PODs. Trouble ahead for China
April 1, 1994: FBI Director Richard Nixon retires, shortly after the completion of Operation TURTLEDOVE, which routed much of the organized crime West of the Mississippi
May 11, 1995: President Forbes visits Moscow, to discuss the China dilemma. Although its not known until later the Moscow Accord is signed which states that should the problems with China escalate, the Pacific Alliance will maintain the peace in South China, while Eurasia will keep th peace in the North. Shanghai being a shared city. The Pacific Alliance have more investments and favorable presence then the North. Zedong's former supporters will support the US in Hong Kong. Forbes also agrees to overlook Russia's attempts to destabilize the Caliphate.
November 5, 1996: In Paris France, The Q-Nexus, a technology that allows the DATANET (aka Internet, Anarchist Highway) to be wireless. It has the range of a major city.
October 15, 1996: Pirate's Cove, a JIGSAW file sharing site, announces that it will not kowtow to the American Information laws recently passed. It also publishes the schematics to the Q-Nexus to all Elorgs. The broadcast location of the Cove is kept aboard an airship above the North Sea, in international waters
November 5, 1996: President Forbes loses re-election. However the Democratic candidate fails to capture even 15% of the vote. Liberal Candidate and Former President Walter Cronkite is elected president, with running mate Senator David Letterman.
August 10, 1997: President Cronkite is rushed to Walter Reed, following a stroke. The cabinet agrees that the President is unable to carry out his duties. VP David Letterman is sworn in as President aboard AirShip One
November 2, 1998: The Anarcho-capitalist status quo of the Country of Manchuria, revoke the property rights of "Falun Dafa", following non-payment. The Mercenaries from Narusegawa Security (aka Japanese Blackwater) are called to supress the riots. Warwalkers are now a common sit in Manchuria
October 5, 1998: The Russian Empire warns the government of Hongzhi that unless the anti-foreigners rallies cease, the Eurasian Confederation will consider China "in a state of Civil unrest, needing intervention"
January 1, 1999: The American Embassy is stormed by a mob, the ambassador killed. President Letterman announces that "China has fallen into Anarchy. Following a meeting with the Russian Prime Minister, we have agreed that we must intervene."
Mr_ Bondoc
June 27th, 2010, 06:21 AM
Here are some PODs to make things tough for China:
October 17th, 1995: Yang Jiechi intercepts a Russian diplomatic courier in Saint Petersburg, uncovering a copy of the Moscow Accord...
October 31st, 1995: FBI Director Richard M. Nixon is briefed on possible reports of Chinese theft of nuclear weapons technology in Quantico, Virginia...
February 10th, 1996: Liu Chaoying, Qigong International, contributes c.$366,000 for the re-election campaign of President Stephen Forbes...
March 21st, 1996: Chen Shui-bian, Qigong International, visits the White House after making a c.$275,000 to the re-election campaign of President Forbes....
March 27th, 1996: Department of Energy officials warn President Forbes that Chinese intelligence agents have stolen nuclear weapons secrets from Los Alamos, New Mexico....
December 16th, 1996: China Can Say No by Zhang Zangzang, Zhang Xiaobo, Song Qiang, Tang Zhengyu, Qiao Bian and Gu Qingsheng; inflaming anti-foreigner sentiment throughout China...
March 31st, 1998: Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa, sparks Chinese anger and nationalist sentiment after calling Chinese people the "lesser peoples of Asia..."
November 7th, 1998: Chinese leader Li Hongzhi meets with Russian leaders in Saint Petersburg, Russia warning them that he is aware of the Moscow Accords....
May 12th, 1999: The Independent reveals that Chinese General Ji Shengde gave c. $300,000 to the political campaign of former President Stephen Forbes, sparking international controversy...
Prometheus_2300
June 27th, 2010, 05:41 PM
April 1, 1998: In a joint declaration from the Pacific Alliance nations, they restate their desire for peace, free trade, and a china that respects all human rights. Although not directly saying so it is a retraction of PM Miyazawa March 31st statement.
<not sure what Japan's politics are at this time.>
November 9, 1998: Chinese Industrialist Zhang Tao of the Hong Kong/Macau district defies Li Hongzhi in an interview.
November 11, 1998: Unlike the rest of the country Third World is still available for sale in Hong Kong/Macau
November 12, 1998: Underground writers continue the Third World novel series into the late 1990s. The writers are against the Hongzhi government, and it shows in the writing, when the communist powers, the Soviet Union collapses in a year, and China is slowly turning into a capitalist, and internationalist power.
November 15, 1998: A battalion of Chinese troops launches a raid on German Indochina,without the permission of Beijing.
<You know China is getting kind of fractured. Xinjaing is now under Russia, Tibet is independent, as is Manchuria. We also have the Internationalist South in conflict with the Hongzhi government in Beijing>
mcempires
June 27th, 2010, 10:56 PM
february. 1992. the loss of finland was a great blow to the image of a aryan super race (in Göran petterson's eyes that is)to restore their pride all around scandinavia anti finnish propaganda posters are nailed to the walls of buildings. reqruiters appear in all major cities in scandinavian union enlisting young men to join in the "aryan crusade" wich aim is to destroy finland once for all.
but the scandinavian high council ( a council of 12 men ((women are not allowed)) who rule scandinavia with the president) decides that Pettersson has gone too far and that he must be stopped at any cost before he makes germany their enemy by attacking finland.
may 1st 1992. Göran pettersson dies with 49 pistol bullets in his body. the day is declared to be a public day of mourning all around the scandinavian union.
may 7th 1992. a state furneal is held for göran pettersson. he is buried in a graveyard just outside Stockholm.
may 25th 1992. in scandinavia the high council elects Johan Linfors as the new president of the union.
a age of peace and progress starts in the scandinavian union.
Mr_ Bondoc
June 28th, 2010, 12:37 AM
Here are some problems about plans for foreign control of the region:
April 5th, 1990: Uighur guerillas killed and injured more than 100 Russian civilians and soldiers in Barin Township, Xinjiang,...
February 5th, 1991: the "Islamic Reformist Party" masterminded a bus explosion in Urumqi, killing 20 people, mainly Russian oil workers...
December 19th, 1995: Erkin Alptekin, Uyghur guerilla leader launches attacks on Russian forces in Tarbagatay, Xinjiang...
November 23rd, 1996: Emeti Yakuf (a.k.a. Aibu Abudurehem) proclaims an "intifada" demanding the immediate withdrawal of Russian troops from Xinjiang...
February 25th, 1997: "Eastern Turkistan National Solidarity Union" staged a bombing incident in Urumqi marketplace which involved nearly 100 casualties...
March 1st, 1998: Memtimin Memet, Xinjiang nationalist, begins training with Baghdad Conference forces in Baghdad...
March 5th, 1998:"Eastern Turkistan National Center" guerillas carried out bomb attacks on the Russian Consulate-General in Istanbul, killing 28 people...
Mr_ Bondoc
June 28th, 2010, 01:53 AM
Here is what we have so far for a first look at the 1990s:
January 5, 1990: The Russian Army moves into the Xinjiang province, routing out the Nanking govt in that province
January 30th, 1990: Medical community is scandalized after reporter Jerry Rivers reports on the treatment of Mittelafrika Feuer" (MF) patients at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba...
March 14, 1990: President Byrd announces that during his last years in office he will increase funding to MF research and improve treatment centers. Although some of this is carried out during his term, it does not accomplish Byrd's political objective, get the nation off the religion debate.
April 5th, 1990: Uighur guerillas kill and injure more than 100 Russian civilians and soldiers in Barin Township, Xinjiang,...
May 1st, 1990: Failed assassination attempt by Richard Donovan on President Robert Byrd at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California...
May 9th, 1990: Operation SUN DEVIL; U.S. Justice Department, in association with the National Security Agency (NSA) launches a massive dragnet against suspected "Elorg" (hackers) and anti-government subversives....
June 11-18th, 1990: Riots erupt in Sofia, Bugaria over allegations of rigged elections, sparking calls for martial law...
July 3rd, 1990: Federation of Anarchist Youth (F.A.M.) establishes the "City of the Truth" commune in Sofia, Bulgaria demanding the establishment of a democratic government....
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January 5, 1991: The EDC announces that it will build a bridge across the Strait of Gibraltar. This begins a prestige race for the major blocs.
January 7th, 1991: Lewis Shiner proclaims himself a "proud Elorg" during an online session in San Francisco, California...
February 5th, 1991: the "Islamic Reformist Party" masterminded a bus explosion in Urumqi, killing 20 people, mainly Russian oil workers...
February 14th, 1991: "Elorg Manifesto" is published on the "Anarchist Highway" by anarchists in Sevastopol. Russia...
April 1st, 1991: Senator Sergio Galvarino Apablaza is arrested as a suspected member of Argentine Anarchy (AA) in Montevideo, Argentina...
April 10, 1991: The Throne Axis announces the Construction of a Trans-Siberan Mag-Rail train, called Tsar Locomotive, that will go from St. Petersburg to Shanghai.
April 16th, 1991: Lunex Scandal; Defense Department employee Alexander Abian leaks documents to The Independent revealing plans to deploy nuclear weapons to the lunar surface...
April 22, 1991: Vatican officials give secret orders to begin making copies of important scientific and theological documents in their Archives and sending them certain monestaries and cathedrals to ensure their survival in case of nuclear war.
April 26th, 1991: Most of the government of Argentina is killed when Argentine Anarchy members crash a jet containing a dirty bomb into the Argentinian capital building. The nation is in chaos.
May 1st, 1991: Demonstrations and riots against the Scandinavia on the roads of Helsinki in Finland. the local police forces attack the rioters. 10 are killed and over 50 arrested.
May 3rd, 1991: The Argentinian Civil War begins, the remains of the government go to war with the powerful Argentine Anarchy movement.
May 7, 1991: The Pacific Alliance announces its plan to build a Space Elevator at Nairobi.
May 10, 1991: The Pacific Alliance Scientific Development Commission offers a large number of research grants for nanotechnology.
May 15th, 1991: Riots have spread to all the major cities in Finland. rioters are becoming increasingly agressive for each day that passes. in Stockholm president of united Scandinavia ,Göran Pettersson, announces a state of emergency in Finland. After wich 3 companies of the scandinavian army are sent to finland to stop the rioters.
May 19th 1991: A bomb is denoted in the Magnusson Square(former senate square) in Helsinki killing 37 scandinavian soliders and 10 civilians. later the same day a man named Urho Kallio who is in charge of the undercover organisation "black knights" announces on the radio that he takes responsibility for the bomb and that he prompts people to action against Göran Petterssons troops.
May 27th 1991: a fight occurs between a platoon of the scandinavian troops and a 200 finnish rebels. 30 scandinavian soliders are dead and 10 wounded
while the rebels loose 50 men and another 50 wounded.
June 1st, 1991: 20 armed members of the black knights accompanied by aprox. 50 rebels storm the senate building at magnusson square in Helsinki rising the flag of the black guard on the top of it.
June 3rd, 1991: after a night of heavy fighting the last soliders are driven out from helsinki. and the black guard declares Helsinki to be an inpendent state. Göran Pettersson announces in a press conference in Stockholm that he will regain Helsinki back to the state and that he will see every single rebellionist killed.
June 18th, 1991: Daniel arap Moi leads nationalist rebellion in Nairobi, after Pacific Alliance troops are deployed to clear land of 12 local villages in an effort to begin construction of a space elevator...
June 19th, 1991: Kalenjin leaders begin the mass slaughter of Kikuyu, Luo and Luhya minorities nationwide, blaming them for "collaboration with the Pacific Alliance pigs..."
June 20th 1991: Göran Pettersson launches a full scale attack on finland. 2000paratroopers are sent to Helsinki 1000 paratroopers to Tampere. 5000 infantry soliders are sent to finlands west coast on landing craft each able to contain 50 men. while the 1st naval army besieges the naval fortress of Suomenlinna outside Helsinki.
June 21st-30th 1991. war rages on in finland tampere is now held by Scandinavian paratroopers. In Helsinki The black knights and Finnish rebellionists have won the fight but the situation might get a turn for the worse if Suomenlinna falls. Urho Kallio mobilises 500 black guard soliders to help in the deffence of Suomenlinna.
July 8th. 1991: Suomenlinna falls. but when the marine soliders are rushing towards the city. declares Urho Kallio that the black guard is in the posession of a nuke and that if Göran Pettersson doesnt withdraw his troops within 24hours all of stockholm will go KABOOM! Göran Pettersson has no choice but to withdraw all his troops from finnish soil.
July 14th, 1991: Nicolas Walter leads an atheist rally in London, England proclaiming, "We may yet end with Neither God nor master!"
July 15th, 1991: Urho Kallio declares that everything south of Tampere to the Finnish Gulf in the south and the Laatokka in the east is now a part of a independent Finland. He also declares that Finland is a kingdom and he as the leader of the fight for inpendence is the king of finland. His name is changed to Väinö I of Finland.
July 16th 1991: Väinö I nominates Wilhelm Engels to be the new supreme commander of the finnish armed forces that consists of the elite black knights the navy, the infantry, and the airforces.
July 31st, 1991: Irish President Brian Lenihan anounce Ireland's application into the European Common Market (ECM) in Rome, Italy, despite British pleas regarding the Commonwealth...
August 9th, 1991: Anti-Irish riots erupt in London, Manchester, and Edinburgh after The Telegraph and The Guardian report Ireland's membership into the European Common Market (ECM)....
December 21st, 1991: Göran Pettersson gets the report from his inteligence officers that the claim that the finns own a nuke is a hoax. after wich he he sends a army of 30.000 paratrooppers to finland acompanied by the 1st 2nd and 3rd naval armies and the 6th 5th and 9th airforces.
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January 4, 1992: The Baghdad Conference, a meeting of the leaders of Arabia, Assyria, Kurdistan, Persia, Arabia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sudan, Chad, Tunisia, and Libya meet. The Baghdad Compact is signed, and the Caliphate is formed. It is an economic/defensive bloc with its administrative HQ in Medina. Unlike the West which separates church and state, the Caliphate fuses them. The Turkish Republic does not join the Caliphate.
January 10th 1992: the Second Battle for Tampere takes place, killing 3000 paratroopers and destroying 100 planes on the scandinavian side and killing 1000 black guard and 5000 infantry soliders destroying 60 anti aircraft vechiles and 50 armoured cars. the battle was a meager finnish victory. After the battle, Tampere was completely in ruins.
January 12, 1992: The Lunex Mining Consortium begins mining operations in the Sea of Storms on the Moon. The facility is only manned by 6 people, and a majority of the mining done by computer controlled robotic walkers or remote controlled equipment.
january 16th 1992. the Second Battle for Helsinki takes place 1st and 2nd naval armies shell Helsinki and 5000 marine soliders are sent on landing craft towards the city. Meanwhile the air is filled with over 600 Scandinavian planes and thousands of paratroopers.
the battle is a solid Scandinavian victory. casualties as follows
Scandinavians:
1250 marine soliders killed
500 wounded
1000 paratroopers killed
240 wounded
200 planes destroyed
finns:
4000 blackguards killed
3500 infantry soliders killed
all 300 anti aircraft vechiles destroyed or lost.
Väinö I orders engels to take back Helsinki at any cost to wich engels responds that he won't send his men to die in vain becouse the city can't be qoncuered back, atleast not in this situation when the finnish army is begin attacked on all fronts.
February 1st, 1992: The loss of Finland was a great blow to the image of a aryan super race (in Göran Petterson's eyes that is)to restore their pride all around Scandinavia Anti-Finnish propaganda posters are nailed to the walls of buildings. Recruiters appear in all major cities in scandinavian union enlisting young men to join in the "Aryan Crusade" wich aim is to destroy Finland once for all. But the scandinavian high council ( a council of 12 men ((women are not allowed)) who rule scandinavia with the president) decides that Pettersson has gone too far and that he must be stopped at any cost before he makes Germany their enemy by attacking Finland.
February 27th 1992: Scandinavian troops control western part of the newly established Kingdom of Finland and are advancing towards the final strongholds nish of the forces in the eastern parts of finland. Because of the demand of the Black Guard the unveilling King Väinö I is forced to negoshiate a deal with the German Empire.
March 9th, 1992: A treaty has been made with the German empire and
kingdom of Finland. the Germans will support the finnish war effort against the scandinavia in exchange they may rent the port city of Hamina and its surroundings for 30 years.
March 15-27th 1992: 10,000 German troops arrive Hamina. The commander of the Finnish army Wilhelm Engels meets the commander of the German troops in the secret HQ of the Black Guard a 50km to the north.
March 17th, 1992: Ultranationalist members of "Ya Basta!" bomb the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires, killing 48 people, injuring 792 people...
April 9th, 1992: MP Michael Holmes is elected Prime Minister, after pointing to concerns of an economic dowturn, and opposition to the European Common Market...
April 15th, 1992: Third Battle for Helsinki; the Scandinavian troops entrenched in the city have no chance against the unified strength of the Finnish and the German. The commander of the Scandinavian troops surrenders at midday on former Magnusson Square (now dubbed "Liberty Square").
Casualties :
Scandinavian
500 men dead
2500 as prisoners of war
German
50 men dead
43 men wounded
2 planes crashed
Finnish
70 men dead
20 wounded
Soon other commanders of the Scandinavian troops follow the example of the commander in Helsinki.
April 20th, 1992: Almost all scandinavian troops have been driven out from Finland. the German troops will stay and protect the western front for 3 more months after wich they will move to their new garrisson in Hamina. Göran Pettersson can do nothing but to accept that they lost a great chunk from their eastern part.
May 1st, 1992: Göran pettersson dies with 49 pistol bullets in his body. The day is declared to be a public day of mourning all around the Scandinavian Union.
May 7th, 1992: A state furneal is held for göran pettersson. He is buried in a graveyard just outside Stockholm.
May 10th, 1992. Väinö I makes a pact with Russia (in secrecy) that the Russians will not interfere with the Finnish inpendence in exchange for the landmass from Lake Ladoga to Viipuri
May 13th, 1992: Li Hongzhi proclaims "Falun Dafa" in Changchun, China; calling for the rise of a theocratic state...
May 25th, 1992: In Scandinavia the high council elects Johan Linfors as the new president of the union. An Age of peace and progress starts in the Scandinavian Union.
June 5, 1992: The Democratic National Convention is one of the most divisive in recent memory. Byrd's presidency has been antagonistic to Northern Democrats. It is not helped that former President Cronkite has remained in the news. Byrd's renomination is hardly smooth as a DRAFT CRONKITE Movement shows considerable strength. After 5 ballots, many northern democrats announce their leaving the party to join Cronkite's Liberal party, leading the charge is Senator David Letterman
June 9th, 1992: Rebuilding of Helsinki begins with the help of the Germans. In case of future atacks it is decided that there shalt be a bomb shelter in every appartment buildings. Also its declared that a anti-aircraft gun and a searclight is to be deployed in every government building and that appartment buildings should have a platform on their roof roof so that a anti-aircraft gun could be deployed there if needed and thereby turning Helsinki into one of the most fortified cities on the globe.
June 12, 1992: The Republican National Convention chooses, Stephen M. Forbes w/ running mate Harry Stassen. The republicans are going on a fiscal conservancy with and internationalist platform
June 19, 1992: The Liberal Party nominates Cronkite/Carson. Their platform is separation of church and state. Also on this day, Scandinavian Union signs a law that denies work for any "non-Aryan". Although this doesn't change the situation much as there has been a law in Scandinavia for over 30 years declaring that no non-Aryans may live there. Also a law stating that the word "Finland" is outlawed in scandinavia and if anybody is found using it he or she may be flogged.
June 30th, 1992: Väinö I reveals the plan for getting down the unemployment from 60% to 10 or less in 2 years. His plan includes rebuilding the Finnish forest, coal-mining and the ship-building industries.
July 30th, 1992: the electrical monorail between Stockholm Malmö is ready. the monorail is powered by Scandinavias first nuclear reactor named GÖRAN 1.
September 11, 1992: In Raleigh North Carolina a law is passed that forbids the teaching of evolution in all state elementary and high schools. This attracts national attention and becomes an issue the candidates have to deal with
October 2nd, 1992: Anarchist riots erupt in Bloomington, Indiana over concerns about the presidential elections...
October 12, 1992: The Presidental three-way debate between Forbes, Cronkite and Byrd. Cronkite emerges as the Foreign policy leader but loses the debate when he and Byrd nearly broke debate rules. As a result Forbes moderate position causes the press to label him the victor of the Debate
November 1st, 1992: Greek dictator Nikolaos Makarezos announces its membership into the European Common Market (ECM) in Athens, Greece...
November 3, 1992: Arms dealer Mikhail Putin with his various connections to the Russian Army, sells thousands of Weapons to Abdul Mussawir, an Oil Sheik, and plastics manufacturer in Bahrain. Mussawir begins raids and sabotaged all aimed at weakening the Caliphate.
November 5, 1992: Election day. President Byrd receives 25%, Cronkite with 35% and Forbes 40%. For the 3rd time in America's history the election is thrown to the House.The Republicans recapture the house with a margin of 3. The Republicans also recapture the Senate with a margin of 2.
November 15, 1992: American and Japanese troops are sent to Kenya to stabilize the region, in particular guarantee the safety of the planned Space Elevator site outside of Nairobi.
November 24, 1992: The Democratic Congress of 1990-1992, is unable to make the vote. The Liberals, the Democrats and the Republicans are unable to reach a consensus. After several backroom deals, it is decided that Republican Stephen M. Forbes will be the next President.
December 11, 1992: At the resanctification of the Kabba in New Mecca, a car bomb explodes, killing 23 muslim clerics
December 23rd, 1992: Ajuran, Ogaden and Degodia clans announce their defiance against the Pacific Alliance in Wajir, Kenya...
December 29th, 1992: Nairobi Bombings; Daniel arap Moi takes credit for the bombing of British and American Embassies in Nairobi, killing 247 people, injuring 4,800 people, using two truck bombs....
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February 8th, 1993: TIME magazine warns of the "looming threat" of the "Elorg hordes"....
March 13, 1993: Baghdad Sarin Attacks. 628 people are dead following the release of Sarin gas in a crowded subway station during Rush Hour
April 1, 1993: President Forbes opens the Bay Area Transit Network, a system of magrail trains that allow commuters to get around the bay easier. This works in conjunction with the San Francisco Metropolitan Monorail.
April 26th, 1993: on the second anniversary of the assassination of several Argentinian leaders, the new Argentinian government uses a nuclear weapon on a "suspected rebel hideout" in southern Mexico, killing 2,542.
June 11th, 1993: Father Julio Grassi is assassinated in Buenos Aires, Argentina after speaking out against the government...
June 15, 1993: President Forbes accomplishes one of his campaign promises. The dismissal of the National Sales Tax, and the enstatement of the Flat Income Tax. The Internal Revenue Act of 1993 is signed into law
June 24th, 1993: Surgeon General Gerd Peters is forced to resign after declaring a sugar a "health food" in Washington D.C.,....
September 6th, 1993: European Common Market (ECM) leaders reject the application of the Turkish Republic, due to concerns of "Islamo-fascism"....
October 5, 1993: Respected Journalist Ronald Reagan, retires as newsanchor for the HBC Nightly News. "This is Ronald Reagan, signing off America." His last interview is with Former President Walter Cronkite.
October 23rd, 1993: Magician Countess Sophia Sabak does a televised seance to contact the spirit of Harry Houdini in New York City, New York...
December 24th, 1993: U.S. Justice Department, backed by the E-games (video-games) industry, announces a national crackdown on hackers for "copyright protection"...
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January 3, 1994: Tesla Dynamic moves into their new HQ in New York City. Tesla Tower is a 200 story building in South Manhattan.
January 21st, 1994: Battle of Puerto Madryn; Government troops announce the discovery of Argentine Anarchy (AA) guerillas in Puerto Madryn, Argentina...
January 30th, 1994: "Beehive" female hairstyles become popular, led by Martha Atkins in New York City, New York...
February 5th, 1994: New York Stock Exchange surpasses 5000+ for the first time, sparking international attention...
April 1, 1994: FBI Director Richard Nixon retires, shortly after the completion of Operation TURTLEDOVE, which routed much of the organized crime West of the Mississippi
May 26th, 1994: Hua Jiaxuan, CEO of Qigong International, calls for a return to "classical Chinese virtues", during a rally in Shanghai, China...
May 29th, 1994: Anarchist riots erupt in Glasgow, Scotland calling for national autonomy for the region, sparking international attention...
July 8th-17th, 1994: Student riots erupt in Florianopolis, Brazil, sparking a massive military crackdown on the region...
July 17th, 1994: Ceara Manifesto; Students at the University of Ceara, Brazil call for democratic and student rights, sparking international attention...
July 30th, 1994: Local community activists in Espaco Vadiagem, Sao Paulo, Brazil call for civil rights, sparking national attention...
August 20th, 1994: Archbishop Quarracino praises the government for its plans to roundup homosexuals and non-Christians for "re-education camps" during a rally in Buenos Aires...
October 21st-30th, 1994: Poll Tax Riots; Riots erupt in London, England over proposed measures for the creation of poll taxes...
November 12, 1994: Johnathan Winters, volunteers to be a test subject for a nanotech medical experiment. He is first injected with a colony of nanites, designed to augment the immune system. Then he is injected with MF. The nanites obliterated the virus from Winters body. Drexler and his team of doctors are immediately named TIME's Persons of the Year. Almost immediately pharmaceutical companies begin hiring Drexler's team to get market share in the "MF Vaccination market". However those infected with MF there is little that can be done.
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January 4th, 1995: Zhuan Falun by Li Hongzhi proclaims the need to reunify the nation of China, as "the only path of salvation from the apocalyptic end.."
February 2nd, 1995: Li Hongzhi leads ultra-nationalist rallies in Nanjing, Southern China, calling for national reunification...
February 28th, 1995: "Elorg" activist Kevin Mitnick publishes information warning that the 1992 and 1994 elections were "rigged" through the "Anarchist Highway" (Internet)....
May 11, 1995: President Forbes visits Moscow, to discuss the China dilemma. Although its not known until later the Moscow Accord is signed which states that should the problems with China escalate, the Pacific Alliance will maintain the peace in South China, while Eurasia will keep th peace in the North. Shanghai being a shared city. The Pacific Alliance have more investments and favorable presence then the North. Zedong's former supporters will support the US in Hong Kong. Forbes also agrees to overlook Russia's attempts to destabilize the Caliphate.
June 14th, 1995: U.S. Congress passes the Communications Decency Act, banning "pornographic materials" from the "Anarchist Highway"
June 22nd, 1995: "Female Baldness (a.k.a. "Chrome")" by Robert Schosser becomes a popular fashion trend....
September 28th, 1995: NII Copyright Protection Act passed by U.S. Congress, severely limiting all forms of video, audio, and information copying
October 17th, 1995: Ethnic cleansing operations are launched against Luos and Nubians as "Pacific Alliance collaborators..." Also on this day, Yang Jiechi intercepts a Russian diplomatic courier in Saint Petersburg, uncovering a copy of the Moscow Accord...
October 31st, 1995: FBI Director Richard M. Nixon is briefed on possible reports of Chinese theft of nuclear weapons technology in Quantico, Virginia...
November 14, 1995: Aries 3 reaches the Red Planet. The spaceship is unmanned but humanoid robotic walkers are remote controlled by Earth, and collect about 750 pounds of Martian samples for the Labs on Earth. Also on this day, Military junta leaders launch an etnic crackdown on Kolla Indians in Tabacal, Argentina...
December 19th, 1995: Erkin Alptekin, Uyghur guerilla leader launches attacks on Russian forces in Tarbagatay, Xinjiang...
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February 10th, 1996: Liu Chaoying, Qigong International, contributes c.$366,000 for the re-election campaign of President Stephen Forbes...
March 21st, 1996: Chen Shui-bian, Qigong International, visits the White House after making a c.$275,000 to the re-election campaign of President Forbes....
March 27th, 1996: Department of Energy officials warn President Forbes that Chinese intelligence agents have stolen nuclear weapons secrets from Los Alamos, New Mexico....
June 17th, 1996: Li Hongzhi launches an "anti-spiritual pollution" campaign in Beijing, leading book-burning campaigns of Third World novels by Mao Tse-tung and all "foreign" literature...
August 28th, 1996: Li Hongzhi calls upon followers to drive out the "foreign devils" during a rally in Beijing;
October 15, 1996: Pirate's Cove, a JIGSAW file sharing site, announces that it will not kowtow to the American Information laws recently passed. It also publishes the schematics to the Q-Nexus to all Elorgs. The broadcast location of the Cove is kept aboard an airship above the North Sea, in international waters
November 5, 1996: President Forbes loses re-election. However the Democratic candidate fails to capture even 15% of the vote. Liberal Candidate and Former President Walter Cronkite is elected president, with running mate Senator David Letterman. In Paris France, The Q-Nexus, a technology that allows the DATANET (aka Internet, Anarchist Highway) to be wireless. It has the range of a major city.
November 23rd, 1996: Emeti Yakuf (a.k.a. Aibu Abudurehem) proclaims an "intifada" demanding the immediate withdrawal of Russian troops from Xinjiang...
December 16th, 1996: China Can Say No by Zhang Zangzang, Zhang Xiaobo, Song Qiang, Tang Zhengyu, Qiao Bian and Gu Qingsheng; inflaming anti-foreigner sentiment throughout China...
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February 19th, 1997: La Plume Noire; Anarchist riots erupt in Lyon, France, sparking a massive police crackdown...
February 25th, 1997: "Eastern Turkistan National Solidarity Union" staged a bombing incident in Urumqi marketplace which involved nearly 100 casualties...
April 14th, 1997: Juan Pablo Orrego is executed as a suspected member of Argentine Anarchy (AA) in Montevideo, Argentina...
May 11th, 1997: Government officials led by Prime Minister Michael Holmes condemns the European Common Market (ECM) as "an economic threat to national identity.." during a rally in London, England....
July 17th, 1997: Italian Police launch a nationwide crackdown on suspected anarchists. Officials in Rome, Italy claim that the crackdown is aimed at crushing political opposition...
August 5th, 1997: Doctor Theodore Connester proclaims the "End Times" during a rally in Los Angeles, California; purportedly experiencing the "Face of God"...
August 8th, 1997: British SAS assassinate Kenyan nationalist leader Gilbert Simiyu, sparking international attention....
August 10, 1997: President Cronkite is rushed to Walter Reed, following a stroke. The cabinet agrees that the President is unable to carry out his duties. VP David Letterman is sworn in as President aboard AirShip One
August 23rd, 1997: Islamic fundamentalist leader Wadih el-Hage launches "jihad" against the Pacific Alliance in Nairobi....
October 12, 1997: The Gibraltar Bridge opens
December 17th, 1997: 4 Polish nationalists are killed in Grozny, Chechnya after they are caught supplying Chechen guerillas with weapons....
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January 23rd, 1998: Colonel Alfredo Astiz launches "death squads" in an effort to contain "insurgent factions"...
January 24th, 1998: Justice Department officials announces the arrest of thousands of suspected "Elorg pornographers" during a press conference in Washington D.C.,...
March 1st, 1998: Memtimin Memet, Xinjiang nationalist, begins training with Baghdad Conference forces in Baghdad...
March 5th, 1998:"Eastern Turkistan National Center" guerillas carried out bomb attacks on the Russian Consulate-General in Istanbul, killing 28 people...
March 31st, 1998: Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa, sparks Chinese anger and nationalist sentiment after calling Chinese people the "lesser peoples of Asia..."
April 1, 1998: In a joint declaration from the Pacific Alliance nations, they restate their desire for peace, free trade, and a China that respects all human rights. Although not directly saying so it is a retraction of PM Miyazawa March 31st statement.
May 11th, 1998: Li Hongzhi launches "anti-spiritual pollution" campaigns, targetting the Muslim population of Xinjiang....
May 23rd, 1998: Police in New York City, New York, announce the arrest of members of Love & Rage Revolutionary Anarchist Federation....
June 8th, 1998: "La Patria Ordo Nuevo" (New Order Party), comes to power in Buenos Aires, Argentina led by Alejandro Franze
June 30th, 1998: Labor Activists storm the Parliament in Paris saying, "The dictatorship of capitalism is abolished. The workers declare anarchist-communism"...
July 5, 1998: The French PM, Luke Besson along with most of Parliament flees to the backup government bunkers in Toulouse. The bunkers were built as a means of continuing the government of France in the event of nuclear war. Martial Law is declared for the city of Paris and regions of Amiens, Rouen, and Nantes.
October 5, 1998: The Russian Empire warns the government of Hongzhi that unless the anti-foreigners rallies cease, the Eurasian Confederation will consider China "in a state of Civil unrest, needing intervention"
November 2, 1998: The Anarcho-capitalist status quo of the Country of Manchuria, revoke the property rights of "Falun Dafa", following non-payment. The Mercenaries from Narusegawa Security (aka Japanese Blackwater) are called to supress the riots. Warwalkers are now a common sit in Manchuria
November 7th, 1998: Chinese leader Li Hongzhi meets with Russian leaders in Saint Petersburg, Russia warning them that he is aware of the Moscow Accords....
November 9, 1998: Chinese Industrialist Zhang Tao of the Hong Kong/Macau district defies Li Hongzhi in an interview.
November 10th, 1998: Brigadier General Sergio Espinoza Davies calls for a crackdown on "foreign sympathizers", during a rally in Montevideo, Argentina....
November 11, 1998: Unlike the rest of the country Third World is still available for sale in Hong Kong/Macau
November 12, 1998: Underground writers continue the Third World novel series into the late 1990s. The writers are against the Hongzhi government, and it shows in the writing, when the communist powers, the Soviet Union collapses in a year, and China is slowly turning into a capitalist, and internationalist power.
November 15, 1998: A battalion of Chinese troops launches a raid on German Indochina,without the permission of Beijing.
December 28th, 1998: Admiral Ruben Franco is ordered by the Alejandro Franze government to "root out countrer-revolutionaries" in Buenos Aires, Argentina....
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January 1, 1999: The American Embassy is stormed by a mob, the ambassador killed. President Letterman announces that "China has fallen into Anarchy. Following a meeting with the Russian Prime Minister, we have agreed that we must intervene."
January 12th, 1999: Justice Department announces the shutdown of 500 different "pornographic" sites during a press conference in Washington D.C.,....
April 25th, 1999: Zhongnanhai Incident; Government-sponsored mobs launch anti-foreigner riots, setting fire to the Sheraton Hotel in Zhongnanhai, China...
May 7th, 1999: Anti-foreigner riots erupt in Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong, Nanjing, and Taipei, China, sparking international attention and concern...
May 12th, 1999: The Independent reveals that Chinese General Ji Shengde gave c. $300,000 to the political campaign of former President Stephen Forbes, sparking international controversy...
December 1st, 1999: Luxembourg Conference; European Common Market leaders proclaim a "New European Century" during a conference in Luxembourg...
Mr_ Bondoc
June 28th, 2010, 05:39 AM
Here are some PODs to show that America relative isolationism has come at a terrible price:
October 23rd, 1992: Reverend Pete Peters of Estes Park, Colorado, announces the creation of "Rocky Mountain Rendezvous" in an effort to wait out the "End Times", based on Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand....
October 4th, 1993: A Christian Militia Association (CMA) couple in Opelika, Alabama guns down a child protective services agent, after reports of domestic violence and poor living conditions...
April 5th, 1994: Christian Militia Association (CMA) leader John Trochmann condemns Operation TURTLEDOVE as "the first steps toward a police-state"...
October 14th, 1994: Christian Militia Association (CMA) leader is assassinated during a rally in Fairbanks, Alaska, after calling for Alaskan secession; sparking international attention and concern...
August 24th, 1996: Christian Militia Association (CMA) members led by Jason Leigh seize control of the state capitol in Austin, Texas, establishing a "Provisional Government General Council"....
August 31st, 1996: Members of the Christian Militia Association (CMA) launch the "Rally for the Bill of Rights", demanding "people, not the corporations..."
April 18th, 1997: Christian Militia Alliance (CMA) leader Jonathan Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona calls for the secession of the "Republic of Arizona"...
July 17th, 1998: Inspired by events in Paris, France; Christian Militia Association (CMA) members hold the American Heritage Festival '98 in Carthage, Missouri with c.300,000 people attending, calling for a "people's government..."
June 11th, 1999: "Holy War" veteran Colonel John Roberts begins the paramilitary training of the Militia of East Tennessee...
October 13th, 1999: Southern Indiana Regional Militia members battle against FBI agents for control of criminal syndicate networks left open by Operation TURTLEDOVE in Fort Wayne, Indiana....
Prometheus_2300
June 28th, 2010, 04:01 PM
Any idea who the Democratic candidate was in 1996, the year that Cronkite took back the Oval.
August 27, 1997: President Letterman deploys the army to re-establish control over Austin Texas
November 7, 1996: The Holy Republic of Israel declares its support for the CMA.
May 3, 1997: The FBI raids a CMA compound outside White Sands New Mexico.
December 24, 1998: The Christmas Invasion. Given the chaos in Argentina, the Holy Republic of Israel invades the Argentinan nation of Judea.
December 31, 1998: Israeli Crimson Lance Forces reach Jerusalem.
Zacoftheaxes
June 28th, 2010, 04:29 PM
December 2nd, 1999: A nuclear weapon is detonated in Luxembourg, killing the leaders who meet for the Luxembourg Conference as well as most of the nation's population. It is quickly confirmed the device is too powerful for the attack to have been caused by the Argentine Anarchy.
Prometheus_2300
June 28th, 2010, 05:59 PM
December 2nd, 1999: A nuclear weapon is detonated in Luxembourg, killing the leaders who meet for the Luxembourg Conference as well as most of the nation's population. It is quickly confirmed the device is too powerful for the attack to have been caused by the Argentine Anarchy.
Another Nuke attack? Ok that's it, we have had what 12 cities now destroyed by Nukes?
December 3, 1999: At the CNATCO HQ in Brussels, all member blocs agree to double CNATCO's budget. In the backrooms of the Coalition of Nation's Headquarters, the Pacific Alliance, Argentinan Empire, Eurasian Confederation, agree to create a Secret multinational force to sabotage any non sanctioned by CNATCO enrichment centers.
December 4, 1999: The European Sucession Crisis. 7 leaders are replaced by their successors. The German Chancellor survived the attack, as he happened to be in one of the underground bunker museums from the Second European War.
December 12, 1999: The Cleveland Reclamation. Thanks to Nanite colonies the city of Cleveland's radiation levels are reduced to normal habitable levels. The technology is proven effective and is expected to be deployed soon in other American cities.
Brady Kj
June 28th, 2010, 06:38 PM
September 12, 1998: Quebec elects to become a separate nation, after extensive campaigning by Eugenic Fascist politician Pierre Trudeau.
October 3, 1998: Pierre Trudeau is elected the first Chancellor of Quebec, and inaugurated immediately. Critics claim that English-speaking Quebecers' votes were discarded.
In his inauguration speech, he discusses his plan to cleanse the nation of its most useless Anglos, and outbreeding the rest of the Anglos.
October 10, 1998: Canadian Prime Minister of Canada calls a state of emergency due to the massive influx of various non-French Quebecer refugees coming into Canada, causing a burden on the Canadian economy.
November 9: 1998: Quebec Chancellor Pierre Trudeau marries 18-year-old Jolene Belleville, Marie Binoche, and Michelle Avril Grignard. All three are faithful adherents to both Fascism and the SkyClad movement.
December 1: 1998: The Canadian government agrees to take any non-French refugees from Quebec as long as there are jobs and houses available for them, and implements a plan to deport French speakers from Canada to make room for them.
QuoProQuid
June 28th, 2010, 08:18 PM
^^ You beat me to Cleveland! I was going to add an update regarding the city.
It might be a good idea to avoid filling in December until the end. That way we can wrap up all of the ongoing plot threads and make sure this timeline gets a respectable end, whether that be explosive or not.
EDIT: I am planning on adding some dates for the Pope to visit the Calphite and for 'nuclear bunker fever' to strike Italy/France. Any suggestions?
Prometheus_2300
June 28th, 2010, 08:35 PM
I would shoot for the early 1990s like 1994 or so. Remember the blocs though, The Eurasian Confederation is trying to destabilize the Caliphate, so a visit by the Pope may cause better relations between Europe and Muslims but worse relations between Europe and Eurasia
Wow I just realized that if I called the Pacific Alliance the Oceanic Alliance, we almost would have the blocs from 1984.
Prometheus_2300
June 28th, 2010, 09:00 PM
PODs:
October 3, 1998: The French Army routs the Worker's Army at the Battle of Eiffel, forcing the anarcho-communists to flee North to Amiens
October 5, 1998: PM Luke Besson of France from the National Assembly building of the recently liberated Paris, condemns the actions of Trudeau, saying "One Christophe a century is bad enough!"
October 7, 1998: The French Population Readjustment Act is signed by Trudeau, which offers large tax incentives to any household that has over 3 children. There are also provisions allowing for marriage to multiple partners. It also calls for the registration of all Anglos and hefty fines for birthing an "Anglo-spawn" in Quebec.
November 9, 1998: The United States agrees to offer sanctuary to any non-Francophones in Quebec.
November 10, 1998: The territories of New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia, now debate what they should do, as they are separated by nearly 400 miles from Ottawa. Governor Harkness of New Brunswick, advocates creating a new nation that would be a member of the Pacific Alliance, whereas Governor Alice Coltan of Nova Scotia wishes to join the United States.
November 12, 1998: The automotive plant of Tesla-Chrysler Motors in Montreal is nationalized by Trudeau
November 14, 1998: Historian Justin David Irving, a revisionist historian of the Second European War is invited by Trudeau to give a lecture at the University of Montreal.
November 22, 1998: The island of Ile d'Orleans is declared a Skyclad sanctuary.
Prometheus_2300
June 28th, 2010, 11:08 PM
November 8, 1998: The organization of Trudeau's Freedom Boys has membership that passes 100,000. Although this is in no small part due to the poster series, "Maidens of Trudeau's New Order" which feature Trudeau's wives in their preferred outfit.
November 10, 1998: Jolene Belleville, becomes an officer in Trudeau's newly created Enforcers division.
November 11, 1998: Opera Singer Michelle Avril Grignard stars in the opera, "Olympus" at the Montreal Opera House
Zacoftheaxes
June 28th, 2010, 11:26 PM
There's a complete mystery around the Luxembourg nuke (I'm planning to reveal it was the Argentinian government in 2000) but people should be trying to pin this on someone.
thepenguin
June 29th, 2010, 12:23 AM
October 29, 1995: The Cleveland Indians complete a stunning comeback to win the World Series. The Indians recover from being down three games to one to win their first World Series since 1954 in front of a heartbroken Fulton County Stadium crowd. Joey "Albert" Belle is the Series MVP, with his walk-off two-run home run in Game Six and his 3-4 performance in Game Seven that included a home run, a 2-RBI double, and a RBI single.
October 25, 1997: In front of a stunned Fulton County Stadium crowd, the Cleveland Indians beat the Atlanta Braves 4-1 to win the World Series 4 games to 2. Brad Ogea gets the win, and Mark Jackson gets the save. This is the second World Series Championship of the 1990s for the Tribe.
December 31st, 1999: In a special meeting of the Ohio General Assembly, the House and Senate pass the "Cleveland Revitalization Act," which would provide funds to rebuild and modernize Cleveland infrastructure (which is at 1968 [?]), and to provide incentives for people to move back to Cleveland and Cuyahoga County. Cleveland is given Township status, and is given the corporate powers and duties of a civil township as per Title V, Chapter 503.01 of the Ohio Revised Code.
(What happened to the lawsuit against Tesla? How much is the ruling and how much should be expected to be spent to modernize a city whose infrastructure is stuck in the 1960s?)
Prometheus_2300
June 29th, 2010, 01:14 AM
Nothing was said about the Tesla Lawsuit, the last mentioned was that someone carrying damning evidence was in a "drunk driving accident" and that was it.
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But Zac did they launch a rocket? If so the US would have seen it and probably shot it down. Was it another Nuclear Terrorist act?
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Oh and I have a guess who Trudeau's wives are but I am not certain. Are they supposed to be anyone in particular?
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December 11, 1998: Jolene Belleville, becomes head of the 3rd Police precinct in Quebec. Her holding cells soon becomes infamous for its "Anglo Wing" who die from starvation, neglect or the occasional bullet to the head. Any investigation of her precinct is cancelled following an order from her husband. In fact with her husband's influence she is trying for Police Commissioner.
December 14, 1998: Marie Binoche-Trudeau adopts the role of First Lady to Trudeau, taking up role of pseudo-ambassador, and travelling the country speaking to Quebec youth.
December 4, 1999: Argentinan CNATCO agents discover that the remnants of the bomb casing correspond to the Uranium being mined from China or Russia, sparking suspicions on both China and Russia.
Brady Kj
June 29th, 2010, 01:16 AM
January 1, 1999: Twenty leaders from Newfoundland, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia meet in Fredricton to discuss the possibility of forming a separate nation. Jack Seamus of Newfoundland proposes a draft of a constitution and the name Terra Nova. The delegates for 13-7 in favor of the name on the first day, but Harkness suggested some amendments to the constitution.
Splitting up Canada is fun. I kind of planned on doing that to the US in the '50s with the Red State movement and maybe a few areas taken over by terrorists and gangsters, but I attempted an indirect approach of getting the ball rolling and watching other people take it to a civil war, and the indirect approach doesn't work. Oh well, this really is my first rodeo. You live and learn.
Zacoftheaxes
June 29th, 2010, 01:19 AM
But Zac did they launch a rocket? If so the US would have seen it and probably shot it down. Was it another Nuclear Terrorist act?
It was smuggled into the city by truck, like in TL-191.
Prometheus_2300
June 29th, 2010, 04:07 AM
Ah that's fine. It looks like Russia or China will take the blame right now though
Mr_ Bondoc
June 29th, 2010, 02:20 PM
Here are some PODs that are based on the fact that with all of the nuclear weapons going off, you have created great economic instability:
October 1st, 1998: Morgan Guarantee, Chase Manhattan and Bankers Trust are sent reeling as financial institutions renege on derivatives contracts, sparking a massive economic crisis...
November 19th, 1998: Y2K film by director Albert E. Ron, meakes itss hit debut, predicting a collapse of technological society due to infrastructure collapse...
December 1st, 1998: "Bank Runs" begin in earnest as people withdraw cash for Christmas holiday, and don't stop withdrawing. Federal Reserve imposes monthly cap of 20% of 11/1998 bank balance for withdrawals of over $10,000. Articles on gold become common, and the price of gold rises to $400 an ounce.
January 19th, 1999: President Letterman warns the nation of the nation about the danger of a thermonuclear holocaust, and the possibility of an infrastructure collapse during the State of the Union Address in Washington D.C.,...
January 31st, 1999: K Mart and Wal Mart cash registers crash due to massive software failures, sparking national attention and concern....
April 1st, 1999: Japan, Canada, and New York State government accounting systems start to fail. Stock-piling starts on widespread basis.
July 1st, 1999: Australian businesses along with federal and state governments experience computer crashes and malfunctions due to the roll over to the Australian financial year 1999 - 2000...
July 29th, 1999: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will report that some of nation's nuclear power plants may not be adequately prepared for the "millenium change". The NRC will then request massive emergency funding from the federal government to hire technical professions to help remedy the problem. In response to the situation, the federal goverment implements a military-style draft of technical professionals to work on the problem....
August 12th, 1999: Y2k preparedness becomes a concern with major retailers (Wal-mart, K-Mart, Target) advertising items like batteries, flashlights, and candles as "Y2k Preparedness Supplies" in their newspaper ads and in-store displays
August 29th, 1999: Food riots erupt in major U.S. cities nationwide, including Dallas, Texas; Kansas City, Missouri; Atlanta, Georgia; Boston, Massachusetts; and Minneapolis, Minnesota;...
September 9th, 1999: At least 20 states lose electric power due to technical failures. Massive food shortages occur and bank runs force many financial institutions into failure...
Zacoftheaxes
June 29th, 2010, 06:50 PM
Official song of this timeline. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9FGrFKkPnM)
Mr_ Bondoc
June 29th, 2010, 09:12 PM
Here are some PODs regarding the "Church of the Atom" and "Gregory Lucas". As they said in the movie 2012, "It's sad when the man screaming, 'The End is Nigh' is right...":
February 1st, 1990: Gregory Lucas and members of the Church if the Atom are convicted in absentia by a court in Lyon, France with "counter-revolutionary activities"...
March 9th, 1990: Members of the Church of the Atom clash with government police forces in Milan, Italy...
July 20th, 1990: Gregory Lucas, Church of the Atom, established an "retreat center" in Bern, Switzerland, sparking international attention...
August 15th, 1990: Members of the Church of the Atom are convicted with "conspiracy to steal government documents" by a federal court in Washington D.C.,...
September 18th, 1993: Congressional Representative Michael J. Flynn (D-FL) of Clearwater, Florida launches hearings against the Church of the Atom in Washington D.C.,...
May 5th, 1994: Internal Revenue Service (IRS) revokes the tax-exempt status of the Church of the Atom in Washington D.C.,...
May 16th, 1994: Church of the Atom members establish the Spiritual Technology Center (STC) in Palo Alto, California...
March 3rd-4th, 1995: Canadian police officials raid the offices of the Church of the Atom in Toronto, Ontario as a suspected "terrorist organization"...
October 2nd, 1995: Members of the Church of the Atom led by William Robertson announce a "New Civilization Game" in New York City, New York...
September 29th, 1995: Operation PHOENIX; Members of the Church of the Atom begin establishing "crisis centers" to "survive the Death Star" throughout the globe,...
October 7th, 1996: International Association of Jedi (IAJ) is formed in London, England by Gregory Lucas in an effort to coordinate the international activities of the Church of the Atom....
September 28th, 1998: Gregory Lucas issues "General Order #66" calling for members of the Church of the Atom to "be fruitful and multiply..." in San Francisco, California...
Brady Kj
June 30th, 2010, 12:48 AM
Why were Canada's provinces called territories, and why does New Brunswick have a governor instead of a premiere? Did I miss something?
Also, Bondoc, you said Lucas wants the Church of Scientology to be fruitful, not the Church of the Atom? Is that a Freudian slip?
Zacoftheaxes
June 30th, 2010, 01:32 AM
Gregory Lucas can take his cult and about 500 other earthlings on a space ark to another planet when the world finally reaches nuclear Armageddon.
Mr_ Bondoc
June 30th, 2010, 01:52 AM
Also, Bondoc, you said Lucas wants the Church of Scientology to be fruitful, not the Church of the Atom? Is that a Freudian slip?
Yes that was a dreaded Freudian slip!!
Mr_ Bondoc
June 30th, 2010, 02:26 AM
Here is what we have so far for a second look at the 1990s:
January 5, 1990: The Russian Army moves into the Xinjiang province, routing out the Nanking govt in that province
January 30th, 1990: Medical community is scandalized after reporter Jerry Rivers reports on the treatment of Mittelafrika Feuer" (MF) patients at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba...
February 1st, 1990: Gregory Lucas and members of the Church if the Atom are convicted in absentia by a court in Lyon, France with "counter-revolutionary activities"...
March 9th, 1990: Members of the Church of the Atom clash with government police forces in Milan, Italy...
March 14, 1990: President Byrd announces that during his last years in office he will increase funding to MF research and improve treatment centers. Although some of this is carried out during his term, it does not accomplish Byrd's political objective, get the nation off the religion debate.
April 5th, 1990: Uighur guerillas kill and injure more than 100 Russian civilians and soldiers in Barin Township, Xinjiang,...
May 1st, 1990: Failed assassination attempt by Richard Donovan on President Robert Byrd at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California...
May 9th, 1990: Operation SUN DEVIL; U.S. Justice Department, in association with the National Security Agency (NSA) launches a massive dragnet against suspected "Elorg" (hackers) and anti-government subversives....
June 11-18th, 1990: Riots erupt in Sofia, Bugaria over allegations of rigged elections, sparking calls for martial law...
July 3rd, 1990: Federation of Anarchist Youth (F.A.M.) establishes the "City of the Truth" commune in Sofia, Bulgaria demanding the establishment of a democratic government....
July 20th, 1990: Gregory Lucas, Church of the Atom, established an "retreat center" in Bern, Switzerland, sparking international attention...
August 15th, 1990: Members of the Church of the Atom are convicted with "conspiracy to steal government documents" by a federal court in Washington D.C.,...
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January 5, 1991: The EDC announces that it will build a bridge across the Strait of Gibraltar. This begins a prestige race for the major blocs.
January 7th, 1991: Lewis Shiner proclaims himself a "proud Elorg" during an online session in San Francisco, California...
February 5th, 1991: the "Islamic Reformist Party" masterminded a bus explosion in Urumqi, killing 20 people, mainly Russian oil workers...
February 14th, 1991: "Elorg Manifesto" is published on the "Anarchist Highway" by anarchists in Sevastopol. Russia...
April 1st, 1991: Senator Sergio Galvarino Apablaza is arrested as a suspected member of Argentine Anarchy (AA) in Montevideo, Argentina...
April 10, 1991: The Throne Axis announces the Construction of a Trans-Siberan Mag-Rail train, called Tsar Locomotive, that will go from St. Petersburg to Shanghai.
April 16th, 1991: Lunex Scandal; Defense Department employee Alexander Abian leaks documents to The Independent revealing plans to deploy nuclear weapons to the lunar surface...
April 22, 1991: Vatican officials give secret orders to begin making copies of important scientific and theological documents in their Archives and sending them certain monestaries and cathedrals to ensure their survival in case of nuclear war.
April 26th, 1991: Most of the government of Argentina is killed when Argentine Anarchy members crash a jet containing a dirty bomb into the Argentinian capital building. The nation is in chaos.
May 1st, 1991: Demonstrations and riots against the Scandinavia on the roads of Helsinki in Finland. the local police forces attack the rioters. 10 are killed and over 50 arrested.
May 3rd, 1991: The Argentinian Civil War begins, the remains of the government go to war with the powerful Argentine Anarchy movement.
May 7, 1991: The Pacific Alliance announces its plan to build a Space Elevator at Nairobi.
May 10, 1991: The Pacific Alliance Scientific Development Commission offers a large number of research grants for nanotechnology.
May 15th, 1991: Riots have spread to all the major cities in Finland. rioters are becoming increasingly agressive for each day that passes. in Stockholm president of united Scandinavia ,Göran Pettersson, announces a state of emergency in Finland. After wich 3 companies of the scandinavian army are sent to finland to stop the rioters.
May 19th 1991: A bomb is denoted in the Magnusson Square(former senate square) in Helsinki killing 37 scandinavian soliders and 10 civilians. later the same day a man named Urho Kallio who is in charge of the undercover organisation "black knights" announces on the radio that he takes responsibility for the bomb and that he prompts people to action against Göran Petterssons troops.
May 27th 1991: a fight occurs between a platoon of the scandinavian troops and a 200 finnish rebels. 30 scandinavian soliders are dead and 10 wounded
while the rebels loose 50 men and another 50 wounded.
June 1st, 1991: 20 armed members of the black knights accompanied by aprox. 50 rebels storm the senate building at magnusson square in Helsinki rising the flag of the black guard on the top of it.
June 3rd, 1991: after a night of heavy fighting the last soliders are driven out from helsinki. and the black guard declares Helsinki to be an inpendent state. Göran Pettersson announces in a press conference in Stockholm that he will regain Helsinki back to the state and that he will see every single rebellionist killed.
June 18th, 1991: Daniel arap Moi leads nationalist rebellion in Nairobi, after Pacific Alliance troops are deployed to clear land of 12 local villages in an effort to begin construction of a space elevator...
June 19th, 1991: Kalenjin leaders begin the mass slaughter of Kikuyu, Luo and Luhya minorities nationwide, blaming them for "collaboration with the Pacific Alliance pigs..."
June 20th 1991: Göran Pettersson launches a full scale attack on finland. 2000paratroopers are sent to Helsinki 1000 paratroopers to Tampere. 5000 infantry soliders are sent to finlands west coast on landing craft each able to contain 50 men. while the 1st naval army besieges the naval fortress of Suomenlinna outside Helsinki.
June 21st-30th 1991. war rages on in finland tampere is now held by Scandinavian paratroopers. In Helsinki The black knights and Finnish rebellionists have won the fight but the situation might get a turn for the worse if Suomenlinna falls. Urho Kallio mobilises 500 black guard soliders to help in the deffence of Suomenlinna.
July 8th. 1991: Suomenlinna falls. but when the marine soliders are rushing towards the city. declares Urho Kallio that the black guard is in the posession of a nuke and that if Göran Pettersson doesnt withdraw his troops within 24hours all of stockholm will go KABOOM! Göran Pettersson has no choice but to withdraw all his troops from finnish soil.
July 14th, 1991: Nicolas Walter leads an atheist rally in London, England proclaiming, "We may yet end with Neither God nor master!"
July 15th, 1991: Urho Kallio declares that everything south of Tampere to the Finnish Gulf in the south and the Laatokka in the east is now a part of a independent Finland. He also declares that Finland is a kingdom and he as the leader of the fight for inpendence is the king of finland. His name is changed to Väinö I of Finland.
July 16th 1991: Väinö I nominates Wilhelm Engels to be the new supreme commander of the finnish armed forces that consists of the elite black knights the navy, the infantry, and the airforces.
July 31st, 1991: Irish President Brian Lenihan anounce Ireland's application into the European Common Market (ECM) in Rome, Italy, despite British pleas regarding the Commonwealth...
August 9th, 1991: Anti-Irish riots erupt in London, Manchester, and Edinburgh after The Telegraph and The Guardian report Ireland's membership into the European Common Market (ECM)....
December 21st, 1991: Göran Pettersson gets the report from his inteligence officers that the claim that the finns own a nuke is a hoax. after wich he he sends a army of 30.000 paratrooppers to finland acompanied by the 1st 2nd and 3rd naval armies and the 6th 5th and 9th airforces.
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January 4, 1992: The Baghdad Conference, a meeting of the leaders of Arabia, Assyria, Kurdistan, Persia, Arabia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sudan, Chad, Tunisia, and Libya meet. The Baghdad Compact is signed, and the Caliphate is formed. It is an economic/defensive bloc with its administrative HQ in Medina. Unlike the West which separates church and state, the Caliphate fuses them. The Turkish Republic does not join the Caliphate.
January 10th 1992: the Second Battle for Tampere takes place, killing 3000 paratroopers and destroying 100 planes on the scandinavian side and killing 1000 black guard and 5000 infantry soliders destroying 60 anti aircraft vechiles and 50 armoured cars. the battle was a meager finnish victory. After the battle, Tampere was completely in ruins.
January 12, 1992: The Lunex Mining Consortium begins mining operations in the Sea of Storms on the Moon. The facility is only manned by 6 people, and a majority of the mining done by computer controlled robotic walkers or remote controlled equipment.
january 16th 1992. the Second Battle for Helsinki takes place 1st and 2nd naval armies shell Helsinki and 5000 marine soliders are sent on landing craft towards the city. Meanwhile the air is filled with over 600 Scandinavian planes and thousands of paratroopers.
the battle is a solid Scandinavian victory. casualties as follows
Scandinavians:
1250 marine soliders killed
500 wounded
1000 paratroopers killed
240 wounded
200 planes destroyed
finns:
4000 blackguards killed
3500 infantry soliders killed
all 300 anti aircraft vechiles destroyed or lost.
Väinö I orders engels to take back Helsinki at any cost to wich engels responds that he won't send his men to die in vain becouse the city can't be qoncuered back, atleast not in this situation when the finnish army is begin attacked on all fronts.
February 1st, 1992: The loss of Finland was a great blow to the image of a aryan super race (in Göran Petterson's eyes that is)to restore their pride all around Scandinavia Anti-Finnish propaganda posters are nailed to the walls of buildings. Recruiters appear in all major cities in scandinavian union enlisting young men to join in the "Aryan Crusade" wich aim is to destroy Finland once for all. But the scandinavian high council ( a council of 12 men ((women are not allowed)) who rule scandinavia with the president) decides that Pettersson has gone too far and that he must be stopped at any cost before he makes Germany their enemy by attacking Finland.
February 27th 1992: Scandinavian troops control western part of the newly established Kingdom of Finland and are advancing towards the final strongholds nish of the forces in the eastern parts of finland. Because of the demand of the Black Guard the unveilling King Väinö I is forced to negoshiate a deal with the German Empire.
March 9th, 1992: A treaty has been made with the German empire and
kingdom of Finland. the Germans will support the finnish war effort against the scandinavia in exchange they may rent the port city of Hamina and its surroundings for 30 years.
March 15-27th 1992: 10,000 German troops arrive Hamina. The commander of the Finnish army Wilhelm Engels meets the commander of the German troops in the secret HQ of the Black Guard a 50km to the north.
March 17th, 1992: Ultranationalist members of "Ya Basta!" bomb the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires, killing 48 people, injuring 792 people...
April 9th, 1992: MP Michael Holmes is elected Prime Minister, after pointing to concerns of an economic dowturn, and opposition to the European Common Market...
April 15th, 1992: Third Battle for Helsinki; the Scandinavian troops entrenched in the city have no chance against the unified strength of the Finnish and the German. The commander of the Scandinavian troops surrenders at midday on former Magnusson Square (now dubbed "Liberty Square").
Casualties :
Scandinavian
500 men dead
2500 as prisoners of war
German
50 men dead
43 men wounded
2 planes crashed
Finnish
70 men dead
20 wounded
Soon other commanders of the Scandinavian troops follow the example of the commander in Helsinki.
April 20th, 1992: Almost all scandinavian troops have been driven out from Finland. the German troops will stay and protect the western front for 3 more months after wich they will move to their new garrisson in Hamina. Göran Pettersson can do nothing but to accept that they lost a great chunk from their eastern part.
May 1st, 1992: Göran pettersson dies with 49 pistol bullets in his body. The day is declared to be a public day of mourning all around the Scandinavian Union.
May 7th, 1992: A state furneal is held for göran pettersson. He is buried in a graveyard just outside Stockholm.
May 10th, 1992. Väinö I makes a pact with Russia (in secrecy) that the Russians will not interfere with the Finnish inpendence in exchange for the landmass from Lake Ladoga to Viipuri
May 13th, 1992: Li Hongzhi proclaims "Falun Dafa" in Changchun, China; calling for the rise of a theocratic state...
May 25th, 1992: In Scandinavia the high council elects Johan Linfors as the new president of the union. An Age of peace and progress starts in the Scandinavian Union.
June 5, 1992: The Democratic National Convention is one of the most divisive in recent memory. Byrd's presidency has been antagonistic to Northern Democrats. It is not helped that former President Cronkite has remained in the news. Byrd's renomination is hardly smooth as a DRAFT CRONKITE Movement shows considerable strength. After 5 ballots, many northern democrats announce their leaving the party to join Cronkite's Liberal party, leading the charge is Senator David Letterman
June 9th, 1992: Rebuilding of Helsinki begins with the help of the Germans. In case of future atacks it is decided that there shalt be a bomb shelter in every appartment buildings. Also its declared that a anti-aircraft gun and a searclight is to be deployed in every government building and that appartment buildings should have a platform on their roof roof so that a anti-aircraft gun could be deployed there if needed and thereby turning Helsinki into one of the most fortified cities on the globe.
June 12, 1992: The Republican National Convention chooses, Stephen M. Forbes w/ running mate Harry Stassen. The republicans are going on a fiscal conservancy with and internationalist platform
June 19, 1992: The Liberal Party nominates Cronkite/Carson. Their platform is separation of church and state. Also on this day, Scandinavian Union signs a law that denies work for any "non-Aryan". Although this doesn't change the situation much as there has been a law in Scandinavia for over 30 years declaring that no non-Aryans may live there. Also a law stating that the word "Finland" is outlawed in scandinavia and if anybody is found using it he or she may be flogged.
June 30th, 1992: Väinö I reveals the plan for getting down the unemployment from 60% to 10 or less in 2 years. His plan includes rebuilding the Finnish forest, coal-mining and the ship-building industries.
July 30th, 1992: the electrical monorail between Stockholm Malmö is ready. the monorail is powered by Scandinavias first nuclear reactor named GÖRAN 1.
September 11, 1992: In Raleigh North Carolina a law is passed that forbids the teaching of evolution in all state elementary and high schools. This attracts national attention and becomes an issue the candidates have to deal with
October 2nd, 1992: Anarchist riots erupt in Bloomington, Indiana over concerns about the presidential elections...
October 12, 1992: The Presidental three-way debate between Forbes, Cronkite and Byrd. Cronkite emerges as the Foreign policy leader but loses the debate when he and Byrd nearly broke debate rules. As a result Forbes moderate position causes the press to label him the victor of the Debate
October 23rd, 1992: Reverend Pete Peters of Estes Park, Colorado, announces the creation of "Rocky Mountain Rendezvous" in an effort to wait out the "End Times", based on Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand....
November 1st, 1992: Greek dictator Nikolaos Makarezos announces its membership into the European Common Market (ECM) in Athens, Greece...
November 3, 1992: Arms dealer Mikhail Putin with his various connections to the Russian Army, sells thousands of Weapons to Abdul Mussawir, an Oil Sheik, and plastics manufacturer in Bahrain. Mussawir begins raids and sabotaged all aimed at weakening the Caliphate.
November 5, 1992: Election day. President Byrd receives 25%, Cronkite with 35% and Forbes 40%. For the 3rd time in America's history the election is thrown to the House.The Republicans recapture the house with a margin of 3. The Republicans also recapture the Senate with a margin of 2.
November 15, 1992: American and Japanese troops are sent to Kenya to stabilize the region, in particular guarantee the safety of the planned Space Elevator site outside of Nairobi.
November 24, 1992: The Democratic Congress of 1990-1992, is unable to make the vote. The Liberals, the Democrats and the Republicans are unable to reach a consensus. After several backroom deals, it is decided that Republican Stephen M. Forbes will be the next President.
December 11, 1992: At the resanctification of the Kabba in New Mecca, a car bomb explodes, killing 23 muslim clerics
December 23rd, 1992: Ajuran, Ogaden and Degodia clans announce their defiance against the Pacific Alliance in Wajir, Kenya...
December 29th, 1992: Nairobi Bombings; Daniel arap Moi takes credit for the bombing of British and American Embassies in Nairobi, killing 247 people, injuring 4,800 people, using two truck bombs....
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February 8th, 1993: TIME magazine warns of the "looming threat" of the "Elorg hordes"....
March 13, 1993: Baghdad Sarin Attacks. 628 people are dead following the release of Sarin gas in a crowded subway station during Rush Hour
April 1, 1993: President Forbes opens the Bay Area Transit Network, a system of magrail trains that allow commuters to get around the bay easier. This works in conjunction with the San Francisco Metropolitan Monorail.
April 26th, 1993: on the second anniversary of the assassination of several Argentinian leaders, the new Argentinian government uses a nuclear weapon on a "suspected rebel hideout" in southern Mexico, killing 2,542.
June 11th, 1993: Father Julio Grassi is assassinated in Buenos Aires, Argentina after speaking out against the government...
June 15, 1993: President Forbes accomplishes one of his campaign promises. The dismissal of the National Sales Tax, and the enstatement of the Flat Income Tax. The Internal Revenue Act of 1993 is signed into law
June 24th, 1993: Surgeon General Gerd Peters is forced to resign after declaring a sugar a "health food" in Washington D.C.,....
September 6th, 1993: European Common Market (ECM) leaders reject the application of the Turkish Republic, due to concerns of "Islamo-fascism"....
September 18th, 1993: Congressional Representative Michael J. Flynn (D-FL) of Clearwater, Florida launches hearings against the Church of the Atom in Washington D.C.,...
October 4th, 1993: A Christian Militia Association (CMA) couple in Opelika, Alabama guns down a child protective services agent, after reports of domestic violence and poor living conditions...
October 5, 1993: Respected Journalist Ronald Reagan, retires as newsanchor for the HBC Nightly News. "This is Ronald Reagan, signing off America." His last interview is with Former President Walter Cronkite.
October 23rd, 1993: Magician Countess Sophia Sabak does a televised seance to contact the spirit of Harry Houdini in New York City, New York...
December 24th, 1993: U.S. Justice Department, backed by the E-games (video-games) industry, announces a national crackdown on hackers for "copyright protection"...
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January 3, 1994: Tesla Dynamic moves into their new HQ in New York City. Tesla Tower is a 200 story building in South Manhattan.
January 21st, 1994: Battle of Puerto Madryn; Government troops announce the discovery of Argentine Anarchy (AA) guerillas in Puerto Madryn, Argentina...
January 30th, 1994: "Beehive" female hairstyles become popular, led by Martha Atkins in New York City, New York...
February 5th, 1994: New York Stock Exchange surpasses 5000+ for the first time, sparking international attention...
April 1, 1994: FBI Director Richard Nixon retires, shortly after the completion of Operation TURTLEDOVE, which routed much of the organized crime West of the Mississippi
April 5th, 1994: Christian Militia Association (CMA) leader John Trochmann condemns Operation TURTLEDOVE as "the first steps toward a police-state"...
May 5th, 1994: Internal Revenue Service (IRS) revokes the tax-exempt status of the Church of the Atom in Washington D.C.,...
May 16th, 1994: Church of the Atom members establish the Spiritual Technology Center (STC) in Palo Alto, California...
May 26th, 1994: Hua Jiaxuan, CEO of Qigong International, calls for a return to "classical Chinese virtues", during a rally in Shanghai, China...
May 29th, 1994: Anarchist riots erupt in Glasgow, Scotland calling for national autonomy for the region, sparking international attention...
July 8th-17th, 1994: Student riots erupt in Florianopolis, Brazil, sparking a massive military crackdown on the region...
July 17th, 1994: Ceara Manifesto; Students at the University of Ceara, Brazil call for democratic and student rights, sparking international attention...
July 30th, 1994: Local community activists in Espaco Vadiagem, Sao Paulo, Brazil call for civil rights, sparking national attention...
August 20th, 1994: Archbishop Quarracino praises the government for its plans to roundup homosexuals and non-Christians for "re-education camps" during a rally in Buenos Aires...
October 14th, 1994: Christian Militia Association (CMA) leader Joseph Vogler is assassinated during a rally in Fairbanks, Alaska, after calling for Alaskan secession; sparking international attention and concern...
October 21st-30th, 1994: Poll Tax Riots; Riots erupt in London, England over proposed measures for the creation of poll taxes...
November 12, 1994: Johnathan Winters, volunteers to be a test subject for a nanotech medical experiment. He is first injected with a colony of nanites, designed to augment the immune system. Then he is injected with MF. The nanites obliterated the virus from Winters body. Drexler and his team of doctors are immediately named TIME's Persons of the Year. Almost immediately pharmaceutical companies begin hiring Drexler's team to get market share in the "MF Vaccination market". However those infected with MF there is little that can be done.
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January 4th, 1995: Zhuan Falun by Li Hongzhi proclaims the need to reunify the nation of China, as "the only path of salvation from the apocalyptic end.."
February 2nd, 1995: Li Hongzhi leads ultra-nationalist rallies in Nanjing, Southern China, calling for national reunification...
February 28th, 1995: "Elorg" activist Kevin Mitnick publishes information warning that the 1992 and 1994 elections were "rigged" through the "Anarchist Highway" (Internet)....
March 3rd-4th, 1995: Canadian police officials raid the offices of the Church of the Atom in Toronto, Ontario as a suspected "terrorist organization"...
May 11, 1995: President Forbes visits Moscow, to discuss the China dilemma. Although its not known until later the Moscow Accord is signed which states that should the problems with China escalate, the Pacific Alliance will maintain the peace in South China, while Eurasia will keep th peace in the North. Shanghai being a shared city. The Pacific Alliance have more investments and favorable presence then the North. Zedong's former supporters will support the US in Hong Kong. Forbes also agrees to overlook Russia's attempts to destabilize the Caliphate.
June 14th, 1995: U.S. Congress passes the Communications Decency Act, banning "pornographic materials" from the "Anarchist Highway"
June 22nd, 1995: "Female Baldness (a.k.a. "Chrome")" by Robert Schosser becomes a popular fashion trend....
September 28th, 1995: NII Copyright Protection Act passed by U.S. Congress, severely limiting all forms of video, audio, and information copying
September 29th, 1995: Operation PHOENIX; Members of the Church of the Atom begin establishing "crisis centers" to "survive the Death Star" throughout the globe,...
October 2nd, 1995: Members of the Church of the Atom led by William Robertson announce a "New Civilization Game" in New York City, New York...
October 17th, 1995: Ethnic cleansing operations are launched against Luos and Nubians as "Pacific Alliance collaborators..." Also on this day, Yang Jiechi intercepts a Russian diplomatic courier in Saint Petersburg, uncovering a copy of the Moscow Accord...
October 29, 1995: The Cleveland Indians complete a stunning comeback to win the World Series. The Indians recover from being down three games to one to win their first World Series since 1954 in front of a heartbroken Fulton County Stadium crowd. Joey "Albert" Belle is the Series MVP, with his walk-off two-run home run in Game Six and his 3-4 performance in Game Seven that included a home run, a 2-RBI double, and a RBI single.
October 31st, 1995: FBI Director Richard M. Nixon is briefed on possible reports of Chinese theft of nuclear weapons technology in Quantico, Virginia...
November 14, 1995: Aries 3 reaches the Red Planet. The spaceship is unmanned but humanoid robotic walkers are remote controlled by Earth, and collect about 750 pounds of Martian samples for the Labs on Earth. Also on this day, Military junta leaders launch an etnic crackdown on Kolla Indians in Tabacal, Argentina...
December 19th, 1995: Erkin Alptekin, Uyghur guerilla leader launches attacks on Russian forces in Tarbagatay, Xinjiang...
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February 10th, 1996: Liu Chaoying, Qigong International, contributes c.$366,000 for the re-election campaign of President Stephen Forbes...
March 21st, 1996: Chen Shui-bian, Qigong International, visits the White House after making a c.$275,000 to the re-election campaign of President Forbes....
March 27th, 1996: Department of Energy officials warn President Forbes that Chinese intelligence agents have stolen nuclear weapons secrets from Los Alamos, New Mexico....
June 17th, 1996: Li Hongzhi launches an "anti-spiritual pollution" campaign in Beijing, leading book-burning campaigns of Third World novels by Mao Tse-tung and all "foreign" literature...
August 24th, 1996: Christian Militia Association (CMA) members led by Jason Leigh seize control of the state capitol in Austin, Texas, establishing a "Provisional Government General Council"....
August 28th, 1996: Li Hongzhi calls upon followers to drive out the "foreign devils" during a rally in Beijing;
August 31st, 1996: Members of the Christian Militia Association (CMA) launch the "Rally for the Bill of Rights", demanding "people, not the corporations..."
October 7th, 1996: International Association of Jedi (IAJ) is formed in London, England by Gregory Lucas in an effort to coordinate the international activities of the Church of the Atom....
October 15, 1996: Pirate's Cove, a JIGSAW file sharing site, announces that it will not kowtow to the American Information laws recently passed. It also publishes the schematics to the Q-Nexus to all Elorgs. The broadcast location of the Cove is kept aboard an airship above the North Sea, in international waters
November 5, 1996: President Forbes loses re-election. However the Democratic candidate fails to capture even 15% of the vote. Liberal Candidate and Former President Walter Cronkite is elected president, with running mate Senator David Letterman. In Paris France, The Q-Nexus, a technology that allows the DATANET (aka Internet, Anarchist Highway) to be wireless. It has the range of a major city.
November 7, 1996: The Holy Republic of Israel declares its support for the CMA.
November 23rd, 1996: Emeti Yakuf (a.k.a. Aibu Abudurehem) proclaims an "intifada" demanding the immediate withdrawal of Russian troops from Xinjiang...
December 16th, 1996: China Can Say No by Zhang Zangzang, Zhang Xiaobo, Song Qiang, Tang Zhengyu, Qiao Bian and Gu Qingsheng; inflaming anti-foreigner sentiment throughout China...
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February 19th, 1997: La Plume Noire; Anarchist riots erupt in Lyon, France, sparking a massive police crackdown...
February 25th, 1997: "Eastern Turkistan National Solidarity Union" staged a bombing incident in Urumqi marketplace which involved nearly 100 casualties...
April 14th, 1997: Juan Pablo Orrego is executed as a suspected member of Argentine Anarchy (AA) in Montevideo, Argentina...
April 18th, 1997: Christian Militia Alliance (CMA) leader Jonathan Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona calls for the secession of the "Republic of Arizona"...
May 3, 1997: The FBI raids a CMA compound outside White Sands New Mexico.
May 11th, 1997: Government officials led by Prime Minister Michael Holmes condemns the European Common Market (ECM) as "an economic threat to national identity.." during a rally in London, England....
July 17th, 1997: Italian Police launch a nationwide crackdown on suspected anarchists. Officials in Rome, Italy claim that the crackdown is aimed at crushing political opposition...
August 5th, 1997: Doctor Theodore Connester proclaims the "End Times" during a rally in Los Angeles, California; purportedly experiencing the "Face of God"...
August 8th, 1997: British SAS assassinate Kenyan nationalist leader Gilbert Simiyu, sparking international attention....
August 10, 1997: President Cronkite is rushed to Walter Reed, following a stroke. The cabinet agrees that the President is unable to carry out his duties. VP David Letterman is sworn in as President aboard AirShip One
August 23rd, 1997: Islamic fundamentalist leader Wadih el-Hage launches "jihad" against the Pacific Alliance in Nairobi....
August 27, 1997: President Letterman deploys the army to re-establish control over Austin Texas
October 12, 1997: The Gibraltar Bridge opens
October 25, 1997: In front of a stunned Fulton County Stadium crowd, the Cleveland Indians beat the Atlanta Braves 4-1 to win the World Series 4 games to 2. Brad Ogea gets the win, and Mark Jackson gets the save. This is the second World Series Championship of the 1990s for the Tribe.
December 17th, 1997: 4 Polish nationalists are killed in Grozny, Chechnya after they are caught supplying Chechen guerillas with weapons....
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January 23rd, 1998: Colonel Alfredo Astiz launches "death squads" in an effort to contain "insurgent factions"...
January 24th, 1998: Justice Department officials announces the arrest of thousands of suspected "Elorg pornographers" during a press conference in Washington D.C.,...
March 1st, 1998: Memtimin Memet, Xinjiang nationalist, begins training with Baghdad Conference forces in Baghdad...
March 5th, 1998:"Eastern Turkistan National Center" guerillas carried out bomb attacks on the Russian Consulate-General in Istanbul, killing 28 people...
March 31st, 1998: Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa, sparks Chinese anger and nationalist sentiment after calling Chinese people the "lesser peoples of Asia..."
April 1, 1998: In a joint declaration from the Pacific Alliance nations, they restate their desire for peace, free trade, and a China that respects all human rights. Although not directly saying so it is a retraction of PM Miyazawa March 31st statement.
May 11th, 1998: Li Hongzhi launches "anti-spiritual pollution" campaigns, targetting the Muslim population of Xinjiang....
May 23rd, 1998: Police in New York City, New York, announce the arrest of members of Love & Rage Revolutionary Anarchist Federation....
June 8th, 1998: "La Patria Ordo Nuevo" (New Order Party), comes to power in Buenos Aires, Argentina led by Alejandro Franze
June 30th, 1998: Labor Activists storm the Parliament in Paris saying, "The dictatorship of capitalism is abolished. The workers declare anarchist-communism"...
July 5, 1998: The French PM, Luke Besson along with most of Parliament flees to the backup government bunkers in Toulouse. The bunkers were built as a means of continuing the government of France in the event of nuclear war. Martial Law is declared for the city of Paris and regions of Amiens, Rouen, and Nantes.
July 17th, 1998: Inspired by events in Paris, France; Christian Militia Association (CMA) members hold the American Heritage Festival '98 in Carthage, Missouri with c.300,000 people attending, calling for a "people's government..."
September 12, 1998: Quebec elects to become a separate nation, after extensive campaigning by Eugenic Fascist politician Pierre Trudeau.
September 28th, 1998: Gregory Lucas issues "General Order #66" calling for members of the Church of the Atom to "be fruitful and multiply..." in San Francisco, California...
October 1st, 1998: Morgan Guarantee, Chase Manhattan and Bankers Trust are sent reeling as financial institutions renege on derivatives contracts, sparking a massive economic crisis...
October 3, 1998: Pierre Trudeau is elected the first Chancellor of Quebec, and inaugurated immediately. Critics claim that English-speaking Quebecers' votes were discarded. In his inauguration speech, he discusses his plan to cleanse the nation of its most useless Anglos, and outbreeding the rest of the Anglos. Also on this day, The French Army routs the Worker's Army at the Battle of Eiffel, forcing the anarcho-communists to flee North to Amiens
October 5, 1998: The Russian Empire warns the government of Hongzhi that unless the anti-foreigners rallies cease, the Eurasian Confederation will consider China "in a state of Civil unrest, needing intervention". Also on this day, PM Luke Besson of France from the National Assembly building of the recently liberated Paris, condemns the actions of Trudeau, saying "One Christophe a century is bad enough!"
October 7, 1998: The French Population Readjustment Act is signed by Trudeau, which offers large tax incentives to any household that has over 3 children. There are also provisions allowing for marriage to multiple partners. It also calls for the registration of all Anglos and hefty fines for birthing an "Anglo-spawn" in Quebec.
October 10, 1998: Canadian Prime Minister of Canada calls a state of emergency due to the massive influx of various non-French Quebecer refugees coming into Canada, causing a burden on the Canadian economy.
November 2, 1998: The Anarcho-capitalist status quo of the Country of Manchuria, revoke the property rights of "Falun Dafa", following non-payment. The Mercenaries from Narusegawa Security (aka Japanese Blackwater) are called to supress the riots. Warwalkers are now a common sit in Manchuria
November 7th, 1998: Chinese leader Li Hongzhi meets with Russian leaders in Saint Petersburg, Russia warning them that he is aware of the Moscow Accords....
November 8, 1998: The organization of Trudeau's Freedom Boys has membership that passes 100,000. Although this is in no small part due to the poster series, "Maidens of Trudeau's New Order" which feature Trudeau's wives in their preferred outfit.
November 9, 1998: Chinese Industrialist Zhang Tao of the Hong Kong/Macau district defies Li Hongzhi in an interview. Also on this day, Quebec Chancellor Pierre Trudeau marries 18-year-old Jolene Belleville, Marie Binoche, and Michelle Avril Grignard. All three are faithful adherents to both Fascism and the SkyClad movement. Also on this day, The United States agrees to offer sanctuary to any non-Francophones in Quebec.
November 10th, 1998: Brigadier General Sergio Espinoza Davies calls for a crackdown on "foreign sympathizers", during a rally in Montevideo, Argentina. Also on this day, The territories of New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia, now debate what they should do, as they are separated by nearly 400 miles from Ottawa. Governor Harkness of New Brunswick, advocates creating a new nation that would be a member of the Pacific Alliance, whereas Governor Alice Coltan of Nova Scotia wishes to join the United States. Also on this day, Jolene Belleville, becomes an officer in Trudeau's newly created Enforcers division.
November 11, 1998: Unlike the rest of the country Third World is still available for sale in Hong Kong/Macau. Also on this day, Opera Singer Michelle Avril Grignard stars in the opera, "Olympus" at the Montreal Opera House.
November 12, 1998: Underground writers continue the Third World novel series into the late 1990s. The writers are against the Hongzhi government, and it shows in the writing, when the communist powers, the Soviet Union collapses in a year, and China is slowly turning into a capitalist, and internationalist power. Also on this day, The automotive plant of Tesla-Chrysler Motors in Montreal is nationalized by Trudeau.
November 14, 1998: Historian Justin David Irving, a revisionist historian of the Second European War is invited by Trudeau to give a lecture at the University of Montreal.
November 15, 1998: A battalion of Chinese troops launches a raid on German Indochina,without the permission of Beijing.
November 19th, 1998: Y2K film by director Albert E. Ron, meakes itss hit debut, predicting a collapse of technological society due to infrastructure collapse...
November 22, 1998: The island of Ile d'Orleans is declared a Skyclad sanctuary.
December 1: 1998: The Canadian government agrees to take any non-French refugees from Quebec as long as there are jobs and houses available for them, and implements a plan to deport French speakers from Canada to make room for them. Also on this day, "Bank Runs" begin in earnest as people withdraw cash for Christmas holiday, and don't stop withdrawing. Federal Reserve imposes monthly cap of 20% of 11/1998 bank balance for withdrawals of over $10,000. Articles on gold become common, and the price of gold rises to $400 an ounce.
December 11, 1998: Jolene Belleville, becomes head of the 3rd Police precinct in Quebec. Her holding cells soon becomes infamous for its "Anglo Wing" who die from starvation, neglect or the occasional bullet to the head. Any investigation of her precinct is cancelled following an order from her husband. In fact with her husband's influence she is trying for Police Commissioner.
December 14, 1998: Marie Binoche-Trudeau adopts the role of First Lady to Trudeau, taking up role of pseudo-ambassador, and travelling the country speaking to Quebec youth.
December 24, 1998: The Christmas Invasion. Given the chaos in Argentina, the Holy Republic of Israel invades the Argentinan nation of Judea.
December 28th, 1998: Admiral Ruben Franco is ordered by the Alejandro Franze government to "root out countrer-revolutionaries" in Buenos Aires, Argentina....
December 31, 1998: Israeli Crimson Lance Forces reach Jerusalem.
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January 1, 1999: The American Embassy is stormed by a mob, the ambassador killed. President Letterman announces that "China has fallen into Anarchy. Following a meeting with the Russian Prime Minister, we have agreed that we must intervene." Also on this day, Twenty leaders from Newfoundland, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia meet in Fredricton to discuss the possibility of forming a separate nation. Jack Seamus of Newfoundland proposes a draft of a constitution and the name Terra Nova. The delegates for 13-7 in favor of the name on the first day, but Harkness suggested some amendments to the constitution.
January 12th, 1999: Justice Department announces the shutdown of 500 different "pornographic" sites during a press conference in Washington D.C.,....
January 19th, 1999: President Letterman warns the nation of the nation about the danger of a thermonuclear holocaust, and the possibility of an infrastructure collapse during the State of the Union Address in Washington D.C.,...
January 31st, 1999: K Mart and Wal Mart cash registers crash due to massive software failures, sparking national attention and concern....
April 1st, 1999: Japan, Canada, and New York State government accounting systems start to fail. Stock-piling starts on widespread basis.
April 25th, 1999: Zhongnanhai Incident; Government-sponsored mobs launch anti-foreigner riots, setting fire to the Sheraton Hotel in Zhongnanhai, China...
May 7th, 1999: Anti-foreigner riots erupt in Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong, Nanjing, and Taipei, China, sparking international attention and concern...
May 12th, 1999: The Independent reveals that Chinese General Ji Shengde gave c. $300,000 to the political campaign of former President Stephen Forbes, sparking international controversy...
June 11th, 1999: "Holy War" veteran Colonel John Roberts begins the paramilitary training of the Militia of East Tennessee...
July 1st, 1999: Australian businesses along with federal and state governments experience computer crashes and malfunctions due to the roll over to the Australian financial year 1999 - 2000...
July 29th, 1999: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will report that some of nation's nuclear power plants may not be adequately prepared for the "millenium change". The NRC will then request massive emergency funding from the federal government to hire technical professions to help remedy the problem. In response to the situation, the federal goverment implements a military-style draft of technical professionals to work on the problem....
August 12th, 1999: Y2k preparedness becomes a concern with major retailers (Wal-mart, K-Mart, Target) advertising items like batteries, flashlights, and candles as "Y2k Preparedness Supplies" in their newspaper ads and in-store displays
August 29th, 1999: Food riots erupt in major U.S. cities nationwide, including Dallas, Texas; Kansas City, Missouri; Atlanta, Georgia; Boston, Massachusetts; and Minneapolis, Minnesota;...
September 9th, 1999: At least 20 states lose electric power due to technical failures. Massive food shortages occur and bank runs force many financial institutions into failure...
October 13th, 1999: Southern Indiana Regional Militia members battle against FBI agents for control of criminal syndicate networks left open by Operation TURTLEDOVE in Fort Wayne, Indiana....
December 1st, 1999: Luxembourg Conference; European Common Market leaders proclaim a "New European Century" during a conference in Luxembourg...
December 2nd, 1999: A nuclear weapon is detonated in Luxembourg, killing the leaders who meet for the Luxembourg Conference as well as most of the nation's population. It is quickly confirmed the device is too powerful for the attack to have been caused by the Argentine Anarchy.
December 3, 1999: At the CNATCO HQ in Brussels, all member blocs agree to double CNATCO's budget. In the backrooms of the Coalition of Nation's Headquarters, the Pacific Alliance, Argentinan Empire, Eurasian Confederation, agree to create a Secret multinational force to sabotage any non sanctioned by CNATCO enrichment centers.
December 4, 1999: The European Sucession Crisis. 7 leaders are replaced by their successors. The German Chancellor survived the attack, as he happened to be in one of the underground bunker museums from the Second European War. Also on this day, Argentinan CNATCO agents discover that the remnants of the bomb casing correspond to the Uranium being mined from China or Russia, sparking suspicions on both China and Russia.
December 12, 1999: The Cleveland Reclamation. Thanks to Nanite colonies the city of Cleveland's radiation levels are reduced to normal habitable levels. The technology is proven effective and is expected to be deployed soon in other American cities.
December 31st, 1999: In a special meeting of the Ohio General Assembly, the House and Senate pass the "Cleveland Revitalization Act," which would provide funds to rebuild and modernize Cleveland infrastructure, and to provide incentives for people to move back to Cleveland and Cuyahoga County. Cleveland is given Township status, and is given the corporate powers and duties of a civil township as per Title V, Chapter 503.01 of the Ohio Revised Code.
eaglesfan101
June 30th, 2010, 06:42 AM
Can't do a 90's timeline without Grunge :p. I actually think Grunge music could be an important addition to the timeline. I think that with the Cold War, Nuclear Disasters, conservative atmosphere, ethnic conflicts, and many other things; a the Grunge culture can evolve into a 1960's counterculture-like movement.
March 19th, 1990: Mother Love Bone lead singer Andrew Wood survives a Heroin overdose. After the near death experiance, Wood kicks off his addiction to drugs.
May 5th, 1990: Vocalist Eddie Vedder, drummer Brad Wilk, guitarist Tom Morello, and bassist Tim Commerford create the band Radioslave. (Eddie Vedder was friends with Brad Wilk, so this is not ASB).
July 6th, 1991: Mother Love Bone's To Heaven And Back debuts at #176 on the Billboard 200. MTV begins playing the song 'Almost There', written about Andrew Wood's addiction, on the Alternative Rock show: 120 Minutes.
July 14th, 1991: 'Almost There' becomes so popular with Alternative Rockers, it is shown airplay on mainstream MTV shows. It becomes an immediate hit.
September 24th, 1991: With the popularity of Mother Love Bone's To Heaven And Back, Nirvana's Nevermind debuts at 79 on the Billboard 200. To Heaven And Back is already at 61. The song 'I Belong to No Pacific Alliance', written by Kurt Cobain about the rising Generation X's anger with years of Cold War tension. 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' is also a huge hit.
October 8th, 1991: Soundgarden's Badmotarfinger debuts at #85, but receives high reviews, which leads to increasing sales.
November 22nd, 1991: Radioslave's Pearl Jam debuts at #191, but receives high reviews, which leads to increased sales. The song 'At the Poor Man's Expense' becomes a huge hit, expressing anger over continuous wars and nuclear "accidents".
December 1st, 1991: Rolling Stone journalist Michael Azerrad writes an article on the so called "Grunge Revolution". He predicts the growing Grunge culture will lead to a 60's like counterculture, an culture wars between Baby Boomers and the up and coming Generation X.
January 11th, 1992: Mother Love Bone's To Heaven And Back reaches #1 on the Billboard 200, replacing Michael Jackson's Dangerous. Nirvana's Nevermind meanwhile reaches #3, Radioslave's Pearl Jam reaches #19, and Soundgarden's Badmotorfinger reaches #29.
Febuary 2nd, 1992: Nirvava's Nevermind reaches #1.
September 29th, 1992: Alice In Chain's Pacific Dirt reaches #3 and Stone Temple Pilots' Core reaches #8.
November 16th, 1992: Hole releases God Damn World. Though underground, it appeals to man women and especially lesbians because of lesbian Courtney Love's feminin lyrics.
February 1st, 1993: President Forbes calls Grunge music "loud Anti-American screaming".
April 1st, 1993: Mother Love Bone's When Will The World Shut Up? debuts at #1 on the Billboard 200, and spends 2 weeks at #1.
May 26th, 1993: Many Grunge bands, and other Alternative Rock bands hold a concert against Nuclear Weapons two months after the Argentine nuclear attack in Southern Mexico.
June 25th, 1993: Radioslave's Rage Against the Machine reaches #4 on the Billboard 200. Songs like 'Jeremy' and 'Killing in the Name Of' become huge hits.
September 13th, 1993: Nirvana's I Hate Myself and Want to Die debuts at #1 on the Billboard 200, and spends a total of 4 weeks at #1. Songs like 'You Know Your Right', 'Big Me', and 'I Hate Myself and Want to Die' become huge hits.
October 14th, 1993: Mudhoney releases Funny Place, which eventually reaches #32 on the Billboard 200.
October 26th, 1993: The first rumor in Washington of an "anti-Grunge" language law, prohibiting "anti-american" lyrics are reported, but the Press Secretary denies it.
January 4th, 1994: Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain marries Punk Rocker Kat Bjelland of Babes in Toyland.
January 25th, 1994: Alice In Chains' Jar of Flies debuts at #1 on the Billboars 200. Blues-Rock song 'Three Thousand Bodies' is about the Mexican Nuclear attack.
March 4th, 1994: Soundgarden's Super Unknown debuts at #1, and stays there for 2 weeks. The single 'Values' attacks conservative values, and receives controversy.
March 18th, 1994: It is announced that on the dates of August 17th, 18th, 19th, and 20th; Alternative Rock bands will hold a festival honoring the 550,000+ people who died in the Nuclear Massacres of the Summer of 1989 five years before on the exact dates. The headlines will be Nirvana, Radioslave, Mother Love Bone, Radiohead, Soundgarden, Hole, Smashing Pumpkins, REM, Alice In Chains, and the Pixies. The Festival takes place in a farm near Woodstock, NY and is called the Woodstock Festival.
April 4th, 1994: Nirvana and REM begin recording an album called Burnt Out.
May 6th, 1994: An anti-nuclear weapons rally turns deadly when police and rioters battle in Seattle. Two rioters are killed.
June 1st, 1994: Mother Love Bone's Shined is changed to Riot after the Seattle riots. It spends 2 weeks on top the Billboard 200 .
August 17th, 1994: The first day of the Woodstock Festival begins with a memorial for those who died in the San Diego nuclear attack. Over 650,000 are in attendance. Eddie Vedder's band Radioslave headline the first day along with Hole, and Smashing Pumpkins. Eddie Vedder's close family died in the San Diego attacks.
August 18th, 1994: At 12:01 AM, the second day of the Woodstock Festival begins with a memorial for those who died in the Warsaw nuclear attack. Soundgarden, punk rock band Green Day, and hip-hop artist Ice Cube perform.
August 19th, 1994: At 12:01 AM, the third day of the Woodstock Festival begins with a memorial for the those who died in the Leed nuclear attack. British alternative bands like Oasis, Radiohead, Blur headline the day because their country was attacked on this date. Alice In Chains, the Pixies, and hip-hop artist 2pac also perform.
August 20th, 1994: At 12:01 AM, the fourth and final day of the Woodstock Festival begins with a memorial for those who died in the 5-Cities Massacre nuclear attack. Despite being the last day of the festival, most of the fans stay because 500,000 died on August 20th, and it is the most signifigant day out of all the massacres. REM, Mother Love Bone, and Nirvana headline the day. The last performance ends with Nirvana and REM performing a song from their upcoming album Burnt Out, called '1989'. The song is about the 550,000+ people who died in the nuclear attack in 1989, and it is also a plea for the end of nuclear war. It is a massive hit.
August 27th, 1994: Nirvana and REM release their album Burnt Out. Termed as the "album of Generation X", the album immediately takes the #1 spot on the Billboard 200, and spends an astounding 40 weeks at #1, just beating out Michael Jackson's Thriller for the second most weeks spent at #1. The song '1989' is the biggest hit of the album, spending 11 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
I think that was enough music for the first half of the 1990's :p. Seriouslly though, I do think with all the crazyness going on in the world, some kind of counterculture had to form with America's youth. I'll try to do some more music stuff for the 90's later this week.
Mr_ Bondoc
June 30th, 2010, 08:03 AM
eaglesfan 101- I certainly like the PODs. Let me throw a few PODs to show that "mainstream" society's attempt to counteract the "Grunge Revolution":
March 5th, 1993: Swing Kids film starring Robert Sean Leonard and Frank Whaley makes its hit debut, introducing "Swing music"...
July 29th, 1994: "Gangster Bop" single by Royal Crown Revue makes its hit debut in Los Angeles, California, popularizing the "Swing" genre...
October 23rd, 1994: "Jump-Swing from Hell" single by Lee Presson & the Nails, makes its hit debut in San Francisco, California, as a counter-point to the "Grunge Revolution"....
June 7th, 1995: Swing Time magazine is launched by Michael Moss in San Francisco, California, celebrating "Swing" as a counter-point to the "Grunge Revolution"...
June 14th, 1995: Screamin' magazine is launched by Gabrielle Sutton in Chicago, Illinois, in an effort to celebrate "Swing" music culture....
November 7th, 1996: "One Hour Mama" album by Lavay Smith & the Hot-Skillet Lickers makes its hit debut in San Francisco, California...
November 11th, 1997: "Sympathique" album by Pink Martini makes its hit debut in Portland, Oregon, with its mix of French and American music styles...
February 24th, 1998: "Americana Deluxe" album by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy makes its hit debut in Ventura, California....
April 23rd, 1998: "Happy Feet" Swing single by 8-1/2 Souvenirs makes its hit musical debut in Austin, Texas...
June 16th, 1998: Zoot Suit Riots; Swing and Grunge enthusiasts clash in Eugene, Oregon, police and most national media pundits blame the Grunge enthusiasts for the violence, 17 arrests are made...
October 21st, 1998: Crescent City Maulers headline the "Big Guns of Swing" during a concert in Catskills, New York...
Mr_ Bondoc
June 30th, 2010, 10:49 PM
Here are some PODS that should show that the Muslim world is definitely P.O.'d by China's activities:
March 5th, 1999: Ariffin Mohammed (a.k.a. "Ayah Pin") emerges as leader of the Indochinese guerilla movement in Kuala Lumpur, calling for aid from the Baghdad Conference....
July 18th, 1999: Battle of Kelantan, Ariffin Mohammed (a.k.a. "Ayah Pin") leads nationalist Muslim guerillas against Chinese forces, sparking international attention...
July 21st, 1999: Chinese forces unveil evidence of mass graves, containing 58 bodies by Muslim guerillas in Hulu Besut, sparking controversy over fighting in the region...
July 31st, 1999: Chinese military forces execute 3 of the wives of guerilla leader Ariffin Mohammed (a.k.a. "Ayah Pin") in Kuala, Lumpur, sparking international attention...
August 1st, 1999: Muslim guerillas led by Ariffin Mohammed (a.k.a. "Ayah Pin") launch an insurgency campaign against Chinese forces in Besut, Terengganu....
August 20th, 1999: Ariffin Mohammed (a.k.a. "Ayah Pin") seizes control of the government in Kula Lumpur, calling for the creation a Muslim state, in defiance of Chinese occupation forces....
thepenguin
June 30th, 2010, 11:36 PM
Bondoc: What is the status of automakers in this timeline?
Zacoftheaxes
July 1st, 2010, 12:43 AM
I tried to make this world a better place with the Argentinian Nuclear Disaster (hoping it would lead to democracy).
I think I'm glad I failed.
Zacoftheaxes
July 1st, 2010, 12:53 AM
I tried to make this world a better place with the Argentinian Nuclear Disaster (hoping it would lead to democracy).
I think I'm glad I failed.
Mr_ Bondoc
July 1st, 2010, 02:16 AM
Bondoc: What is the status of automakers in this timeline?
Well, up until the 1960s, the American car companies, the automobile companies followed many of the same marketing and labor practices of OTL. With the 1970s, with the "Holy War" there was a drive to build electrical cars. The nuclear energy disasters of the 1980s has made research and development hard, and Tesla Industries holds a monopoly on many of the energy technologies, leading to the anti-trust suits in the 1980s. There has been little in terms of foreign competition due to the relative isolationism of the country...
Hope that helps!!
thepenguin
July 1st, 2010, 02:23 AM
Well, up until the 1960s, the American car companies, the automobile companies followed many of the same marketing and labor practices of OTL. With the 1970s, with the "Holy War" there was a drive to build electrical cars. The nuclear energy disasters of the 1980s has made research and development hard, and Tesla Industries holds a monopoly on many of the energy technologies, leading to the anti-trust suits in the 1980s. There has been little in terms of foreign competition due to the relative isolationism of the country...
Hope that helps!!
So there's still the Big Three?
(I was going to make a profile of a Cleveland Township police car and I wanted to know if I was safe to use a Ford, Chevy, or Chrysler model)
QuoProQuid
July 1st, 2010, 03:49 AM
So there's still the Big Three?
(I was going to make a profile of a Cleveland Township police car and I wanted to know if I was safe to use a Ford, Chevy, or Chrysler model)
(Just out of curiosity are you from the Greater Cleveland area, Penguin?)
(On an unrelated note, did the suburbs ever see a surge in popularity in this universe?)
February 2, 1993: Media officials are leaked information regarding the Holy See's attempts to shield itself from nuclear armageddon causing widespread panic.
February 9, 1994: Pope {INSERT NAME HERE} announces his plans to visit member nations of the Calphite in an attempt to "heal old wounds" and to strengthen ties between Christianity and Islam, damaging relations between Europe and Eurasia.
May 12, 1994: Pope {INSERT NAME HERE} arrives in Tripoli, Libya where he gives a speech condemning radicalism.
May 13, 1994: Pope {INSERT NAME HERE} meets with Lybian government officials in private.
March 8, 1993: 'Nuclear fever' hits Italy and parts of France. Millions of families begin strengthening their homes and building elaborate nuclear bunkers for what they see as 'the inevitable'.
December 13, 1993: In an attempt to feed off global uncertainty, Vault-Tec Industries opens for business in Rome, Italy. The company specializes in constructing large communal bunkers for protection against nuclear holocaust.
March 15, 1994: A small group of Scottish anarchists recite William Yeats' poem The Second Coming before lighting themselves on fire in Trafalgar Square, London.
May 17, 1994: Vault-Tec Industries recieves an order from the French government to build a series of back-up government bunkers in Toulhouse.
November 28, 1994: A small bomb is detonated in Trafalgar Square, killing nine people and severely damaging Nelson's column.
December 3, 1994: Political activist, {INSERT NAME HERE} demands that the British government take "drastic actions" to root out "socialist and anarchist scum".
Mr_ Bondoc
July 1st, 2010, 04:56 AM
Here are the PODs with the proper names added to them:
February 9, 1994: Pope Paul VII announces his plans to visit member nations of the Calphite in an attempt to "heal old wounds" and to strengthen ties between Christianity and Islam, damaging relations between Europe and Eurasia.
May 12, 1994: Pope Paul VII arrives in Tripoli, Libya where he gives a speech condemning radicalism.
May 13, 1994: Pope Paul VII meets with Libyan government officials in private.
December 3, 1994: Political activist, Nicholas Griffin demands that the British government take "drastic actions" to root out "socialist and anarchist scum".
eaglesfan101
July 1st, 2010, 05:32 AM
Some more counter-culture/Grunge stuff.
September 15th, 1994: A Rolling Stone article calls the large Grunge/Alternative music counterculture 'Grungers'. The name sticks, though Nirvana vocalist Kurt Cobain calls it "a stupid mainsteam media tag".
October 6th, 1994: Portland Riots; Just months after Woodstock, over 8,000 Grungers protest against war and nuclear weapons in Portland, Oregon, on the 21st anniversary of the Jerusalem Holocaust. Riot police meet and battle with the Grungers. Five Grungers die, with 364 being arrested.
October 26th, 1994: Seattle Massacre; In Seattle, 10,000 Grungers protest the neeed of nuclear weapons, on the 21st anniversary of the Mecca nuclear attack. Once again riot police appear and fight with the Grungers. Six Grungers die, and 573 are arrested. Upon hearing the news, Andrew Wood calls it the "Seattle Massacre". The name is popular with Grungers, though Baby Boomers blame the Grungers for the riots.
Novemeber 1st, 1994: Mother Love Bone singer Andrer Wood calls the Swing revival "an overhyped genre trying to destroy social change".
December 14th, 1994: Radioslave's The Big Boom debuts at #3 on the Billboard 200. Many of the songs discuss the dissatisfaction with the U.S government, and it's stance on Nuclear weapons.
December 31st, 1994: New Years Eve Riots; 15 years after the Buenos Aires nuclear disastor, that killed over 35,000 people, over 3,000 Grungers protest the need of nuclear weapons, the Cold War, and the Pacific Alliance in Washington. Riot police clash with Grungers. 2 Grungers die, while over 141 arrests are made.
January 6th, 1995: Generation X magazine is launched in Seattle, WA by Michael Azerrad, celebrating the "Grunge Revolution", and the counterculture in America. Nirvana and REM appear on the cover of the first issue.
March 15th, 1995: Counter-cultural Grunge albums: Guess Who! by Mudhoney reach #54 on the Billboard 200, The Pursuit of Happiness... by Hole reaches #45, and Screaming Trees by Screaming Trees reaches #12. British alternative band Radiohead's Odd Palace alsoreaches #8.
June 22nd, 1995: The movie Seattle Blues premieres at #1 at the Box Office. The movie is based in 1989 Seattle, and is about the reactions in the local underground Grunge scene following the 1989 Nuclear Massacres that killed 550,000+ people. The movie stars Johnny Depp, Ethan Hawke, Winona Ryder, and Leonardo DiCaprio. It receives excellant reviews.
July 2nd, 1995: The movie Woodstock premieres at #1 at the Box Office. The movie documents the Woodstock Festival that took place in August of 1994. Reviews ar excellant, and many call it "one of the best documentaries ever".
October 11th, 1995: Nirvana's Punk Rock Vs. USA debuts at #1 on the Billboard 200. The cover of the album shows a picture drawn by Cobain, showing an unflattering sketch of President Forbes. The anti-government song 'Hail to the Chief' peaks at #1 for three weeks.
October 13th, 1995: President Forbes calls the new Nirvana album cover "anti-american and a disgrace to all Americans".
Prometheus_2300
July 1st, 2010, 03:52 PM
May 15, 1994: Pope Paul VII visits New Mecca and meets with several muslim clerics. Despite a car bombing, the trip goes without incident. Pope Paul VII, mourns the loss of life on both sides in the Crusade.
May 16, 1994: The Holy Republic of Israel, condemns Pope Paul VII, and declares him "Satan's Minion"
<Remember in this world Israel is controlled by the most extreme elements of the Bible Belt.>
June 12, 1992: The TV show "Baywatch" premieres. It is noted for having the first uncensored skyclad persons on Primetime TV.
June 23, 1995: At a press conference at the White House, it is announced that "Following a review by the National Health Standards Department, the MF Clinics across the country will be restructured."
April 12, 1996: The MF Clinic on Guantanamo is shut down.
October 12, 1998: The Federal Prison of Alcatraz is shut down, the property is soon bought by "Studio 60 Corporation" which plans to turn the island into a premier hedonistic and nothing taboo nightclub location, that caters to the casinos of Fisherman's Wharf.
<With no Las Vegas, and the yakuza in SF, much of the money that would have been funneled into Las Vegas got funneled between Reno and SF. SF following Operation TURTLEDOVE has gone more corporate like OTL Vegas.>
January 2, 1999: Following the Completion of Las Vegas 1 and 2. The NRC announces that the US now has 200 reactors: 145 nuclear, and 55 Fusion.
May 13, 1999: The Tesla Dynamic Database is infiltrated by Elorgs, and many of its patented designs become available to the public. Tesla Dynamics stock plummets, as their near monopoly on Energy Tech is gone.
October 14, 1998: The Y2K Preparedness Act is passed by Congress, to prepare for the worst should Y2K happen.
March 15, 1999: Dissenters to Hongzhi's govt in China take to the streets in Hong Kong/Macau. Hongzhi government fires nerve gas at them, prompting international outrage. President Letterman calls Moscow about their support for activating the accord.
Brady Kj
July 1st, 2010, 05:56 PM
December 31, 1999: Major earthquakes strike Mexico City and Tokyo within ten hours of each other. People worldwide suspect it's a sign of the end times.
P.S. I propose we name the pope Peter. Supposedly Nostradamus said the last pope would be named Peter.
Mr_ Bondoc
July 1st, 2010, 06:25 PM
Here are some ther PODs:
December 11th, 1994: Dzhokhar Dudayev launches an "intifada" against Russian forces in Chechnya in Ingushetia, Chechnya...
January 7th, 1995: Major-General Viktor Vorobyov is assassinated by Chechen guerillas in Grozny, Chechnya...
January 19th, 1995: Siege of Grozny; Russian forces launch a massive siege against Grozny, killing c.16,000 people, mainly civilians in the process...
June 9th, 1995: Chehchen guerilla Shamil Basayev detonates a truck bomb in Budyonnovsk, Russia, killing 140 people...
January 9th, 1996: Chechen guerillas spread fighting into Kizlyar, Pervomayskoye and Sovetskoye, Dagestan, spreading calls for a Islamic fundamentalist state...
April 21st, 1996: Chechen guerilla leader Dzhokhar Dudayev survives an assassination attempt in Grozny by Russian special forces...
May 28th, 1996: Governor-General Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev of Chechnya, is assassinated by Chechen guerillas as a "Russian puppet" in Grozny...
August 19th, 1996: General Konstantin Pulikovsky orders the "strategic bombing" of Grozny, killing c. 45,700 people in an effort to "crush Chechen guerilla strongholds"....
December 6th, 1997: Local and state officials inaugurate Governor's Island Gaming Facility, transforming the island in New York harbor into a gambling mecca...
March 18th, 1999: Li Hongzhi warns Russian and American government officials that any attempt to overthrow the government of China, will mean that Xinjiang and German Indochina, will fall to Muslim guerillas,...
Mr_ Bondoc
July 1st, 2010, 06:49 PM
P.S. I propose we name the pope Peter. Supposedly Nostradamus said the last pope would be named Peter.
That will take place soon enough. Rest assured Pope Peter will come to power c. 4/22/2000.... (10 points to anyone who guesses why I picked that date)...
thepenguin
July 1st, 2010, 07:02 PM
(Just out of curiosity are you from the Greater Cleveland area, Penguin?)
(On an unrelated note, did the suburbs ever see a surge in popularity in this universe?)
For number one: yes. I lived in Lakewood until I was six and then we moved to Cleveland proper (Puritas-Longmead neighborhood) where I've been since. I go to school in Youngstown and I'm looking to move out of Ohio depending on which LE agency is hiring when I get out of school.
For number two: Definitely. After the nuclear accident in '66, approximately 1.6 million Cuyahoga County residents had to relocate to Akron, Youngstown, and Medina, adding around 533,333 people to each city (even if some relocate elsewhere, the population increases are still fairly large). I would posit that the suburbs of these cities are what Northern Virginia is to Washington, D.C.
That will take place soon enough. Rest assured Pope Peter will come to power c. 4/22/2000.... (10 points to anyone who guesses why I picked that date)...
Elian Gonzalez? Second Elephant Pass? The Big Number Change?
Mr_ Bondoc
July 1st, 2010, 08:27 PM
Here is what we have so far for a third look at the 1990s:
January 5, 1990: The Russian Army moves into the Xinjiang province, routing out the Nanking govt in that province
January 30th, 1990: Medical community is scandalized after reporter Jerry Rivers reports on the treatment of Mittelafrika Feuer" (MF) patients at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba...
February 1st, 1990: Gregory Lucas and members of the Church if the Atom are convicted in absentia by a court in Lyon, France with "counter-revolutionary activities"...
March 9th, 1990: Members of the Church of the Atom clash with government police forces in Milan, Italy...
March 14, 1990: President Byrd announces that during his last years in office he will increase funding to MF research and improve treatment centers. Although some of this is carried out during his term, it does not accomplish Byrd's political objective, get the nation off the religion debate.
March 19th, 1990: Mother Love Bone lead singer Andrew Wood survives a Heroin overdose. After the near death experiance, Wood kicks off his addiction to drugs.
April 5th, 1990: Uighur guerillas kill and injure more than 100 Russian civilians and soldiers in Barin Township, Xinjiang,...
May 1st, 1990: Failed assassination attempt by Richard Donovan on President Robert Byrd at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California...
May 5th, 1990: Vocalist Eddie Vedder, drummer Brad Wilk, guitarist Tom Morello, and bassist Tim Commerford create the band Radioslave.
May 9th, 1990: Operation SUN DEVIL; U.S. Justice Department, in association with the National Security Agency (NSA) launches a massive dragnet against suspected "Elorg" (hackers) and anti-government subversives....
June 11-18th, 1990: Riots erupt in Sofia, Bugaria over allegations of rigged elections, sparking calls for martial law...
July 3rd, 1990: Federation of Anarchist Youth (F.A.M.) establishes the "City of the Truth" commune in Sofia, Bulgaria demanding the establishment of a democratic government....
July 20th, 1990: Gregory Lucas, Church of the Atom, established an "retreat center" in Bern, Switzerland, sparking international attention...
August 15th, 1990: Members of the Church of the Atom are convicted with "conspiracy to steal government documents" by a federal court in Washington D.C.,...
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January 5, 1991: The EDC announces that it will build a bridge across the Strait of Gibraltar. This begins a prestige race for the major blocs.
January 7th, 1991: Lewis Shiner proclaims himself a "proud Elorg" during an online session in San Francisco, California...
February 5th, 1991: the "Islamic Reformist Party" masterminded a bus explosion in Urumqi, killing 20 people, mainly Russian oil workers...
February 14th, 1991: "Elorg Manifesto" is published on the "Anarchist Highway" by anarchists in Sevastopol. Russia...
April 1st, 1991: Senator Sergio Galvarino Apablaza is arrested as a suspected member of Argentine Anarchy (AA) in Montevideo, Argentina...
April 10, 1991: The Throne Axis announces the Construction of a Trans-Siberan Mag-Rail train, called Tsar Locomotive, that will go from St. Petersburg to Shanghai.
April 16th, 1991: Lunex Scandal; Defense Department employee Alexander Abian leaks documents to The Independent revealing plans to deploy nuclear weapons to the lunar surface...
April 22, 1991: Vatican officials give secret orders to begin making copies of important scientific and theological documents in their Archives and sending them certain monestaries and cathedrals to ensure their survival in case of nuclear war.
April 26th, 1991: Most of the government of Argentina is killed when Argentine Anarchy members crash a jet containing a dirty bomb into the Argentinian capital building. The nation is in chaos.
May 1st, 1991: Demonstrations and riots against the Scandinavia on the roads of Helsinki in Finland. the local police forces attack the rioters. 10 are killed and over 50 arrested.
May 3rd, 1991: The Argentinian Civil War begins, the remains of the government go to war with the powerful Argentine Anarchy movement.
May 7, 1991: The Pacific Alliance announces its plan to build a Space Elevator at Nairobi.
May 10, 1991: The Pacific Alliance Scientific Development Commission offers a large number of research grants for nanotechnology.
May 15th, 1991: Riots have spread to all the major cities in Finland. rioters are becoming increasingly agressive for each day that passes. in Stockholm president of united Scandinavia ,Göran Pettersson, announces a state of emergency in Finland. After wich 3 companies of the scandinavian army are sent to finland to stop the rioters.
May 19th 1991: A bomb is denoted in the Magnusson Square(former senate square) in Helsinki killing 37 scandinavian soliders and 10 civilians. later the same day a man named Urho Kallio who is in charge of the undercover organisation "black knights" announces on the radio that he takes responsibility for the bomb and that he prompts people to action against Göran Petterssons troops.
May 27th 1991: a fight occurs between a platoon of the scandinavian troops and a 200 finnish rebels. 30 scandinavian soliders are dead and 10 wounded
while the rebels loose 50 men and another 50 wounded.
June 1st, 1991: 20 armed members of the black knights accompanied by aprox. 50 rebels storm the senate building at magnusson square in Helsinki rising the flag of the black guard on the top of it.
June 3rd, 1991: after a night of heavy fighting the last soliders are driven out from helsinki. and the black guard declares Helsinki to be an inpendent state. Göran Pettersson announces in a press conference in Stockholm that he will regain Helsinki back to the state and that he will see every single rebellionist killed.
June 18th, 1991: Daniel arap Moi leads nationalist rebellion in Nairobi, after Pacific Alliance troops are deployed to clear land of 12 local villages in an effort to begin construction of a space elevator...
June 19th, 1991: Kalenjin leaders begin the mass slaughter of Kikuyu, Luo and Luhya minorities nationwide, blaming them for "collaboration with the Pacific Alliance pigs..."
June 20th 1991: Göran Pettersson launches a full scale attack on finland. 2000paratroopers are sent to Helsinki 1000 paratroopers to Tampere. 5000 infantry soliders are sent to finlands west coast on landing craft each able to contain 50 men. while the 1st naval army besieges the naval fortress of Suomenlinna outside Helsinki.
June 21st-30th 1991. war rages on in finland tampere is now held by Scandinavian paratroopers. In Helsinki The black knights and Finnish rebellionists have won the fight but the situation might get a turn for the worse if Suomenlinna falls. Urho Kallio mobilises 500 black guard soliders to help in the deffence of Suomenlinna.
July 6th, 1991: Mother Love Bone's To Heaven And Back debuts at #176 on the Billboard 200. MTV begins playing the song 'Almost There', written about Andrew Wood's addiction, on the Alternative Rock show: 120 Minutes.
July 8th. 1991: Suomenlinna falls. but when the marine soliders are rushing towards the city. declares Urho Kallio that the black guard is in the posession of a nuke and that if Göran Pettersson doesnt withdraw his troops within 24hours all of stockholm will go KABOOM! Göran Pettersson has no choice but to withdraw all his troops from finnish soil.
July 14th, 1991: Nicolas Walter leads an atheist rally in London, England proclaiming, "We may yet end with Neither God nor master!". Also on this day, 'Almost There' becomes so popular with Alternative Rockers, it is shown airplay on mainstream MTV shows. It becomes an immediate hit.
July 15th, 1991: Urho Kallio declares that everything south of Tampere to the Finnish Gulf in the south and the Laatokka in the east is now a part of a independent Finland. He also declares that Finland is a kingdom and he as the leader of the fight for inpendence is the king of finland. His name is changed to Väinö I of Finland.
July 16th 1991: Väinö I nominates Wilhelm Engels to be the new supreme commander of the finnish armed forces that consists of the elite black knights the navy, the infantry, and the airforces.
July 31st, 1991: Irish President Brian Lenihan anounce Ireland's application into the European Common Market (ECM) in Rome, Italy, despite British pleas regarding the Commonwealth...
August 9th, 1991: Anti-Irish riots erupt in London, Manchester, and Edinburgh after The Telegraph and The Guardian report Ireland's membership into the European Common Market (ECM)....
September 24th, 1991: With the popularity of Mother Love Bone's To Heaven And Back, Nirvana's Nevermind debuts at 79 on the Billboard 200. To Heaven And Back is already at 61. The song 'I Belong to No Pacific Alliance', written by Kurt Cobain about the rising Generation X's anger with years of Cold War tension. 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' is also a huge hit.
October 8th, 1991: Soundgarden's Badmotarfinger debuts at #85, but receives high reviews, which leads to increasing sales.
November 22nd, 1991: Radioslave's Pearl Jam debuts at #191, but receives high reviews, which leads to increased sales. The song 'At the Poor Man's Expense' becomes a huge hit, expressing anger over continuous wars and nuclear "accidents".
December 1st, 1991: Rolling Stone journalist Michael Azerrad writes an article on the so called "Grunge Revolution". He predicts the growing Grunge culture will lead to a 60's like counterculture, and culture wars between Baby Boomers and the up and coming Generation X.
December 21st, 1991: Göran Pettersson gets the report from his inteligence officers that the claim that the finns own a nuke is a hoax. after wich he he sends a army of 30.000 paratrooppers to finland acompanied by the 1st 2nd and 3rd naval armies and the 6th 5th and 9th airforces.
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January 4, 1992: The Baghdad Conference, a meeting of the leaders of Arabia, Assyria, Kurdistan, Persia, Arabia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sudan, Chad, Tunisia, and Libya meet. The Baghdad Compact is signed, and the Caliphate is formed. It is an economic/defensive bloc with its administrative HQ in Medina. Unlike the West which separates church and state, the Caliphate fuses them. The Turkish Republic does not join the Caliphate.
January 10th 1992: the Second Battle for Tampere takes place, killing 3000 paratroopers and destroying 100 planes on the scandinavian side and killing 1000 black guard and 5000 infantry soliders destroying 60 anti aircraft vechiles and 50 armoured cars. the battle was a meager finnish victory. After the battle, Tampere was completely in ruins.
January 11th, 1992: Mother Love Bone's To Heaven And Back reaches #1 on the Billboard 200, replacing Michael Jackson's Dangerous. Nirvana's Nevermind meanwhile reaches #3, Radioslave's Pearl Jam reaches #19, and Soundgarden's Badmotorfinger reaches #29.
January 12, 1992: The Lunex Mining Consortium begins mining operations in the Sea of Storms on the Moon. The facility is only manned by 6 people, and a majority of the mining done by computer controlled robotic walkers or remote controlled equipment.
January 16th 1992. the Second Battle for Helsinki takes place 1st and 2nd naval armies shell Helsinki and 5000 marine soliders are sent on landing craft towards the city. Meanwhile the air is filled with over 600 Scandinavian planes and thousands of paratroopers.
the battle is a solid Scandinavian victory. casualties as follows
Scandinavians:
1250 marine soliders killed
500 wounded
1000 paratroopers killed
240 wounded
200 planes destroyed
finns:
4000 blackguards killed
3500 infantry soliders killed
all 300 anti aircraft vechiles destroyed or lost.
Väinö I orders engels to take back Helsinki at any cost to wich engels responds that he won't send his men to die in vain becouse the city can't be qoncuered back, atleast not in this situation when the finnish army is begin attacked on all fronts.
February 1st, 1992: The loss of Finland was a great blow to the image of a aryan super race (in Göran Petterson's eyes that is)to restore their pride all around Scandinavia Anti-Finnish propaganda posters are nailed to the walls of buildings. Recruiters appear in all major cities in scandinavian union enlisting young men to join in the "Aryan Crusade" wich aim is to destroy Finland once for all. But the scandinavian high council ( a council of 12 men ((women are not allowed)) who rule scandinavia with the president) decides that Pettersson has gone too far and that he must be stopped at any cost before he makes Germany their enemy by attacking Finland.
Febuary 2nd, 1992: Nirvava's Nevermind reaches #1.
February 27th 1992: Scandinavian troops control western part of the newly established Kingdom of Finland and are advancing towards the final strongholds nish of the forces in the eastern parts of finland. Because of the demand of the Black Guard the unveilling King Väinö I is forced to negoshiate a deal with the German Empire.
March 9th, 1992: A treaty has been made with the German empire and
kingdom of Finland. the Germans will support the finnish war effort against the scandinavia in exchange they may rent the port city of Hamina and its surroundings for 30 years.
March 15-27th 1992: 10,000 German troops arrive Hamina. The commander of the Finnish army Wilhelm Engels meets the commander of the German troops in the secret HQ of the Black Guard a 50km to the north.
March 17th, 1992: Ultranationalist members of "Ya Basta!" bomb the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires, killing 48 people, injuring 792 people...
April 9th, 1992: MP Michael Holmes is elected Prime Minister, after pointing to concerns of an economic dowturn, and opposition to the European Common Market...
April 15th, 1992: Third Battle for Helsinki; the Scandinavian troops entrenched in the city have no chance against the unified strength of the Finnish and the German. The commander of the Scandinavian troops surrenders at midday on former Magnusson Square (now dubbed "Liberty Square").
Casualties :
Scandinavian
500 men dead
2500 as prisoners of war
German
50 men dead
43 men wounded
2 planes crashed
Finnish
70 men dead
20 wounded
Soon other commanders of the Scandinavian troops follow the example of the commander in Helsinki.
April 20th, 1992: Almost all scandinavian troops have been driven out from Finland. the German troops will stay and protect the western front for 3 more months after wich they will move to their new garrisson in Hamina. Göran Pettersson can do nothing but to accept that they lost a great chunk from their eastern part.
May 1st, 1992: Göran pettersson dies with 49 pistol bullets in his body. The day is declared to be a public day of mourning all around the Scandinavian Union.
May 7th, 1992: A state furneal is held for göran pettersson. He is buried in a graveyard just outside Stockholm.
May 10th, 1992. Väinö I makes a pact with Russia (in secrecy) that the Russians will not interfere with the Finnish inpendence in exchange for the landmass from Lake Ladoga to Viipuri
May 13th, 1992: Li Hongzhi proclaims "Falun Dafa" in Changchun, China; calling for the rise of a theocratic state...
May 25th, 1992: In Scandinavia the high council elects Johan Linfors as the new president of the union. An Age of peace and progress starts in the Scandinavian Union.
June 5, 1992: The Democratic National Convention is one of the most divisive in recent memory. Byrd's presidency has been antagonistic to Northern Democrats. It is not helped that former President Cronkite has remained in the news. Byrd's renomination is hardly smooth as a DRAFT CRONKITE Movement shows considerable strength. After 5 ballots, many northern democrats announce their leaving the party to join Cronkite's Liberal party, leading the charge is Senator David Letterman
June 9th, 1992: Rebuilding of Helsinki begins with the help of the Germans. In case of future atacks it is decided that there shalt be a bomb shelter in every appartment buildings. Also its declared that a anti-aircraft gun and a searclight is to be deployed in every government building and that appartment buildings should have a platform on their roof roof so that a anti-aircraft gun could be deployed there if needed and thereby turning Helsinki into one of the most fortified cities on the globe.
June 12, 1992: The Republican National Convention chooses, Stephen M. Forbes w/ running mate Harry Stassen. The republicans are going on a fiscal conservancy with and internationalist platform. Also on this day, The TV show "Baywatch" premieres. It is noted for having the first uncensored skyclad persons on Primetime TV.
June 19, 1992: The Liberal Party nominates Cronkite/Carson. Their platform is separation of church and state. Also on this day, Scandinavian Union signs a law that denies work for any "non-Aryan". Although this doesn't change the situation much as there has been a law in Scandinavia for over 30 years declaring that no non-Aryans may live there. Also a law stating that the word "Finland" is outlawed in scandinavia and if anybody is found using it he or she may be flogged.
June 30th, 1992: Väinö I reveals the plan for getting down the unemployment from 60% to 10 or less in 2 years. His plan includes rebuilding the Finnish forest, coal-mining and the ship-building industries.
July 30th, 1992: the electrical monorail between Stockholm Malmö is ready. the monorail is powered by Scandinavias first nuclear reactor named GÖRAN 1.
September 11, 1992: In Raleigh North Carolina a law is passed that forbids the teaching of evolution in all state elementary and high schools. This attracts national attention and becomes an issue the candidates have to deal with
September 29th, 1992: Alice In Chain's Pacific Dirt reaches #3 and Stone Temple Pilots' Core reaches #8.
October 2nd, 1992: Anarchist riots erupt in Bloomington, Indiana over concerns about the presidential elections...
October 12, 1992: The Presidental three-way debate between Forbes, Cronkite and Byrd. Cronkite emerges as the Foreign policy leader but loses the debate when he and Byrd nearly broke debate rules. As a result Forbes moderate position causes the press to label him the victor of the Debate
October 23rd, 1992: Reverend Pete Peters of Estes Park, Colorado, announces the creation of "Rocky Mountain Rendezvous" in an effort to wait out the "End Times", based on Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand....
November 1st, 1992: Greek dictator Nikolaos Makarezos announces its membership into the European Common Market (ECM) in Athens, Greece...
November 3, 1992: Arms dealer Mikhail Putin with his various connections to the Russian Army, sells thousands of Weapons to Abdul Mussawir, an Oil Sheik, and plastics manufacturer in Bahrain. Mussawir begins raids and sabotaged all aimed at weakening the Caliphate.
November 5, 1992: Election day. President Byrd receives 25%, Cronkite with 35% and Forbes 40%. For the 3rd time in America's history the election is thrown to the House.The Republicans recapture the house with a margin of 3. The Republicans also recapture the Senate with a margin of 2.
November 15, 1992: American and Japanese troops are sent to Kenya to stabilize the region, in particular guarantee the safety of the planned Space Elevator site outside of Nairobi.
November 16th, 1992: Hole releases God Damn World. Though underground, it appeals to men, women and especially lesbians because of lesbian Courtney Love's feminist lyrics.
November 24, 1992: The Democratic Congress of 1990-1992, is unable to make the vote. The Liberals, the Democrats and the Republicans are unable to reach a consensus. After several backroom deals, it is decided that Republican Stephen M. Forbes will be the next President.
December 11, 1992: At the resanctification of the Kabba in New Mecca, a car bomb explodes, killing 23 muslim clerics
December 23rd, 1992: Ajuran, Ogaden and Degodia clans announce their defiance against the Pacific Alliance in Wajir, Kenya...
December 29th, 1992: Nairobi Bombings; Daniel arap Moi takes credit for the bombing of British and American Embassies in Nairobi, killing 247 people, injuring 4,800 people, using two truck bombs....
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February 1st, 1993: President Forbes calls Grunge music "loud Anti-American screaming".
February 2, 1993: Media officials are leaked information regarding the Holy See's attempts to shield itself from nuclear armageddon causing widespread panic.
February 8th, 1993: TIME magazine warns of the "looming threat" of the "Elorg hordes"....
March 5th, 1993: Swing Kids film starring Robert Sean Leonard and Frank Whaley makes its hit debut, introducing "Swing music"...
March 8, 1993: 'Nuclear fever' hits Italy and parts of France. Millions of families begin strengthening their homes and building elaborate nuclear bunkers for what they see as 'the inevitable'.
March 13, 1993: Baghdad Sarin Attacks. 628 people are dead following the release of Sarin gas in a crowded subway station during Rush Hour
April 1, 1993: President Forbes opens the Bay Area Transit Network, a system of magrail trains that allow commuters to get around the bay easier. This works in conjunction with the San Francisco Metropolitan Monorail. Also on this day, Mother Love Bone's When Will The World Shut Up? debuts at #1 on the Billboard 200, and spends 2 weeks at #1.
April 26th, 1993: on the second anniversary of the assassination of several Argentinian leaders, the new Argentinian government uses a nuclear weapon on a "suspected rebel hideout" in southern Mexico, killing 2,542.
May 26th, 1993: Many Grunge bands, and other Alternative Rock bands hold a concert against Nuclear Weapons two months after the Argentine nuclear attack in Southern Mexico.
June 11th, 1993: Father Julio Grassi is assassinated in Buenos Aires, Argentina after speaking out against the government...
June 15, 1993: President Forbes accomplishes one of his campaign promises. The dismissal of the National Sales Tax, and the enstatement of the Flat Income Tax. The Internal Revenue Act of 1993 is signed into law
June 24th, 1993: Surgeon General Gerd Peters is forced to resign after declaring a sugar a "health food" in Washington D.C.,....
June 25th, 1993: Radioslave's Rage Against the Machine reaches #4 on the Billboard 200. Songs like 'Jeremy' and 'Killing in the Name Of' become huge hits.
September 6th, 1993: European Common Market (ECM) leaders reject the application of the Turkish Republic, due to concerns of "Islamo-fascism"....
September 13th, 1993: Nirvana's I Hate Myself and Want to Die debuts at #1 on the Billboard 200, and spends a total of 4 weeks at #1. Songs like 'You Know Your Right', 'Big Me', and 'I Hate Myself and Want to Die' become huge hits.
September 18th, 1993: Congressional Representative Michael J. Flynn (D-FL) of Clearwater, Florida launches hearings against the Church of the Atom in Washington D.C.,...
October 4th, 1993: A Christian Militia Association (CMA) couple in Opelika, Alabama guns down a child protective services agent, after reports of domestic violence and poor living conditions...
October 5, 1993: Respected Journalist Ronald Reagan, retires as newsanchor for the HBC Nightly News. "This is Ronald Reagan, signing off America." His last interview is with Former President Walter Cronkite.
October 14th, 1993: Mudhoney releases Funny Place, which eventually reaches #32 on the Billboard 200.
October 23rd, 1993: Magician Countess Sophia Sabak does a televised seance to contact the spirit of Harry Houdini in New York City, New York...
October 26th, 1993: The first rumor in Washington of an "anti-Grunge" language law, prohibiting "anti-american" lyrics are reported, but the Press Secretary denies it.
December 13, 1993: In an attempt to feed off global uncertainty, Vault-Tec Industries opens for business in Rome, Italy. The company specializes in constructing large communal bunkers for protection against nuclear holocaust.
December 24th, 1993: U.S. Justice Department, backed by the E-games (video-games) industry, announces a national crackdown on hackers for "copyright protection"...
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January 3, 1994: Tesla Dynamic moves into their new HQ in New York City. Tesla Tower is a 200 story building in South Manhattan.
January 4th, 1994: Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain marries Punk Rocker Kat Bjelland of Babes in Toyland.
January 21st, 1994: Battle of Puerto Madryn; Government troops announce the discovery of Argentine Anarchy (AA) guerillas in Puerto Madryn, Argentina...
January 25th, 1994: Alice In Chains' Jar of Flies debuts at #1 on the Billboars 200. Blues-Rock song 'Three Thousand Bodies' is about the Mexican Nuclear attack.
January 30th, 1994: "Beehive" female hairstyles become popular, led by Martha Atkins in New York City, New York...
February 5th, 1994: New York Stock Exchange surpasses 5000+ for the first time, sparking international attention...
February 9, 1994: Pope Paul VII announces his plans to visit member nations of the Calphite in an attempt to "heal old wounds" and to strengthen ties between Christianity and Islam, damaging relations between Europe and Eurasia.
March 4th, 1994: Soundgarden's Super Unknown debuts at #1, and stays there for 2 weeks. The single 'Values' attacks conservative values, and receives controversy.
March 15, 1994: A small group of Scottish anarchists recite William Yeats' poem The Second Coming before lighting themselves on fire in Trafalgar Square, London.
March 18th, 1994: It is announced that on the dates of August 17th, 18th, 19th, and 20th; Alternative Rock bands will hold a festival honoring the 550,000+ people who died in the Nuclear Massacres of the Summer of 1989 five years before on the exact dates. The headlines will be Nirvana, Radioslave, Mother Love Bone, Radiohead, Soundgarden, Hole, Smashing Pumpkins, REM, Alice In Chains, and the Pixies. The Festival takes place in a farm near Woodstock, NY and is called the Woodstock Festival.
April 1, 1994: FBI Director Richard Nixon retires, shortly after the completion of Operation TURTLEDOVE, which routed much of the organized crime West of the Mississippi
April 4th, 1994: Nirvana and REM begin recording an album called Burnt Out.
April 5th, 1994: Christian Militia Association (CMA) leader John Trochmann condemns Operation TURTLEDOVE as "the first steps toward a police-state"...
May 5th, 1994: Internal Revenue Service (IRS) revokes the tax-exempt status of the Church of the Atom in Washington D.C.,...
May 6th, 1994: An anti-nuclear weapons rally turns deadly when police and rioters battle in Seattle. Two rioters are killed.
May 12, 1994: Pope Paul VII arrives in Tripoli, Libya where he gives a speech condemning radicalism.
May 13, 1994: Pope Paul VII meets with Libyan government officials in private.
May 15, 1994: Pope Paul VII visits New Mecca and meets with several muslim clerics. Despite a car bombing, the trip goes without incident. Pope Paul VII, mourns the loss of life on both sides in the Crusade.
May 16th, 1994: Church of the Atom members establish the Spiritual Technology Center (STC) in Palo Alto, California. Also on this day, The Holy Republic of Israel, condemns Pope Paul VII, and declares him "Satan's Minion"
May 17, 1994: Vault-Tec Industries recieves an order from the French government to build a series of back-up government bunkers in Toulhouse.
May 26th, 1994: Hua Jiaxuan, CEO of Qigong International, calls for a return to "classical Chinese virtues", during a rally in Shanghai, China...
May 29th, 1994: Anarchist riots erupt in Glasgow, Scotland calling for national autonomy for the region, sparking international attention...
June 1st, 1994: Mother Love Bone's Shined is changed to Riot after the Seattle riots. It spends 2 weeks on top the Billboard 200 .
July 8th-17th, 1994: Student riots erupt in Florianopolis, Brazil, sparking a massive military crackdown on the region...
July 17th, 1994: Ceara Manifesto; Students at the University of Ceara, Brazil call for democratic and student rights, sparking international attention...
July 29th, 1994: "Gangster Bop" single by Royal Crown Revue makes its hit debut in Los Angeles, California, popularizing the "Swing" genre...
July 30th, 1994: Local community activists in Espaco Vadiagem, Sao Paulo, Brazil call for civil rights, sparking national attention...
August 17th, 1994: The first day of the Woodstock Festival begins with a memorial for those who died in the San Diego nuclear attack. Over 650,000 are in attendance. Eddie Vedder's band Radioslave headline the first day along with Hole, and Smashing Pumpkins. Eddie Vedder's close family died in the San Diego attacks.
August 18th, 1994: At 12:01 AM, the second day of the Woodstock Festival begins with a memorial for those who died in the Warsaw nuclear attack. Soundgarden, punk rock band Green Day, and hip-hop artist Ice Cube perform.
August 19th, 1994: At 12:01 AM, the third day of the Woodstock Festival begins with a memorial for the those who died in the Leed nuclear attack. British alternative bands like Oasis, Radiohead, Blur headline the day because their country was attacked on this date. Alice In Chains, the Pixies, and hip-hop artist 2pac also perform.
August 20th, 1994: At 12:01 AM, the fourth and final day of the Woodstock Festival begins with a memorial for those who died in the 5-Cities Massacre nuclear attack. Despite being the last day of the festival, most of the fans stay because 500,000 died on August 20th, and it is the most signifigant day out of all the massacres. REM, Mother Love Bone, and Nirvana headline the day. The last performance ends with Nirvana and REM performing a song from their upcoming album Burnt Out, called '1989'. The song is about the 550,000+ people who died in the nuclear attack in 1989, and it is also a plea for the end of nuclear war. It is a massive hit. Also on this day, Archbishop Quarracino praises the government for its plans to roundup homosexuals and non-Christians for "re-education camps" during a rally in Buenos Aires...
August 27th, 1994: Nirvana and REM release their album Burnt Out. Termed as the "album of Generation X", the album immediately takes the #1 spot on the Billboard 200, and spends an astounding 40 weeks at #1, just beating out Michael Jackson's Thriller for the second most weeks spent at #1. The song '1989' is the biggest hit of the album, spending 11 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
September 15th, 1994: A Rolling Stone article calls the large Grunge/Alternative music counterculture 'Grungers'. The name sticks, though Nirvana vocalist Kurt Cobain calls it "a stupid mainsteam media tag".
October 6th, 1994: Portland Riots; Just months after Woodstock, over 8,000 Grungers protest against war and nuclear weapons in Portland, Oregon, on the 21st anniversary of the Jerusalem Holocaust. Riot police meet and battle with the Grungers. Five Grungers die, with 364 being arrested.
October 14th, 1994: Christian Militia Association (CMA) leader Joseph Vogler is assassinated during a rally in Fairbanks, Alaska, after calling for Alaskan secession; sparking international attention and concern...
October 21st-30th, 1994: Poll Tax Riots; Riots erupt in London, England over proposed measures for the creation of poll taxes...
October 23rd, 1994: "Jump-Swing from Hell" single by Lee Presson & the Nails, makes its hit debut in San Francisco, California, as a counter-point to the "Grunge Revolution"....
October 26th, 1994: Seattle Massacre; In Seattle, 10,000 Grungers protest the neeed of nuclear weapons, on the 21st anniversary of the Mecca nuclear attack. Once again riot police appear and fight with the Grungers. Six Grungers die, and 573 are arrested. Upon hearing the news, Andrew Wood calls it the "Seattle Massacre". The name is popular with Grungers, though Baby Boomers blame the Grungers for the riots.
Novemeber 1st, 1994: Mother Love Bone singer Andrer Wood calls the Swing revival "an overhyped genre trying to destroy social change".
November 12, 1994: Johnathan Winters, volunteers to be a test subject for a nanotech medical experiment. He is first injected with a colony of nanites, designed to augment the immune system. Then he is injected with MF. The nanites obliterated the virus from Winters body. Drexler and his team of doctors are immediately named TIME's Persons of the Year. Almost immediately pharmaceutical companies begin hiring Drexler's team to get market share in the "MF Vaccination market". However those infected with MF there is little that can be done.
November 28, 1994: A small bomb is detonated in Trafalgar Square, killing nine people and severely damaging Nelson's column.
December 3, 1994: Political activist, Nicholas Griffin demands that the British government take "drastic actions" to root out "socialist and anarchist scum".
December 11th, 1994: Dzhokhar Dudayev launches an "intifada" against Russian forces in Chechnya in Ingushetia, Chechnya...
December 14th, 1994: Radioslave's The Big Boom debuts at #3 on the Billboard 200. Many of the songs discuss the dissatisfaction with the U.S government, and it's stance on Nuclear weapons.
December 31st, 1994: New Years Eve Riots; 15 years after the Buenos Aires nuclear disastor, that killed over 35,000 people, over 3,000 Grungers protest the need of nuclear weapons, the Cold War, and the Pacific Alliance in Washington. Riot police clash with Grungers. 2 Grungers die, while over 141 arrests are made.
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January 4th, 1995: Zhuan Falun by Li Hongzhi proclaims the need to reunify the nation of China, as "the only path of salvation from the apocalyptic end.."
January 6th, 1995: Generation X magazine is launched in Seattle, WA by Michael Azerrad, celebrating the "Grunge Revolution", and the counterculture in America. Nirvana and REM appear on the cover of the first issue.
January 7th, 1995: Major-General Viktor Vorobyov is assassinated by Chechen guerillas in Grozny, Chechnya...
January 19th, 1995: Siege of Grozny; Russian forces launch a massive siege against Grozny, killing c.16,000 people, mainly civilians in the process..
February 2nd, 1995: Li Hongzhi leads ultra-nationalist rallies in Nanjing, Southern China, calling for national reunification...
February 28th, 1995: "Elorg" activist Kevin Mitnick publishes information warning that the 1992 and 1994 elections were "rigged" through the "Anarchist Highway" (Internet)....
March 3rd-4th, 1995: Canadian police officials raid the offices of the Church of the Atom in Toronto, Ontario as a suspected "terrorist organization"...
March 15th, 1995: Counter-cultural Grunge albums: Guess Who! by Mudhoney reach #54 on the Billboard 200, The Pursuit of Happiness... by Hole reaches #45, and Screaming Trees by Screaming Trees reaches #12. British alternative band Radiohead's Odd Palace also reaches #8.
May 11, 1995: President Forbes visits Moscow, to discuss the China dilemma. Although its not known until later the Moscow Accord is signed which states that should the problems with China escalate, the Pacific Alliance will maintain the peace in South China, while Eurasia will keep th peace in the North. Shanghai being a shared city. The Pacific Alliance have more investments and favorable presence then the North. Zedong's former supporters will support the US in Hong Kong. Forbes also agrees to overlook Russia's attempts to destabilize the Caliphate.
June 7th, 1995: Swing Time magazine is launched by Michael Moss in San Francisco, California, celebrating "Swing" as a counter-point to the "Grunge Revolution"...
June 9th, 1995: Chehchen guerilla Shamil Basayev detonates a truck bomb in Budyonnovsk, Russia, killing 140 people...
June 14th, 1995: U.S. Congress passes the Communications Decency Act, banning "pornographic materials" from the "Anarchist Highway". Also on this day, Screamin' magazine is launched by Gabrielle Sutton in Chicago, Illinois, in an effort to celebrate "Swing" music culture....
June 22nd, 1995: "Female Baldness (a.k.a. "Chrome")" by Robert Schosser becomes a popular fashion trend. Also on tha day, The movie Seattle Blues premieres at #1 at the Box Office. The movie is based in 1989 Seattle, and is about the reactions in the local underground Grunge scene following the 1989 Nuclear Massacres that killed 550,000+ people. The movie stars Johnny Depp, Ethan Hawke, Winona Ryder, and Leonardo DiCaprio. It receives excellent reviews.
June 23, 1995: At a press conference at the White House, it is announced that "Following a review by the National Health Standards Department, the MF Clinics across the country will be restructured."
July 2nd, 1995: The movie Woodstock premieres at #1 at the Box Office. The movie documents the Woodstock Festival that took place in August of 1994. Reviews are excellent, and many call it "one of the best documentaries ever".
September 28th, 1995: NII Copyright Protection Act passed by U.S. Congress, severely limiting all forms of video, audio, and information copying
September 29th, 1995: Operation PHOENIX; Members of the Church of the Atom begin establishing "crisis centers" to "survive the Death Star" throughout the globe,...
October 2nd, 1995: Members of the Church of the Atom led by William Robertson announce a "New Civilization Game" in New York City, New York...
October 11th, 1995: Nirvana's Punk Rock Vs. USA debuts at #1 on the Billboard 200. The cover of the album shows a picture drawn by Cobain, showing an unflattering sketch of President Forbes. The anti-government song 'Hail to the Chief' peaks at #1 for three weeks.
October 13th, 1995: President Forbes calls the new Nirvana album cover "anti-american and a disgrace to all Americans".
October 17th, 1995: Ethnic cleansing operations are launched against Luos and Nubians as "Pacific Alliance collaborators..." Also on this day, Yang Jiechi intercepts a Russian diplomatic courier in Saint Petersburg, uncovering a copy of the Moscow Accord...
October 29, 1995: The Cleveland Indians complete a stunning comeback to win the World Series. The Indians recover from being down three games to one to win their first World Series since 1954 in front of a heartbroken Fulton County Stadium crowd. Joey "Albert" Belle is the Series MVP, with his walk-off two-run home run in Game Six and his 3-4 performance in Game Seven that included a home run, a 2-RBI double, and a RBI single.
October 31st, 1995: FBI Director Richard M. Nixon is briefed on possible reports of Chinese theft of nuclear weapons technology in Quantico, Virginia...
November 14, 1995: Aries 3 reaches the Red Planet. The spaceship is unmanned but humanoid robotic walkers are remote controlled by Earth, and collect about 750 pounds of Martian samples for the Labs on Earth. Also on this day, Military junta leaders launch an etnic crackdown on Kolla Indians in Tabacal, Argentina...
December 19th, 1995: Erkin Alptekin, Uyghur guerilla leader launches attacks on Russian forces in Tarbagatay, Xinjiang...
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January 9th, 1996: Chechen guerillas spread fighting into Kizlyar, Pervomayskoye and Sovetskoye, Dagestan, spreading calls for a Islamic fundamentalist state...
February 10th, 1996: Liu Chaoying, Qigong International, contributes c.$366,000 for the re-election campaign of President Stephen Forbes...
March 21st, 1996: Chen Shui-bian, Qigong International, visits the White House after making a c.$275,000 to the re-election campaign of President Forbes....
March 27th, 1996: Department of Energy officials warn President Forbes that Chinese intelligence agents have stolen nuclear weapons secrets from Los Alamos, New Mexico....
April 12, 1996: The MF Clinic on Guantanamo is shut down.
April 21st, 1996: Chechen guerilla leader Dzhokhar Dudayev survives an assassination attempt in Grozny by Russian special forces...
May 28th, 1996: Governor-General Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev of Chechnya, is assassinated by Chechen guerillas as a "Russian puppet" in Grozny...
June 17th, 1996: Li Hongzhi launches an "anti-spiritual pollution" campaign in Beijing, leading book-burning campaigns of Third World novels by Mao Tse-tung and all "foreign" literature...
August 19th, 1996: General Konstantin Pulikovsky orders the "strategic bombing" of Grozny, killing c. 45,700 people in an effort to "crush Chechen guerilla strongholds"....
August 24th, 1996: Christian Militia Association (CMA) members led by Jason Leigh seize control of the state capitol in Austin, Texas, establishing a "Provisional Government General Council"....
August 28th, 1996: Li Hongzhi calls upon followers to drive out the "foreign devils" during a rally in Beijing;
August 31st, 1996: Members of the Christian Militia Association (CMA) launch the "Rally for the Bill of Rights", demanding "people, not the corporations..."
October 7th, 1996: International Association of Jedi (IAJ) is formed in London, England by Gregory Lucas in an effort to coordinate the international activities of the Church of the Atom....
October 15, 1996: Pirate's Cove, a JIGSAW file sharing site, announces that it will not kowtow to the American Information laws recently passed. It also publishes the schematics to the Q-Nexus to all Elorgs. The broadcast location of the Cove is kept aboard an airship above the North Sea, in international waters
November 5, 1996: President Forbes loses re-election. However the Democratic candidate fails to capture even 15% of the vote. Liberal Candidate and Former President Walter Cronkite is elected president, with running mate Senator David Letterman. In Paris France, The Q-Nexus, a technology that allows the DATANET (aka Internet, Anarchist Highway) to be wireless. It has the range of a major city.
November 7, 1996: The Holy Republic of Israel declares its support for the CMA. Also on this day, "One Hour Mama" album by Lavay Smith & the Hot-Skillet Lickers makes its hit debut in San Francisco, California...
November 23rd, 1996: Emeti Yakuf (a.k.a. Aibu Abudurehem) proclaims an "intifada" demanding the immediate withdrawal of Russian troops from Xinjiang...
December 16th, 1996: China Can Say No by Zhang Zangzang, Zhang Xiaobo, Song Qiang, Tang Zhengyu, Qiao Bian and Gu Qingsheng; inflaming anti-foreigner sentiment throughout China...
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February 19th, 1997: La Plume Noire; Anarchist riots erupt in Lyon, France, sparking a massive police crackdown...
February 25th, 1997: "Eastern Turkistan National Solidarity Union" staged a bombing incident in Urumqi marketplace which involved nearly 100 casualties...
April 14th, 1997: Juan Pablo Orrego is executed as a suspected member of Argentine Anarchy (AA) in Montevideo, Argentina...
April 18th, 1997: Christian Militia Alliance (CMA) leader Jonathan Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona calls for the secession of the "Republic of Arizona"...
May 3, 1997: The FBI raids a CMA compound outside White Sands New Mexico.
May 11th, 1997: Government officials led by Prime Minister Michael Holmes condemns the European Common Market (ECM) as "an economic threat to national identity.." during a rally in London, England....
July 17th, 1997: Italian Police launch a nationwide crackdown on suspected anarchists. Officials in Rome, Italy claim that the crackdown is aimed at crushing political opposition...
August 5th, 1997: Doctor Theodore Connester proclaims the "End Times" during a rally in Los Angeles, California; purportedly experiencing the "Face of God"...
August 8th, 1997: British SAS assassinate Kenyan nationalist leader Gilbert Simiyu, sparking international attention....
August 10, 1997: President Cronkite is rushed to Walter Reed, following a stroke. The cabinet agrees that the President is unable to carry out his duties. VP David Letterman is sworn in as President aboard AirShip One
August 23rd, 1997: Islamic fundamentalist leader Wadih el-Hage launches "jihad" against the Pacific Alliance in Nairobi....
August 27, 1997: President Letterman deploys the army to re-establish control over Austin Texas
October 12, 1997: The Gibraltar Bridge opens
October 25, 1997: In front of a stunned Fulton County Stadium crowd, the Cleveland Indians beat the Atlanta Braves 4-1 to win the World Series 4 games to 2. Brad Ogea gets the win, and Mark Jackson gets the save. This is the second World Series Championship of the 1990s for the Tribe.
November 11th, 1997: "Sympathique" album by Pink Martini makes its hit debut in Portland, Oregon, with its mix of French and American music styles...
December 6th, 1997: Local and state officials inaugurate Governor's Island Gaming Facility, transforming the island in New York harbor into a gambling mecca...
December 17th, 1997: 4 Polish nationalists are killed in Grozny, Chechnya after they are caught supplying Chechen guerillas with weapons....
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January 23rd, 1998: Colonel Alfredo Astiz launches "death squads" in an effort to contain "insurgent factions"...
January 24th, 1998: Justice Department officials announces the arrest of thousands of suspected "Elorg pornographers" during a press conference in Washington D.C.,...
February 24th, 1998: "Americana Deluxe" album by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy makes its hit debut in Ventura, California....
March 1st, 1998: Memtimin Memet, Xinjiang nationalist, begins training with Baghdad Conference forces in Baghdad...
March 5th, 1998:"Eastern Turkistan National Center" guerillas carried out bomb attacks on the Russian Consulate-General in Istanbul, killing 28 people...
March 31st, 1998: Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa, sparks Chinese anger and nationalist sentiment after calling Chinese people the "lesser peoples of Asia..."
April 1, 1998: In a joint declaration from the Pacific Alliance nations, they restate their desire for peace, free trade, and a China that respects all human rights. Although not directly saying so it is a retraction of PM Miyazawa March 31st statement.
April 23rd, 1998: "Happy Feet" Swing single by 8-1/2 Souvenirs makes its hit musical debut in Austin, Texas...
May 11th, 1998: Li Hongzhi launches "anti-spiritual pollution" campaigns, targetting the Muslim population of Xinjiang....
May 23rd, 1998: Police in New York City, New York, announce the arrest of members of Love & Rage Revolutionary Anarchist Federation....
June 8th, 1998: "La Patria Ordo Nuevo" (New Order Party), comes to power in Buenos Aires, Argentina led by Alejandro Franze
June 16th, 1998: Zoot Suit Riots; Swing and Grunge enthusiasts clash in Eugene, Oregon, police and most national media pundits blame the Grunge enthusiasts for the violence, 17 arrests are made...
June 30th, 1998: Labor Activists storm the Parliament in Paris saying, "The dictatorship of capitalism is abolished. The workers declare anarchist-communism"...
July 5, 1998: The French PM, Luke Besson along with most of Parliament flees to the backup government bunkers in Toulouse. The bunkers were built as a means of continuing the government of France in the event of nuclear war. Martial Law is declared for the city of Paris and regions of Amiens, Rouen, and Nantes.
July 17th, 1998: Inspired by events in Paris, France; Christian Militia Association (CMA) members hold the American Heritage Festival '98 in Carthage, Missouri with c.300,000 people attending, calling for a "people's government..."
September 12, 1998: Quebec elects to become a separate nation, after extensive campaigning by Eugenic Fascist politician Pierre Trudeau.
September 28th, 1998: Gregory Lucas issues "General Order #66" calling for members of the Church of the Atom to "be fruitful and multiply..." in San Francisco, California...
October 1st, 1998: Morgan Guarantee, Chase Manhattan and Bankers Trust are sent reeling as financial institutions renege on derivatives contracts, sparking a massive economic crisis...
October 3, 1998: Pierre Trudeau is elected the first Chancellor of Quebec, and inaugurated immediately. Critics claim that English-speaking Quebecers' votes were discarded. In his inauguration speech, he discusses his plan to cleanse the nation of its most useless Anglos, and outbreeding the rest of the Anglos. Also on this day, The French Army routs the Worker's Army at the Battle of Eiffel, forcing the anarcho-communists to flee North to Amiens
October 5, 1998: The Russian Empire warns the government of Hongzhi that unless the anti-foreigners rallies cease, the Eurasian Confederation will consider China "in a state of Civil unrest, needing intervention". Also on this day, PM Luke Besson of France from the National Assembly building of the recently liberated Paris, condemns the actions of Trudeau, saying "One Christophe a century is bad enough!"
October 7, 1998: The French Population Readjustment Act is signed by Trudeau, which offers large tax incentives to any household that has over 3 children. There are also provisions allowing for marriage to multiple partners. It also calls for the registration of all Anglos and hefty fines for birthing an "Anglo-spawn" in Quebec.
October 10, 1998: Canadian Prime Minister of Canada calls a state of emergency due to the massive influx of various non-French Quebecer refugees coming into Canada, causing a burden on the Canadian economy.
October 12, 1998: The Federal Prison of Alcatraz is shut down, the property is soon bought by "Studio 60 Corporation" which plans to turn the island into a premier hedonistic and nothing taboo nightclub location, that caters to the casinos of Fisherman's Wharf.
October 14, 1998: The Y2K Preparedness Act is passed by Congress, to prepare for the worst should Y2K happen.
October 21st, 1998: Crescent City Maulers headline the "Big Guns of Swing" during a concert in Catskills, New York...
November 2, 1998: The Anarcho-capitalist status quo of the Country of Manchuria, revoke the property rights of "Falun Dafa", following non-payment. The Mercenaries from Narusegawa Security (aka Japanese Blackwater) are called to supress the riots. Warwalkers are now a common sit in Manchuria
November 7th, 1998: Chinese leader Li Hongzhi meets with Russian leaders in Saint Petersburg, Russia warning them that he is aware of the Moscow Accords....
November 8, 1998: The organization of Trudeau's Freedom Boys has membership that passes 100,000. Although this is in no small part due to the poster series, "Maidens of Trudeau's New Order" which feature Trudeau's wives in their preferred outfit.
November 9, 1998: Chinese Industrialist Zhang Tao of the Hong Kong/Macau district defies Li Hongzhi in an interview. Also on this day, Quebec Chancellor Pierre Trudeau marries 18-year-old Jolene Belleville, Marie Binoche, and Michelle Avril Grignard. All three are faithful adherents to both Fascism and the SkyClad movement. Also on this day, The United States agrees to offer sanctuary to any non-Francophones in Quebec.
November 10th, 1998: Brigadier General Sergio Espinoza Davies calls for a crackdown on "foreign sympathizers", during a rally in Montevideo, Argentina. Also on this day, The territories of New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia, now debate what they should do, as they are separated by nearly 400 miles from Ottawa. Governor Harkness of New Brunswick, advocates creating a new nation that would be a member of the Pacific Alliance, whereas Governor Alice Coltan of Nova Scotia wishes to join the United States. Also on this day, Jolene Belleville, becomes an officer in Trudeau's newly created Enforcers division.
November 11, 1998: Unlike the rest of the country Third World is still available for sale in Hong Kong/Macau. Also on this day, Opera Singer Michelle Avril Grignard stars in the opera, "Olympus" at the Montreal Opera House.
November 12, 1998: Underground writers continue the Third World novel series into the late 1990s. The writers are against the Hongzhi government, and it shows in the writing, when the communist powers, the Soviet Union collapses in a year, and China is slowly turning into a capitalist, and internationalist power. Also on this day, The automotive plant of Tesla-Chrysler Motors in Montreal is nationalized by Trudeau.
November 14, 1998: Historian Justin David Irving, a revisionist historian of the Second European War is invited by Trudeau to give a lecture at the University of Montreal.
November 15, 1998: A battalion of Chinese troops launches a raid on German Indochina,without the permission of Beijing.
November 19th, 1998: Y2K film by director Albert E. Ron, meakes itss hit debut, predicting a collapse of technological society due to infrastructure collapse...
November 22, 1998: The island of Ile d'Orleans is declared a Skyclad sanctuary.
December 1: 1998: The Canadian government agrees to take any non-French refugees from Quebec as long as there are jobs and houses available for them, and implements a plan to deport French speakers from Canada to make room for them. Also on this day, "Bank Runs" begin in earnest as people withdraw cash for Christmas holiday, and don't stop withdrawing. Federal Reserve imposes monthly cap of 20% of 11/1998 bank balance for withdrawals of over $10,000. Articles on gold become common, and the price of gold rises to $400 an ounce.
December 11, 1998: Jolene Belleville, becomes head of the 3rd Police precinct in Quebec. Her holding cells soon becomes infamous for its "Anglo Wing" who die from starvation, neglect or the occasional bullet to the head. Any investigation of her precinct is cancelled following an order from her husband. In fact with her husband's influence she is trying for Police Commissioner.
December 14, 1998: Marie Binoche-Trudeau adopts the role of First Lady to Trudeau, taking up role of pseudo-ambassador, and travelling the country speaking to Quebec youth.
December 24, 1998: The Christmas Invasion. Given the chaos in Argentina, the Holy Republic of Israel invades the Argentinan nation of Judea.
December 28th, 1998: Admiral Ruben Franco is ordered by the Alejandro Franze government to "root out countrer-revolutionaries" in Buenos Aires, Argentina....
December 31, 1998: Israeli Crimson Lance Forces reach Jerusalem.
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January 1, 1999: The American Embassy is stormed by a mob, the ambassador killed. President Letterman announces that "China has fallen into Anarchy. Following a meeting with the Russian Prime Minister, we have agreed that we must intervene." Also on this day, Twenty leaders from Newfoundland, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia meet in Fredricton to discuss the possibility of forming a separate nation. Jack Seamus of Newfoundland proposes a draft of a constitution and the name Terra Nova. The delegates for 13-7 in favor of the name on the first day, but Harkness suggested some amendments to the constitution.
January 2, 1999: Following the Completion of Las Vegas 1 and 2. The NRC announces that the US now has 200 reactors: 145 nuclear, and 55 Fusion.
January 12th, 1999: Justice Department announces the shutdown of 500 different "pornographic" sites during a press conference in Washington D.C.,....
January 19th, 1999: President Letterman warns the nation of the nation about the danger of a thermonuclear holocaust, and the possibility of an infrastructure collapse during the State of the Union Address in Washington D.C.,...
January 31st, 1999: K Mart and Wal Mart cash registers crash due to massive software failures, sparking national attention and concern....
March 5th, 1999: Ariffin Mohammed (a.k.a. "Ayah Pin") emerges as leader of the Indochinese guerilla movement in Kuala Lumpur, calling for aid from the Baghdad Conference....
March 15, 1999: Dissenters to Hongzhi's govt in China take to the streets in Hong Kong/Macau. Hongzhi government fires nerve gas at them, prompting international outrage. President Letterman calls Moscow about their support for activating the accord.
March 18th, 1999: Li Hongzhi warns Russian and American government officials that any attempt to overthrow the government of China, will mean that Xinjiang and German Indochina, will fall to Muslim guerillas,...
April 1st, 1999: Japan, Canada, and New York State government accounting systems start to fail. Stock-piling starts on widespread basis.
April 25th, 1999: Zhongnanhai Incident; Government-sponsored mobs launch anti-foreigner riots, setting fire to the Sheraton Hotel in Zhongnanhai, China...
May 7th, 1999: Anti-foreigner riots erupt in Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong, Nanjing, and Taipei, China, sparking international attention and concern...
May 12th, 1999: The Independent reveals that Chinese General Ji Shengde gave c. $300,000 to the political campaign of former President Stephen Forbes, sparking international controversy...
May 13, 1999: The Tesla Dynamic Database is infiltrated by Elorgs, and many of its patented designs become available to the public. Tesla Dynamics stock plummets, as their near monopoly on Energy Tech is gone.
June 11th, 1999: "Holy War" veteran Colonel John Roberts begins the paramilitary training of the Militia of East Tennessee...
July 1st, 1999: Australian businesses along with federal and state governments experience computer crashes and malfunctions due to the roll over to the Australian financial year 1999 - 2000...
July 18th, 1999: Battle of Kelantan, Ariffin Mohammed (a.k.a. "Ayah Pin") leads nationalist Muslim guerillas against Chinese forces, sparking international attention...
July 21st, 1999: Chinese forces unveil evidence of mass graves, containing 58 bodies by Muslim guerillas in Hulu Besut, sparking controversy over fighting in the region...
July 29th, 1999: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will report that some of nation's nuclear power plants may not be adequately prepared for the "millenium change". The NRC will then request massive emergency funding from the federal government to hire technical professions to help remedy the problem. In response to the situation, the federal goverment implements a military-style draft of technical professionals to work on the problem....
July 31st, 1999: Chinese military forces execute 3 of the wives of guerilla leader Ariffin Mohammed (a.k.a. "Ayah Pin") in Kuala, Lumpur, sparking international attention...
August 1st, 1999: Muslim guerillas led by Ariffin Mohammed (a.k.a. "Ayah Pin") launch an insurgency campaign against Chinese forces in Besut, Terengganu....
August 12th, 1999: Y2k preparedness becomes a concern with major retailers (Wal-mart, K-Mart, Target) advertising items like batteries, flashlights, and candles as "Y2k Preparedness Supplies" in their newspaper ads and in-store displays
August 20th, 1999: Ariffin Mohammed (a.k.a. "Ayah Pin") seizes control of the government in Kula Lumpur, calling for the creation a Muslim state, in defiance of Chinese occupation forces....
August 29th, 1999: Food riots erupt in major U.S. cities nationwide, including Dallas, Texas; Kansas City, Missouri; Atlanta, Georgia; Boston, Massachusetts; and Minneapolis, Minnesota;...
September 9th, 1999: At least 20 states lose electric power due to technical failures. Massive food shortages occur and bank runs force many financial institutions into failure...
October 13th, 1999: Southern Indiana Regional Militia members battle against FBI agents for control of criminal syndicate networks left open by Operation TURTLEDOVE in Fort Wayne, Indiana....
December 1st, 1999: Luxembourg Conference; European Common Market leaders proclaim a "New European Century" during a conference in Luxembourg...
December 2nd, 1999: A nuclear weapon is detonated in Luxembourg, killing the leaders who meet for the Luxembourg Conference as well as most of the nation's population. It is quickly confirmed the device is too powerful for the attack to have been caused by the Argentine Anarchy.
December 3, 1999: At the CNATCO HQ in Brussels, all member blocs agree to double CNATCO's budget. In the backrooms of the Coalition of Nation's Headquarters, the Pacific Alliance, Argentinan Empire, Eurasian Confederation, agree to create a Secret multinational force to sabotage any non sanctioned by CNATCO enrichment centers.
December 4, 1999: The European Sucession Crisis. 7 leaders are replaced by their successors. The German Chancellor survived the attack, as he happened to be in one of the underground bunker museums from the Second European War. Also on this day, Argentinan CNATCO agents discover that the remnants of the bomb casing correspond to the Uranium being mined from China or Russia, sparking suspicions on both China and Russia.
December 12, 1999: The Cleveland Reclamation. Thanks to Nanite colonies the city of Cleveland's radiation levels are reduced to normal habitable levels. The technology is proven effective and is expected to be deployed soon in other American cities.
December 31st, 1999: In a special meeting of the Ohio General Assembly, the House and Senate pass the "Cleveland Revitalization Act," which would provide funds to rebuild and modernize Cleveland infrastructure, and to provide incentives for people to move back to Cleveland and Cuyahoga County. Cleveland is given Township status, and is given the corporate powers and duties of a civil township as per Title V, Chapter 503.01 of the Ohio Revised Code.
December 31, 1999: Major earthquakes strike Mexico City and Tokyo within ten hours of each other. People worldwide suspect it's a sign of the "End Times".
Prometheus_2300
July 1st, 2010, 08:50 PM
That will take place soon enough. Rest assured Pope Peter will come to power c. 4/22/2000.... (10 points to anyone who guesses why I picked that date)...
Anniversary of Jesus' actual birth, since Dec 25 is just when we celebrate it?
Didn't Nostradamus also say that the end of the world will happen between january 1 and april 22.
December 27, 1999: A Lightning Storm strikes Los Angeles. Severe lightning strikes cause many fires. Members of the CMA believe that the storms are a sign of the Lord's anger at humanity, since the first building struck by Lightning was Studio 60, or New Gamorrah as the CMA called it.
March 20, 1999: Following Russia's hesitation to deal with China, President Letterman has the CIA begin funneling money and supplies into Hong Kong.
May 2, 1999: The Chinese Political Liberation Front or CPLF attacks a military convoy on its way Hong Kong. The Chinese troops are routed, and supplies taken.
September 11, 1999: The Region of Hong Kong/Macau is lost to Hongzhi Forces.
QuoProQuid
July 1st, 2010, 11:25 PM
Excellent, penguin. It is nice to have another Clevelander on the board.
As for Pope Peter, I believe you are thinking of St. Malachy's Prophecy of Popes. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prophecy_of_the_Popes) However, out of respect for the Apostle Saint Peter, no Pope has ever even considered adopting the name Peter II. This has been an unspoken rule within the Catholic Church for centuries. Plus, the writings of St. Malachy are very well known in Catholic circles. Unless the Pope wants apocolyptic bonfires and massive controversy, he is not going to choose the name Peter II.
However, you could just elect a cardinal with a baptismal name of Peter. For extra symbolic fun, have him either be a Middle-Eastern man or from Rome.
That will take place soon enough. Rest assured Pope Peter will come to power c. 4/22/2000.... (10 points to anyone who guesses why I picked that date)...
Earth Day? :P
EDIT: Oh, the Pope should be declaring 2000 a Jubilee Year some time this decade.
Prometheus_2300
July 2nd, 2010, 02:22 AM
October 11, 1998: "Hello America! Welcome to the HBC Nightly News. I'm your host Jon Stewart. In news President..." Journalist Jon Stewart takes over the coveted news anchor spot that Ronald Reagan once held for nearly 35 years.
Mr_ Bondoc
July 2nd, 2010, 06:33 AM
Here are some PODs to show that things continue to go downhill for European presence in Africa:
March 21st, 1990: Sam Nujoma overthrows the goverment in Windhoek in a violent coup, demanding the immediate withdrawal of South African and German troops, sparking international attention...
May 18th, 1991: Abderahman Ahmed Ali Tuur overthrows the government in Mogadishu, demanding the expulsion of all European Defense Force (EDF) and Pacific Alliance (PA) troops from the region....
August 9th, 1991: Battle of Ventersdorp; South African troops begin a massive crackdown on anti-apartheid guerillas, in Ventersdorp, South Africa...
April 18th, 1992: Morgan Tsvangirai overthrows the government in Harare, Rhodesia, demanding the withdrawal of all Pacific Alliance (PA) troops....
November 28th, 1992: Azanian People's Liberation Army (APLA) led by John Nyathi Pokela launches a bombing campaign in Johannesburg, South Africa, killing 84 people....
May 1st, 1993: Azanian People's Liberation Army (APLA) led by John Nyathi Pokelaattack the Highgate Hotel in East London, South Africa, killing 23 people, including 5 British tourists, and 2 American tourists...
May 24th, 1993: Isaias Afewerki launches war for Eritrean independence in Asmara, Ethiopia, sparking international attention and concern...
June 25th, 1993: South African troops storm the World Trade Centre in Kempton Park, near Johannesburg, randomly firing at anti-apartheid demonstrators, killing 17 people....
July 25th, 1993: Saint James Church Massacre; Sichumiso Nonxuba, Bassie Mkhumbuzi, Gcinikhaya Makoma and Tobela Mlambisa massacre 58 people in an Afrikanner neighborhood in Cape Town, South Africa....
March 8th, 1994: General Constand Viljoen launches the "ethnic cleansing" of the Bophuthatswana territory, claiming a "preemptive strike" against "terrorist cells", enraging most of the nations of the continent...
April 4th, 1994: "One Settler, One Bullet" song by South African Peter Mokaba, proclaims the expulsion of European Defense Force (EDF) and Pacific Alliance (PA) forces, sparking international attention....
March 11th, 1994: During a press conference, Colonel Alwyn Wolfaardt proclaims that anyone who believes in a multi-racial democracy "lives in cloud cuckooland..." in Cape Town, South Africa...
April 13th, 1994: African-American leader "Leonard ben Judah" travels to Mecca, meeting with Caliphate leaders, proclaiming, "Why is it that the colored man is made to feel inferior in the seats of Western civilization, yet is treated as an equal in the cradle of civilization...?"
April 27th, 1994: Afrikaner Volksfront led by Ferdi Hartzenberg, seizes control of the government in Johannesburg, South Africa, sparking concern within the Pacific Alliance...
July 9th, 1994: African-American leader "Leonard ben Judah" condemns Pacific Alliance support for "apartheid regimes" during a rally in Johannesburg, South Africa...
November 24th, 1994: African-American leader "Leonard ben Judah" returns to Miami, Florida, after meeting with every prominent African leader, condemning suppression of Kenyan people, and the support of the South African apartheid regime....
February 5th, 1995: African-American leader "Leonard ben Judah" sparks race-riots in London, England after condemning the Pacific Alliance in "complicity in racial genocide..."
February 12th, 1995: In a private political fundraiser in Birmingham, England, PM Michael Holmes says, "If you want a nigger for your neighbour, vote Labour." Despite the inflammatory nature of his statement, he is never reprimanded for this statement...
February 14th, 1995: African-American leader "Leonard ben Judah" is assassinated in Miami, Florida, sparking race riots in many African-American communities across the country...
Mr_ Bondoc
July 2nd, 2010, 05:58 PM
Here are some rap/hip-hop PODS that should work well with the grunge movment:
April 17th, 1990: Kharma Kazi of Brooklyn, New York launches the "Hip-Hop" movement, calling for greater greater recognition of African-American culture...
April 19th, 1990: "To the East, Blackwards" album by "Professor X The Overseer" (a.k.a. PXO) makes its hit debut, proclaiming the need for African-American rights...
November 5th, 1991: KRS-One meets with members of Radioslave in New York City, New York; recording the hit single "Out of Time", becoming the Billboard #1 hit on the rap/hip-hop charts....
May 19th, 1992: "Xodus" rap album by "Professor X The Overseer" (a.k.a. PXO) calls upon African-Americans to help oppose Pacific Alliance (PA) support for the South African regime and "puppet government" in Kenya....
January 21st, 1995: C.O.R.E.(Chicago's Organization of Rap/Hip-Hop Entertainment) is established by Yakira James in Chicago, Illinois, as a means to promote local African-American musicians....
March 21st, 1995: MTV debuts Station Identification hosted by KRS-One, Rheji Burrell and Salaam Remi, sparking national controversy...
August 1st, 1995: "Set Ya Mind At Ease" rap single by Gotee calls upon African-Americans to be more involved in political culture....
May 20th, 1997: "I Got Next" rap album by KRS-One promotes the message of African-American political involvement, sparking national attention...
November 3rd, 1998: "Hopes and Dreams / What Be Goin Down" rap single by Gotee proclaims the political aspirations of African-Americans, sparking national controversy....
May 19th, 1999: "They All Fall Down" by Gotee proclaims an apocalyptic message, warning of a "race war" in the United States, sparking international attention...
Brady Kj
July 2nd, 2010, 06:04 PM
November 3, 1998: the Reverend Martin Luther King leads a march in Los Angeles (is that where TV is made in this TL?) of skyclad senior citizens, protesting the youth and highly sexualized appearance of skyclad people on television. King makes his "I have a dream" speech about a day when all flesh will be seen together, when skyclad people of all ages, colors, shapes, and sizes, and skin conditions appear can walk peacefully through the streets, and the businesses and churches, free of the bitter cold of oppression.
The protest turned violent when Harland Sanders took a gun he had hidden in his protest sign, and shot the president of the HBC television network.
eaglesfan101
July 2nd, 2010, 06:58 PM
More Counter-Culture PODs
January 3rd, 1996: Radioslave vocalist Eddie Vedder calls hip-hop, "a key ally in our fight for social change".
March 1st, 1996: The Concert for Peace is announced, with Grunge, Brit-Pop, and hip-hop artists. The concert takes place on July 3rd in FDR Park, in Philadelphia.
March 19th, 1996: Mother Love Bone's Ha...Ha...Ha! debuts at #1 on the Billboard 200. The song 'Alliance for Peace' reaches #3 at the Billboard Hot 100. The song talks about the need for an end of the alliance system.
April 1st, 1996: April Fools Fight; Grungers and Swing fans fight in San Juan, CA. 158 arrests are made. Most arrests are Grungers, and the media immediately blames the fight on the Grungers.
July 3rd, 1996: 200,000 people come out for the Concert for Peace in Philadelphia. Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur perform together, ending the East-West rivalry. Tupac says that "peace is more important than some stupid rivalry. We need to help change the world, not destroy it..." after the show.
August 5th, 1996: Nirvana Unplugged on MTV becomes a huge hit. Kurt Cobain sings '1989' for the last song.
August 20th, 1996: Chicago Riots; Grungers protest along Muslims against Russia's bombings on Grozny.
September 11th, 1996: Brooklyn Riots; African-Americans and Grungers protest the Pacific Alliance's support for the "racist pigs" in South Africa. Police battle with the rioters.
September 14th, 1996: Kurt Cobain calls for the impeachment of President Forbes after the Brooklyn Riots.
December 28th, 1996: Radioslave's Argentine Democracy reaches #1 on the Billboard 200.
April 16th, 1997: Kurt Cobain's solo album Seattle Sucks debuts at #1.
Zacoftheaxes
July 2nd, 2010, 08:02 PM
Why is Kurt Cobain born in every timeline regardless of PoD?
Mr_ Bondoc
July 2nd, 2010, 08:19 PM
Why is Kurt Cobain born in every timeline regardless of PoD? I blame it on the "Rule of Cool". If anything, the ATL is looking like cool novel Wrack & Roll by Bradley Denton. If anything, this was an under-rated novel...
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/d/bradley-denton/wrack-and-roll.htm
Mr_ Bondoc
July 3rd, 2010, 06:13 AM
Here are some PODs that should make things interesting:
January 19th, 1991: Moro Liberation Front (MLF) guerillas, along with Caliphate agents, Ahmed J. Ahmed and Sa'ad Kahim, bomb the Thomas Jefferson Cultural Center in Manila, Philippines, killing 8 people...
October 16th, 1991: Glenn Neville Ford and Khidr Ali bomb the CN Tower in Toronto, Ontario, in retaliation for the Pacific Alliance (PA) role in the "Holy War" and the "formation of the illegal State of Judea...."
October 15th, 1998: Mumia Abu-Jamal forms the "Lions of Judah" in honor of fallen African-American activist, Leonard ben Judah in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania....
May 2nd, 1999: Members of the "Lions of Judah" led by Mumia Abu-Jamal surround the state capitol in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, demanding the right to display firearms openly...
October 17th, 1999: Officer Daniel Faulkner is shot in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, media and police officials immediately claim the "Lions of Judah" as the suspects....
Prometheus_2300
July 3rd, 2010, 06:56 AM
What's happening with the CMA? Should I be worried about another Civil War on the horizon? I guess the 2000 election will call for that. Both major parties are wary of the Christian right. Cronkite was able to pull apart the Democrats to forge his own party and get a third term, whereas the Republicans are still the party of Lincoln and Big Business
Mr_ Bondoc
July 3rd, 2010, 07:14 AM
What's happening with the CMA? Should I be worried about another Civil War on the horizon? I guess the 2000 election will call for that. Both major parties are wary of the Christian right. Cronkite was able to pull apart the Democrats to forge his own party and get a third term, whereas the Republicans are still the party of Lincoln and Big Business
For the CMA, they will believe that they represent the "true America". They believe that Cronkite has ruined the country, by single-handedly breaking up the oldest political party in U.S. history. They will point out that the Republicans are more concerned with the workings of big businesses than the concerns of the "common man". They will also point out both parties have failed to address the needs of the many veterans of the "Holy War". Also they will point out that that both parties have abandoned "Christian values" for the "cult of internationalism"....
Zacoftheaxes
July 3rd, 2010, 01:45 PM
I had an idea for the 2000 election when we get around to it.
QuoProQuid
July 3rd, 2010, 02:45 PM
It also looks like the United Kingdom may have a Civil War on the horizon.
Mr_ Bondoc
July 3rd, 2010, 05:56 PM
Alright true believers!!! Although it is hard to believe, we are almost at the end of the ATL!! Please consider the PODs carefully, since we want to make sure that humanity survives into 2010.
Zacoftheaxes
July 3rd, 2010, 07:53 PM
Alright true believers!!! Although it is hard to believe, we are almost at the end of the ATL!! Please consider the PODs carefully, since we want to make sure that humanity survives into 2010.
How do we define "humanity"? I mean, some people have to survive the nuclear onslaught.
Prometheus_2300
July 3rd, 2010, 08:58 PM
What problems are facing the following countries?
UK
Japan
Korea
I want to do something in South Africa, but I am not that familiar with the history. Is it too late for a Nelson Mandela type figure to do some good?
eaglesfan101
July 3rd, 2010, 10:22 PM
Is there a World Trade Organization in this TL, or some kind of big global organization?
Prometheus_2300
July 3rd, 2010, 10:27 PM
Is there a World Trade Organization in this TL, or some kind of big global organization?
There is the Coalition of Nations a UN analog set up by Dewey in the 50s. There is also CNATCO, the Coalition of Nations Anti-Terrorism COalition, which is comprised of the bloc members, trying to control who has nukes and to stop nuclear terrorism. There is also a Bretton Woods System/ Global Bank which is headquartered in the Vatican which kept the world away from a depression in the 30s.
Mr_ Bondoc
July 4th, 2010, 01:01 AM
Here is what we have so far for a fourth look at the 1990s:
January 5, 1990: The Russian Army moves into the Xinjiang province, routing out the Nanking govt in that province
January 30th, 1990: Medical community is scandalized after reporter Jerry Rivers reports on the treatment of Mittelafrika Feuer" (MF) patients at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba...
February 1st, 1990: Gregory Lucas and members of the Church if the Atom are convicted in absentia by a court in Lyon, France with "counter-revolutionary activities"...
March 9th, 1990: Members of the Church of the Atom clash with government police forces in Milan, Italy...
March 14, 1990: President Byrd announces that during his last years in office he will increase funding to MF research and improve treatment centers. Although some of this is carried out during his term, it does not accomplish Byrd's political objective, get the nation off the religion debate.
March 19th, 1990: Mother Love Bone lead singer Andrew Wood survives a Heroin overdose. After the near death experiance, Wood kicks off his addiction to drugs.
March 21st, 1990: Sam Nujoma overthrows the goverment in Windhoek in a violent coup, demanding the immediate withdrawal of South African and German troops, sparking international attention...
April 5th, 1990: Uighur guerillas kill and injure more than 100 Russian civilians and soldiers in Barin Township, Xinjiang,...
April 17th, 1990: Kharma Kazi of Brooklyn, New York launches the "Hip-Hop" movement, calling for greater greater recognition of African-American culture...
April 19th, 1990: "To the East, Blackwards" album by "Professor X The Overseer" (a.k.a. PXO) makes its hit debut, proclaiming the need for African-American rights...
May 1st, 1990: Failed assassination attempt by Richard Donovan on President Robert Byrd at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California...
May 5th, 1990: Vocalist Eddie Vedder, drummer Brad Wilk, guitarist Tom Morello, and bassist Tim Commerford create the band Radioslave.
May 9th, 1990: Operation SUN DEVIL; U.S. Justice Department, in association with the National Security Agency (NSA) launches a massive dragnet against suspected "Elorg" (hackers) and anti-government subversives....
June 11-18th, 1990: Riots erupt in Sofia, Bugaria over allegations of rigged elections, sparking calls for martial law...
July 3rd, 1990: Federation of Anarchist Youth (F.A.M.) establishes the "City of the Truth" commune in Sofia, Bulgaria demanding the establishment of a democratic government....
July 20th, 1990: Gregory Lucas, Church of the Atom, established an "retreat center" in Bern, Switzerland, sparking international attention...
August 15th, 1990: Members of the Church of the Atom are convicted with "conspiracy to steal government documents" by a federal court in Washington D.C.,...
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January 5, 1991: The EDC announces that it will build a bridge across the Strait of Gibraltar. This begins a prestige race for the major blocs.
January 7th, 1991: Lewis Shiner proclaims himself a "proud Elorg" during an online session in San Francisco, California...
January 19th, 1991: Moro Liberation Front (MLF) guerillas, along with Caliphate agents, Ahmed J. Ahmed and Sa'ad Kahim, bomb the Thomas Jefferson Cultural Center in Manila, Philippines, killing 8 people...
February 5th, 1991: the "Islamic Reformist Party" masterminded a bus explosion in Urumqi, killing 20 people, mainly Russian oil workers...
February 14th, 1991: "Elorg Manifesto" is published on the "Anarchist Highway" by anarchists in Sevastopol. Russia...
April 1st, 1991: Senator Sergio Galvarino Apablaza is arrested as a suspected member of Argentine Anarchy (AA) in Montevideo, Argentina...
April 10, 1991: The Throne Axis announces the Construction of a Trans-Siberan Mag-Rail train, called Tsar Locomotive, that will go from St. Petersburg to Shanghai.
April 16th, 1991: Lunex Scandal; Defense Department employee Alexander Abian leaks documents to The Independent revealing plans to deploy nuclear weapons to the lunar surface...
April 22, 1991: Vatican officials give secret orders to begin making copies of important scientific and theological documents in their Archives and sending them certain monestaries and cathedrals to ensure their survival in case of nuclear war.
April 26th, 1991: Most of the government of Argentina is killed when Argentine Anarchy members crash a jet containing a dirty bomb into the Argentinian capital building. The nation is in chaos.
May 1st, 1991: Demonstrations and riots against the Scandinavia on the roads of Helsinki in Finland. the local police forces attack the rioters. 10 are killed and over 50 arrested.
May 3rd, 1991: The Argentinian Civil War begins, the remains of the government go to war with the powerful Argentine Anarchy movement.
May 7, 1991: The Pacific Alliance announces its plan to build a Space Elevator at Nairobi.
May 10, 1991: The Pacific Alliance Scientific Development Commission offers a large number of research grants for nanotechnology.
May 15th, 1991: Riots have spread to all the major cities in Finland. rioters are becoming increasingly agressive for each day that passes. in Stockholm president of united Scandinavia ,Göran Pettersson, announces a state of emergency in Finland. After wich 3 companies of the scandinavian army are sent to finland to stop the rioters.
May 18th, 1991: Abderahman Ahmed Ali Tuur overthrows the government in Mogadishu, demanding the expulsion of all European Defense Force (EDF) and Pacific Alliance (PA) troops from the region....
May 19th 1991: A bomb is denoted in the Magnusson Square(former senate square) in Helsinki killing 37 scandinavian soliders and 10 civilians. later the same day a man named Urho Kallio who is in charge of the undercover organisation "black knights" announces on the radio that he takes responsibility for the bomb and that he prompts people to action against Göran Petterssons troops.
May 27th 1991: a fight occurs between a platoon of the scandinavian troops and a 200 finnish rebels. 30 scandinavian soliders are dead and 10 wounded
while the rebels loose 50 men and another 50 wounded.
June 1st, 1991: 20 armed members of the black knights accompanied by aprox. 50 rebels storm the senate building at magnusson square in Helsinki rising the flag of the black guard on the top of it.
June 3rd, 1991: after a night of heavy fighting the last soliders are driven out from helsinki. and the black guard declares Helsinki to be an inpendent state. Göran Pettersson announces in a press conference in Stockholm that he will regain Helsinki back to the state and that he will see every single rebellionist killed.
June 18th, 1991: Daniel arap Moi leads nationalist rebellion in Nairobi, after Pacific Alliance troops are deployed to clear land of 12 local villages in an effort to begin construction of a space elevator...
June 19th, 1991: Kalenjin leaders begin the mass slaughter of Kikuyu, Luo and Luhya minorities nationwide, blaming them for "collaboration with the Pacific Alliance pigs..."
June 20th 1991: Göran Pettersson launches a full scale attack on finland. 2000 paratroopers are sent to Helsinki 1000 paratroopers to Tampere. 5000 infantry soliders are sent to finlands west coast on landing craft each able to contain 50 men. while the 1st naval army besieges the naval fortress of Suomenlinna outside Helsinki.
June 21st-30th 1991. war rages on in finland tampere is now held by Scandinavian paratroopers. In Helsinki The black knights and Finnish rebellionists have won the fight but the situation might get a turn for the worse if Suomenlinna falls. Urho Kallio mobilises 500 black guard soliders to help in the deffence of Suomenlinna.
July 6th, 1991: Mother Love Bone's To Heaven And Back debuts at #176 on the Billboard 200. MTV begins playing the song 'Almost There', written about Andrew Wood's addiction, on the Alternative Rock show: 120 Minutes.
July 8th. 1991: Suomenlinna falls. but when the marine soliders are rushing towards the city. declares Urho Kallio that the black guard is in the posession of a nuke and that if Göran Pettersson doesnt withdraw his troops within 24hours all of stockholm will go KABOOM! Göran Pettersson has no choice but to withdraw all his troops from finnish soil.
July 14th, 1991: Nicolas Walter leads an atheist rally in London, England proclaiming, "We may yet end with Neither God nor master!". Also on this day, 'Almost There' becomes so popular with Alternative Rockers, it is shown airplay on mainstream MTV shows. It becomes an immediate hit.
July 15th, 1991: Urho Kallio declares that everything south of Tampere to the Finnish Gulf in the south and the Laatokka in the east is now a part of a independent Finland. He also declares that Finland is a kingdom and he as the leader of the fight for inpendence is the king of finland. His name is changed to Väinö I of Finland.
July 16th 1991: Väinö I nominates Wilhelm Engels to be the new supreme commander of the finnish armed forces that consists of the elite black knights the navy, the infantry, and the airforces.
July 31st, 1991: Irish President Brian Lenihan anounce Ireland's application into the European Common Market (ECM) in Rome, Italy, despite British pleas regarding the Commonwealth...
August 9th, 1991: Anti-Irish riots erupt in London, Manchester, and Edinburgh after The Telegraph and The Guardian report Ireland's membership into the European Common Market (ECM)....
August 9th, 1991: Battle of Ventersdorp; South African troops begin a massive crackdown on anti-apartheid guerillas, in Ventersdorp, South Africa...
September 24th, 1991: With the popularity of Mother Love Bone's To Heaven And Back, Nirvana's Nevermind debuts at 79 on the Billboard 200. To Heaven And Back is already at 61. The song 'I Belong to No Pacific Alliance', written by Kurt Cobain about the rising Generation X's anger with years of Cold War tension. 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' is also a huge hit.
October 8th, 1991: Soundgarden's Badmotarfinger debuts at #85, but receives high reviews, which leads to increasing sales.
October 16th, 1991: Glenn Neville Ford and Khidr Ali bomb the CN Tower in Toronto, Ontario, in retaliation for the Pacific Alliance (PA) role in the "Holy War" and the "formation of the illegal State of Judea...."
November 5th, 1991: KRS-One meets with members of Radioslave in New York City, New York; recording the hit single "Out of Time", becoming the Billboard #1 hit on the rap/hip-hop charts....
November 22nd, 1991: Radioslave's Pearl Jam debuts at #191, but receives high reviews, which leads to increased sales. The song 'At the Poor Man's Expense' becomes a huge hit, expressing anger over continuous wars and nuclear "accidents".
December 1st, 1991: Rolling Stone journalist Michael Azerrad writes an article on the so called "Grunge Revolution". He predicts the growing Grunge culture will lead to a 60's like counterculture, and culture wars between Baby Boomers and the up and coming Generation X.
December 21st, 1991: Göran Pettersson gets the report from his inteligence officers that the claim that the finns own a nuke is a hoax. after wich he he sends a army of 30.000 paratrooppers to finland acompanied by the 1st 2nd and 3rd naval armies and the 6th 5th and 9th airforces.
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January 4, 1992: The Baghdad Conference, a meeting of the leaders of Arabia, Assyria, Kurdistan, Persia, Arabia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sudan, Chad, Tunisia, and Libya meet. The Baghdad Compact is signed, and the Caliphate is formed. It is an economic/defensive bloc with its administrative HQ in Medina. Unlike the West which separates church and state, the Caliphate fuses them. The Turkish Republic does not join the Caliphate.
January 10th 1992: the Second Battle for Tampere takes place, killing 3000 paratroopers and destroying 100 planes on the scandinavian side and killing 1000 black guard and 5000 infantry soliders destroying 60 anti aircraft vechiles and 50 armoured cars. the battle was a meager finnish victory. After the battle, Tampere was completely in ruins.
January 11th, 1992: Mother Love Bone's To Heaven And Back reaches #1 on the Billboard 200, replacing Michael Jackson's Dangerous. Nirvana's Nevermind meanwhile reaches #3, Radioslave's Pearl Jam reaches #19, and Soundgarden's Badmotorfinger reaches #29.
January 12, 1992: The Lunex Mining Consortium begins mining operations in the Sea of Storms on the Moon. The facility is only manned by 6 people, and a majority of the mining done by computer controlled robotic walkers or remote controlled equipment.
January 16th 1992. the Second Battle for Helsinki takes place 1st and 2nd naval armies shell Helsinki and 5000 marine soliders are sent on landing craft towards the city. Meanwhile the air is filled with over 600 Scandinavian planes and thousands of paratroopers.
the battle is a solid Scandinavian victory. casualties as follows
Scandinavians:
1250 marine soliders killed
500 wounded
1000 paratroopers killed
240 wounded
200 planes destroyed
finns:
4000 blackguards killed
3500 infantry soliders killed
all 300 anti aircraft vechiles destroyed or lost.
Väinö I orders engels to take back Helsinki at any cost to wich engels responds that he won't send his men to die in vain becouse the city can't be qoncuered back, atleast not in this situation when the finnish army is begin attacked on all fronts.
February 1st, 1992: The loss of Finland was a great blow to the image of a aryan super race (in Göran Petterson's eyes that is)to restore their pride all around Scandinavia Anti-Finnish propaganda posters are nailed to the walls of buildings. Recruiters appear in all major cities in scandinavian union enlisting young men to join in the "Aryan Crusade" wich aim is to destroy Finland once for all. But the scandinavian high council ( a council of 12 men ((women are not allowed)) who rule scandinavia with the president) decides that Pettersson has gone too far and that he must be stopped at any cost before he makes Germany their enemy by attacking Finland.
Febuary 2nd, 1992: Nirvava's Nevermind reaches #1.
February 27th 1992: Scandinavian troops control western part of the newly established Kingdom of Finland and are advancing towards the final strongholds nish of the forces in the eastern parts of finland. Because of the demand of the Black Guard the unveilling King Väinö I is forced to negoshiate a deal with the German Empire.
March 9th, 1992: A treaty has been made with the German empire and
kingdom of Finland. the Germans will support the finnish war effort against the scandinavia in exchange they may rent the port city of Hamina and its surroundings for 30 years.
March 15-27th 1992: 10,000 German troops arrive Hamina. The commander of the Finnish army Wilhelm Engels meets the commander of the German troops in the secret HQ of the Black Guard a 50km to the north.
March 17th, 1992: Ultranationalist members of "Ya Basta!" bomb the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires, killing 48 people, injuring 792 people...
April 9th, 1992: MP Michael Holmes is elected Prime Minister, after pointing to concerns of an economic dowturn, and opposition to the European Common Market...
April 15th, 1992: Third Battle for Helsinki; the Scandinavian troops entrenched in the city have no chance against the unified strength of the Finnish and the German. The commander of the Scandinavian troops surrenders at midday on former Magnusson Square (now dubbed "Liberty Square").
Casualties :
Scandinavian
500 men dead
2500 as prisoners of war
German
50 men dead
43 men wounded
2 planes crashed
Finnish
70 men dead
20 wounded
Soon other commanders of the Scandinavian troops follow the example of the commander in Helsinki.
April 18th, 1992: Morgan Tsvangirai overthrows the government in Harare, Rhodesia, demanding the withdrawal of all Pacific Alliance (PA) troops....
April 20th, 1992: Almost all scandinavian troops have been driven out from Finland. the German troops will stay and protect the western front for 3 more months after wich they will move to their new garrisson in Hamina. Göran Pettersson can do nothing but to accept that they lost a great chunk from their eastern part.
May 1st, 1992: Göran pettersson dies with 49 pistol bullets in his body. The day is declared to be a public day of mourning all around the Scandinavian Union.
May 7th, 1992: A state furneal is held for Göran Pettersson. He is buried in a graveyard just outside Stockholm.
May 10th, 1992. Väinö I makes a pact with Russia (in secrecy) that the Russians will not interfere with the Finnish inpendence in exchange for the landmass from Lake Ladoga to Viipuri
May 13th, 1992: Li Hongzhi proclaims "Falun Dafa" in Changchun, China; calling for the rise of a theocratic state...
May 19th, 1992: "Xodus" rap album by "Professor X The Overseer" (a.k.a. PXO) calls upon African-Americans to help oppose Pacific Alliance (PA) support for the South African regime and "puppet government" in Kenya....
May 25th, 1992: In Scandinavia the high council elects Johan Linfors as the new president of the union. An Age of peace and progress starts in the Scandinavian Union.
June 5, 1992: The Democratic National Convention is one of the most divisive in recent memory. Byrd's presidency has been antagonistic to Northern Democrats. It is not helped that former President Cronkite has remained in the news. Byrd's renomination is hardly smooth as a DRAFT CRONKITE Movement shows considerable strength. After 5 ballots, many northern democrats announce their leaving the party to join Cronkite's Liberal party, leading the charge is Senator David Letterman
June 9th, 1992: Rebuilding of Helsinki begins with the help of the Germans. In case of future atacks it is decided that there shalt be a bomb shelter in every appartment buildings. Also its declared that a anti-aircraft gun and a searclight is to be deployed in every government building and that appartment buildings should have a platform on their roof roof so that a anti-aircraft gun could be deployed there if needed and thereby turning Helsinki into one of the most fortified cities on the globe.
June 12, 1992: The Republican National Convention chooses, Stephen M. Forbes w/ running mate Harry Stassen. The republicans are going on a fiscal conservancy with and internationalist platform. Also on this day, The TV show "Baywatch" premieres. It is noted for having the first uncensored skyclad persons on Primetime TV.
June 19, 1992: The Liberal Party nominates Cronkite/Carson. Their platform is separation of church and state. Also on this day, Scandinavian Union signs a law that denies work for any "non-Aryan". Although this doesn't change the situation much as there has been a law in Scandinavia for over 30 years declaring that no non-Aryans may live there. Also a law stating that the word "Finland" is outlawed in scandinavia and if anybody is found using it he or she may be flogged.
June 30th, 1992: Väinö I reveals the plan for getting down the unemployment from 60% to 10 or less in 2 years. His plan includes rebuilding the Finnish forest, coal-mining and the ship-building industries.
July 30th, 1992: the electrical monorail between Stockholm Malmö is ready. the monorail is powered by Scandinavias first nuclear reactor named GÖRAN 1.
September 11, 1992: In Raleigh North Carolina a law is passed that forbids the teaching of evolution in all state elementary and high schools. This attracts national attention and becomes an issue the candidates have to deal with
September 29th, 1992: Alice In Chain's Pacific Dirt reaches #3 and Stone Temple Pilots' Core reaches #8.
October 2nd, 1992: Anarchist riots erupt in Bloomington, Indiana over concerns about the presidential elections...
October 12, 1992: The Presidental three-way debate between Forbes, Cronkite and Byrd. Cronkite emerges as the Foreign policy leader but loses the debate when he and Byrd nearly broke debate rules. As a result Forbes moderate position causes the press to label him the victor of the Debate
October 23rd, 1992: Reverend Pete Peters of Estes Park, Colorado, announces the creation of "Rocky Mountain Rendezvous" in an effort to wait out the "End Times", based on Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand....
November 1st, 1992: Greek dictator Nikolaos Makarezos announces its membership into the European Common Market (ECM) in Athens, Greece...
November 3, 1992: Arms dealer Mikhail Putin with his various connections to the Russian Army, sells thousands of Weapons to Abdul Mussawir, an Oil Sheik, and plastics manufacturer in Bahrain. Mussawir begins raids and sabotaged all aimed at weakening the Caliphate.
November 5, 1992: Election day. President Byrd receives 25%, Cronkite with 35% and Forbes 40%. For the 3rd time in America's history the election is thrown to the House.The Republicans recapture the house with a margin of 3. The Republicans also recapture the Senate with a margin of 2.
November 15, 1992: American and Japanese troops are sent to Kenya to stabilize the region, in particular guarantee the safety of the planned Space Elevator site outside of Nairobi.
November 16th, 1992: Hole releases God Damn World. Though underground, it appeals to men, women and especially lesbians because of lesbian Courtney Love's feminist lyrics.
November 24, 1992: The Democratic Congress of 1990-1992, is unable to make the vote. The Liberals, the Democrats and the Republicans are unable to reach a consensus. After several backroom deals, it is decided that Republican Stephen M. Forbes will be the next President.
November 28th, 1992: Azanian People's Liberation Army (APLA) led by John Nyathi Pokela launches a bombing campaign in Johannesburg, South Africa, killing 84 people....
December 11, 1992: At the resanctification of the Kabba in New Mecca, a car bomb explodes, killing 23 muslim clerics
December 23rd, 1992: Ajuran, Ogaden and Degodia clans announce their defiance against the Pacific Alliance in Wajir, Kenya...
December 29th, 1992: Nairobi Bombings; Daniel arap Moi takes credit for the bombing of British and American Embassies in Nairobi, killing 247 people, injuring 4,800 people, using two truck bombs....
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February 1st, 1993: President Forbes calls Grunge music "loud Anti-American screaming".
February 2, 1993: Media officials are leaked information regarding the Holy See's attempts to shield itself from nuclear armageddon causing widespread panic.
February 8th, 1993: TIME magazine warns of the "looming threat" of the "Elorg hordes"....
March 5th, 1993: Swing Kids film starring Robert Sean Leonard and Frank Whaley makes its hit debut, introducing "Swing music"...
March 8, 1993: 'Nuclear fever' hits Italy and parts of France. Millions of families begin strengthening their homes and building elaborate nuclear bunkers for what they see as 'the inevitable'.
March 13, 1993: Baghdad Sarin Attacks. 628 people are dead following the release of Sarin gas in a crowded subway station during Rush Hour
April 1, 1993: President Forbes opens the Bay Area Transit Network, a system of magrail trains that allow commuters to get around the bay easier. This works in conjunction with the San Francisco Metropolitan Monorail. Also on this day, Mother Love Bone's When Will The World Shut Up? debuts at #1 on the Billboard 200, and spends 2 weeks at #1.
April 26th, 1993: on the second anniversary of the assassination of several Argentinian leaders, the new Argentinian government uses a nuclear weapon on a "suspected rebel hideout" in southern Mexico, killing 2,542.
May 1st, 1993: Azanian People's Liberation Army (APLA) led by John Nyathi Pokelaattack the Highgate Hotel in East London, South Africa, killing 23 people, including 5 British tourists, and 2 American tourists...
May 24th, 1993: Isaias Afewerki launches war for Eritrean independence in Asmara, Ethiopia, sparking international attention and concern...
May 26th, 1993: Many Grunge bands, and other Alternative Rock bands hold a concert against Nuclear Weapons two months after the Argentine nuclear attack in Southern Mexico.
June 11th, 1993: Father Julio Grassi is assassinated in Buenos Aires, Argentina after speaking out against the government...
June 15, 1993: President Forbes accomplishes one of his campaign promises. The dismissal of the National Sales Tax, and the enstatement of the Flat Income Tax. The Internal Revenue Act of 1993 is signed into law
June 24th, 1993: Surgeon General Gerd Peters is forced to resign after declaring a sugar a "health food" in Washington D.C.,....
June 25th, 1993: Radioslave's Rage Against the Machine reaches #4 on the Billboard 200. Songs like 'Jeremy' and 'Killing in the Name Of' become huge hits. Also on this day, South African troops storm the World Trade Centre in Kempton Park, near Johannesburg, randomly firing at anti-apartheid demonstrators, killing 17 people....
July 25th, 1993: Saint James Church Massacre; Sichumiso Nonxuba, Bassie Mkhumbuzi, Gcinikhaya Makoma and Tobela Mlambisa massacre 58 people in an Afrikanner neighborhood in Cape Town, South Africa....
September 6th, 1993: European Common Market (ECM) leaders reject the application of the Turkish Republic, due to concerns of "Islamo-fascism"....
September 13th, 1993: Nirvana's I Hate Myself and Want to Die debuts at #1 on the Billboard 200, and spends a total of 4 weeks at #1. Songs like 'You Know Your Right', 'Big Me', and 'I Hate Myself and Want to Die' become huge hits.
September 18th, 1993: Congressional Representative Michael J. Flynn (D-FL) of Clearwater, Florida launches hearings against the Church of the Atom in Washington D.C.,...
October 4th, 1993: A Christian Militia Association (CMA) couple in Opelika, Alabama guns down a child protective services agent, after reports of domestic violence and poor living conditions...
October 5, 1993: Respected Journalist Ronald Reagan, retires as newsanchor for the HBC Nightly News. "This is Ronald Reagan, signing off America." His last interview is with Former President Walter Cronkite.
October 14th, 1993: Mudhoney releases Funny Place, which eventually reaches #32 on the Billboard 200.
October 23rd, 1993: Magician Countess Sophia Sabak does a televised seance to contact the spirit of Harry Houdini in New York City, New York...
October 26th, 1993: The first rumor in Washington of an "anti-Grunge" language law, prohibiting "anti-american" lyrics are reported, but the Press Secretary denies it.
December 13, 1993: In an attempt to feed off global uncertainty, Vault-Tec Industries opens for business in Rome, Italy. The company specializes in constructing large communal bunkers for protection against nuclear holocaust.
December 24th, 1993: U.S. Justice Department, backed by the E-games (video-games) industry, announces a national crackdown on hackers for "copyright protection"...
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January 3, 1994: Tesla Dynamic moves into their new HQ in New York City. Tesla Tower is a 200 story building in South Manhattan.
January 4th, 1994: Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain marries Punk Rocker Kat Bjelland of Babes in Toyland.
January 21st, 1994: Battle of Puerto Madryn; Government troops announce the discovery of Argentine Anarchy (AA) guerillas in Puerto Madryn, Argentina...
January 25th, 1994: Alice In Chains' Jar of Flies debuts at #1 on the Billboars 200. Blues-Rock song 'Three Thousand Bodies' is about the Mexican Nuclear attack.
January 30th, 1994: "Beehive" female hairstyles become popular, led by Martha Atkins in New York City, New York...
February 5th, 1994: New York Stock Exchange surpasses 5000+ for the first time, sparking international attention...
February 9, 1994: Pope Paul VII announces his plans to visit member nations of the Calphite in an attempt to "heal old wounds" and to strengthen ties between Christianity and Islam, damaging relations between Europe and Eurasia.
March 4th, 1994: Soundgarden's Super Unknown debuts at #1, and stays there for 2 weeks. The single 'Values' attacks conservative values, and receives controversy.
March 8th, 1994: General Constand Viljoen launches the "ethnic cleansing" of the Bophuthatswana territory, claiming a "preemptive strike" against "terrorist cells", enraging most of the nations of the continent...
March 11th, 1994: During a press conference, Colonel Alwyn Wolfaardt proclaims that anyone who believes in a multi-racial democracy "lives in cloud cuckooland..." in Cape Town, South Africa...
March 15, 1994: A small group of Scottish anarchists recite William Yeats' poem The Second Coming before lighting themselves on fire in Trafalgar Square, London.
March 18th, 1994: It is announced that on the dates of August 17th, 18th, 19th, and 20th; Alternative Rock bands will hold a festival honoring the 550,000+ people who died in the Nuclear Massacres of the Summer of 1989 five years before on the exact dates. The headlines will be Nirvana, Radioslave, Mother Love Bone, Radiohead, Soundgarden, Hole, Smashing Pumpkins, REM, Alice In Chains, and the Pixies. The Festival takes place in a farm near Woodstock, NY and is called the Woodstock Festival.
April 1, 1994: FBI Director Richard Nixon retires, shortly after the completion of Operation TURTLEDOVE, which routed much of the organized crime West of the Mississippi
April 4th, 1994: Nirvana and REM begin recording an album called Burnt Out. Also on this day, "One Settler, One Bullet" song by South African Peter Mokaba, proclaims the expulsion of European Defense Force (EDF) and Pacific Alliance (PA) forces, sparking international attention....
April 5th, 1994: Christian Militia Association (CMA) leader John Trochmann condemns Operation TURTLEDOVE as "the first steps toward a police-state"...
April 13th, 1994: African-American leader "Leonard ben Judah" travels to Mecca, meeting with Caliphate leaders, proclaiming, "Why is it that the colored man is made to feel inferior in the seats of Western civilization, yet is treated as an equal in the cradle of civilization...?"
April 27th, 1994: Afrikaner Volksfront led by Ferdi Hartzenberg, seizes control of the government in Johannesburg, South Africa, sparking concern within the Pacific Alliance...
May 5th, 1994: Internal Revenue Service (IRS) revokes the tax-exempt status of the Church of the Atom in Washington D.C.,...
May 6th, 1994: An anti-nuclear weapons rally turns deadly when police and rioters battle in Seattle. Two rioters are killed.
May 12, 1994: Pope Paul VII arrives in Tripoli, Libya where he gives a speech condemning radicalism.
May 13, 1994: Pope Paul VII meets with Libyan government officials in private.
May 15, 1994: Pope Paul VII visits New Mecca and meets with several muslim clerics. Despite a car bombing, the trip goes without incident. Pope Paul VII, mourns the loss of life on both sides in the Crusade.
May 16th, 1994: Church of the Atom members establish the Spiritual Technology Center (STC) in Palo Alto, California. Also on this day, The Holy Republic of Israel, condemns Pope Paul VII, and declares him "Satan's Minion"
May 17, 1994: Vault-Tec Industries recieves an order from the French government to build a series of back-up government bunkers in Toulhouse.
May 26th, 1994: Hua Jiaxuan, CEO of Qigong International, calls for a return to "classical Chinese virtues", during a rally in Shanghai, China...
May 29th, 1994: Anarchist riots erupt in Glasgow, Scotland calling for national autonomy for the region, sparking international attention...
June 1st, 1994: Mother Love Bone's Shined is changed to Riot after the Seattle riots. It spends 2 weeks on top the Billboard 200 .
July 8th-17th, 1994: Student riots erupt in Florianopolis, Brazil, sparking a massive military crackdown on the region...
July 9th, 1994: African-American leader "Leonard ben Judah" condemns Pacific Alliance support for "apartheid regimes" during a rally in Johannesburg, South Africa...
July 17th, 1994: Ceara Manifesto; Students at the University of Ceara, Brazil call for democratic and student rights, sparking international attention...
July 29th, 1994: "Gangster Bop" single by Royal Crown Revue makes its hit debut in Los Angeles, California, popularizing the "Swing" genre...
July 30th, 1994: Local community activists in Espaco Vadiagem, Sao Paulo, Brazil call for civil rights, sparking national attention...
August 17th, 1994: The first day of the Woodstock Festival begins with a memorial for those who died in the San Diego nuclear attack. Over 650,000 are in attendance. Eddie Vedder's band Radioslave headline the first day along with Hole, and Smashing Pumpkins. Eddie Vedder's close family died in the San Diego attacks.
August 18th, 1994: At 12:01 AM, the second day of the Woodstock Festival begins with a memorial for those who died in the Warsaw nuclear attack. Soundgarden, punk rock band Green Day, and hip-hop artist Ice Cube perform.
August 19th, 1994: At 12:01 AM, the third day of the Woodstock Festival begins with a memorial for the those who died in the Leed nuclear attack. British alternative bands like Oasis, Radiohead, Blur headline the day because their country was attacked on this date. Alice In Chains, the Pixies, and hip-hop artist 2pac also perform.
August 20th, 1994: At 12:01 AM, the fourth and final day of the Woodstock Festival begins with a memorial for those who died in the 5-Cities Massacre nuclear attack. Despite being the last day of the festival, most of the fans stay because 500,000 died on August 20th, and it is the most signifigant day out of all the massacres. REM, Mother Love Bone, and Nirvana headline the day. The last performance ends with Nirvana and REM performing a song from their upcoming album Burnt Out, called '1989'. The song is about the 550,000+ people who died in the nuclear attack in 1989, and it is also a plea for the end of nuclear war. It is a massive hit. Also on this day, Archbishop Quarracino praises the government for its plans to roundup homosexuals and non-Christians for "re-education camps" during a rally in Buenos Aires...
August 27th, 1994: Nirvana and REM release their album Burnt Out. Termed as the "album of Generation X", the album immediately takes the #1 spot on the Billboard 200, and spends an astounding 40 weeks at #1, just beating out Michael Jackson's Thriller for the second most weeks spent at #1. The song '1989' is the biggest hit of the album, spending 11 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
September 15th, 1994: A Rolling Stone article calls the large Grunge/Alternative music counterculture 'Grungers'. The name sticks, though Nirvana vocalist Kurt Cobain calls it "a stupid mainsteam media tag".
October 6th, 1994: Portland Riots; Just months after Woodstock, over 8,000 Grungers protest against war and nuclear weapons in Portland, Oregon, on the 21st anniversary of the Jerusalem Holocaust. Riot police meet and battle with the Grungers. Five Grungers die, with 364 being arrested.
October 14th, 1994: Christian Militia Association (CMA) leader Joseph Vogler is assassinated during a rally in Fairbanks, Alaska, after calling for Alaskan secession; sparking international attention and concern...
October 21st-30th, 1994: Poll Tax Riots; Riots erupt in London, England over proposed measures for the creation of poll taxes...
October 23rd, 1994: "Jump-Swing from Hell" single by Lee Presson & the Nails, makes its hit debut in San Francisco, California, as a counter-point to the "Grunge Revolution"....
October 26th, 1994: Seattle Massacre; In Seattle, 10,000 Grungers protest the neeed of nuclear weapons, on the 21st anniversary of the Mecca nuclear attack. Once again riot police appear and fight with the Grungers. Six Grungers die, and 573 are arrested. Upon hearing the news, Andrew Wood calls it the "Seattle Massacre". The name is popular with Grungers, though Baby Boomers blame the Grungers for the riots.
Novemeber 1st, 1994: Mother Love Bone singer Andrer Wood calls the Swing revival "an overhyped genre trying to destroy social change".
November 12, 1994: Johnathan Winters, volunteers to be a test subject for a nanotech medical experiment. He is first injected with a colony of nanites, designed to augment the immune system. Then he is injected with MF. The nanites obliterated the virus from Winters body. Drexler and his team of doctors are immediately named TIME's Persons of the Year. Almost immediately pharmaceutical companies begin hiring Drexler's team to get market share in the "MF Vaccination market". However those infected with MF there is little that can be done.
November 24th, 1994: African-American leader "Leonard ben Judah" returns to Miami, Florida, after meeting with every prominent African leader, condemning suppression of Kenyan people, and the support of the South African apartheid regime....
November 28, 1994: A small bomb is detonated in Trafalgar Square, killing nine people and severely damaging Nelson's column.
December 3, 1994: Political activist, Nicholas Griffin demands that the British government take "drastic actions" to root out "socialist and anarchist scum".
December 11th, 1994: Dzhokhar Dudayev launches an "intifada" against Russian forces in Chechnya in Ingushetia, Chechnya...
December 14th, 1994: Radioslave's The Big Boom debuts at #3 on the Billboard 200. Many of the songs discuss the dissatisfaction with the U.S government, and it's stance on Nuclear weapons.
December 31st, 1994: New Years Eve Riots; 15 years after the Buenos Aires nuclear disastor, that killed over 35,000 people, over 3,000 Grungers protest the need of nuclear weapons, the Cold War, and the Pacific Alliance in Washington. Riot police clash with Grungers. 2 Grungers die, while over 141 arrests are made.
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January 4th, 1995: Zhuan Falun by Li Hongzhi proclaims the need to reunify the nation of China, as "the only path of salvation from the apocalyptic end.."
January 6th, 1995: Generation X magazine is launched in Seattle, WA by Michael Azerrad, celebrating the "Grunge Revolution", and the counterculture in America. Nirvana and REM appear on the cover of the first issue.
January 7th, 1995: Major-General Viktor Vorobyov is assassinated by Chechen guerillas in Grozny, Chechnya...
January 19th, 1995: Siege of Grozny; Russian forces launch a massive siege against Grozny, killing c.16,000 people, mainly civilians in the process..
January 21st, 1995: C.O.R.E.(Chicago's Organization of Rap/Hip-Hop Entertainment) is established by Yakira James in Chicago, Illinois, as a means to promote local African-American musicians....
February 2nd, 1995: Li Hongzhi leads ultra-nationalist rallies in Nanjing, Southern China, calling for national reunification...
February 5th, 1995: African-American leader "Leonard ben Judah" sparks race-riots in London, England after condemning the Pacific Alliance in "complicity in racial genocide..."
February 12th, 1995: In a private political fundraiser in Birmingham, England, PM Michael Holmes says, "If you want a nigger for your neighbour, vote Labour." Despite the inflammatory nature of his statement, he is never reprimanded for this statement...
February 14th, 1995: African-American leader "Leonard ben Judah" is assassinated in Miami, Florida, sparking race riots in many African-American communities across the country...
February 28th, 1995: "Elorg" activist Kevin Mitnick publishes information warning that the 1992 and 1994 elections were "rigged" through the "Anarchist Highway" (Internet)....
March 3rd-4th, 1995: Canadian police officials raid the offices of the Church of the Atom in Toronto, Ontario as a suspected "terrorist organization"...
March 15th, 1995: Counter-cultural Grunge albums: Guess Who! by Mudhoney reach #54 on the Billboard 200, The Pursuit of Happiness... by Hole reaches #45, and Screaming Trees by Screaming Trees reaches #12. British alternative band Radiohead's Odd Palace also reaches #8.
March 21st, 1995: MTV debuts Station Identification hosted by KRS-One, Rheji Burrell and Salaam Remi, sparking national controversy...
May 11, 1995: President Forbes visits Moscow, to discuss the China dilemma. Although its not known until later the Moscow Accord is signed which states that should the problems with China escalate, the Pacific Alliance will maintain the peace in South China, while Eurasia will keep th peace in the North. Shanghai being a shared city. The Pacific Alliance have more investments and favorable presence then the North. Zedong's former supporters will support the US in Hong Kong. Forbes also agrees to overlook Russia's attempts to destabilize the Caliphate.
June 7th, 1995: Swing Time magazine is launched by Michael Moss in San Francisco, California, celebrating "Swing" as a counter-point to the "Grunge Revolution"...
June 9th, 1995: Chehchen guerilla Shamil Basayev detonates a truck bomb in Budyonnovsk, Russia, killing 140 people...
June 14th, 1995: U.S. Congress passes the Communications Decency Act, banning "pornographic materials" from the "Anarchist Highway". Also on this day, Screamin' magazine is launched by Gabrielle Sutton in Chicago, Illinois, in an effort to celebrate "Swing" music culture....
June 22nd, 1995: "Female Baldness (a.k.a. "Chrome")" by Robert Schosser becomes a popular fashion trend. Also on tha day, The movie Seattle Blues premieres at #1 at the Box Office. The movie is based in 1989 Seattle, and is about the reactions in the local underground Grunge scene following the 1989 Nuclear Massacres that killed 550,000+ people. The movie stars Johnny Depp, Ethan Hawke, Winona Ryder, and Leonardo DiCaprio. It receives excellent reviews.
June 23, 1995: At a press conference at the White House, it is announced that "Following a review by the National Health Standards Department, the MF Clinics across the country will be restructured."
July 2nd, 1995: The movie Woodstock premieres at #1 at the Box Office. The movie documents the Woodstock Festival that took place in August of 1994. Reviews are excellent, and many call it "one of the best documentaries ever".
August 1st, 1995: "Set Ya Mind At Ease" rap single by Gotee calls upon African-Americans to be more involved in political culture....
September 28th, 1995: NII Copyright Protection Act passed by U.S. Congress, severely limiting all forms of video, audio, and information copying
September 29th, 1995: Operation PHOENIX; Members of the Church of the Atom begin establishing "crisis centers" to "survive the Death Star" throughout the globe,...
October 2nd, 1995: Members of the Church of the Atom led by William Robertson announce a "New Civilization Game" in New York City, New York...
October 11th, 1995: Nirvana's Punk Rock Vs. USA debuts at #1 on the Billboard 200. The cover of the album shows a picture drawn by Cobain, showing an unflattering sketch of President Forbes. The anti-government song 'Hail to the Chief' peaks at #1 for three weeks.
October 13th, 1995: President Forbes calls the new Nirvana album cover "anti-american and a disgrace to all Americans".
October 17th, 1995: Ethnic cleansing operations are launched against Luos and Nubians as "Pacific Alliance collaborators..." Also on this day, Yang Jiechi intercepts a Russian diplomatic courier in Saint Petersburg, uncovering a copy of the Moscow Accord...
October 29, 1995: The Cleveland Indians complete a stunning comeback to win the World Series. The Indians recover from being down three games to one to win their first World Series since 1954 in front of a heartbroken Fulton County Stadium crowd. Joey "Albert" Belle is the Series MVP, with his walk-off two-run home run in Game Six and his 3-4 performance in Game Seven that included a home run, a 2-RBI double, and a RBI single.
October 31st, 1995: FBI Director Richard M. Nixon is briefed on possible reports of Chinese theft of nuclear weapons technology in Quantico, Virginia...
November 14, 1995: Aries 3 reaches the Red Planet. The spaceship is unmanned but humanoid robotic walkers are remote controlled by Earth, and collect about 750 pounds of Martian samples for the Labs on Earth. Also on this day, Military junta leaders launch an etnic crackdown on Kolla Indians in Tabacal, Argentina...
December 19th, 1995: Erkin Alptekin, Uyghur guerilla leader launches attacks on Russian forces in Tarbagatay, Xinjiang...
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January 3rd, 1996: Radioslave vocalist Eddie Vedder calls hip-hop, "a key ally in our fight for social change".
January 9th, 1996: Chechen guerillas spread fighting into Kizlyar, Pervomayskoye and Sovetskoye, Dagestan, spreading calls for a Islamic fundamentalist state...
February 10th, 1996: Liu Chaoying, Qigong International, contributes c.$366,000 for the re-election campaign of President Stephen Forbes...
March 1st, 1996: The Concert for Peace is announced, with Grunge, Brit-Pop, and hip-hop artists. The concert takes place on July 3rd in FDR Park, in Philadelphia.
March 19th, 1996: Mother Love Bone's Ha...Ha...Ha! debuts at #1 on the Billboard 200. The song 'Alliance for Peace' reaches #3 at the Billboard Hot 100. The song talks about the need for an end of the alliance system.
March 21st, 1996: Chen Shui-bian, Qigong International, visits the White House after making a c.$275,000 to the re-election campaign of President Forbes....
March 27th, 1996: Department of Energy officials warn President Forbes that Chinese intelligence agents have stolen nuclear weapons secrets from Los Alamos, New Mexico....
April 1st, 1996: April Fools Fight; Grungers and Swing fans fight in San Juan, CA. 158 arrests are made. Most arrests are Grungers, and the media immediately blames the fight on the Grungers.
April 12, 1996: The MF Clinic on Guantanamo is shut down.
April 21st, 1996: Chechen guerilla leader Dzhokhar Dudayev survives an assassination attempt in Grozny by Russian special forces...
May 28th, 1996: Governor-General Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev of Chechnya, is assassinated by Chechen guerillas as a "Russian puppet" in Grozny...
June 17th, 1996: Li Hongzhi launches an "anti-spiritual pollution" campaign in Beijing, leading book-burning campaigns of Third World novels by Mao Tse-tung and all "foreign" literature...
July 3rd, 1996: 200,000 people come out for the Concert for Peace in Philadelphia. Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur perform together, ending the East-West rivalry. Tupac says that "peace is more important than some stupid rivalry. We need to help change the world, not destroy it..." after the show.
August 5th, 1996: Nirvana Unplugged on MTV becomes a huge hit. Kurt Cobain sings '1989' for the last song.
August 19th, 1996: General Konstantin Pulikovsky orders the "strategic bombing" of Grozny, killing c. 45,700 people in an effort to "crush Chechen guerilla strongholds"....
August 20th, 1996: Chicago Riots; Grungers protest along Muslims against Russia's bombings on Grozny.
August 24th, 1996: Christian Militia Association (CMA) members led by Jason Leigh seize control of the state capitol in Austin, Texas, establishing a "Provisional Government General Council"....
August 28th, 1996: Li Hongzhi calls upon followers to drive out the "foreign devils" during a rally in Beijing;
August 31st, 1996: Members of the Christian Militia Association (CMA) launch the "Rally for the Bill of Rights", demanding "people, not the corporations..."
September 11th, 1996: Brooklyn Riots; African-Americans and Grungers protest the Pacific Alliance's support for the "racist pigs" in South Africa. Police battle with the rioters.
September 14th, 1996: Kurt Cobain calls for the impeachment of President Forbes after the Brooklyn Riots.
October 7th, 1996: International Association of Jedi (IAJ) is formed in London, England by Gregory Lucas in an effort to coordinate the international activities of the Church of the Atom....
October 15, 1996: Pirate's Cove, a JIGSAW file sharing site, announces that it will not kowtow to the American Information laws recently passed. It also publishes the schematics to the Q-Nexus to all Elorgs. The broadcast location of the Cove is kept aboard an airship above the North Sea, in international waters
November 5, 1996: President Forbes loses re-election. However the Democratic candidate fails to capture even 15% of the vote. Liberal Candidate and Former President Walter Cronkite is elected president, with running mate Senator David Letterman. In Paris France, The Q-Nexus, a technology that allows the DATANET (aka Internet, Anarchist Highway) to be wireless. It has the range of a major city.
November 7, 1996: The Holy Republic of Israel declares its support for the CMA. Also on this day, "One Hour Mama" album by Lavay Smith & the Hot-Skillet Lickers makes its hit debut in San Francisco, California...
November 23rd, 1996: Emeti Yakuf (a.k.a. Aibu Abudurehem) proclaims an "intifada" demanding the immediate withdrawal of Russian troops from Xinjiang...
December 16th, 1996: China Can Say No by Zhang Zangzang, Zhang Xiaobo, Song Qiang, Tang Zhengyu, Qiao Bian and Gu Qingsheng; inflaming anti-foreigner sentiment throughout China...
December 28th, 1996: Radioslave's Argentine Democracy reaches #1 on the Billboard 200.
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February 19th, 1997: La Plume Noire; Anarchist riots erupt in Lyon, France, sparking a massive police crackdown...
February 25th, 1997: "Eastern Turkistan National Solidarity Union" staged a bombing incident in Urumqi marketplace which involved nearly 100 casualties...
April 14th, 1997: Juan Pablo Orrego is executed as a suspected member of Argentine Anarchy (AA) in Montevideo, Argentina...
April 16th, 1997: Kurt Cobain's solo album Seattle Sucks debuts at #1.
April 18th, 1997: Christian Militia Alliance (CMA) leader Jonathan Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona calls for the secession of the "Republic of Arizona"...
May 3, 1997: The FBI raids a CMA compound outside White Sands New Mexico.
May 11th, 1997: Government officials led by Prime Minister Michael Holmes condemns the European Common Market (ECM) as "an economic threat to national identity.." during a rally in London, England....
May 20th, 1997: "I Got Next" rap album by KRS-One promotes the message of African-American political involvement, sparking national attention...
July 17th, 1997: Italian Police launch a nationwide crackdown on suspected anarchists. Officials in Rome, Italy claim that the crackdown is aimed at crushing political opposition...
August 5th, 1997: Doctor Theodore Connester proclaims the "End Times" during a rally in Los Angeles, California; purportedly experiencing the "Face of God"...
August 8th, 1997: British SAS assassinate Kenyan nationalist leader Gilbert Simiyu, sparking international attention....
August 10, 1997: President Cronkite is rushed to Walter Reed, following a stroke. The cabinet agrees that the President is unable to carry out his duties. VP David Letterman is sworn in as President aboard AirShip One
August 23rd, 1997: Islamic fundamentalist leader Wadih el-Hage launches "jihad" against the Pacific Alliance in Nairobi....
August 27, 1997: President Letterman deploys the army to re-establish control over Austin Texas
October 12, 1997: The Gibraltar Bridge opens
October 25, 1997: In front of a stunned Fulton County Stadium crowd, the Cleveland Indians beat the Atlanta Braves 4-1 to win the World Series 4 games to 2. Brad Ogea gets the win, and Mark Jackson gets the save. This is the second World Series Championship of the 1990s for the Tribe.
November 11th, 1997: "Sympathique" album by Pink Martini makes its hit debut in Portland, Oregon, with its mix of French and American music styles...
December 6th, 1997: Local and state officials inaugurate Governor's Island Gaming Facility, transforming the island in New York harbor into a gambling mecca...
December 17th, 1997: 4 Polish nationalists are killed in Grozny, Chechnya after they are caught supplying Chechen guerillas with weapons....
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January 23rd, 1998: Colonel Alfredo Astiz launches "death squads" in an effort to contain "insurgent factions"...
January 24th, 1998: Justice Department officials announces the arrest of thousands of suspected "Elorg pornographers" during a press conference in Washington D.C.,...
February 24th, 1998: "Americana Deluxe" album by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy makes its hit debut in Ventura, California....
March 1st, 1998: Memtimin Memet, Xinjiang nationalist, begins training with Baghdad Conference forces in Baghdad...
March 5th, 1998:"Eastern Turkistan National Center" guerillas carried out bomb attacks on the Russian Consulate-General in Istanbul, killing 28 people...
March 31st, 1998: Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa, sparks Chinese anger and nationalist sentiment after calling Chinese people the "lesser peoples of Asia..."
April 1, 1998: In a joint declaration from the Pacific Alliance nations, they restate their desire for peace, free trade, and a China that respects all human rights. Although not directly saying so it is a retraction of PM Miyazawa March 31st statement.
April 23rd, 1998: "Happy Feet" Swing single by 8-1/2 Souvenirs makes its hit musical debut in Austin, Texas...
May 11th, 1998: Li Hongzhi launches "anti-spiritual pollution" campaigns, targetting the Muslim population of Xinjiang....
May 23rd, 1998: Police in New York City, New York, announce the arrest of members of Love & Rage Revolutionary Anarchist Federation....
June 8th, 1998: "La Patria Ordo Nuevo" (New Order Party), comes to power in Buenos Aires, Argentina led by Alejandro Franze
June 16th, 1998: Zoot Suit Riots; Swing and Grunge enthusiasts clash in Eugene, Oregon, police and most national media pundits blame the Grunge enthusiasts for the violence, 17 arrests are made...
June 30th, 1998: Labor Activists storm the Parliament in Paris saying, "The dictatorship of capitalism is abolished. The workers declare anarchist-communism"...
July 5, 1998: The French PM, Luke Besson along with most of Parliament flees to the backup government bunkers in Toulouse. The bunkers were built as a means of continuing the government of France in the event of nuclear war. Martial Law is declared for the city of Paris and regions of Amiens, Rouen, and Nantes.
July 17th, 1998: Inspired by events in Paris, France; Christian Militia Association (CMA) members hold the American Heritage Festival '98 in Carthage, Missouri with c.300,000 people attending, calling for a "people's government..."
September 12, 1998: Quebec elects to become a separate nation, after extensive campaigning by Eugenic Fascist politician Pierre Trudeau.
September 28th, 1998: Gregory Lucas issues "General Order #66" calling for members of the Church of the Atom to "be fruitful and multiply..." in San Francisco, California...
October 1st, 1998: Morgan Guarantee, Chase Manhattan and Bankers Trust are sent reeling as financial institutions renege on derivatives contracts, sparking a massive economic crisis...
October 3, 1998: Pierre Trudeau is elected the first Chancellor of Quebec, and inaugurated immediately. Critics claim that English-speaking Quebecers' votes were discarded. In his inauguration speech, he discusses his plan to cleanse the nation of its most useless Anglos, and outbreeding the rest of the Anglos. Also on this day, The French Army routs the Worker's Army at the Battle of Eiffel, forcing the anarcho-communists to flee North to Amiens
October 5, 1998: The Russian Empire warns the government of Hongzhi that unless the anti-foreigners rallies cease, the Eurasian Confederation will consider China "in a state of Civil unrest, needing intervention". Also on this day, PM Luke Besson of France from the National Assembly building of the recently liberated Paris, condemns the actions of Trudeau, saying "One Christophe a century is bad enough!"
October 7, 1998: The French Population Readjustment Act is signed by Trudeau, which offers large tax incentives to any household that has over 3 children. There are also provisions allowing for marriage to multiple partners. It also calls for the registration of all Anglos and hefty fines for birthing an "Anglo-spawn" in Quebec.
October 10, 1998: Canadian Prime Minister of Canada calls a state of emergency due to the massive influx of various non-French Quebecer refugees coming into Canada, causing a burden on the Canadian economy.
October 11, 1998: "Hello America! Welcome to the HBC Nightly News. I'm your host Jon Stewart. In news President..." Journalist Jon Stewart takes over the coveted news anchor spot that Ronald Reagan once held for nearly 35 years.
October 12, 1998: The Federal Prison of Alcatraz is shut down, the property is soon bought by "Studio 60 Corporation" which plans to turn the island into a premier hedonistic and nothing taboo nightclub location, that caters to the casinos of Fisherman's Wharf.
October 14, 1998: The Y2K Preparedness Act is passed by Congress, to prepare for the worst should Y2K happen.
October 15th, 1998: Mumia Abu-Jamal forms the "Lions of Judah" in honor of fallen African-American activist, Leonard ben Judah in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania....
October 21st, 1998: Crescent City Maulers headline the "Big Guns of Swing" during a concert in Catskills, New York...
November 2, 1998: The Anarcho-capitalist status quo of the Country of Manchuria, revoke the property rights of "Falun Dafa", following non-payment. The Mercenaries from Narusegawa Security (aka Japanese Blackwater) are called to supress the riots. Warwalkers are now a common sit in Manchuria
November 3rd, 1998: "Hopes and Dreams / What Be Goin Down" rap single by Gotee proclaims the political aspirations of African-Americans, sparking national controversy. Also on this day, the Reverend Martin Luther King leads a march in Los Angeles, California of skyclad senior citizens, protesting the youth and highly sexualized appearance of skyclad people on television. King makes his "I have a dream" speech about a day when all flesh will be seen together, when skyclad people of all ages, colors, shapes, and sizes, and skin conditions appear can walk peacefully through the streets, and the businesses and churches, free of the bitter cold of oppression. The protest turned violent when Harland Sanders took a gun he had hidden in his protest sign, and shot the president of the HBC television network.
November 7th, 1998: Chinese leader Li Hongzhi meets with Russian leaders in Saint Petersburg, Russia warning them that he is aware of the Moscow Accords....
November 8, 1998: The organization of Trudeau's Freedom Boys has membership that passes 100,000. Although this is in no small part due to the poster series, "Maidens of Trudeau's New Order" which feature Trudeau's wives in their preferred outfit.
November 9, 1998: Chinese Industrialist Zhang Tao of the Hong Kong/Macau district defies Li Hongzhi in an interview. Also on this day, Quebec Chancellor Pierre Trudeau marries 18-year-old Jolene Belleville, Marie Binoche, and Michelle Avril Grignard. All three are faithful adherents to both Fascism and the SkyClad movement. Also on this day, The United States agrees to offer sanctuary to any non-Francophones in Quebec.
November 10th, 1998: Brigadier General Sergio Espinoza Davies calls for a crackdown on "foreign sympathizers", during a rally in Montevideo, Argentina. Also on this day, The territories of New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia, now debate what they should do, as they are separated by nearly 400 miles from Ottawa. Governor Harkness of New Brunswick, advocates creating a new nation that would be a member of the Pacific Alliance, whereas Governor Alice Coltan of Nova Scotia wishes to join the United States. Also on this day, Jolene Belleville, becomes an officer in Trudeau's newly created Enforcers division.
November 11, 1998: Unlike the rest of the country Third World is still available for sale in Hong Kong/Macau. Also on this day, Opera Singer Michelle Avril Grignard stars in the opera, "Olympus" at the Montreal Opera House.
November 12, 1998: Underground writers continue the Third World novel series into the late 1990s. The writers are against the Hongzhi government, and it shows in the writing, when the communist powers, the Soviet Union collapses in a year, and China is slowly turning into a capitalist, and internationalist power. Also on this day, The automotive plant of Tesla-Chrysler Motors in Montreal is nationalized by Trudeau.
November 14, 1998: Historian Justin David Irving, a revisionist historian of the Second European War is invited by Trudeau to give a lecture at the University of Montreal.
November 15, 1998: A battalion of Chinese troops launches a raid on German Indochina,without the permission of Beijing.
November 19th, 1998: Y2K film by director Albert E. Ron, meakes itss hit debut, predicting a collapse of technological society due to infrastructure collapse...
November 22, 1998: The island of Ile d'Orleans is declared a Skyclad sanctuary.
December 1: 1998: The Canadian government agrees to take any non-French refugees from Quebec as long as there are jobs and houses available for them, and implements a plan to deport French speakers from Canada to make room for them. Also on this day, "Bank Runs" begin in earnest as people withdraw cash for Christmas holiday, and don't stop withdrawing. Federal Reserve imposes monthly cap of 20% of 11/1998 bank balance for withdrawals of over $10,000. Articles on gold become common, and the price of gold rises to $400 an ounce.
December 11, 1998: Jolene Belleville, becomes head of the 3rd Police precinct in Quebec. Her holding cells soon becomes infamous for its "Anglo Wing" who die from starvation, neglect or the occasional bullet to the head. Any investigation of her precinct is cancelled following an order from her husband. In fact with her husband's influence she is trying for Police Commissioner.
December 14, 1998: Marie Binoche-Trudeau adopts the role of First Lady to Trudeau, taking up role of pseudo-ambassador, and travelling the country speaking to Quebec youth.
December 24, 1998: The Christmas Invasion. Given the chaos in Argentina, the Holy Republic of Israel invades the Argentinan nation of Judea.
December 28th, 1998: Admiral Ruben Franco is ordered by the Alejandro Franze government to "root out countrer-revolutionaries" in Buenos Aires, Argentina....
December 31, 1998: Israeli Crimson Lance Forces reach Jerusalem.
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January 1, 1999: The American Embassy is stormed by a mob, the ambassador killed. President Letterman announces that "China has fallen into Anarchy. Following a meeting with the Russian Prime Minister, we have agreed that we must intervene." Also on this day, Twenty leaders from Newfoundland, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia meet in Fredricton to discuss the possibility of forming a separate nation. Jack Seamus of Newfoundland proposes a draft of a constitution and the name Terra Nova. The delegates for 13-7 in favor of the name on the first day, but Harkness suggested some amendments to the constitution.
January 2, 1999: Following the Completion of Las Vegas 1 and 2. The NRC announces that the US now has 200 reactors: 145 nuclear, and 55 Fusion.
January 12th, 1999: Justice Department announces the shutdown of 500 different "pornographic" sites during a press conference in Washington D.C.,....
January 19th, 1999: President Letterman warns the nation of the nation about the danger of a thermonuclear holocaust, and the possibility of an infrastructure collapse during the State of the Union Address in Washington D.C.,...
January 31st, 1999: K Mart and Wal Mart cash registers crash due to massive software failures, sparking national attention and concern....
March 5th, 1999: Ariffin Mohammed (a.k.a. "Ayah Pin") emerges as leader of the Indochinese guerilla movement in Kuala Lumpur, calling for aid from the Baghdad Conference....
March 15, 1999: Dissenters to Hongzhi's govt in China take to the streets in Hong Kong/Macau. Hongzhi government fires nerve gas at them, prompting international outrage. President Letterman calls Moscow about their support for activating the accord.
March 18th, 1999: Li Hongzhi warns Russian and American government officials that any attempt to overthrow the government of China, will mean that Xinjiang and German Indochina, will fall to Muslim guerillas,...
March 20, 1999: Following Russia's hesitation to deal with China, President Letterman has the CIA begin funneling money and supplies into Hong Kong.
April 1st, 1999: Japan, Canada, and New York State government accounting systems start to fail. Stock-piling starts on widespread basis.
April 25th, 1999: Zhongnanhai Incident; Government-sponsored mobs launch anti-foreigner riots, setting fire to the Sheraton Hotel in Zhongnanhai, China...
May 2, 1999: The Chinese Political Liberation Front or CPLF attacks a military convoy on its way Hong Kong. The Chinese troops are routed, and supplies taken. Also on this day, Members of the "Lions of Judah" led by Mumia Abu-Jamal surround the state capitol in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, demanding the right to display firearms openly...
May 7th, 1999: Anti-foreigner riots erupt in Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong, Nanjing, and Taipei, China, sparking international attention and concern...
May 12th, 1999: The Independent reveals that Chinese General Ji Shengde gave c. $300,000 to the political campaign of former President Stephen Forbes, sparking international controversy...
May 13, 1999: The Tesla Dynamic Database is infiltrated by Elorgs, and many of its patented designs become available to the public. Tesla Dynamics stock plummets, as their near monopoly on Energy Tech is gone.
May 19th, 1999: "They All Fall Down" by Gotee proclaims an apocalyptic message, warning of a "race war" in the United States, sparking international attention...
June 11th, 1999: "Holy War" veteran Colonel John Roberts begins the paramilitary training of the Militia of East Tennessee...
July 1st, 1999: Australian businesses along with federal and state governments experience computer crashes and malfunctions due to the roll over to the Australian financial year 1999 - 2000...
July 18th, 1999: Battle of Kelantan, Ariffin Mohammed (a.k.a. "Ayah Pin") leads nationalist Muslim guerillas against Chinese forces, sparking international attention...
July 21st, 1999: Chinese forces unveil evidence of mass graves, containing 58 bodies by Muslim guerillas in Hulu Besut, sparking controversy over fighting in the region...
July 29th, 1999: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) reports that many of the nation's nuclear power plants are not be adequately prepared for the "millenium change". The NRC requests a massive emergency funding from the federal government to hire technical professions to help remedy the problem. In response to the situation, the federal goverment implements a military-style draft of technical professionals to work on the problem....
July 31st, 1999: Chinese military forces execute 3 of the wives of guerilla leader Ariffin Mohammed (a.k.a. "Ayah Pin") in Kuala, Lumpur, sparking international attention...
August 1st, 1999: Muslim guerillas led by Ariffin Mohammed (a.k.a. "Ayah Pin") launch an insurgency campaign against Chinese forces in Besut, Terengganu....
August 12th, 1999: Y2k preparedness becomes a concern with major retailers (Wal-mart, K-Mart, Target) advertising items like batteries, flashlights, and candles as "Y2k Preparedness Supplies" in their newspaper ads and in-store displays
August 20th, 1999: Ariffin Mohammed (a.k.a. "Ayah Pin") seizes control of the government in Kula Lumpur, calling for the creation a Muslim state, in defiance of Chinese occupation forces....
August 29th, 1999: Food riots erupt in major U.S. cities nationwide, including Dallas, Texas; Kansas City, Missouri; Atlanta, Georgia; Boston, Massachusetts; and Minneapolis, Minnesota;...
September 9th, 1999: At least 20 states lose electric power due to technical failures. Massive food shortages occur and bank runs force many financial institutions into failure...
October 13th, 1999: Southern Indiana Regional Militia members battle against FBI agents for control of criminal syndicate networks left open by Operation TURTLEDOVE in Fort Wayne, Indiana....
October 17th, 1999: Officer Daniel Faulkner is shot in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, media and police officials immediately claim the "Lions of Judah" as the suspects....
December 1st, 1999: Luxembourg Conference; European Common Market leaders proclaim a "New European Century" during a conference in Luxembourg...
December 2nd, 1999: A nuclear weapon is detonated in Luxembourg, killing the leaders who meet for the Luxembourg Conference as well as most of the nation's population. It is quickly confirmed the device is too powerful for the attack to have been caused by the Argentine Anarchy.
December 3, 1999: At the CNATCO HQ in Brussels, all member blocs agree to double CNATCO's budget. In the backrooms of the Coalition of Nation's Headquarters, the Pacific Alliance, Argentinan Empire, Eurasian Confederation, agree to create a Secret multinational force to sabotage any non sanctioned by CNATCO enrichment centers.
December 4, 1999: The European Sucession Crisis. 7 leaders are replaced by their successors. The German Chancellor survived the attack, as he happened to be in one of the underground bunker museums from the Second European War. Also on this day, Argentinan CNATCO agents discover that the remnants of the bomb casing correspond to the Uranium being mined from China or Russia, sparking suspicions on both China and Russia.
December 12, 1999: The Cleveland Reclamation. Thanks to Nanite colonies the city of Cleveland's radiation levels are reduced to normal habitable levels. The technology is proven effective and is expected to be deployed soon in other American cities.
December 27, 1999: A Lightning Storm strikes Los Angeles. Severe lightning strikes cause many fires. Members of the CMA believe that the storms are a sign of the Lord's anger at humanity, since the first building struck by Lightning was Studio 60, or New Gamorrah as the CMA called it.
December 31st, 1999: In a special meeting of the Ohio General Assembly, the House and Senate pass the "Cleveland Revitalization Act," which would provide funds to rebuild and modernize Cleveland infrastructure, and to provide incentives for people to move back to Cleveland and Cuyahoga County. Cleveland is given Township status, and is given the corporate powers and duties of a civil township as per Title V, Chapter 503.01 of the Ohio Revised Code.
December 31, 1999: Major earthquakes strike Mexico City and Tokyo within ten hours of each other. People worldwide suspect it's a sign of the "End Times".
Mr_ Bondoc
July 4th, 2010, 01:22 AM
What problems are facing the following countries?
UK
Japan
Korea
I want to do something in South Africa, but I am not that familiar with the history. Is it too late for a Nelson Mandela type figure to do some good?
Currently:
Great Britain- In 1991 the UK suffered anti-Irish riots, after Ireland left the Commonwealth and decided to join the European Common Market (ECM). Also that year, after Pacific Alliance officials called for the creation of a space elevator, Kenyan nationalists launched a genocidal war against "Pacific Alliance collaborators". South Africa continues to prop up an increasingly racist regime in Johannesburg, as the Azanian People's Liberation Army (APLA) launches a violent campaign against the government. Li Hongzhi of China continues to launch anti-foreign sentiment against all members of the Pacific Alliance (PA). In 1995, PM Michael Holmes has launched a "war of words" against the European Common Market (ECM). In 1998, he openly called showed his racist side during a campaign speech in Birmingham. In 1999, the economic crashes in Australia and Canada have struck hard the British economy.
Japan- Japan has angered its neighbors throughout the region. In 1991, the Japanese government began supplying troops to support the Pacific Alliance (PA) space-elevator project in Kenya. They have also in 1998, openly called the Chinese "lesser peoples", only fueling anger in the Pacific Rim. Ever since 1995, along with President Byrd (U.S.) and President Letterman (U.S.), the Japanese have angered the people of the region by secretly supporting the Moscow Accord, which would divide the nation of China into several pieces, fueling ultra-nationalist sentiment...
With South Africa, anything after 1995 is unexplored territory, but expect a lot of violence in the region....
Prometheus_2300
July 4th, 2010, 04:36 AM
The ATL President's List
1908-1916: William Howard Taft w/ VP James Sherman
1916-1920: William McAdoo w/ VP James Cox
1920-1928: John J. Pershing w/ VP Calvin Coolidge
1928-1933: Calvin Coolidge w/ VP Hiram Bingham. Coolidge died in 1933
1933-1936: Hiram Bingham
1936-1948: Franklin Delano Roosevelt w/ VP John Nance Garner (1936-1944) and VP Thomas E. Dewey (1944-1948)
1948-1960: Thomas E. Dewey w/ VP Arthur Vandenburg
1960-1968: Joseph P Kennedy w/ VP Lyndon B. Johnson
1968-1976: Robert F Kennedy w/ VP Barry Goldwater
1976-1980: Les Paul w/ VP Gerald Ford
1980-1988: Walter Cronkite w/ VP Johnny Carson
1988-1992: Robert Byrd w/ VP Dukakis
1992-1996: Stephen J Forbes
1996-1997:Walter Cronkite w/ VP David Letterman. Cronkite suffered a stroke in 1997
1997-:David Letterman w/ VP James Carville
Any Thoughts on who Letterman's VP is?
Yikes the Pacific Alliance is really coming apart at the seams. Short of economic ties and some cultural exchange, politically the US seems opposed to its two major allies.
April 14, 1999: The Miyazawa corruption scandal. The Foreign minister of Japan is convicted of accepting bribes from American businesses. The trial snowballs when Miyazawa is revealed to have known about the bribes, and transferred them to a slush fund. The slush fund which was in turn basically supporting the Anarcho-capitalist state of Manchuria. International tensions are ratcheted up. A general election is called by Emperor Akihhito.
July 3, 1999: Hongzhi forces open fire on Narusegawa Mercenaries of Manchuria. News reports say that the fighting is brutal with both sides.
August 10, 1999: President Letterman meets with PM Miyazawa and PM Holmes in Bermuda. Nothing much was accomplished besides trade concerns since both Holmes and Miyazawa were nearly ideologically opposed to Letterman.
September 2, 1999; The Narusegawa Security Concern asks for the intervention of Japanese troops to aid Narusegawa forces.
October 20, 1999: For the first time in nearly 40 years the LDP loses the Diet. Following the corruption scandals and the faltering economy, a the Democratic party of Japan is now in command. Motoko Kayabuki is chosen PM.
October 22, 1999: A Japanese news crew is captured by Hongzhi forces, their execution was broadcast around the world, arousing the anger of Japan
October 31, 1999: Journalist Misato Akagi of the Nippon Journal writes about how "A third Russo-Japanese War will never happen, but China has murdered our civilians, and if they had atomic weapons they would not hesitate to obliterate Tokyo. It is time that we seek vengeance for our fallen countrymen, either Mercenary or soldier. The First Asian War is about to start, and we WILL win!"
<RETCONNED SEE LATER POST>
December 1, 1999: Following the Luxembourg Bomb, leaders the world over are moved to nuclear bunkers. This begins a trend of leaders itinearies being closely guarded, and much international diplomacy done via videophone.
December 30, 1999: Russian CNATCO agents, trace Luxembourg residue a private uranium enrichment plant in Mittelafrika, owned by a shell corporation.
<If anyone is interested Korea is being quiet hoping not to get noticed.>
<Researching South Africa now. That should be enough chaos in Asia now>
<The Kayabuki government is more moderate but is relatively new to politics, and is not about to comprise Japan's position by completely revoking Miyazawa's foreign policy. Expect it to get better, but the war started and they must fight it.>
Mr_ Bondoc
July 4th, 2010, 05:02 AM
Unfortunately, by taking out the Chinese government, the Japanese have made things a lot worse:
September 15th, 1999: "Dagestan Liberation Army" bomb an apartment building in Saint Petersburg, Russia killing 43 people...
October 8th, 1999: Khalfan Khamis Muhammad destroys with a truck bomb a Pacific Alliance troop barracks in Johannesburg, South Africa, killing 87 people...
November 4th, 1999: Lashkar-e-Taiba guerillas attack Russian forces in Urumqi, Xinjiang with impunity, killing 18 Russian civilians...
December 24th, 1999: Japan Airlines, Flight #849 Seoul, Korea to Rome, Italy is destroyed over the South China Sea , killing 243 passengers....
December 27th, 1999: Harakat ul-Mujahedin massacre members of Narusegawa Security Concern employees proclaiming "Allahu Akbar", killing 12 people....
Prometheus_2300
July 4th, 2010, 05:28 AM
Actually I didn't take out China's government, they were mostly directed at military forces near Manchuria. The civilian government and Hongzhi himself I left alive. But I guess a serious defeat from Japan, does seriously weaken Hongzhi's regime. Either way it seems that Millenium madness is setting in. I am just surprised that bio weapons haven't been used that much
Mr_ Bondoc
July 4th, 2010, 06:01 AM
Actually I didn't take out China's government, they were mostly directed at military forces near Manchuria. The civilian government and Hongzhi himself I left alive. But I guess a serious defeat from Japan, does seriously weaken Hongzhi's regime. Either way it seems that Millenium madness is setting in. I am just surprised that bio weapons haven't been used that much Unfortunately, this usually means that 5 cities were destroyed in the process of the use of the weapons, meaning thousands of people, mainly civilians are dead. Second, the European Defense Force (EDF) is going to be P.O.'d because of the fact that because of the weakening of the Chinese forces, Islamic guerillas led by "Ayah Pin" will certainly overthrow the government in German Indochina. Third, unlike the Chinese, the members of the Caliphate see the Pacific Alliance (PA) only as "enemies of the faith"...
Prometheus_2300
July 4th, 2010, 06:38 AM
Now that I think about it, how many cities have been nuked? Jerusalem, Mecca, Lima, Buenos Aries, San Diego, Caracas, New York, Amsterdam, St. Petersburg. I think the public shock to nuclear weapons is waning. Of course people are leaving cities in droves. I wonder if the world's pop have even passed 5 billion yet.
Mr_ Bondoc
July 4th, 2010, 07:29 AM
Now that I think about it, how many cities have been nuked? Jerusalem, Mecca, Lima, Buenos Aries, San Diego, Caracas, New York, Amsterdam, St. Petersburg. I think the public shock to nuclear weapons is waning. Of course people are leaving cities in droves. I wonder if the world's pop have even passed 5 billion yet. If you include the 5 cities that were destroyed by Japanese forces, and the Luxembourg Disaster; by January 1st, 2000, people have detonated 19 nuclear weapons during "acts of war" since 1950.
Prometheus_2300
July 4th, 2010, 07:38 AM
If you include the 5 cities that were destroyed by Japanese forces, and the Luxembourg Disaster; by January 1st, 2000, people have detonated 19 nuclear weapons during "acts of war" since 1950.
:eek: That many?! Is it too late to retcon my nuke post to only 1 nuclear bomb, lower-yield, about Hiroshima sized, and non-thermonuclear. This bomb aimed at the most concentration of Chinese soldiers on the Manchurian border?
Mr_ Bondoc
July 4th, 2010, 07:46 AM
:eek: That many?! Is it too late to retcon my nuke post to only 1 nuclear bomb, lower-yield, about Hiroshima sized, and non-thermonuclear. This bomb aimed at the most concentration of Chinese soldiers on the Manchurian border? You can still retcon since it hasn't been added to the ATL yet. The probnlem is that 1 nuclear missile is still going to trigger a massive anti-Japanese and anti-Pacific Alliance backlash across the globe...
Prometheus_2300
July 4th, 2010, 08:23 AM
Ok RETCON
November 5, 1999: PM Kayabuki calls for an emergency teleconference to use the Pacific Alliance Nuclear Arsenal. President Letterman dissents but Holmes abstains, citing that he must consult his foreign secretary.
November 7, 1999: PM Holmes votes nay, the arsenal remains locked. However Kayabuki authorizes surveillance flights, to monitor the situation
November 8, 1999: Narusegawa Security Forces Captain Mitsune Maehara distributes gas masks to her troops, for her planned use of chemical weapons
November 10, 1999: The Battle of Xinmin. Narusegawa Mercenaries are pinned down, and Captain Maehara deploys chemical weapons. Specifically nerve gas, and kill roughly 350 Chinese soldiers. Maehara is promoted by Narusegawa security. In a confidental Narusegawa Security memo, she is encouraged to continue her terror tactics, and hints at bonuses for her soldiers for more "usage of fear tactics". Maehara's unit becomes notorious for their brutal fighting methods.
November 11, 1999: PM Kayabuki who had considered sending troops now is revisiting her decision. She decides to leave Manchuria to Narusegawa Forces, in the hopes of avoiding a full out war with China. A Narusegawa Security Forces spokesperson from Manchuria states that "Pre-emptive strikes into China will continue until the army withdraws." Following news of the Xinmin Massacre, Kayabuki is thankful that she didn't commit troops.
November 22, 1999: A team of Coalition of Nations accountants, at the request of the Kayabuki government, confirms that the Japanese governmeent is not supporting Manchuriam at least undder Kayabuki's reign.
November 24, 1999: Columnist Misato Akagi calls PM Kayabuki a coward for not sending troops to the War in Manchuria
November 26, 1999: Narusegawa Security begins posting recruitment posters at Japanese Universities, and around the globe promising large rewards, for 2 years of service
<Narusegawa Security is brutal, they get bonuses per square mile taken, as the government of Manchuria doesn't exist. It's an anarcho-capitalist regime. Basically the war is being fought by well-equiped mercenaries who are more concerned with bounties then international politics. This ATL has had private militaries for nearly 30 years its time they get used more. Hongzhi's army doesn't strike me as very modernized>
Mr_ Bondoc
July 4th, 2010, 08:29 AM
Prometheus 2300- You might want to edit out which PODs you don't want me to use (4/19/1999-12/30/1999). If anything, this will help me when I start putting the final version of the 1990s together... As for the issue of Vice-President, consider Gary Hart (D-CO), James "Ragin' Cajun" Carville (D-LA). Either one would certainly have enough personality...
Prometheus_2300
July 4th, 2010, 05:53 PM
September 23, 1999: The Liberal House votes for Senator James Carville of LA to become Vice President.
Mr_ Bondoc
July 4th, 2010, 06:13 PM
Here are a few PODs to show that the Chinese-American community is going to be severely P.O.'d:
November 14th, 1999: Supervisor Alicia Wang leads a rally outside San Francisco City Hall, with c. 200,000 people condemning the Battle of Xinmin, calling for the Coalition of Nations to charge Japanese PM Motoko Kayabuki with "crimes against humanity"....
December 7th, 1999: San Francisco Chronicle reporter Iris Chang, films atrocities by Narusegawa Security, including brutal executions and "rape squads" in Manchuria...
December 12th, 1999: Archbishop James Scorsese calls upon the Letterman Administration to "speak with authority" to condemn the atrocities in Manchuria by Narusegawa Security and the Japanese government, during a prayer service in New York City, New York...
Zacoftheaxes
July 4th, 2010, 06:46 PM
April 3rd, 1999: President David Letterman announces his intentions to run for a second term.
May 4th, 1999: Former President Steven Forbes announces his intentions to run for President again under the new Capitalist Party.
May 19th, 1999: Former President Les Paul, who's popularity has resurged due to counter-culture movements, announce he will run for the White House again under a resurgent Peace Party.
May 22nd, 1999: Senator Franklin Delano Roosevelt III announces he will run for president under the Democratic Party.
May 31st, 1999: Reverend Pete Peters announces he will run for president under the Christian Freedom Party.
June 2nd, 1999: Reverend Jesse Jackson announces he will run for president under the Socialist Party.
June 15th, 1999: Senator Gary Hart announces he will run for President under the Reform Party.
June 17th, 1999: Barry Goldwater Jr. Announces he will run for president under the Libertarian Party.
June 19th, 1999: Former President Robert Byrd announces he will run for President under the Constitution Party.
June 23rd, 1999: Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney Announces he will run as an Independent.
July 4th, 1999: Ronald Reagan in an interview describes the upcoming election as a "Clash of the Titans".
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Also, we need a Vice President for President Forbes. I recommend Jack Kemp.
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