First Post
This is an idea I've had rolling around my head since I've joined AH.com, but I've never had the time to research for it, and now I don't even have the time to make it without research. So, I figured I'd present the idea as a collaborative timeline, and see what AH.com would think would happen. As I am very short on time, I might need someone else to help with this, mainly enforcing the few rules and also consolidating dates into one post every few pages. The TL will run from January 1st, 1920 to December 31st, 2010. Now, for the ground rules:
1. You cannot post any date past 1927 until the dates beforehand have been satisfactorily filled.
2. No assassinations or random killings of politicians unless you can get two other posters to support you, and even then it might get revoked if I see that every other post is just killing another politician.
3. Not much of a rule, more of a trend-setter: Most of the first few sets of dates will only be small changes in the USA, Germany, and Russia, and only until about the 30s will the butterflies have snowballed enough for us to start making huge political changes.
Now, without further ado, here are the four PODs that will kick off the Collaborative Timeline:
August 26th, 1921: Franklin D. Roosevelt dies after spending nearly a month with deteriorating health from catching some sort of illness during his trip to Canada.
December 10th, 1921: Shortly after receiving the Nobel Prize for Physics in recognition of his explanation of the photo-electric effect, Albert Einstein is killed in a chance car accident in Sweden, much to the dismay of many.
November 11th, 1922: Vladimir Lenin reads his testament aloud before the Soviet Party. It has been slightly altered, after a few visits from both Stalin and Trotsky, and the Testament now criticized Stalin greatly, suggested that he be replaced as General Secretary, and it even went so far as to suggest that Trotsky take his place. After the reading of the testament, Stalin leaves the building to think, and is assassinated once outside by an OGPU agent, who escapes.
November 9th, 1923: The Beer Hall Putsch ends as the police show up. There is a misfire, resulting in the unfortunate death of one young Adolf Hitler.
1. You cannot post any date past 1927 until the dates beforehand have been satisfactorily filled.
2. No assassinations or random killings of politicians unless you can get two other posters to support you, and even then it might get revoked if I see that every other post is just killing another politician.
3. Not much of a rule, more of a trend-setter: Most of the first few sets of dates will only be small changes in the USA, Germany, and Russia, and only until about the 30s will the butterflies have snowballed enough for us to start making huge political changes.
Now, without further ado, here are the four PODs that will kick off the Collaborative Timeline:
August 26th, 1921: Franklin D. Roosevelt dies after spending nearly a month with deteriorating health from catching some sort of illness during his trip to Canada.
December 10th, 1921: Shortly after receiving the Nobel Prize for Physics in recognition of his explanation of the photo-electric effect, Albert Einstein is killed in a chance car accident in Sweden, much to the dismay of many.
November 11th, 1922: Vladimir Lenin reads his testament aloud before the Soviet Party. It has been slightly altered, after a few visits from both Stalin and Trotsky, and the Testament now criticized Stalin greatly, suggested that he be replaced as General Secretary, and it even went so far as to suggest that Trotsky take his place. After the reading of the testament, Stalin leaves the building to think, and is assassinated once outside by an OGPU agent, who escapes.
November 9th, 1923: The Beer Hall Putsch ends as the police show up. There is a misfire, resulting in the unfortunate death of one young Adolf Hitler.
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