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With the Liberal Party officially leaderless, there were reported fears within the party's administration that MacEachen could not win against Clark. An emergency convention was quickly called for January 10th in Winnipeg. John Napier Turner was the immediate frontrunner, but was challenged by...

On June 4th, 1979, the Progressive Conservative Party formed government for the first time in sixteen years. Joe Clark had been elected leader of the party three years earlier, and the media seemed to think that both his election as leader and his election as Prime Minister had been almost...

On June 20th, 1958, an improvised explosive device detonated at 51 Lime Street. It was the grand opening of the new Lloyd's building, and Prime Minister Harold Macmillan had been on hand for the event. The blast killed 27 people, including both Macmillan and Rab Butler, and injured almost 100...

The same idea as the other threads of this nature. The usual rule applies but with a twist: don't post two PMs in a row, but go ahead and post as many Governors General as may have served during that PM's term. I'll start us off: 1867: John A. MacDonald (Conservative) GG: The Viscount Monck...

Martha Stewart was the pretender to the English, Scottish and Irish thrones and the sole legitimate issue of Charles Edward Stewart, also known as Bonnie Prince Charlie. After her father's failed attempt at gaining power in 1745, the House of Stewart did not make another serious attempt until...

Brief Discourses upon the Paradoxes of Offence A pamphlet by professional footballer and philosopher Timothy Tebow, known for his contributions to the Late American Stoic school of thought, which uses sport as the backdrop for his philosophical positions. Fear and Loathing in Madurai

The Wire Stripper The third episode of the sixth season of the American television program Joss Whedon's Firefly (formerly branded as Firefly). It was the first episode of the season to focus on the crew of the Shenandoah after a fifth-season finale cliffhanger. Captain Jubal Early is revealed...

A common toast in the Empire of Congo during the 1940s-1960s; the toast was part of a tripartite ritual, with the first toast being To the North, our fathers; the second To the West, our brothers; and finally To the East, our sons. The toast reflected the history of the Empire; fathers from the...

A common name for the presidential manor of Cuba since that country's independence from the CSA in 1949, the name was likely patterned after the "White Houses" of the USA and CSA and the "Pink House" of the former Argentine Republic. Simeon Germaine was the first President of Cuba to reside in...

Originally airing in May 2004, The Queen of Air and Darkness is the 9th episode of the 3rd season of Joss Whedon's Firefly. The episode focuses on River Tam's storyline among the Reavers, over whom she has established her dominance through telepathy as the Alliance had always planned. However...

It's 1958. The Fifth Republic is about to be declared. Having learned a thing or two from 'The Prince' by Niccolo Machiavelli, Charles de Gaulle has included a caveat in the constitution that Algiers is to stand as the new capital of France. Soon, the French government is relocating to Algiers...

A 2004 American film and a sequel to 2002's Zero Force. The first film detailed the 1955 Imperial Russian takeovers of Persia and Lithuania through its official policy of "zero force." The sequel followed the events of 1964, when the Lithuanian government annexed itself to Prussia by following...

By "strongest" I mean "best able to project wealth, influence and/or military strength on a large geographic scale" whether or not they actually did.

I'm thinking between 1790 and 1820. I'm developing the beginnings of a TL and want to have some events occur across the Pacific around 1817ish.

Much of Europe and the Americas were obviously able to project wealth and military strength. But what about other countries? Japan was isolationist, so that rules that out. Maybe a kingdom of the subcontinent?