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Where, in the autumn of 1945, was the US going to find a dozen nukes? The whole US Stockpile totaled six weapons in 1945, and only 11 in '46. See the table here: http://www.nrdc.org/nuclear/nudb/datab19.asp

Yep, that's the one. I still think it was in bad tasre for Stone to have that film released while JFK was still alive. Although I gotta say that JFK's response when asked about it at the time was a classic piece of his usual gentlemanly, diplomatic, yet sly and cutting style.

If you expand this to films: We almost got a Raiders of the Lost Ark starring Tom Selleck as Indy, and Sean Young as Marion. And the folks making The Wizard of Oz back in the 30s wanted Shirley Temple as Dorothy, but couldn't work out the contracts with her studio. Also, Buddy Ebsen was the...

Those story elements had not been established yet back in '89. The OP's hypothetical STV was still possible back then.

Gary Locke the current Ambassador to China (former Commerce Secretary, former Governor of Washington) might have a shot at some point, I think.

African American: Colin Powell in '96 or '00 Native American: can't think of a prominent native american politician outside of Ben Nighthorse Campbell, and looking at his bio on wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Nighthorse_Campbell) it doesn't look likely he would have ever made a...

Wonder if we'll finally get the full truth about the whole Cuba mess back in '62 now? BTW, has anyone seen the film that nutjob Oliver Stone made about the Dallas shooting? It's kind of an obscure film and hard to find, but Stone has Oswald actually hit JFK and kill him. Plus, Oswald is...

AHC: replace Martin Luther with Lex Luthor during the Reformation. Discuss. :)

Even worse: thast would mean no First Lady Linda Rondstat! How would we have gotten through the 80's without that? Thankfully, Jerry gave Ted Kennedy a severe beatdown in the primaries leading up to the 1980 election.

When the Tsars Fell from The Sky Next: Oswald missed JFK, but killed Jackie. Kennedy continues into a second term.

What if Caroline Kennedy had won her uncle's Senate seat and started her road to the presidency? Future history, but there's a lot of speculation about a political career for Chelsea Clinton.

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To avoid the impending scandals of his personal life, JFK resigns from the Presidency in November 1963.

You'll Have to Excuse Him, He's from Barcelona Next: No Apollo 1 fire, Gus Grissom first man on the moon.

The presidency of Robert Kennedy (1969-77) and his sweeping social programs. Next: The Year of the Cat

Time to do a re-make of Top Gun!

Try to Remember that kind of September... Harry Truman wins a third term in office.

GOAAAAAAAAAAAL! Albert Einstein accepts the offer to be first leader of Israel.

Under African Skies Next: Nixon administration chooses persuing a mission to Mars over developing the space shuttle leading to a much different manned space program.

Rapper's Delight Next: Russian field commander get's spooked by US recon flights over Cuba in October '62 and launches his tactical nukes at Guantanamo. WW3 ensues.