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  1. Chris Oakley

    "SCANDAL!"

    "UNJUST COURT-MARTIAL LEVELS FALSE CHARGES IN BID TO DISGRACE GENERAL CUSTER'S GLORIOUS NAME!HERO OF LITTLE BIG HORN TO DEFEND HIMSELF WITH UTMOST VIGOR AT TRIAL!" What could have brought this on?
  2. Chris Oakley

    Viva Lincoln!

    Inspired by the Gettysburg Address,a group of Spanish volunteers sets forth from,say,Cuba in the late summer of 1863 to enlist in the Union Army.Consequences?
  3. Chris Oakley

    Did any of you see this story?

    I just found it a few minutes ago. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,60-1943548,00.html
  4. Chris Oakley

    "Good evening,Mr. and Mrs. America and all the ships at sea!"

    "FLASH!Orson Welles of radio's famed Mercury Theater is rumored to be preparing to take newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst to court over Mr.Hearst's efforts to forestall the release of Mr. Welles' controversial motion picture Citizen Kane!" What comes next?
  5. Chris Oakley

    "WAR!"

    "PRESIDENT HARRISON ORDERS FULL AND VIGOROUS RIPOSTE TO GERMAN LANDINGS ON CAPE COD! NEWS OF GREAT STRUGGLE AGAINST ENEMY ARMADA OFF VIRGINIA COAST!" What could have brought these headlines about?
  6. Chris Oakley

    "This is ABC's World News Tonight with Peter Jennings..."

    "Good evening.Shock,anger,and concern over the possibility of a bloody protacted land war in Asia are the most common feelings tonight following news that the CIA has uncovered proof that the 9/11 attacks,previously attributed to al-Qaeda,were in fact orchestrated by the Chinese MSS intelligence...
  7. Chris Oakley

    "CNN BREAKING NEWS...."

    "NOAA WARNS HURRICANE KATRINA NOW TRACKING TOWARDS ALABAMA COAST--CATEGORY 5 STORM EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL NEAR MOBILE WITHIN NEXT 12-24 HOURS--NEW ORLEANS UNDER FLOOD WATCH" So what could have caused the course change? And what happens when Katrina comes roaring up Mobile Bay?
  8. Chris Oakley

    "This just in to ESPN..."

    "The New York Yankees front office has confirmed that general manager Brian Cashman will be tendering his resignation sometime within the next 24-36 hours..." This,as you may have suspected,is a future history timeline.Anybody care to speculate what might bring it about?
  9. Chris Oakley

    "This is the BBC World Service.Here is the news...."

    "Diana,the Princess of Wales,stunned the nation this afternoon by issuing a press statement in which she has announced that she will formally abdicate the throne in a televised address to the British people at 6:30 PM this evening.Spokesmen for the Princess of Wales refuse to confirm or deny...
  10. Chris Oakley

    "EXTRA!EXTRA!Read all about it!"

    "Secret Japanese plan to bomb Hawaii discovered!FDR scraps China talks with Tokyo!EXTRA!" What next?
  11. Chris Oakley

    "The flash....now official...."

    "President John F. Kennedy,First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy,Vice President Lyndon Johnson,and the President's children John Jr. and Caroline have been confirmed dead within the last few minutes,killed when Air Force One apparently crashed in the Gulf of Mexico en route to Dallas.There is no...
  12. Chris Oakley

    Immaculate Interception

    December 23rd,1972.The AFC Divisional Playoffs.The Pittsburgh Steelers are trailing the Oakland Raiders 7-6 with just 22 seconds left in regulation.Terry Bradshaw sees Frenchy Fuqua apparently open on the Raiders' 35-yard line;he lets go a bomb....and watches in shocked dismay as Oakland safety...
  13. Chris Oakley

    Battlefield Prague

    August 20th,1968.Soviet tanks expecting to roll into Czechoslovakia with no opposition whatsoever instead find themselves coming under vicious attack from Czech regular army units and hastily organized civilian militias;the Soviet forces immediately return fire,and within hours CPSU general...
  14. Chris Oakley

    Ground Zero: Johannesburg

    1981:South Africa reveals to the world it has nukes and is willing to use them. 1982:Angola acquires its own nuclear weapons. What next?
  15. Chris Oakley

    Busted!

    May 2nd,1970:A security guard working the night shift at Kent State University catches a half-dozen student radicals in the act of attempting to torch the campus ROTC barracks.He calls for backup,and within two hours all six are in a local jail. What next?
  16. Chris Oakley

    A Day Late And A Ruble Short:Alternate Barbarossas

    This is a re-post of a thread I started last year on the old board...what if the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union,originally scheduled to begin in May 1941 but postponed because of regional flare-ups in the Balkans,got pushed back even later than June 22nd?Say,for instance,until late summer or...
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