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I saw on the Boston Globe via a post on Toonzone then Peggy Charren who cofounded the Action for Children's Television, passed away at the age of 86. Some said then she played a part of the decline of Saturday morning cartoon with the Action for Children's Television. What if the Action for...

There was lots of thread about what if Nixon won in 1960 and I wondered what if Lyndon Baines Johnson was chosen as the Democratic Presidential nominee for the presidential elections of 1960 instead of JFK and won against Nixon? If LBJ was elected President in 1960, would had been victim of...

Last April, Seth Taft, grandson of President William H. Taft passed away at the age of 90. He ran for mayoral election of Cleveland in 1967 but lost to Carl B. Stokes. What if Seth Taft was elected mayor of Cleveland?

I spotted this article from the Detroit Free Press who mentionned then Detroit put a bid to host the United Nations headquarters in Belle-Isle in the 1940s, which bring us to that question: what if Detroit was chosen as UN headquarters?

I spotted a interesting info about the South African referendum of 1960 where South Africa became a republic instead of being a dominion like Canada and Australia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_republic_referendum,_1960 And that old article...

Roman Gribbs was the mayor of Detroit from 1970 to 1974 who served one term and didn't want to serve another term. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Gribbs But what if Roman Gribbs decided to be candidate for a 2nd-term as mayor of Detroit?

It's been a very long while then I didn't started a thread here, I'm sorry for the inconvience :o I spotted this old promotionnal movie of Detroit for the 1968 games http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9uWSNbHEps In OTL, Detroit lost against Mexico City to host the 1968 olympics games. But...

In 1978, Irving Grundman was chosen as the general-manager of the Montreal Canadiens NHL team succeding to Sam Pollock. Some taught then Scotty Bowman desserved the job, he left for Buffalo after the 1978-79 season. What if they chosed Scotty Bowman instead of Irving Grundman as...

we knew then in 1973 DeLorean quits GM to create its own company, but what if instead of creating its own company, he goes to Ford or Chrysler or even AMC?

WI the territory of Dakota when it became a state, stay in one piece instead of having a North and South Dakota as we knew in OTL?

In 1978 to succeed to general-menager of the NHL Team, the Montreal Canadiens Sam Pollock, the directors chosed a guy named Irwing Grundman instead of Scotty Bowman. Some argued than it was the beginning of the slowing decline of the Montreal Canadiens. I wondered what if they had chosed Scotty...

In 1958 there was a coup in Iraq who featured the death of King Faisal II. What if King Faisal had menaged a way to escape the conspirators of his death?

Mustafa Kemal Atartuk, creator of the republic of Turkey died in 1938 but I wondered what could had happened if he didn't died and stayed alive a couple of additionnals years thru WWII and the early 1950's?

I just read this about the Canadian rebellion of 1837 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebellions_of_1837 and I wondered what if William Lyon Mackenzie and Louis-Joseph Papineau had menaged to join their forces?

It came after I saw an episode of the old tv series Joe 90 who was an agent for the WIN (World Intelligence Network) set in the mid-21th century. The WIN was created from the merger of various agencies from the CIA to the MI5. And it come to what if the CIA, ATF and FBI had merged? ;)

Thomas Scott, an orangist who was captured and executed by the Metis during the rebellion of 1869-70 (who lead to the creation of the Canadian province of Manitoba). And then the orangists had their reveanche when Louis Riel, leader of the Metis was executed in 1885. I taught of strange...

we know than the WHA (World Hockey Association) ended is activities in 1979, but what if they menaged to survived another season?

Here an AH on the ecomonic view Lee Iacocca mentionned once in his biography published in the 1980's, a dream of a merger between Ford and Chrysler. I know the Congress probably wouldn't allow it but what could have happened if Ford and Chrysler had merged?

I wondered what could had happened if the 2 NFL rivals of the 1970's and 1980's, the WFL and the USFL didn't collapsed?

What could had happened if Robert Stanfield menaged to beat Pierre Trudeau in the Canadian elections of 1972? Or even in 1968?