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Sorry for bumping this thread. :o I could imagine James Dean being chosen by Sergio Leone for the role of "The Man with no name" in Leone's westerns instead of Clint Eastwood.

Didn't the Beach Boys song "Good vibrations" influenced the direction the Beatles taked with the album Sgt. Pepper? What if the Beach Boys didn't make Good vibrations?

Goldorak came during Summer on 1978 in France, Quebec got it a bit later during the Fall of the same year. And Albator original name is Captain Harlock, some rumors mentionned it got changed because it sounded too close to Captain Haddock from the adventures of Tintin.

I read once somewhere (I think it was the old newsgroup alt.fan.sailor-moon) then Sailor Moon was originally planned to be one year with the Sailors Scouts returning to their normal lives after they defeated Queen Beryl but the popularity of the manga. Naoko decided then Sailor Moon keep on...

Having NBC to pass on the offer to air The Smurfs. NBC wanted to end their Saturday morning cartoon line-up way more earlier and it was the Smurfs who helped NBC to keep some cartoons on this channel for one more decade before they decided to put news and Saved by the Bell.

If there was no British invasion, could had been instead a Canadian Invasion or an Australian Invasion? Groups like Chilliwalk who was popular in Canada could had get a bigger success in the US? The Aussie rock band Man At Work might have more hits who reach the #1 rank on Billboard Hot 100...

Could be interesting to see if Robert Stanfield would had more bigger chances to win the 1972 or 1974 elections in this timeline where Trudeau is assassinated?

It's been 25 years ago, in 1988 then Wayne Gretzky was traded to the Los Angeles Kings. But other teams was interested: Detroit Red Wings, New York Rangers, Vancouver Canucks, Toronto Maple Leafs. 2 interesting "what if?" to ponder: what if Wayne Gretzky was traded to one of the other...

Not only Johnny Quest, I can imagine the seasons 2 and 3 of Spider-man made under Ralph Bakshi, Speed Racer, being on prime-time. I can also add some Gerry Andersons series Fireball XL5, Stingray, Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet who was more gritter then its predecessors, perfect for prime time.

We could wonder if Dearborn had annexed some townships like parts of Redford and Greenfield before they got annexed by Detroit? (you can view some former townships of Wayne county at http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~22400~740012:-Map-of-Wayne-County,-Michigan--Dra )...

Perhaps we might talk more of that other Twilight starring Paul Newman. ;) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHyvjdkiOj0

This one would be a interesting separate thread for a "what if". :)

We could also wonder what if there was no Entente Cordiale it all? It could had lead us to a alternate cause of WWI as well.

I guess someone else might fit the void left but he won't have the influence (or could had much more?) then Soros had.

Had the Brazilian monarchy had continued to the 20th century, it could be interesting to see how Argentina could had handle the relations with Brazil under the 1st gouvernment of Peron?

I guess we might see more turnpikes/tollways/toll roads coming mainly in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, New York State, etc... I spotted a former site archived on the Internet archive about it http://web.archive.org/web/20010210013003/http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~mn2n/tollun.html...

I don't know if these names could fit as well for a 1970s Expendables. -Anthony Quinn -Al Pacino -Roy Schneider -Eli Wallach (he portrayed Tuco from "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly") -Bud Spencer -Terrence Hill (Spencer and Hill are Italian actors starring in various comedic...

Also, if the NY Rangers direction had decided to let Herb Carnegie playing right away with the big club instead of letting him go to the farm-team in the minor league. Carnegie refused because it paid less to what the senior league offered. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb_Carnegie

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?