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Could this come to pass under any circumstances around the late-18th / 19th Centuries? I'm aware the Episcopal Church has never been an especially strong denomination, but it would make for a seriously interesting America.

With a POD any time after 1970, make Cuba's communist regime collapse at the behest of an internal revolution. Bonus points if you can get this done around 1989.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Russian_legislative_election_protests Can the protests surrounding the election successfully oust Putin, and what comes after him? They managed to attract something of a following before Kremlin rent-a-mobs and police suppression effectively decapitated the...

On the morning of 13th March, 1920, the Berlin Reichskanzlei bore witness to one of the most frenzied episodes in its 150-year history. Reports had circulated in the capital the evening prior regarding a mutiny among the ranks of the army, with what amounted to the open endorsement of the...

Yes, I'm aware there was a lot of anti-communist sentiment in postwar Germany. But I was surprised to read that, in 1949, the western branch of the reorganized KPD succeeded in swinging nearly 6% of the overall vote, a very respectable showing. Is there any way we can secure an electoral...

Presidential address, 8/17/2008:

In the late-19th / early-20th Century, there was a "back to the Holy Land" movement within Orthodox Judaism. This amounted to several unsuccessful attempts, propounded by rabbis and 'Zionist' ideologues, to settle Ashkenazi communities in the Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem. The hostility of more...

With a POD any time after the East-West Schism, have a large-scale movement espousing values of a (Western) Protestant character (anti-corruption, ecclesiastical and personal austerity) develop within the Eastern Orthodox Church or one of its regional branches. I'm aware there were weird little...

General Charles François Dumouriez (1791). - Victor Courtemanche, The Depositions of Protector-General Dumouriez [1819] 18th March, 1793 – Battle of Neerwinden. Attempting to withdraw to a safer position, Austrian forces under Prince Josias of Coburg are overwhelmed by the otherwise motley...

IOTL, the Domino Theory turned out to be a load of baloney pushed by influential chickenhawks within the U.S. military to get the war effort in Vietnam underway. Your challenge, with a POD of at least 1954, is to make it a reality. Goodie bags and teddy bears for all those who can spread the...