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  1. Ho Chi Minh meets with President Thomas Marshall

    POD: Wilson dies of stroke October 1918, Marshall allows the amendments to the LON treaty that result in the US joining. Ho Chi Minh asks to meet with the new president when he goes to the first meeting of the LON and Marshall gives him a few minutes of his time. Ho Chi Minh finds Marshalls...
  2. Boll Weevil strikes in 1830s

    Cotton crops throughout the south over the next 20 years are infested. The south has to move away from cotton? What replaces it? What are the effects on slavery with the loss of cotton? Does this butterfly away the civil war???
  3. President Richard Nixon 1953

    In otl Columbine II, Air Force 8610 (AF1 of its era) narrowly avoided a mid air collision with eastern airlines 8610. In this timeline tragedy strikes, Eisenhower is killed in the mid-air collision. In December 1953 Richard Nixon at age 40 becomes the youngest president of the US. A...
  4. wi: Benedict Arnold resigns his commission

    Instead of betraying his country in May 1779 he simply resigns his commission and stays with his wife in Philadelphia for the remainder of the war.
  5. wi: Ron Moody, the Third Doctor

    Ron Moody was apparently offered the role of doctor after Jon Pertwee. In OTL he declined. What if he accepts? How long does he stay? Does this butterfly Tom Baker
  6. WI: Patton in China

    Suppose Chiang hears about the brilliant general patton being sent stateside late 1945. Chiang knows hes gonna have to fight the communists sooner rather than later. Patton is depressed about missing out on war. Chiang is known for recruiting foreigners. Suppose Chiang decides to call Patton in...
  7. WI: Germanus becomes Emperor after Justinian

    By all accounts Germanus, a cousin of Justinian, married one of the last members of amal royal line who was the granddaughter of theodoric and was popular among the goths for that reason and was considered a very capable military commander. In OTL he fell ill and died mere days before launching...
  8. WI christian china

    In OTL during the reign of emperor Kangxi, jesuits were welcomed. However chinese christians wanted to continue traditional confucian ceremonies and ancestor worship. The Jesuits wanted to make accomodations but the dominicans did not. The pope banned accomodationism and the Emperor banned the...
  9. DBWI What if Titanic didnt have enough lifeboats

    Some ship buffs might remember the Titantic it sank. What was memorable was not that it sank but that it was the first major ship to have lifeboats for all the passengers. What would have happened if the Titantic's designers decided to only keep the lifeboats mandated by the law?
  10. WI: Gloriana Jana Regina

    What if Mary had been captured and executed and Jane had remained queen of england. Would she have thrown off the influence of the dudleys? What would have happened to Elizabeth who had not publicly opposed her? Jane by all accounts was an exceptionally educated woman for her time, she had...
  11. DBWI No Hanseatic Union

    We all know the Hanseatic League undermined the power of the monarchies and eventually led to the Hanseatic Union, the political and economic union of England, Northwestern Europe, Scandanavia, and Lithu-Polska regions. What if Hanseatic League had collapsed?
  12. DBWI Apple Computer doesn't go bankrupt in 1997?

    What logical ideas could Apple computer have done to survive --------------- Written In NeXT OS 12
  13. President Paul Tsongas/ Vice President Bob Graham (Later President Bob Graham)

    1993-1997 Hes a one termer not because of his policies but because he chooses not to seek reelection because of his health. In OTL he died Jan 18,1997. He might choose Senator Bob Graham of florida as his running mate in 1992(florida being a crucial swing state). Which could create a...
  14. Kirov assassination plot fails-Stalin exposed behind attempt

    In 1934 Sergey Kirov was considered the only strong rival remaining to Stalin. At the 1934 party congress he only received 3 negative votes while Stalin received hundreds out of 2000 present. In 1934 at the request of Stalin his assassination was arranged. Supposed instead the attempt fails and...
  15. ATL: Majorian the great

    The emperor Majorian (457-461) is viewed by many historians as the last "heroic" above average emperor to hold the Western Roman imperial throne. In his mere 4 years he stabilized the borders and reconquered a large portion of the west. In OTL Ricimer killed Majorian because he had become too...
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