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On June 4th, 1979, the Progressive Conservative Party formed government for the first time in sixteen years. Joe Clark had been elected leader of the party three years earlier, and the media seemed to think that both his election as leader and his election as Prime Minister had been almost...

On June 20th, 1958, an improvised explosive device detonated at 51 Lime Street. It was the grand opening of the new Lloyd's building, and Prime Minister Harold Macmillan had been on hand for the event. The blast killed 27 people, including both Macmillan and Rab Butler, and injured almost 100...

The same idea as the other threads of this nature. The usual rule applies but with a twist: don't post two PMs in a row, but go ahead and post as many Governors General as may have served during that PM's term. I'll start us off: 1867: John A. MacDonald (Conservative) GG: The Viscount Monck...

It's 1958. The Fifth Republic is about to be declared. Having learned a thing or two from 'The Prince' by Niccolo Machiavelli, Charles de Gaulle has included a caveat in the constitution that Algiers is to stand as the new capital of France. Soon, the French government is relocating to Algiers...

Much of Europe and the Americas were obviously able to project wealth and military strength. But what about other countries? Japan was isolationist, so that rules that out. Maybe a kingdom of the subcontinent?

What are some reasons the Panama Canal would have never been built? I mean, the obvious one is that nobody ever continued it after the French abandoned it. What are some butterflies of having no Panama Canal? I'm thinking some possibilities include a much stronger Argentina and Chile, as well...

What if France had been carved up and distributed to the allies following Waterloo? Who would get what? Nothing would remain part of France, the state would simply no longer exist.

So I know almost nothing about the man, save for what I learned from the Wikipedia article. But what caught my eye was this: "Edward died one year before his father, becoming the first English Prince of Wales not to become King of England. The throne passed instead to his son Richard II, a...

What would he have accomplished during his remaining years, and what are some possible butterflies?

Gilbert du Motier, American revolutionary war hero and personal friend of George Washington, is offered and accepts the dictatorship of France after the July Revolution in 1830. Other than "Les Miserables" never getting written, what are some other butterflies?

What if the American Neutrality Act of 1794 had never come to pass? The bill was originally brought in to prevent American citizens from fighting for the French Republic, and in many corners was an unpopular bill. If it had never come to be, perhaps a critical mass of Americans may have signed...