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  1. FiendslayerPrime1976

    WI: McClellan destroys the Army of Northern Virginia in 1862

    Okay, here's a idea for you… On September 13, 1862, some unlucky Confederate soldier lost a copy of Lee's Special Order 191, which was discovered by Union Corporal Barton W. Mitchell in a field outside Frederick, Maryland. S.O. 191 was bucked up the chain of command until it reached McClellan...
  2. FiendslayerPrime1976

    Charles Sumner dies from Preston Brooks' caning attack

    This idea came to me after reading an article about the road to the American Civil War… On May 20, 1856, Senator Charles Sumner gave a fiery speech (Crime against Kansas) denouncing the Kansas-Nebraska Act, and attacking the authors of the act, Senators Stephen Douglas and Andrew Butler. Sumner...
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    1953 Iranian coup d'etat Operation Ajax fails

    In 1953 the democratically-elected prime minister of Iran Mohammad Mossadegh was overthrown by the CIA in a coup d'etat. Appointed prime minister in April 1951, Mossadegh was a popular leader, introducing numerous social reforms, and then nationalizing the AIOC (Anglo-Iranian Oil Company)...
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    Colonel Tom Parker Deported

    Elvis Presley's manager Colonel Tom Parker was actually Andreas Cornelius "Dries" van Kujik, an illegal immigrant from the Netherlands. It is said by some that this is the reason why Elvis never went on tour around the world - the only places outside the US he played were in Canada -...
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    No Pentagon Papers?

    When Daniel Ellsburg leaked the Pentagon Papers to the media, it set off a firestorm, turning public opinion even further against the Vietnam War and led to President Nixon's creation of the Plumbers, which in turn led to the Watergate Scandal and finally Nixon's resignation from office. Now...
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    No Rodney King Beating, No L.A. Riots - Different O.J. Murder Trail Verdict?

    Suppose the LAPD beating of Rodney King never took place - say that Mr. King was never on the road at that time, or at the very least wasn't speeding while drunk, or by chance the cops simply missed him. What would be the effect on the LAPD and relations with the black community? How much...
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    WI William Pitt the Elder remained in good health longer?

    Here's a thread for the July 4th weekend- During the 1760s, the beginning of troubles between Great Britain and the American colonies, former Prime Minister William Pitt was an advocate of Imperial reforms that might have kept the colonies from rebelling. However, because of his declining...
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