1980's

The Red Sun Rising Wel...Wel...Welcome to 1987, a new year! It is a tumultuous and adventurous time for humanity as we look towards the stars with the new Ares program! President Larry McDonald has met with Nippon Foundation's President Ryōichi Sasakawa! Marking a landmark step in...

Exactly what it says on the title. Let's say the Bulls fire Doug Collins one year early in 1988, Sloan rejects the Jazz's offer, and the original Bull goes home. Are MJ and Pippen as successful OTL in the next ten or so years? Bonus: What do you think happens to Phil Jackson? I kinda wanna see...

Since the end of World War II in 1945 and victory over the Axis powers, two new superpowers USSR and USA are locked in open yet restricted geopolitical rivalry which involves both countries and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc. Aside from the nuclear arsenal...

On September 1st, 1983, the Soviet Union shot down Korean Air flight 007 after it flew off course and entered Soviet airspace. All 269 people on board were killed, including US Congressman Larry McDonald, significantly increasing tensions between the US and USSR. I've always been interested in...

In the 1988 mayoral election in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, an unexpected character ran for the position. A literal monkey, from the local zoo, named Macaco Tião. This was proposed as a protest and apolitical vote by a comedy magazine and congressman Gabeira (PV). He got more than 300k votes back...

In the night of February 20th, 1981, an Argentine Airlines Boeing 707 almost hit the Twin Towers in the antena due to the dense fog and rain climate, this leads JFK Airport to installed a new radar warning system to prevent any airline to crash while there's an cloudy and rainy climate, however...

September 11th, 1973 - Santiago de Chile General Augusto Pinochet, Army General of the Chilean Army leads a Military Coup against socialist elected president Salvador Allende, at 9 am, that day, two fighters model Hawker Hunter dropped bombs in the Palace of La Moneda, destroying it, there is...

Who Dares Wins: Britain’s War of 1982-83 By: History Foundation of Europe Sarthak Bikram Panta LONDON © 2021 Chapter 1: The Fortress of Britain Modern Day Gibraltar Since the age of the Ancient Greeks, Gibraltar has had an eventful history. Considered to have been the site of the Pillars of...

What if the USFL didn't Fold? 1985-1986 USFL Offseason, the Baltimore Stars are coming off of a Championship victory their second in franchise history. Throughout the rest of the league there is worries of bankruptcy, folding, and other financial issues. The teams hit the hardest were the San...

Flash Gordon and Popeye are both considered cult classics but bombed in 1980 But let's make a world where both movies were as successful on release as Superman 2 and the three movies started a comic book/strip movie boom in the 1980s causing various failed comic movies (& possibly TV shows) to...

To start with, the story of Chile’s recovery and transition from dictatorship to democracy would have been very different. Pinochet’s election to the presidency in 1980 could have been viewed as a liberalization and democratization that could have transformed Chile. Instead, a more-authoritarian...

Hello everyone, and welcome to the thread for my first official TL, Rawhide Down: The Assassination of Ronald Reagan. This main jist of the TL is to explore the aftermath of the successful assassination of Ronald Reagan on March 30, 1981, both domestically and abroad. I will post updates...

President Reagan Shot! - NBC News-March 30th 1981 Chaos. The only word that can describe the Capital today. All our nation holds it breath as it awaits an answer to this stunning development. Several citizens of the D.C. area were asked to give comment and the only words that were...

A Hippie in the House of Mouse The Incredible Story of Jim Henson’s Amazing Tenure at the Walt Disney Company Image courtesy of @Nerdman3000 Part I: Froggy Went a’ Courtin’ Chapter 8, Frog Eats Mouse? Excerpt from Where Did I Go Right? (or: You’re No One in Hollywood Unless Someone Wants...

So I had this interesting thought that came up with my mind relating to the president's term length and the historical occurrences that happened and I came up with this weird scenario of which how possible could've a 10 year George H.W. Bush presidency be. Of course the Constitution says that...

Events, Dear Boy A British Political Timeline So, an idea I've had for a while, but one I'm only just finally getting around to putting into an actual timeline. The POD for this TL is that Tony Benn, instead of Denis Healey, wins the 1981 UK Labour Party deputy leadership contest. This TL...

Throughout President Reagan’s first term the economy was struggling and still hadn’t recovered from the malaise of the 70’s, sharply plumeting from 1981-1983 and causing massive losses for the GOP during the 1982 midterms and causing Reagan’s favorability rating to fall to a historic 35%! Is it...

I think the premise for this is pretty simple, though the ramification are kind of a whole other story. For a POD, let's say that either the Soviet-Afghan War (which I'll call the SA war from now on) ends either quickly enough for the US to not arm the Mujahideen as much as they did OTL or even...

Most everyone will agree that "Return of the Jedi," while an entertaining and satisfying movie, is by far the weakest entry in the original "Star Wars" trilogy. Your challenge, should you chose to accept it, is to propose how the filmmakers could have turned "Return of the Jedi" into an overall...

So as we all know, Former Vice President George Bush, who served as Vice President from 1981-1989 has passed away this past Friday. Bush narrowly lost the 1988 Presidential election to then Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis, but what if he managed to defeat Dukakis? How would Bush have...