2000s

Robert Michael Gates (born September 25, 1943 in Wichita, Kansas) is an American statesman, scholar, intelligence analyst, and university president who served as the 22nd United States Secretary of Defense from 2006 to 2011. He was originally appointed by President George W. Bush, but was...

Robert Michael Gates (born September 25, 1943 in Wichita, Kansas) is an American statesman, scholar, intelligence analyst, and university president who served as the 22nd United States Secretary of Defense from 2006 to 2011. He was originally appointed by President George W. Bush, but was...

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It was the 11th day of September, in the Year of Our Lord 2001, at 6 o'clock in the morning. 2 men, named Mohamed Atta and Abdulaziz al-Omari had just landed at Logan International Airport from Portland International Jetport in Portland, Maine, via Colgan Air (Owned under the US Airways Express...

What is this? Welcome to A New American Century! This timeline has a point of divergence from real history in 1987 when bin Laden is killed, but doesn't truly start to leave an impact on this new world until 2001. I'll give you one guess what that means. The 9/11 attacks are butterflied? You...

Disco, as it has been noted time and time again, got its reputation from the backlash in the late 70s. The Disco Demolition Night in 1979 was not only the crown jewel of this mentality but also a sign of changes in American cultural and political discourse, with all that it implies. The point...

June 4, 2000 The Staples Center was almost completely silent. The Portland Trailblazers were leading the rival Los Angeles Lakers by the end of the Third Quarter 71-58. It looked like the Blazers would finally finish off the Lakers after being down 3-1 early in the series. We all know how this...

Hello everyone, and welcome to my first timeline. This will detail a new 2000s from an overall standpoint, especially cultural. Now, I know there's a few no 9/11 timelines though mine will be different. This will also be semi-collaborative. I don't know much about politics and such so I can use...

Mid 2008: Some internal decisions inside Lehman's are done a little better as to delay the crash. November 4th, 2008: With the crash delayed and a slightly better performance in the debates McCain pulls off a squeaker in the 2008 election, winning a third term for the Republicans. Colorado is...

I was doing some research for my alternate late nineties/2000s timeline when I came across this. Quoting from Wikipedia: 'In 2003 and 2004, as Pixar's contract with Disney was running out, Jobs and Disney chief executive Michael Eisner tried but failed to negotiate a new partnership, and in...

PBS American Experience, Season 26 Tonight on American Experience: The Presidents [Narrator] "He rose through American politics at a pace not seen in a generation" [Montage of young candidate shaking hands and chatting with Ohio voters, 1986] "A force that completely reshaped the American...

The PoD is that 1990 Texas gubernatorial Republicans candidate Clayton Williams does not joke about rape and shakes Ann Richards's hand in the debate, enabling him to pull off a narrow victory. -------------------------------------------- "Claytie started out way ahead. He outspent his...

The title of this timeline, based on this song, follows the outline of my post on the List Alternate Presidents and PMs Thread. The roles are as follows: John McCain=Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush=George H.W. Bush, Hillary Clinton=Bill Clinton, Jeb Bush=George W. Bush, Barack Obama=himself, etc...

John Danforth, former Missouri Senator, was reportedly recommended by Dick Cheney and the VP search committee to Bush to be his running mate. Bush however wanted Cheney and Cheney accepted, resulting in the end in the Bush/Cheney administration. What if Bush had picked Danforth instead? Danforth...

Sunrise Over Medina An Alternate 2000s and Beyond Timeline This will be a timeline with a Point of Divergence at a full state recount taking place in Florida with strict standards on what are considered to actually be votes for Al Gore and George W. Bush, which has Al Gore winning Florida...

So there are many controversial seeming connections between members of the Saudi government and the 9/11 attackers. What if Al Gore, having won the presidency, made this information public and put the blame of the attacks on the Taliban in Afghanistan and on elements of the Saudi Arabian...

The title of this timeline, based on this song, follows the outline of my post on the List Alternate Presidents and PMs Thread. The roles are as follows: John McCain=Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush=George H.W. Bush, Hillary Clinton=Bill Clinton, Jeb Bush=George W. Bush, Barack Obama=himself, etc...

By Pericles (All credits for the title card go to @SargentHawk)

What if John McCain, not George W Bush, won the Republican nomination in 2000? How could this be done? Probably he wins South Carolina, maybe he successfully pushes back against the smear campaign run against him, but looking at coverage from the time that wasn't seen as a big factor in his...

Welcome to Massively Multiplayer! This is a joint video game/popculture alternate history timeline written by Nivek and myself, with contributions from many different members! What is Massively Multiplayer? Massively Multiplayer is the sequel to the timeline Player Two Start, with the basic...