70s

Prologue- The 1970s were filled with many groundbreaking voices, and many of them went to do great work in their respective fields. The entertainment industry was no different. By the time that it concluded, arguably more transformations had happened in Hollywood over the past decade, than...

BAYH-CELLER AMENDMENT PASSED -- ELECTORAL COLLEGE ABOLISHED -New York Times, September 30th, 1970 In September 1970, the Bayh-Celler amendment was passed. Due to how Nixon nearly lost the popular vote but would have still won the electoral vote, interest in abolishing the electoral college rose...

Welcome to Just Like Starting Over! A new pop culture timeline that asks, “What if John and Paul just couldn’t resist $3,000?” I joke, but I truly hope I can bring a great pop culture timeline to you all, starting right here, right now. Some information before we begin: If you have an idea...

What is this? A timeline where an underrated figure from Rhode Island becomes president. His name is Buddy Cianci. At one point he was considered a rising star in the Republican Party so I got an idea. Why? I got bored at school. How long will this last? Hopefully until I finish it or get...

The Stand-Off at the Schoolhouse Door took place at Foster Auditorium at the University of Alabama on June 11, 1963. George Wallace, the Governor of Alabama, in a symbolic attempt to keep his inaugural promise of "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever" and stop the...

Is it possible for them to die off in the 90s and replaced by a new kind of trend like having more minimalistic and simple designs being popular and the designs and culture introduced in the 90s and 2000s to persist.

What would happen if the post war economic boom in the USA ended in the early 80s instead of the early 70s of OTL. Maybe the US invests a lot in civilian nuclear power and public transportation so the oil shock doesn’t hit the US as hard, or maybe the USD is devalued in the 50s so the US has a...

Helmut Kohl giving a speech in front of the Parliament Helmut Kohl. The eternal chancellor. He is one of the most recognizable people in german political history. And his federal career could have started a lot earlier, if he won the elections of 1976. This timeline will hopefully answer the...

As the tin says, your challenge is to make Steve Garvey, the former NL MVP, and late 70s, early 80s baseball legend, the President of the United States. Note: you can't butterfly away his baseball career. Garvey's political ambitions were well known in his time, and he even gained the nickname...

So in 1979 Jim Shooter pitched a weird Movie about Dazzler. The whole plot was too weird to describe here. Read it here http://comicsalliance.com/dazzler-movie-jim-shooter/ So what if this movie was made?

The 1973-75 recession differed from other recessions in that both inflation and unemployment rose, known as stagflation. Among the causes included the '73 Oil Crisis and the fall of the Bretton Woods system, and the effects of the recession could be felt from Nixon to Reagan. Now, I'm...

Keep the disco movement from happening and saturating the 70's with synth beats using any means possible as long as it only changes the music industry (No "America loses WWII.") Also, bonus points if your PoD is after 1970. How I would go about it is have AIDS/HIV become a larger problem...

President Moonbeam: The Story of an Altered America - Revamped (This excellent title card is courtesy of @SargentHawk , seriously, he's awesome.) ---- Oh no. What? I thought that people wanted this back? You have other stuff to do Theev, don't Moonbeam those, too. Hey, that's a low blow...

Confronted with the choice, the American people would choose the policeman's truncheon over the anarchist's bomb. - Spiro Theodore Agnew ---- Hello and welcome to a new collaborative timeline! This one will work like my old ones and other previous ones on this forum. You are encouraged to...

So, I was reading the Wikipedia article about Arthur Bremer, the would-be assassin of George Wallace, for historical interest (by the way, his story, while nasty and dark, would make a great movie). Now, it's a matter of common knowledge (on AH.com, at least) that he first thought about killing...