assasination

Teddy Roosevelt was famously subject to an assignation attempt on October 14, 1912. In OTL he famously finished his speech, what if instead that bullet had killed him?

What if despite still being ambushed and stabbed by a mob of senators, Caesar clings to life, nursed back to health in seclusion by loyalists? What would the fallout be of a few months of instability as people are unsure of what is going on, rumours spread about his assassination and supposed...

I'm aware that all of this is incredibly unlikely, but I think it makes an interesting scenario, so please, no instant "ASB! ImPoSsIbLe! KYS!" about implausibility. I think it's still an interesting thought experiment, and worth the time to consider. Also, I don't want the thread to be closed...

As Leonid Brezhnev is escorted by Richard Nixon for a state dinner, a bomb suddenly explodes in which Brezhnev dies. After the explosion is made broadcasted and made public knowledge across the whole world, soon after, key supporters and the people who make up Brezhnev's power base start...

Disaster Averted? How a single turn changed the world. For the past century, Europe hasn't seen much of a continent-spanning conflict. There have been hiccups here and there but for the most part, the continent was able to avoid another continent-wide war. During this time many European powers...

I found this article talking about how a few hours after Kennedy was assassinated a member of the secret service Gerald Blaine in a moment of confusion nearly shot LBJ. Now I’m wondering what would have happened if this actually happened? I assume he would be replaced as president by the current...

“Something Serious Has Happened on Air Force One” A story/TL by Geon The ideas in this story/TL are inspired by discussions on my other thread, Coffin Chaos. Thanks to NHBL and others for their inspiration for this TL/story. Chapter 1: Shock Follows Shock November 22, 1963, 3:55 p.m. EST...

As we all know a unknown assassin tried to shot down Habyarimana. And although moderate forces eventually came out on top of the political upheaval of April between Hutu extremists and moderates. Eventually although 50,000 were killed in the upheaval, relative stability was secure in these...

BREAKING- Prime Minister injured in London Bomb Attack - BBC News - 26th June 1999 The Prime Minister Tony Blair and several other people have been badly injured in a bomb attack presumed to be targeting him in London. The bombing is reported to have happened near Aldgate Tube station, and...

What if Alexander the Great, never conquered anything. Hypothetically, let’s say that Philip II still gets assassinated, but Alexander and his mother gets killed by loyal followers of Philip II, who place Alexander’s half brother, Philip III on the throne. What butterfly effects could happen...

Severino Di Giovanni, Argentine anarchist leader and Galleanist The late 1800s and early 1900s saw a number of assassinations and terrorist attacks perpetrated by anarchists performing what they called "propaganda of the deed." This highly controversial application of Bakuninist political...

On May 14, 1932, film icon Charlie Chaplin arrived in Japan as a guest of then-Prime Minister Inukai Tsuyoshi. The next day, he went with the Prime Minister's son to watch a sumo match. On that same day, May 15th, Inukai was assassinated by junior Naval officers in a move that ended civilian...

Chapter One: It Begins "Even now, it was never clear why Heath chose to declare a three day week. There wasn't a shortage of coal, simply a shortage of communications and unwillingness to change. It was Heath's remark about the upcoming holiday and the comparison to the dark days of the war...

What if Senator Robert Kennedy stuck with his initial decision not to run in 1968? Would Sirhan Sirhan still try to assassinate him? If not, would he be a contender for the Presidency in 1972 or 1976? What do you think an RFK Presidency would look like in the mid to late 1970s? And how would...

My scenario, Andrew Jackson is successfully shot in 1835 by Richard Lawrence, but reveals his chosen successors of Van Buren and Johnson before his death. Van Buren becomes Acting President (he is never sworn in as president like Tyler) and develops gout, as he did in our timeline when he...

As we all know on November 22, 1963 Vice President Johnson was assassinated. In the 1964 election he was replaced with Senator George Smathers from Florida as Kennedy’s VP and helped win him a second term. But the question remains in our brains, what if Lyndon Baynes Johnson had lived? What if...

so in this alternate reality let’s say Nixon is the one who was shot instead of RFK. What happens now? Who steps up with Nixon gone? Can they beat RFK in the election? If so how’s their presidency?

(First TL!) Encyclopedia of American Politicians: Wallace, George Corley George Corley Wallace Jr. (August 25, 1919 - May 25, 1966) Governor of Alabama from January 19, 1959 to January 14, 1963 George Wallace will be remembered in history as an outlier - a liberal governor in the Deep South...

Point of Divergence ... The year is 1624, and Cardinal Richelieu is on a high. Having just been promoted to Cardinal two years before, he has received a letter giving him even greater news. His monarch, King Louis the XIII, is making him his Chief Minister. Essentially, he has been put in...

What if he continues his plan and succeeds in killing President Clinton? How will Gore do as president? How will Gingrich and the Republicans react? How would an earlier "War on Terror" go? How would this impact the Bojinka plot?