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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_F._Cantasano https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Zangara Cantasano kills Churchill and Zangara shoots FDR dead? Now, in a world where Churchill/FDR are never PM/President, we have different people involved in 1938/1939, although even this is still by no...

We can comb over the specifics, the tactical details, the cause of death as the thread goes on but the general premise is in the title: Napoleon wins at Waterloo(however hard fought) but does not survive his victory, what are the consequences for France, Europe and his legacy?

What if the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Suleiman the Magnificent, possibly during one of his campaigns against Safavid Persia, dies during a battle between the Safavids? How would this effect the line of succession, and which one of Suleiman’s sons can get to the capital first?

Howard Ashman, whom many may know for his contributions to Little Shop of Horrors and Disney's The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, and Pocahontas, has become known for his role in AIDs awareness ever since he first confirmed that he was suffering from the condition in 1987. In 1991, he had barely...

Godert Van Reede is known for his clever military strategy, which helped win the Williamite war in Ireland. Before that, he was already a soldier- his first post was assigned to him at age 12, and he fought in the Franco-Dutch war, where he was gravely wounded at the battle of Seneffe. What...

On May 10th 1940, on his way to the meeting with Chamberlain, Halifax, and Margesson, Winston Churchill dies in a car accident. How does this affect WWII and beyond?

So, basically, assume that not only is the Frankish baggage train massacred and looted at the Battle of Roncevaux Pass in 778 AD, but that the commander of the Franks, King Charles I (never to be known by his epithet ITTL), dies at the hands of the Basques in the ambush. The Song of Roland ends...

Okay, so your alternate history challenge for today is to make the entire world as shitty as is semi-plausible by the turn of the millennium while avoiding the cliches of Nazi victory in WW2 and Soviet victory in the Cold War. Total nuclear warfare (such as was feared during the Cold War and...

Simple enough. List any actor you would save from dying too soon, and a reason why.

So what if he wasn't poisoned/dead, and rolled long enough for his sons to rule? How does this change Basil? Does this negate Nikephoros and John's conquests?

As it says on the tin, wi Prince Charles dies instead of Diana due to whatever chain of events. POD preferably after the birth of Prince Harry at the very least. Bonus points to anyone who can ensure strong relations between the Princess and Her Majesty. B.P. also to anyone who can craft a bit...

The Point of Divergence ... On October 10, 1562, Queen Elizabeth Tudor contracts smallpox. She goes into seclusion and becomes more ill day by day. Her ministers and officials urge her to name her heir in case she dies. Elizabeth refuses, but does name Robert Dudley to serve as her protector...

We all know how Dale Earnhardt's death was one of the biggest tragedies in the history of American motorsports, well what if the younger Earnhardt died in the 2001 Daytona 500 in his place. The POD is Lap 197: Dale Jr., currently running 2nd, makes a move to the outside in an attempt to gain...

September 4 2008: Senator McCain around early morning suffers a heart attack while sleeping. Soon after is rushed to the hosptial. Wolf Biltzer:CNN has now confirmed that Republican candidate and Arizona Senator John McCain was pronounced dead around 10 mins ago on the final day of the 2008...