11/22/63: A Kennedy Lives Collaborative Timeline

[Gonzo]

February 26, 1964: John Glenn states that he will remain in the running for the Democratic Primary for the United States Senate election in Ohio in November.

February 27, 1964: Mississippi Governor Ross Barnett announces his intentions to run for President as a third party 'States' Rights' or 'Dixiecrat' candidate. The media is abuzz with speculation of how well he may do and who he may choose as his running mate - many speculate that it could be Governor Allen of Alabama.

March 9, 1964: The United States Supreme Court rules 5-4 in the New York Times Co. v. Sullivan that speech criticizing political figures is not protected under the First Amendment.

March 10, 1964: United States Ambassador to South Vietnam and 1960 Republican Vice Presidential nominee - Henry Cabot Lodge wins the Republican New Hampshire Primary - despite being half way around the world and doing no campaigning. Lodge soon resigns his position as Ambassador and officially announces his candidacy for President on the 20th of March.

April 8, 1964: Evangelist Billy Graham announces that he will accept a draft movement for him to run as President after he polls a respectable second with write-in votes at the Wisconsin Republican Primary.

 

[Gonzo]

October 15, 1964: Alec Douglas-Home's Conservative Party (with their Scottish and Ulster Unionist allies) are returned with an overall majority of 38 seats. The Conservatives & Unionists capture 334 seats, Labour win 283 seats and the Liberal Party take 13 seats (their best result in nearly 20 years.)

 

[Miss Teri]

June 19th, 1964: "The Bewitchin' Pool," the last episode of the Twilight Zone, airs, starring, among others, Ronald Reagan as Mr. Sharewood.

February 20th, 1968: Vice President Lyndon Johnson declares he will run for the Democratic nomination for President.

 

[Mr_ Bondoc]

Here are some PODs to show that Asia is changing:

May 16, 1966: Chinese Politburo leaders announce the "Great International Proletarian Revolution" citing military actions from Indonesia, Laos, et al., proclaiming a "new wave of world liberation..."

May 25, 1966: Chinese leaders announce Lin Biao as head of the International Red Guard Volunteer Militias" calling for the deployment of military volunteer militias to Southeast Asia in an effort to "proclaim revolution to the nations",....

August 8, 1966: Communist Party leader Liu Shaoqi is assassinated in Tiananmen Square in Beijing; the death is subsequently blamed on "Western agents of imperialism" fueling anti-foreigner sentiment amongst the Red Guard volunteer militias,....

July 18, 1967: Wang Guangmei, widow of Liu Shaoqi, leads a Red Guard rally in Tiananmen Square, proclaiming the need for the continued revolutionary fervor to be spread to other countries,.....

 

[Prussian1871]

February 5, 1967: The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour runs it's pilot and quickly becomes a hit with the youth audience. The show is now often noted as a barely controversial program that became a pop culture icon to Baby Boomers throughout the late 60s and 70s.

August 7, 1967: Governor Sanders announces that he will run for President in 1968 after his term as Governor is up. It is unknown whether he will run under the Democrats or join as a third party candidate.

November 23, 1967: Governor George Romney announces his Presidential campaign. Long had speculation been about Romney running, and now it seemed he would be one of the main competitors for the Republican primary.

May 23, 1970: After a raid on a Khmer Rouge base, President of the Khmer Republic Lon Nol confirms the death of communist Pol Pot. China declares Pol a hero of the Revolution, and sends a supply of weapons to the communists. Despite the rush of Chinese aid to the Khmer Rouge, it quickly falls apart and much of the aid falls in the hands of the Khmer government.

September 14, 1970: With much of the communist resistance eliminated, Lon Nol declares the Khmer Republic the victor in the Civil war, much to the expense of China's revolutionary ambitions. Soon after Lon's declaration he is invited to the United States as a sign of solidarity in American-Cambodian relations.

September 20, 1970: Cambodia promotes an economic block with its friendly Asian neighbors such as the Philippines, Japan, and Taiwan.

 

[Gonzo]

April 21-28, 1964: Evangelist Billy Graham wins a stunning victory in the Illinois Republican primary narrowly beating Henry Cabot Lodge and Maine Senator Margaret Chase Smith. Meanwhile Lodge wins both New Jersey and Massachusetts by large margins over his nearest rivals.

May 2, 1964: Billy Graham wins the Texas Republican Primary handily over his nearest rival - the GOP race is quickly becoming a two horse race between Lodge and Graham - others (besides Favourite Sons) have yet to win primaries.

August 30, 1964: 3rd Party candidate Ross Barnett announces that Alabama Governor James Allen will run as his running mate on the newly founded 'American Freedom Party' ticket. Polls show that the ticket could win anything from a handful to most states in the Deep South and the odd state elsewhere in the South and even out west (albeit only in the odd random polls.)

December 12th, 1967: Florida Senator George Smathers announces that he will run for the Democratic nomination for President in 1968. This comes after a series of polls show the Florida Governor close to or beating Vice President Johnson in several key primary states (New Hampshire namely.)

January 8th, 1968: New York Republican Senator Kenneth Keating throws his hat into the ring for the GOP Presidential nomination. The Yankee Senator is expected to have a respectable showing and is considered one of the favourites for the Vice Presidential nomination.

 

[shiftygiant]

April 21-28, 1964: Evangelist Billy Graham wins a stunning victory in the Illinois Republican primary narrowly beating Henry Cabot Lodge, Barry Goldwater and Maine Senator Margaret Chase Smith. Meanwhile Lodge wins both New Jersey and Massachusetts by large margins over his nearest rivals.

Bro, Goldwater is dead

December 19: Senator Barry Goldwater and his wife are killed in a plane crash over the Great Plains.

 

[Gonzo]

Bro, Goldwater is dead

Must have overlooked that - EDITED.

 

[Deleted member 87099]

May 14, 1964: Investigators are visited for the first time by the mysterious 'Winterberry', who offers cryptic guidance on the case.*

*You can ignore this one if you guys want

Ha, I like the winterbery reference.

 

[Mr_ Bondoc]

All things considered, we need to have a draft of the ATL put together soon. After 4.5 pages things can get confusing!!

 

[shiftygiant]

All things considered, we need to have a draft of the ATL put together soon. After 4.5 pages things can get confusing!!

That's true; we can create a page on the Test Message and put everything there in Chronological order, maybe link it on the first page and update it every day

 

[Deleted member 87099]

That's true; we can create a page on the Test Message and put everything there in Chronological order, maybe link it on the first page and update it every day

Yeah that sounds like a good idea.

 

[Nightingale]

Here are some PODs to show that Asia is changing:

May 16, 1966: Chinese Politburo leaders announce the "Great International Proletarian Revolution" citing military actions from Indonesia, Laos, et al., proclaiming a "new wave of world liberation..."

May 25, 1966: Chinese leaders announce Lin Biao as head of the International Red Guard Volunteer Militias" calling for the deployment of military volunteer militias to Southeast Asia in an effort to "proclaim revolution to the nations",....

August 8, 1966: Communist Party leader Liu Shaoqi is assassinated in Tiananmen Square in Beijing; the death is subsequently blamed on "Western agents of imperialism" fueling anti-foreigner sentiment amongst the Red Guard volunteer militias,....

July 18, 1967: Wang Guangmei, widow of Liu Shaoqi, leads a Red Guard rally in Tiananmen Square, proclaiming the need for the continued revolutionary fervor to be spread to other countries,.....

August 2, 1967- Zhou Enlai launches a coup against Lin Biao and Wang Guangmei, as he is head of the Central Military Commission, he has firm support of the military and Succeeds. Biao and Guangmeiare assassinated, and the PProletariat Revolution is halted. He begins to focus on economic development along Soviet Lines with some maket ideals with his ally Deng Xiaoping. He strengthens relations with the USSR. They nevertheless continue their intervention in the Indochina area.

1968- Zhou's power is firm. No Maoist fervor would be seen again.

That should fix it...

 

[shiftygiant]

March 9, 1964: America gathers to watch the King-X-Rockwell debate on CBS, transmitted live from Arlington. The debate, which lasts an hour, is moderated by Howard K. Smith. The debate is focused upon the desegregation, the recent Civil Rights Act, and Black/White Nationalism. A fight nearly erupts between X and Rockwell during a heated argument about the intelligence of African Americans. Rockwell also nearly attacks King, King having told Rockwell that his noting of the Civil Rights movement as being flawed due to King and X dysfunction about peaceful and violence resistance was like Rockwell and Patler. At the end of the show Smith urges the viewers to take what they have heard, and to think which one is best for America going forwards.

March 10: Whilst visiting the Vice President, Jackie confides that since January, Kennedy has been acting out of character, often staying awake late at night, staring into the ceiling, talking to himself, or acting aggressively and defensively to her and the children. Johnson suspects that the Doctors are giving Kennedy the wrong dosages in his medication.

March 12: O'Donnell walks in on President Kennedy talking to the portrait of Abraham Lincoln. Despite his efforts to talk to Kennedy, Kennedy seems to not register him. O'Donnell watches as Kennedy touches his coconut, muttering about 'the times I died'. As Kennedy seems to reach for something in his desk, O'Donnell coughs loudly, knocking Kennedy out of his trance. Kennedy then starts to claim he was 'only cleaning it', and dismisses O'Donnell. O'Donnell also suspects that someone is messing with Kennedy's medicine, although talking to the Doctors, they note that his blood samples from the week before contained high amounts of lysergide. Concerned, O'Donnell secretly informs the First Lady and Vice President about this. All three agree that it must be kept out of the public's knowledge until the Election is over- O'Donnell neglects to inform Jackie of the possible cause of the erratic behavior in the first place.

March 13: Malcolm X announces that he is leaving the Nation of Islam; it is decided that a future episode of the King-X Debates will feature a prominent NoI member.

March 14: Alec Douglas-Homes presents an Immigration Program Reform, which he had written with the help of fellow Conservative Enoch Powell. The Reform divides the Conservative Party, and is fiercely opposed by Labour. Meanwhile David Bowie, a young musician, meets Syd Barrett on the London underground. After striking a conversation over their guitars, Barrett invites him to a Jam session with his band, the 'Tea Set', for tomorrow evening in West Hampstead. Bowie excepts the offer.

March 15: Bowie and the 'Tea Set' record their Jam session. Impressed, and in need of a new member, Barrett and Roger Walters invites Bowie to join the band. Bowie accepts, thinking that it will only be a temporary vocation.

March 16: CBS broadcasts the King-X-Thurmond Debate, once more moderated by Howard K. Smith. During it, the three discuss Segregation and the Civil Rights Act. Whilst undoubtedly more civil than with Rockwell, the debate is still tense, with the three men passionately defending and attacking one another. The President watches it, and is interested by King's vivid assault on the 'failures of the Act'. Kennedy is revolved that the Act will need amending in the near future.

March 17: Kennedy is seen wondering the White House grounds in a state of confusion and panic. This is seen by the press, who believe that the President's health issues are effecting his mind. A quick test by his Doctors discover that he once more has a high concentration of lysergide in his blood. O'Donnell and Johnson order that the President be kept bed ridden whilst staff clear the Oval Office and adjacent rooms of any traces of drugs. The White House state that the President was dehydrated. The Press continue to dig into the Presidents medical history. Johnson orders a psychiatrist be bought to the White House immediately, in secret, to assess and treat the President.

 

[Deleted member 87099]

March 18 1964: Robert Kennedy goes to the white house to visit his brother Jack. When he arrives he sees Jackie Kennedy pacing around nervously outside of the room where Jack is bed ridden, when he asks how his brother is doing Robert hears about JFK's outbursts and the lysergide in his bloodstream. Jackie insists that Robert doesn't go in but he does anyway. When he walks in he sees that his brother looks worse for wear, and every attempt of his to start a conversation is met with incoherent mumbling and yelling. Robert leaves and when Jackie asks how Jack is doing he replies "Jack isn't Jack" RFK then leaves the white house, as he leaves JFK's new psychiatrist arrives.

March 19 1964: JFK's psychiatrist prescribes him bendozodiazepines and states that the President must be kept in a sensory free environment.

March 20 1964: The press gets weary of the President's absence as the white house announces that he is still ill. This angers Walter Cronkite and the CBS Evening News as he was supposed to interview the President today but now have to wait until the President recovers.

 

[loneranger]

June 15, 1967: Charlton Comics begins publishing it's Charlton Team-Ups line (later re-branded The Incredibles) bringing together it's biggest characters: Captain Marvel, Blue Beetle, Captain Atom, The Question, The Peacemaker, and Nightshade.

March 1, 1968: The Batman TV series is renewed for a fourth season.

March 1, 1969: The Batman TV series is renewed for a fifth season.

May 23, 1969: The Who officially break up as tensions between all four band-mates and dissatisfaction with their latest recordings blow up in their faces.

July 1, 1969: The first line-up of Led Zeppelin (Terry Reid, Jimmy Paige, John Paul Jones, and Keith Moon) go into the studio together.

June 14, 1971: The latest line-up of the Elvis Presley Band (Elvis Presley, Scotty Moore, Joe B. Mauldin, & Ringo Starr) enter the studio to begin recording Elvis's next record.

December 14, 1971: The latest James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever is released, starring Adam West of Batman fame.

June 27, 1973: Live and Let Die (James Bond) is released, once again starring Adam West.

June 8, 1974: Leonard Nimoy begins his career as the longest-lived Doctor on Doctor Who, cementing his second most famous role (after Spock of course).

October 12, 1974: The final episode of the fifth season of Star Trek airs.

December 19, 1974: The Man With The Golden Gun is the final Adam West as James Bond film released, with Tom Baker in talks to replace him as the series main character James Bond.

June 11, 1975: Batman Return (TV movie) is released, bringing back the original TV series crew and featuring the first appearance of Superman in live action film.

July 17, 1976: Batman and the Flash is released as a television movie, teaming up the two title characters and once again bringing back Adam West.

 

[Miss Teri]

June 15, 1967: Charlton Comics begins publishing it's Charlton Team-Ups line (later re-branded The Incredibles) bringing together it's biggest characters: Captain Marvel, Blue Beetle, Captain Atom, The Question, The Peacemaker, and Nightshade.

Is that the Fawcett Captain Marvel?

 

[loneranger]

Is that the Fawcett Captain Marvel?

Yes, sir. He's been licensed by Charlton instead of DC since they had already purchase the rest of Fawcett's stuff back in '53.

 

[Miss Teri]

December, 1967: The Fighting American, created by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon, joins the Charlton line-up.

November 5th, 1968: Nixon and running mate George Romney wins the Presidential election over Democratic nominee Eugene McCarthy. Meanwhile, Robert Kennedy wins the New York Senate race over incumbent Jacob Javits.

July, 1973: Smile (Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor, and Tim Staffell) makes its debut with an eponymous album

 

[Stolengood]

March 22, 1964: 6:30 p.m. Dr. Max Jacobson is summoned to the White House via telephone by a drowsy-sounding President Kennedy, who tells Jacobson to "pack all your worries in your old camp bag and give me the best damn shot you've got". After about an hour of talking things over with Kennedy's other doctors, Jacobson gives Kennedy several massive shots of his "miracle tissue regenerator" -- a concoction consisting of multivitamins, steroids, enzymes, animal organ cells, hormones, placenta, bone marrow, and high doses of amphetamines. This time, Jacobson has prepared a special mix adhering to Kennedy's words, with three times the level of amphetamines in his usual shots.

7:23 p.m. Less than an hour after Jacobson leaves, a "reinvigorated" Kennedy, who had not received a shot from Jacobson in several months and consequently has had his tolerance level reduced, suddenly starts convulsing and goes into shock. Kennedy's physicians are thunderstruck -- they try everything they can to revive him; finally, Kennedy is rushed to the Emergency Department of George Washington University Hospital.

10:15 p.m. The White House announces that President Kennedy has died. The cause of death, via press statement, is "a sudden unexpected stroke".

Privately, Robert Kennedy is now tearing his brother's doctors to shreds, ordering the Secret Service to track Jacobson down and screaming at Jack's physicians as to why they let a crank like Jacobson past them.