1959-2001: A Collaborative TL

Penelope

Banned
August 2nd, 1961: Tragedy strikes the Quarrymen when drummer Pete Best is killed in an auto accident.

September 5th, 1961: The Quarrymen begin letting Ringo Starr play as drummer when they return to playing at The Cavern.

September 25th, 1961: Ringo Starr officially joins the Quarrymen.

December 1st, 1963: President Rockefeller makes his first speech since the heart attack, and announces that due to health problems caused by it, he will not be running for the Presidency.

January 15th, 1964: Former Vice President Richard Nixon announces his intention to run for the office of President.
 
June 3, 1967- A massive Arab army launches an offensive into Israel. Arab troops come from Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, North Africa, and the Arabian states. Israel itself was planning an offensive that week, and is taken off gaurd.

June 7, 1967- The Jordan West Bank Commanders statement "In three days, We'll be in Tel Aviv." Was wrong. It took four days for the Israelis to be driven into the sea. Despite heavy casulties, the Arabs had demolished Israel once and for all.

July 6, 1967- The Arab State of Palestine is established in former Israeli territory. Many Jews flee from their state. This is seen as a blow to United States power in the Middle East.

July 10, 1967- "Communism in the Middle East", an essay by an unknown U.S. Army operative, reveals the supposed plot of the Soviet Union to exploit the defeat of Israel to create a massive new Communist Bloc on NATOS flank (Turkey). The American public cries for action.
 
December 19th, 1963: 1960 presidential candidate Sen. John F. Kennedy (D-MA) announces that he will not seek the Democratic nomination in 1964.

January 17th, 1964: Secretary of State Gerald Ford announces that he will challenge Richard Nixon for the GOP presidential nomination.

July 13th, 1964: Richard Nixon is chosen as the Republican presidential nominee at the Republican National Convention in San Francisco.
 

Penelope

Banned
July 17th, 1964: George A. Romney is nominated unanimously by a roll call vote to be the Vice Presidential Candidate.

August 27th, 1964: John Conally is chosen as the Democratic Presidential Nominee at the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, on the same day, Daniel Brewster is nominated unanimously to be the Vice Presidential Candidate.
 

Penelope

Banned
February 9th, 1960: Nelson Rockefeller, after learning of the spy plane crash, orders Nikita Kruschev to give an explanation.

July 8th, 1962: J. P. Richardson recovers from his plane crash after over three years of surgeries and physical therapy. He reveals that he will not continue singing and believes that God has called him to do something better.
 
June 11, 1963 - The Governor of Alabama, George Wallace successfully refuses to allow black students to enter the University of Alabama.

June 12, 1963 - President Nelson Rockefeller condemns Wallace's actions at the University of Alabama, and invites the black students personally to the white house, where he pledges to keep pushing for civil rights.

November 20, 1963 - George Wallace announces to run for the Democratic
nomination for the presidency in 1964.

July 2, 1964 - Lyndon B. Johnson dies from a sudden heart attack, while
campaigning.

September 1, 1964 - George Wallace announces his candidacy as a "third-party-ticket".

September 11, 1964 - Presidential candidate George Wallace announces his running mate. Air Force General Curtis LeMay.

@Scifiguy: I now edited some parts. Luckily, I only had to delete the nomination bit :D
 
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Penelope

Banned
June 11, 1963 - The Governor of Alabama, George Wallace successfully refuses to allow black students to enter the University of Alabama.

June 12, 1963 - President Nelson Rockefeller condemns Wallace's actions at the University of Alabama, and invites the black students personally to the white house, where he pledges to keep pushing for civil rights.

November 20, 1963 - George Wallace announces to run for the Democratic
nomination for the presidency in 1964.

July 2, 1964 - Lyndon B. Johnson dies from a sudden heart attack, while
campaigning for the Democratic nomination for the 1964 election.

August 27, 1964 - Because there wasn't much competition left after Lyndon B. Johnson's death, George Wallace beats John Conally, and is nominated as the Democratic nominee for the presidency in the elections in November. One of the most vocal opponents of the nomination, is Robert F. Kennedy, who supported Conally.

September 11, 1964 - George Wallace announces his running mate. Air Force General Curtis LeMay. Meanwhile, several liberal democrats discuss the option of a "third-party ticket", to oppose the Wallace/LeMay-ticket.

@Scifiguy: I guess we have a problem...

Indeed. Have them be on the Third-Party Ticket like OTL, even though I enjoy where your going with this. Very scary stuff. Even Connally wins, I'll have Wallace and Connally duke it out for the nomination in '68. If Nixon wins, Wallace and LeMay get the Democratic Nomination in '68.

EDIT: That works.
 
July 8th, 1962: J. P. Richardson recovers from his plane crash after over three years of surgeries and physical therapy. He reveals that he will not continue singing and believes that God has called him to do something better.
Awww... :( Ah well, I have ideas.

May 10th, 1962: Elvis finally resurfaces a year and a month after his car crash. He's been participating in Freedom Rides. He is now looking for a new manager.

July 10th, 1962: J.P. Richardson reveals that he is going into the music managing business, because thanks to the plane crash he can no longer use his hands well enough to play the guitar.

August 12th, 1962: Elvis and J.P. Richardson have a meeting in Richmond, Virginia.
 

Penelope

Banned
Awww... :( Ah well, I have ideas.

May 10th, 1962: Elvis finally resurfaces a year and a month after his car crash. He's been participating in Freedom Rides. He is now looking for a new manager.

July 10th, 1962: J.P. Richardson reveals that he is going into the music managing business, because thanks to the plane crash he can no longer use his hands well enough to play the guitar.

August 12th, 1962: Elvis and J.P. Richardson have a meeting in Richmond, Virginia.

I was hoping to have Richardson go into politics actually. Have him become Governor of Texas as an Independant in the late-sixties/early-seventies.
 
I was hoping to have Richardson go into politics actually. Have him become Governor of Texas as an Independant in the late-sixties/early-seventies.
I think you can find enough fodder for politicians. Take Billy Joel if you really want to steal some singers. ;)
 
Indeed. Have them be on the Third-Party Ticket like OTL, even though I enjoy where your going with this. Very scary stuff. Even Connally wins, I'll have Wallace and Connally duke it out for the nomination in '68. If Nixon wins, Wallace and LeMay get the Democratic Nomination in '68.

EDIT: That works.

Like I said, I only had to make minor adjustions. :) Anyway, let's head for the rest of the world.

January 1, 1966: Jean-Bedel Bokassa becomes the leader of the Centralafrican Republic, after he ousted president David Dacko.

February 2, 1966: In a private meeting with friends, Jean-Bedel Bokassa claims that god had "ordered" him to liberate Africa under his rule. Soon after that, he begins to enlarge the army.

March 23, 1966: In response to the CDU-convention, the Bavarian CSU holds an own convention in Nuremberg. There, Franz-Josef Strauß denounces the CDU as being "Social-Democratized and too soft on leftist aggression", and pledge to "unite the conservative Germans". He invites the conservative wings of the CDU to join the CSU, and to form an All-German CSU.

May 1, 1966: Until now, roughly 30% of the current CDU-members switched over to the "new" CSU. Most of these members come from Hessen, Rheinland-Pfalz and Baden-Württemberg.

July 30, 1966: Germany wins the 1966 FIFA World Cup, after beating England 3-2 in the final.

November 20, 1966: The CDU enters an own candidacy for the elections in Bavaria. They do only get 7% however, as Bavaria is clearly a CSU-country.

Since Ronald Reagan is dead ITTL, who's going to be Governor of California this time? I thought of another actor, but John Wayne is too much a cliché to me.
 
August 23, 1964: President Rockefeller suffers a second heart attack. He slips into a coma, but clings to life. Doctors say his condition could go either way.

August 24, 1964: Faced with an incapacitated president, Vice President Lodge assumes presidential duties(Though he's not actually given the title of Acting President.) He reiterates that he will not run in this year's election.
 

Penelope

Banned
August 23, 1964: President Rockefeller suffers a second heart attack. He slips into a coma, but clings to life. Doctors say his condition could go either way.

August 24, 1964: Faced with an incapacitated president, Vice President Lodge assumes presidential duties(Though he's not actually given the title of Acting President.) He reiterates that he will not run in this year's election.

No. This Rockefeller Heart Attack ordeal is getting ridiculous. The man is only in his 50's ffs.
 
March 31st, 1959: Military forces led by General Humberto de Alencar Castello Branco, overthrow President Juscelino Kubitschek in Rio de Janeiro, claiming a "creeping socialism"...

December 15th, 1959: Iraqi Prime Minister Abd al-Karim Qasim is assassinated by Pan-Arabist Saddam Hussein in Baghdad during a political rally, many people like the assassination to the CIA....

February 12th, 1960: Leftist President Rómulo Ernesto Betancourt Bello is assassinated outside of Miraflores (Presidential Palace) in Caracas, Venezuela, sparking anti-American sentiment in Latin America....

July 15th, 1960: Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi is assassinated during anti-American riots over the unpopular US-Japan Mutual Security Treaty in Tokyo, Japan...

December 13th, 1960: Emperor Haile Selassie I is overthrown by military officials led by his eldest son, Asfa Wossen, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia,....

October 1st, 1965: Military junta led by General Abdul Haris Nasution overthrows the government in Jakarta, Indonesia, amidst rumors of British-backing, establishing a "Council of Generals" (Dewan Jenderal)...

June 3rd, 1968- Valerie Solanas kills artist Andy Warhol in New York City, New York, over an alleged business failure...
 
August 2nd, 1961: Tragedy strikes the Quarrymen when drummer Pete Best is killed in an auto accident.

September 5th, 1961: The Quarrymen begin letting Ringo Starr play as drummer when they return to playing at The Cavern.

September 25th, 1961: Ringo Starr officially joins the Quarrymen.

You just had to kill him didn't you? Whats the matter with Pete Best! I wanted to use the original Beatles! :p
 
June 2, 1967: Upon seeing demonstrations against himself, Shah Reza Pahlevi leaves Berlin immediatly. While this hurts German-Persian relations, it deescalates the situation in Berlin.

October 9, 1967: Che Guevara flees from conviction in Bolivia, to an unknown location.

November 29, 1967: The People's Republic of China announces to the world, that Che Guevara has seeked refuge in their country. The western world is outraged.

April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King Jr. survives an assasination attempt by James Earl Ray unharmed.

April 11, 1968: German student leader Rudi Dutschke is killed by Josef Bachmann. Although Bachmann was only a lone gunman, many people in te student movement think, that Bachmann was hired by the West German government. This marks the beginning for the student riots in West Germany.

April 14, 1968: Millions of students demonstrate in several cities in West Germany. While a majority stays peaceful, a radicalized minority (Radicalized through the killing of Rudi Dutschke) clashes with police forces. The government in Bonn prepares for an Emergency Act.

May 18, 1968: The French government steps down, after civil unrest spreads to the whole country.

May 30, 1968: The German government breaks up, after the FDP rejected the Emergency laws suggested by chancellor Willy Brandt and the SPD. Thus, election are set up for the 7th of July 1968.

June 5th, 1968: In a speech in the Bavarian city of Fürth, Franz-Josef Strauß surprisingly offers support to the SPD. "Finally the social democrats have realized, what danger lays within our land. If the SPD wants to crack down on subversive elements, we'll offer them our help."

June 5, 1968: Robert F. Kennedy survives an assasination attempt, and continues to run for the Democratic nomination in the 1968 election.

July 7, 1968: Elections in Germany. While the SPD stays the strongest faction, they lose some votes. Surprisingly, the German Communist Party gets 5,1%, and enters the Bundestag. The CSU also performs very well, with 12%. After the election, SPD and CDU start talks regarding a coalition.

So here's the basic plan: Leftist powers are coming up, and the established powers start to panic, and crack down on all leftist movements. This leads to a much more radicalized movements, and probably to much more scary 70's.
 
Nov. 5, 1968: Sen. Robert F. Kennedy wins the Presidency by a 272-266 margin, after a 5,500 vote victory in Indiana and a 4,363 vote margin in North Carolina.

Jan. 20, 1969: President Kennedy's first Inauguration.
 
Nov. 5, 1968: Sen. Robert F. Kennedy wins the Presidency by a 272-266 margin, after a 5,500 vote victory in Indiana and a 4,363 vote margin in North Carolina.

Jan. 20, 1969: President Kennedy's first Inauguration.

Wow, we don't have a winner for 1964, but we have already one for 1968. What are you going to do, when John Conally wins the presidency? ;)
 
March 21st, 1960- Student protesters led by Stokeley Carmichael in Raleigh, North Carolina, are attacked by a white mob, 21 hospitalized....

June 1st, 1960- Robert Bolivar de Pugh establishes the right-wing Minutemen movement in Los Angeles, California, proclaiming defense against "race agitators and communists"....

April 15th, 1961- Robert Welch, head of the John Birch Society proclaims that the Rockefeller Administration has "sold out the country" to the Communists, during a rally in Boston, Massachusetts....

April 15th, 1962- A.J. Porth of Wichita, Kansas leads tax protests against the federal government, protesting against "reverse racism"...

September 29th, 1962- General Edwin Walker (ret.) leads a "Minutemen" rally in Oxford, Mississippi proclaiming "armed resistance to defend states' rights", 160 federal marshals injured in subsequent gunfire....

June 9th, 1964- Bill Gale establishes the right-wing Christian Defense League (CDL) in Glendale, California....

August 18th, 1964- International Olympic Committee (IOC) threatens to ban the United States from the Summer Olympics due to segregation policies...

June 12th, 1967- Loving v. Virginia, Supreme Court rules that the state has the right to regulate marriage as a "civil interest", including banning interracial marriages, in Washington D.C.,....

May 12th, 1969- Coretta Scott King, wife of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., is jailed in Birmingham, Alabama for "conspiring to cause civil unrest and seditious activities..."

July 13th, 1969- Minutemen leader Robert de Pugh is killed in an armed shootout with IRS agents in Albuquerque, New Mexico...
 
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