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This is a collaborative timeline, which means contributions are welcome from everyone. This timeline does have some basic rules.
Wednesday, April 10th, 1963: Retired General Edwin Walker is shot and injured by an unknown sniper inside of his Dallas home; the failed assassination attempt of the ultra-right wing former military officer who the year prior had been a gubernatorial candidate in Texas draws the attention of the FBI, and Attorney General Robert Kennedy (no friend of the General's by any means) orders an investigation into the shooting. The suspect is tracked down within a week, and is arrested and charged. His name is Lee Harvey Oswald, an American defector to the Soviet Union who had recently returned from Russia. Oswald is tried and convicted later in the year, being sentenced to life in prison quietly on November 22nd, 1963. (POD).
Friday, November 22nd, 1963: President Kennedy and the First Lady make a successful visit to Dallas, Texas, where the President addresses local businessmen at the Trade Mart after his motorcade paraded through Dallas without incident with Governor John Connally and his wife Nelly, before traveling onwards to attend a fundraiser dinner in Austin for his reelection campaign. The President returns to the White House that evening exhausted, and retires to bed almost immediately.
- All political aspects of the timeline are bound to be polarizing, so as thread creator, I'll hold final say over elections. I promise that the results of elections will be determined by consensus after a thorough debate among the contributors over what would be the most realistic outcome.
- I'm aiming for as detailed of a timeline as possible, similar to A Kinder Gentler Nation, so by all means please do geek out over alternate sports/athletic/culture/music/film/technology ideas for the timeline.
- Please make sure any contributions don't violate the cannon.
- We'll be going in installments of three month, so please limit your initial contributions to events that take place between November-December 1963 for now. Once we fill up every day, we'll do January - March 1964, etc, etc.
Wednesday, April 10th, 1963: Retired General Edwin Walker is shot and injured by an unknown sniper inside of his Dallas home; the failed assassination attempt of the ultra-right wing former military officer who the year prior had been a gubernatorial candidate in Texas draws the attention of the FBI, and Attorney General Robert Kennedy (no friend of the General's by any means) orders an investigation into the shooting. The suspect is tracked down within a week, and is arrested and charged. His name is Lee Harvey Oswald, an American defector to the Soviet Union who had recently returned from Russia. Oswald is tried and convicted later in the year, being sentenced to life in prison quietly on November 22nd, 1963. (POD).
Friday, November 22nd, 1963: President Kennedy and the First Lady make a successful visit to Dallas, Texas, where the President addresses local businessmen at the Trade Mart after his motorcade paraded through Dallas without incident with Governor John Connally and his wife Nelly, before traveling onwards to attend a fundraiser dinner in Austin for his reelection campaign. The President returns to the White House that evening exhausted, and retires to bed almost immediately.
