Well, folks, 49 years ago today, John F. Kennedy faced the possibility of not living out his term when he was shot at in Dallas. He survived, though John Connally and trooper J.D. Tippit later died of their injuries.
Earlier that morning, a last-minute change was made to the parade's route thru the city: instead of going thru Dealey Plaza, they went thru Main Street instead. (which, ironically might have been the first route suggested anyway).
I know that authors like Harry Turtledove, S.M. Stirling, and even a couple of this site's members have covered this in detail, but what if JFK had indeed gone down Elm Street, and been sniped, too? What would the implications have been?
Would there have been a disaster in Vietnam in '71, leading to Nixon's resignation(that, and the Watergate incident in August 1970)? Could President Reagan still have been assassinated in Modesto, CA, in '81? Would Bill Clinton still have run for office? Could the disasters of the Cheney years be butterflied?
And would the Soviet Union have broken up in November, 1990?
Here's OTL's(OOC: Not our OTL, of course, but this TL's reality) presidents, btw:
John F. Kennedy (Democratic-MA) 1961-1964
Richard M. Nixon (Republican-CA) 1964-1971
George W. Romney (Republican-MI) 1971-1972
Hubert H. Humphrey (Democratic-MN) 1972-1973
James Earl Carter (Democratic-GA) 1973-1976
Ronald W. Reagan (Republican-CA) 1976-1981
Robert Dole (Republican-KS) 1981-1984
Howard Baker (Republican-TN) 1984-1986
Thomas J. 'Tip' O'Neill (Republican-MA) 1986-88
Walter Mondale (Democratic-MN) 1988-1992
Bill Clinton (Democratic-AR) 1992-2000
Dick Cheney (Republican-WY) 2000-2008
Barack H. Obama (Democratic-HI) 2008-2016
OOC: I know this is kind of an old subject but I thought it might be fun to touch on.
Earlier that morning, a last-minute change was made to the parade's route thru the city: instead of going thru Dealey Plaza, they went thru Main Street instead. (which, ironically might have been the first route suggested anyway).
I know that authors like Harry Turtledove, S.M. Stirling, and even a couple of this site's members have covered this in detail, but what if JFK had indeed gone down Elm Street, and been sniped, too? What would the implications have been?
Would there have been a disaster in Vietnam in '71, leading to Nixon's resignation(that, and the Watergate incident in August 1970)? Could President Reagan still have been assassinated in Modesto, CA, in '81? Would Bill Clinton still have run for office? Could the disasters of the Cheney years be butterflied?
And would the Soviet Union have broken up in November, 1990?
Here's OTL's(OOC: Not our OTL, of course, but this TL's reality) presidents, btw:
John F. Kennedy (Democratic-MA) 1961-1964
Richard M. Nixon (Republican-CA) 1964-1971
George W. Romney (Republican-MI) 1971-1972
Hubert H. Humphrey (Democratic-MN) 1972-1973
James Earl Carter (Democratic-GA) 1973-1976
Ronald W. Reagan (Republican-CA) 1976-1981
Robert Dole (Republican-KS) 1981-1984
Howard Baker (Republican-TN) 1984-1986
Thomas J. 'Tip' O'Neill (Republican-MA) 1986-88
Walter Mondale (Democratic-MN) 1988-1992
Bill Clinton (Democratic-AR) 1992-2000
Dick Cheney (Republican-WY) 2000-2008
Barack H. Obama (Democratic-HI) 2008-2016
OOC: I know this is kind of an old subject but I thought it might be fun to touch on.
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