Mild Obscure POD: what minor pods can you think of?

Salvadorian general Tomás Regalado dies from malaria after deposing President Rafael Gutiérrez. As a result, there is no Regalado coup in 1898, and the Greater Republic of Central America becomes a reality with its capital in Amapala. If the GRCA stays intact, it may push forward plans for a Nicaragua Canal and Amapala becomes a major port city.
 
- At the battle of Lutzen, Gustavus Adolfus manages to stay with his cavalry, successfully leading the cavalry charge and surviving through the battle.

- In 575 AD, the Sassanid Persians have their hands full with the eastern Romans, and are unable to help the tribes of southern Arabia. As a result, Abraha's army burns Mecca to the ground, and kills a large amount of it's population. Among the dead is a five year old hold by the name of Muhammad.
 
That reminds me of one: Prince Fredrick, son of George the II isnt killed by a cricket ball, so George the III never takes the throne! Could be pretty minor at the time- but slowly but surely, the butterflies will increase....


Well, George III would reign eventually, but not until about the 1780s (Fred was born in 1707) or even later.

One fascinating thought. When the queastion of taxing America came up, one suggestion was a tax on negro slaves rather than on tea. George III objected because it would fall disproportionately on the South. Had Fred I been less particular, could we see a shipload of prime field hands getting thrown into Charleston harbour?
 
During the Watergate break-in, Frank Wills discovers there is duct tape on a door latch and removes it. In OTL, the tape was replaced by one of the burglars, but it was put on horizontally and it stuck out and Wills discovered it again, got suspicious, and called the police. If the tape had been replaced vertically, the Watergate Seven might not have been discovered and arrested.

Alternatively, the Fielding break-in in September of 1971 is botched and discovered. With the leaking of the Pentagon Papers in '71, Ehrlichmann organized the Plumbers and had them break into Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist's office in order to find incriminating evidence as to Ellseberg's mental state. They failed. Later, the Plumbers wanted to break into Ellsberg's psychiatrist's home but it wasn't approved by Ehrlichmann. The Fielding break-in wasn't known until the Watergate trial, but if it had been found out, G. Gordon Liddy wouldn't be recruited to CREEP. The Fielding burglary might have been traceable up to Ehrlichmann, but I don't think it could have gone all the way to Nixon.
 
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