The 20th Century - A Collaborative Timeline

Dec. 29, 1979: President Bush orders the US Air Force to release chemical weapons over Riyadh, killing 50,000 and sparking international outrage...

*OOC: I've already said that RFK is still living to the present day in good health, so remember...
 
June 15th, 1972: Bill and Roxanne Gale of Mariposa, California form the right-wing "United States Christian Posse Association" (USCPA) in an effort to deal with "racial agitators" nationwide...

October 3rd, 1972: George Kindred and James Freed establish the Midwest branches of the "United States Christian Posse Association" in Ann Arbor, Michigan claiming duty under "Christian common law"...

September 12th, 1974: Members of the United States Christian Posse Association (USCPA) led by Thomas Stockheimer announces warrants for "citizen's arrests" for members of the state government in Milwaukee, Wisconsin....

February 8th-9th, 1975: United States Christian Posse Association (USCPA) launches "Tri-State Tax Rally" in Eugene Springs, Arkansas, demanding the return of "Christian common law"....

December 4th-6th, 1975: National Tax Strike; Members of the United States Christian Posse Association launch a "people's constitutional convention" in Denver, Colorado...

September 8th, 1977: American Agricultural Movement (AAM) established in Springfield, Colorado demanding that the federal government either raise farm subsides or stop the foreclosure of family farms....

December 10th-14th, 1977: American Agricultural Movement (AAM) organizes c.275,000 farmers to march on Washington D.C., demanding immediate political reforms....

November 7th, 1978: United States Christian Posse Association (USCPA) and American Agricultural Movement (AAM) member Ray Omernick (D-WI) is elected to the U.S. Senate....
 
It certainly looks like the ATL is becoming dystopian pretty fast:

April 29th, 1970: British authorities hang René Lévesque and André Marchand in Montreal, Quebec sparking calls for national secession...

December 7th, 1970: Pope Paul VI is assassinated in Manila, Philippines by Benjamin Mendoza y Amor, who is later linked to the American CIA...

October 6th, 1973: Israeli Army Commander Yosef Sieff calls for "war of expansion" in Tel Aviv, sparking international attention...

October 19th, 1973: Nationalist rebel Gough Whitlam is hanged in Sydney, for the crime of "republicanism", sparking secessionist sentiment....

October 29th, 1973: Quebecois Troubles; Nationalist guerilla Robert Bourassa launches bombing campaign in Montreal, Quebec....

August 15th, 1974: American-backed Park Ching-Hee launches a coup, overthrowing the government in Seoul, Korea...

December 4th, 1976: Jean-Bédel Bokassa launches a nationalist coup, overthrowing the government in Bangui, calling for the immediate withdrawal of British, French and German troops from the region....

February 15th, 1978: MP John Brooke-Little is assassinated in Banbury, Oxfordshire, several nationalist groups claim responsibility...

May 28th, 1978: General Iyad Allawi declares "police action" against Kurdish guerillas in Baghdad, Iraq, sparking international attention...
 
Nov. 11, 1977: Robert Kennedy narrowly escapes a mailbox bomb without injury outside his Singapore estate, but his wife Jacqueline and son Robert Jr. are seriously injured. Prime Minister Lee announces the execution of the attempted assassin and Kennedy is assigned a permanent Army bodyguard.

Mar. 2, 1975: Robert Kennedy announces a deal with New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller to provide Blue Shield coverage to all state employees at a discounted rate. This is known as the "Pact of the Patricians" to today's historians.

Sept. 9, 1977: British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher announces the execution of Quebec guerrilla leader Robert Bourassa by SAS troops near Trois-Rivieres, Quebec.
 
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September 25th, 1971: Oleg Lyalin and 3 other Soviet agents are discovered in London, England after the bombing of the London Underground, killing over 105 people, and flooding the system...

October 7th, 1977: Soviet Civil War; Andrei Sinyavsky and Nikolay Arzhak spark a civil war, demanding reforms from the Soviet state in Petrograd...

January 1st, 1978: General Vladimir Zinyakin imposes martial law over Moscow after fighting erupts between factions...

April 15th, 1978: Moldovan Ceasefire; formal military ceasefire is held between forces at Kishinev, Moldovia, sparking international attention and concern...

July 5th, 1978: Soviet Progressive forces led by Andrei Sinyavsky launch a bombing campaign in Moscow and Petrograd, ending the ceasefire...

April 27th, 1979: Soviet government officials demand the extradiction of "suspected terrorists" Aleksandr Ginzburg, Eduard Kuznetsov, Mark Dymshits, Valentin Moroz, and Georgy Vins from custody in New York City, New York...

November 4th, 1979: Chinese taikonauts Chai Hongliang, Dong Xiaohai, and Du Jincheng aboard "Yucheng-1" become the first human beings to land on the lunar surface, at Mare Tranquilitas, beating the British and Americans.....
 
Here is something to add some weirdness back into things:

April 21st, 1970: Battle of Hutt River; Australian nationalist Leonard Casley launches armed insurrection in Northampton, Australia...

October 8th, 1971: The Objectivist Manifesto by Ayn Rand is published in New York City, New York, and is promptly banned in 12 states...

December 13th, 1971: Objectivists led by Werner Stiefel announce the formation of the "Independent Republic of Atlantis", an artificial-island nation, 50 miles NE of Nassau, Bahamas,...

January 19th, 1972: Objectivists led by Michael Oliver announce the formation of the "Republic of Minerva", an artificial-island nation, 15 miles off the coast of Suva, Fiji,...

March 29th, 1976: Bumbunga Massacre; Governor-General Alex Brackstone orders British troops to fire on Koorii protesters in Snowtown, Australia, killing 12 protesters....

July 23rd, 1979: Battle of Rainbow Creek; Thomas Barnes leads nationalist rebels against British troops in Cowwarr, Australia...

November 9th, 1979: FBI declares Ayn Rand, "the world's most dangerous woman alive", during a hearing in Washington D.C.,...
 
It certainly looks like the ATL is becoming dystopian pretty fast:

December 7th, 1970: Pope Paul VI is assassinated in Manila, Philippines by Benjamin Mendoza y Amor, who is later linked to the American CIA...

Why would the CIA kill the pope?
And what happened with Phoenix?
 
Why would the CIA kill the pope?
And what happened with Phoenix?

The Pope, as in OTL, led strong condemnation of the policy of segregation. Second, he is supporting the "Christian-Socialist" revolutions led by Ernesto "Che" Guevara. Consider that South America is getting rough for American foreign policy....

Also, if you want to link it back to the issue of Phoenix, consider the idea that you have a situation wherein a Protestant-dominant group is driving out a Roman Catholic-majority to impose a system of apartheid.
 
Welcome to the 1970s:

April 21st, 1970: Battle of Hutt River; Australian nationalist Leonard Casley launches armed insurrection in Northampton, Australia...

April 24th, 1970: Qian Xuesen announces a bold plan to place a Chinese taikonaut on the lunar surface before 1980 in Jiuquan, China....

April 29th, 1970: British authorities hang René Lévesque and André Marchand in Montreal, Quebec sparking calls for national secession...

November 25th, 1970: Ichigaya Coup; Major General Yukio Mishima overthrows the Republican government in Tokyo, Japan in a military coup...

December 7th, 1970: Pope Paul VI is assassinated in Manila, Philippines by Benjamin Mendoza y Amor, who is later linked to the American CIA...

December 7th-8th, 1970: Generals Amos Spiazzi and Remo Orlandini overthrow the Globalist government installing Junio Valerio Borghese in Rome, Italy....



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February 28th, 1971: Interracial couple, Barney and Betty Hill, is placed under arrest in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in violation of the "Separate But Equal" federal law....

July 19th, 1971: Major Hashem al Atta launches a military coup in Khartoum, Sudan, demanding the immediate withdrawal of British and German troops from the region....

September 8th-10th, 1971: Martial law imposed in China under General Lin Biao after "foreign agents" are blamed on an assassination attempt on Emperor Aisin-Gioro Yùyán....

September 25th, 1971: Oleg Lyalin and 3 other Soviet agents are discovered in London, England after the bombing of the London Underground, killing over 105 people, and flooding the system...

October 8th, 1971: The Objectivist Manifesto by Ayn Rand is published in New York City, New York, and is promptly banned in 12 states...

Nov. 10, 1971: Oscar-winning director Richard Nixon begins production of the documentary "Health Care in America". Among those interviewed are HHS Secretary Joe Califano, Robert Kennedy and Medicare Administrator Wilbur Mills.

December 13th, 1971: Objectivists led by Werner Stiefel announce the formation of the "Independent Republic of Atlantis", an artificial-island nation, 50 miles NE of Nassau, Bahamas,...

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January 19th, 1972: Objectivists led by Michael Oliver announce the formation of the "Republic of Minerva", an artificial-island nation, 15 miles off the coast of Suva, Fiji,...

June 15th, 1972: Bill and Roxanne Gale of Mariposa, California form the right-wing "United States Christian Posse Association" (USCPA) in an effort to deal with "racial agitators" nationwide...

October 3rd, 1972: George Kindred and James Freed establish the Midwest branches of the "United States Christian Posse Association" in Ann Arbor, Michigan claiming duty under "Christian common law"...


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Sept. 11, 1973: President Muskie's health insurance proposal is defeated by Congress' conservative coalition 247-188. Liberals call this day "Black Tuesday", with Kennedy denounced as "an enemy of the public sector". Kennedy famously tells an aide "I don't give a damn, and we're perfectly capable of outsourcing even more jobs." Also on this day, Christian-Socialist guerillas led by General Salvador Allende overthrow the government in Montevideo, Chile....


October 6th, 1973: Israeli Army Commander Yosef Sieff calls for "war of expansion" in Tel Aviv, sparking international attention...

October 19th, 1973: Nationalist rebel Gough Whitlam is hanged in Sydney, for the crime of "republicanism", sparking secessionist sentiment....

October 29th, 1973: Quebecois Troubles; Nationalist guerilla Robert Bourassa launches bombing campaign in Montreal, Quebec....

November 25th, 1973: Brigadier General Dimitrios Ioannidis installs a military junta government in Athens, Greece....



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February 22nd, 1974: Samuel Byck, claiming that the president wants a "racial holy war" flies a commercial jet into the White House in Washington D.C., killing 129 people. Vice-President Henry Jackson is sworn in at the Naval Observatory.

September 12th, 1974: Members of the United States Christian Posse Association (USCPA) led by Thomas Stockheimer announces warrants for "citizen's arrests" for members of the state government in Milwaukee, Wisconsin....

November 12th, 1974: Berlin Alliance announces the censure and exclusion of the United States of America from the group over its racial policies...


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February 8th-9th, 1975: United States Christian Posse Association (USCPA) launches "Tri-State Tax Rally" in Eugene Springs, Arkansas, demanding the return of "Christian common law"....

Mar. 2, 1975: Robert Kennedy announces a deal with New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller to provide Blue Shield coverage to all state employees at a discounted rate. This is known as the "Pact of the Patricians" to today's historians.

May 10, 1975: General Allende is assassinated by a CIA-backed assassin. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Roberto Souper assumes power, and will rule until 1991.


October 14th, 1975: U.S. Army begins Operation WETBACK, launching "police actions" against suspected "Globalist" cells in Mexico and Nicaragua...

December 4th-6th, 1975: National Tax Strike; Members of the United States Christian Posse Association launch a "people's constitutional convention" in Denver, Colorado...


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February 13th, 1976: Colonel Buka Suka Dimka overthrows the government in Lagos, Nigeria, demanding immediate withdrawal of British troops from the region....

March 29th, 1976: Bumbunga Massacre; Governor-General Alex Brackstone orders British troops to fire on Koorii protesters in Snowtown, Australia, killing 12 protesters....

August 9th, 1976: Chinese announce the successful landing of the unmanned probe Chang-e 1 probe at Mare Crisium on the lunar surface...

Nov. 8, 1976: Kennedy accepts the Treasury position from Republican President-elect Edward Brooke.

December 4th, 1976: Jean-Bédel Bokassa launches a nationalist coup, overthrowing the government in Bangui, calling for the immediate withdrawal of British, French and German troops from the region....


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Jan. 20, 1977: President George H.W. Bush takes the presidential oath at the newly rebuilt Capital Rotunda.

April 26th, 1977: Anglican Church Reverend Leon H. Sullivan is assassinated in Boston, Massachusetts after proposing the "Sullivan Principles" to ease racial tensions....

September 8th, 1977: American Agricultural Movement (AAM) established in Springfield, Colorado demanding that the federal government either raise farm subsides or stop the foreclosure of family farms....

Sept. 9, 1977: British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher announces the execution of Quebec guerrilla leader Robert Bourassa by SAS troops near Trois-Rivieres, Quebec.

September 12th, 1977: Jesse Jackson, SCLC/SNCC leader, is killed while in police custody in Atlanta, Georgia, sparking international outrage...

October 7th, 1977: Soviet Civil War; Andrei Sinyavsky and Nikolay Arzhak spark a civil war, demanding reforms from the Soviet state in Petrograd...

Nov. 11, 1977: Robert Kennedy narrowly escapes a mailbox bomb without injury outside his Singapore estate, but his wife Jacqueline and son Robert Jr. are seriously injured. Prime Minister Lee announces the execution of the attempted assassin and Kennedy is assigned a permanent Army bodyguard.

December 10th-14th, 1977: American Agricultural Movement (AAM) organizes c.275,000 farmers to march on Washington D.C., demanding immediate political reforms....

December 19th, 1977: Berlin Alliance members, led by Great Britain and Germany announce an arms embargo against the United States....


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January 1st, 1978: General Vladimir Zinyakin imposes martial law over Moscow after fighting erupts between factions...

January 26th, 1978: Chinese taikonauts announce their circumlunar orbit from Jiuquan, China, sparking international attention...

February 15th, 1978: MP John Brooke-Little is assassinated in Banbury, Oxfordshire, several nationalist groups claim responsibility...

April 15th, 1978: Moldovan Ceasefire; formal military ceasefire is held between forces at Kishinev, Moldovia, sparking international attention and concern...

May 28th, 1978: General Iyad Allawi declares "police action" against Kurdish guerillas in Baghdad, Iraq, sparking international attention...

July 5th, 1978: Soviet Progressive forces led by Andrei Sinyavsky launch a bombing campaign in Moscow and Petrograd, ending the ceasefire...

November 7th, 1978: United States Christian Posse Association (USCPA) and American Agricultural Movement (AAM) member Ray Omernick (D-WI) is elected to the U.S. Senate....

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Feb. 24, 1979: Kennedy resigns as Treasury Secretary, along with Paul Volcker and Alan Greenspan from the Economic Advisory Council. Known as "Black Friday", this was due to a conflict between the Keynesian-minded President and his monetarist economic advisors, and would be a facter in Brooke's loss in 1980.

April 27th, 1979: Soviet government officials demand the extradiction of "suspected terrorists" Aleksandr Ginzburg, Eduard Kuznetsov, Mark Dymshits, Valentin Moroz, and Georgy Vins from custody in New York City, New York...

May 1, 1979: Robert Kennedy announces Blue Shield HQ will move to Singapore effective Jan. 1, 1980.

May 4, 1979: President Bush appoints Robert Kennedy Secretary of the Treasury, having previously served under the Muskie Administration from 1969-73. Robert Kennedy announces at a press conference with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew that Blue Shield's Asian HQ will relocate to Singapore effective January 1, 1980.

May 21st, 1979: FBI agents raid the offices of the Union of Concerned Globalists (UCG) in San Francisco, California...

July 23rd, 1979: Battle of Rainbow Creek; Thomas Barnes leads nationalist rebels against British troops in Cowwarr, Australia...

September 22nd, 1979: United States detonates a neutron bomb in Alamagordo, New Mexico in violation of international treaties...

October 23rd, 1979: Anaheim Incident; anti-war radicals bomb the 2nd Annual Military Electronics Expo in Anaheim, California, killing 83 people...

November 4th, 1979: Chinese taikonauts Chai Hongliang, Dong Xiaohai, and Du Jincheng aboard "Yucheng-1" become the first human beings to land on the lunar surface, at Mare Tranquilitas, beating the British and Americans.....

November 9th, 1979: FBI declares Ayn Rand, "the world's most dangerous woman alive", during a hearing in Washington D.C.,...

November 20th, 1979: Islamic Revolution of Arabia; General Juhayman ibn Muhammad ibn Sayf al-Otaibi seizes control of the government in Mecca. Al-Otaibi proclaims Arabia a "Islamic theocratic state".....

Dec. 11, 1979: Treasury Secretary Robert Kennedy announces the freezing of all Arabian assets in the United States.

December 18th, 1979: General Juhayman ibn Muhammad ibn Sayf al-Otaibi promptly orders the public execution of American corporate executives H. Ross Perot and Richard "Dick" Cheney in Riyadh for the crime of "American intransigence"....

Dec. 29, 1979: President Bush orders the US Air Force to release chemical weapons over Riyadh, killing 50,000 and sparking international outrage...
 
July 17th, 1979: Former British colonel, Richard Starkey, announces the creation of STARK, a Private Military Company. He opens 3 main offices in: London, Ottowa, and Liverpool. He also has 2 training camps set up in Ontario, and Cumbria.

September 19th, 1979: British General, James P. McCartney, is hired by STARK.
 
January 11th-21st, 1973: Comet Scare; Riots and civil unrest erupt in major cities, including Atlanta, Georgia; Los Angeles, California; Chicago, Illinois; and Saint Louis, Missouri; amidst fears that Comet Kahoutek will collide with the planet....

December 13th, 1973: Claude Maurice Marcel Vorilhon is proclaimed the "Space Age John the Baptist" after claiming to have received "messages" of an "extraterrestrial messiah" in Vichy, France....

January 28th, 1975: Eduard Albert Meier proclaims himself messiah in front of the League of Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, proclaiming an "outer-space gospel"....

July 31st, 1975: Herbert W. Armstrong of Des Moines, Iowa begins religious revival throughout American Midwest proclaiming the "End Times" signalled by massive drought in the Great Plains region...

September 10th, 1977: Claude Maurice Marcel Vorilhon is shot during a religious rally in Paris, France, sparking civil unrest and violence....

January 3rd, 1978: Talmud Jmmanuel written by Eduard Albert Meier is published worldwide, proclaiming an "outer-space gospel"....
 
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