The Past 70 Years: A Collaborative Timeline

Here is a new collaborative timeline with PODs starting in 1946 and ending in 2016. It will not have a single POD but many PODs as well.

August 22, 1946: Peng Duhuai, one of the most prominent Chinese Communist commanders, is killed by a random KMT artilery shell.

November 5, 1946: The Democrats lose one Senate and six House seats but generally hold on to both houses of Congress in mid-term elections

August 15, 1947: India gains independence as a united Dominion of India with Jawaharlal Nehru as it's first Prime Minister, albeit with some decentralization granted as a concession to the Muslim League
 

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January 9, 1948: President George C. Marshall and Joseph Stalin meet for a reduction in tension between the two countries.

June 25, 1948: Thomas Dewey secures the GOP nomination, is ahead in all major national polls.

July 29, 1948: President Marshall easily wins the Democratic nomination with Harry S. Truman as his selected running mate.

August 19, 1948: The Soviet Union and the United States agree to a 'Two state solution' on the Korean peninsula, regardless that tensions in West Berlin are rising. U.S. Congress approves aid to war-torn nations in Europe.

August 27, 1948: Stalin furious of the proposals and increased American interference in Europe blockades Allied - mandated Berlin.

September 5, 1948: Liberal Prime Minister Archibald Sinclair meets the American President in London to discuss a response.
 
July 29, 1948: President Marshall easily wins the Democratic nomination with Harry S. Truman as his selected running mate.

September 5, 1948: Liberal Prime Minister Archibald Sinclair meets the American President in London to discuss a response.

What? Truman was president on 1948 and on this point Attlee was prime minister of UK.
 
September 14, 1946: Faroe Islands votes for independence and Denmark recognises the country.

November 10, 1946: Riots around Vietnam against French colonial power.

January 26, 1947: Crown prince of Sweden Gustav Adolf not be killed on airplane accident in Copenhagen.

September 15, 1949: Kurt Schumacher (SPD) becomes first chancellor of Federal Republic of Germany.
 
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January 9, 1948: President George C. Marshall and Joseph Stalin meet for a reduction in tension between the two countries.

July 29, 1948: President Marshall easily wins the Democratic nomination with Harry S. Truman as his selected running mate.

September 5, 1948: Liberal Prime Minister Archibald Sinclair meets the American President in London to discuss a response.

These don't make too much sense.
 
January 30, 1948: Mohandas Gandhi barely avoids his assassination.
Are the Hindu nationalists who had Gandhi assassinated doing this ITTL because of the fact Indian independence, while resulting in a united India, results in one where Muslim-majority areas have autonomy?
 
Are the Hindu nationalists who had Gandhi assassinated doing this ITTL because of the fact Indian independence, while resulting in a united India, results in one where Muslim-majority areas have autonomy?

True. Might be that Gandhi's assassination attempt not occur due united India. I remove that.
 
January 9, 1948: President George C. Marshall and Joseph Stalin meet for a reduction in tension between the two countries.

June 25, 1948: Thomas Dewey secures the GOP nomination, is ahead in all major national polls.

July 29, 1948: President Marshall easily wins the Democratic nomination with Harry S. Truman as his selected running mate.

August 19, 1948: The Soviet Union and the United States agree to a 'Two state solution' on the Korean peninsula, regardless that tensions in West Berlin are rising. U.S. Congress approves aid to war-torn nations in Europe.

August 27, 1948: Stalin furious of the proposals and increased American interference in Europe blockades Allied - mandated Berlin.

September 5, 1948: Liberal Prime Minister Archibald Sinclair meets the American President in London to discuss a response.

This should probably be retconned
 
Sorry if this is jumping ahead a little too far.

March 11, 1952: Dwight D. Eisenhower, the former Allied commander in Europe during WWII, surprisingly wins the very first Republican primary in New Hampshire despite not even having a candidacy. This convinces candidate Earl Warren to leave California and begin actively campaigning, abandoning his policy of "staying above the fray".

March 18, 1952: After a solid week of campaigning in Minnesota, Earl Warren manages to tie for third place with Robert Taft (formerly considered the front runner for the Republican nomination). Harold Stassen wins a comfortable but small margin above Dwight Eisenhower.

April 1, 1952: Nebraska is a very tight race, with Robert Taft winning by only a few points above Dwight, followed by Warren and then Stassen. In Wisconsin, Taft and Warren have a statistical tie, followed by Stassen in a distant third (the Draft Ike movement doesn't appear in Wisconsin).

April 3, 1952: Eisenhower announces that, while honored by the love and support he's received from the "Draft Ike" movement, he does not feel comfortable leaving his position in NATO. [OOC: I'll let you guys decide what's going on internationally that Ike doesn't want to leave NATO]

April 8, 1952: In Illinois, Taft crushes the primary, followed by Stassen and Warren tying in a very distant second/third.

April 15, 1952: Earl Warren wins his first primary in New Jersey, picking up support from the Eastern Establishment led by former candidate Dewey. He is trailed by Taft and more distantly by Stassen.

April 22, 1952: Earl Warren wins his second primary Pennsylvania, followed distantly by Taft and Stassen (both place about the same).

April 29, 1952: Earl Warren wins his third primary in Massachusetts, trailed by Robert Taft.

May 6, 1952: Robert Taft comes back with a vengeance, crushing the Ohio primary.

May 13, 1952: Robert Taft wins his fifth primary, this time in West Virginia.

May 16, 1952: Earl Warren wins the Oregon primary by a very hefty margin.

June 3, 1952: Earl Warren wins his fourth primary in California while South Dakota Taft wins.

July 7, 1952: The Republican Convention begins with Taft and Warren having fairly equal delegate totals, with Stassen and Eisenhower both having a few to themselves as well. MacArthur immediately gives his 10 delegates up to Eisenhower to be done with them.

July 9, 1952: Harold Stassen, who is no big fan of Robert Taft, decides to give his share of delegates up to Earl Warren.

July 10, 1952: Dewey is able to introduce and pass a "Fair Play" proposal to remove a handful of Taft delegates whom some said were obtained illegally. It narrowly passes.

July 11, 1952: Dwight Eisenhower gives his delegates to Robert Taft. Before Fairplay Taft and Warren were within fifty delegates of each other, but afterwards the margin was bigger and Earl Warren is declared the winner of the Republican nomination for President.
 
Petition to kill Krushchev and Stalin (these can both be removed by me if there is enough push back.

September 11, 1947:
Nikita Khrushchev passes away from his bout with pneumonia.

November 15, 1948: Stalin dies in his sleep and after a power struggle will eventually be replaced by Malenkov as leader of the USSR.
 
September 23, 1946: An 8,000 strong workers strike begins in Pusan.

May 10, 1948: The first independent election is conducted in Korea. The resulting government expects US troops to withdraw by year's end.
 
February 11, 1949: Believing that nuclear weapons could lead to world destruction, Malenkov temporarily halts Soviet nuclear programs.
Petition to kill Krushchev and Stalin (these can both be removed by me if there is enough push back.

September 11, 1947:
Nikita Khrushchev passes away from his bout with pneumonia.

November 15, 1948: Stalin dies in his sleep and after a power struggle will eventually be replaced by Malenkov as leader of the USSR.
 
August 15 1948: Britain tests its first Nuclear Weapon, in part thanks to US co-operation.

Feburary 23 1950: Labour secures a fifty seat majority, although Conservative make some gains.

April 18 1951: Britain along with France,West Germany,Italy,Belgium,Luxembourg and the Netherlands sign the Treaty of Paris and join the Coal and Steel Board

March 23 1953: Malta votes to become part of the United Kingdom
 
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