The Window: A Collaborative ATL
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April 13, 1963: General Edwin is buried in Arlington National Cemetery at the request of his family, Barry Goldwater is seen with Strom Thurmond, and George Wallace speaking at the funeral; Members of the John Birch Society announce a boost in membership,...,
April 23, 1973: Pan-European Ecumenical Movement is formed in Rome, Italy, sparking a revived religious fervor across the European Continent,...
January 6, 1978: Pan-European Ecumenical Movement proclaims a "New Free Europe" in Copenhagen, Denmark, fueling sectarian and ethnic unrest on both sides of the Iron Curtain,....
December 28, 1978: White House officials discuss "Preemptive Isolation " as a possible foreign policy in Washington D.C., fueling tensions across the Western Hemisphere,....
April 26, 1963: The Soviet airplane carrying Cuban leader Fidel Castro from Havana to Olenogorsk on the Kola Peninsula to begin his official visit to the USSR goes missing above the sea just off the Kola coast. On the radio, the Tu-114's pilot noted the presence of heavy fog during the final descent. The Soviet Northern Fleet kicks off search efforts, but nothing is found. Eventually some wreckage that might or might not be from the plane is found washed up to the shores of Novaya Zemlya.
April 29, 1963: After three days of silence, the Soviet government finally acknowledges that the Cuban leader is lost and is considered most likely dead. A national day of mourning declared in the USSR and Cuba.
May 27, 1963: Pope John XXIII dies in the Vatican due to complications caused by stomach cancer.
April 29, 1963: After three days of silence, the Soviet government finally acknowledges that the Cuban leader is lost and is considered most likely dead. A national day of mourning declared in the USSR and Cuba.
May 27, 1963: Pope John XXIII dies in the Vatican due to complications caused by stomach cancer.
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Here are a few more PODs to flag how different things will get things really different:
December 8, 1993: North American Urban Federation (NAUF)is founded in Washington D.C., helping to represent the needs and interests of the 25 domed and underground cities before Congress,....
May 29, 1996: First of four "Evacuation Lotteries " established by the North American Urban Forum, are held across the country regarding home ownership and residency in the domed and underground cities,...
May 18, 2005: Japan and 6 nations of the Pacific Rim, announce the formation of a military alliance for regional protection and development in Tokyo,...
December 6, 2006: Subcontinental War erupts between India and Pakistan over the disputed Assam and Kashmir territories,....
August 14, 2007: United Nations enters into the Subcontinental War, amidst reports of ethnic cleansing and genocide in the region, attempting to dictate peace terms,....
December 19, 2010: Islamic fundamentalist revolution leads to the establishment of the Arab Islamic Republic in Cairo, fueling civil unrest and panic in the region,....
December 8, 1993: North American Urban Federation (NAUF)is founded in Washington D.C., helping to represent the needs and interests of the 25 domed and underground cities before Congress,....
May 29, 1996: First of four "Evacuation Lotteries " established by the North American Urban Forum, are held across the country regarding home ownership and residency in the domed and underground cities,...
May 18, 2005: Japan and 6 nations of the Pacific Rim, announce the formation of a military alliance for regional protection and development in Tokyo,...
December 6, 2006: Subcontinental War erupts between India and Pakistan over the disputed Assam and Kashmir territories,....
August 14, 2007: United Nations enters into the Subcontinental War, amidst reports of ethnic cleansing and genocide in the region, attempting to dictate peace terms,....
December 19, 2010: Islamic fundamentalist revolution leads to the establishment of the Arab Islamic Republic in Cairo, fueling civil unrest and panic in the region,....
Yes!! The idea is that too many of the ATLs don't have much in terms of differences in the overall scheme. At least this way, we can make sure that the ATL remains completely different!!
May 4, 1963: The Le Monde Theater fire in Dioirbel, Senegal does not occur. 64 people live that died in OTL...
December 26, 1963: Without the death of Kennedy, reception to the Beatles albums is somewhat muted in comparison to OTL. While still popular, the POD indirectly leads to other bands of the British invasion such as The Shadows and Big Three gaining "breathing room"...
August 11, 1964: Pope John XXIV calls for the armed defense of the Holy Land, citing anti-Semitism, and attacks against the Holy Land, placing the Kennedy Administration at a major crossroads,...
July 17, 1964: Right-wing leader Antonio Segni overhrows the government of Aldo Moro in a political coup in Rome, Italy, fueling conspiracy theories of CIA involvement,...
August 4, 1964: Military forces overthrow the government in Vientiane, Laos, sparking fears of an expading military crisis in Southeast Asia,...
April 12, 1965: Bulgarian General-Secretary Todor Zhivkov is overthrown in a coup in Sofia, sparking international attention and concern,...,
October 1, 1965: Military coup overthrows President Sukarno in Jakarta, fueling political and military unrest across Southeast Asia,...
March 2, 1969: The Sino-Soviet War erupts as Chinese forces capture and execute 59 Soviet troops at Zhenbao Island, triggering one of the deadliest bloodbaths in history,...
August 4, 1964: Military forces overthrow the government in Vientiane, Laos, sparking fears of an expading military crisis in Southeast Asia,...
April 12, 1965: Bulgarian General-Secretary Todor Zhivkov is overthrown in a coup in Sofia, sparking international attention and concern,...,
October 1, 1965: Military coup overthrows President Sukarno in Jakarta, fueling political and military unrest across Southeast Asia,...
March 2, 1969: The Sino-Soviet War erupts as Chinese forces capture and execute 59 Soviet troops at Zhenbao Island, triggering one of the deadliest bloodbaths in history,...
Here are a few PODs to show that the ATL is avoiding a lot of analogues:
November 25, 2008: Global Trade Consortium is established in Zurich, Switzerland, despite accusations of violations of human rights, by the top 500 megacorporations across the globe,...
November 22, 2010: European Union and Israeli forces launch "preemptive strikes" into Egypt, under United Nations auspices, fueling fundamentalist fervor across the Middle East,..
March 11, 2011: Japanese officials announce the development of nuclear weapons, fueling diplomatic and military tensions across the region,....
November 25, 2008: Global Trade Consortium is established in Zurich, Switzerland, despite accusations of violations of human rights, by the top 500 megacorporations across the globe,...
November 22, 2010: European Union and Israeli forces launch "preemptive strikes" into Egypt, under United Nations auspices, fueling fundamentalist fervor across the Middle East,..
March 11, 2011: Japanese officials announce the development of nuclear weapons, fueling diplomatic and military tensions across the region,....
History said:
April 11, 1963: Dallas police had no suspects in the Walker assassination, while the bullet has been sent to run ballistics studies.
April 12, 1963: A 6.5×52mm Italian Carcano M91/38 bolt-action rifle, has been identified as the weapon of choice. Police were able to trace the purchase of the rifle to the previous March, bought by a man under the alias of "A. Hidell" and delivered to a post-office box rented in Dallas by an unknown person.
April 13, 1963: Three days after the assassination of U.S. Major General Edwin Walker, have named their suspect as a former U.S. Marine, who defected to the Soviet Union in October 1959, named Lee Harvey Oswald, when they went to his address, they found him missing and his wife Marina Nikolayevna Oswald (née Prusakova) and daughter, June Lee, along with an issue of The Militant newspaper, which named ex-general Edwin Walker as a "fascist"
When asked where her husband was and if he had his gun, Marina, replied that he had spoke of his intention to assassinate, Former Vice President of the United States, Richard Nixon.
April 16, 1963: After a two day, man hunt, with Former Vice President, Nixon and his family, under 24 hour security surveillance, Lee Harvey Oswald was found, hiding in a motel on the out skirts of Dallas and is arrested on murder charges. Pleading his case that Walker was anti-communist, segregationist, and member of the John Birch Society and Oswald considered Walker to be the leader of a "fascist organization"
The whole ordeal is said to have put a lot of stress on Richard Nixon, causing him to have a mental break down, followed by extreme paranoid episodes.
Democratic candidate and incumbent President, John F. Kennedy. Johnson, who had high popularity amongst the general public, won 61.1% of the popular vote, the highest won by a candidate since James Monroe's re-election in 1820. It was the most lopsided US presidential election in terms of popular votes, and the sixth-most lopsided presidential election in the history of the United States[2] in terms of electoral votes. No candidate for president since has equalled or surpassed Kennedy's percentage of the popular vote.
The Republican candidate, Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona, suffered from a lack of support from his own party and his deeply unpopular conservative political positions. Kennedy's campaign advocated a series of anti-poverty programs collectively known as the Great Society, and successfully portrayed Goldwater as being a dangerous extremist. Kennedy easily won the Presidency, carrying 44 of the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
The Republican candidate, Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona, suffered from a lack of support from his own party and his deeply unpopular conservative political positions. Kennedy's campaign advocated a series of anti-poverty programs collectively known as the Great Society, and successfully portrayed Goldwater as being a dangerous extremist. Kennedy easily won the Presidency, carrying 44 of the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
April 17, 1963: The John Birch Society reaffirms its goal of eradicating Communism worldwide.
January 10, 1964: Allegations of a John F. Kennedy affair reach newspapers.
January 10, 1964: Allegations of a John F. Kennedy affair reach newspapers.
November 23, 1964: Robert F. Kennedy was replaced by Paul A. Freund as Attorney General, after being confirmed by the United States Senate, in a 80–19 vote.
January 7, 1965: Former Attorney General and brother of current U.S. President, Robert F. Kennedy assumed office as the 63rd Governor of Massachusetts, an office in which, he will stay in until January 22, 1975.
July 18, 1969: After an enjoyable party on Chappaquiddick, a small island connected via ferry to the town of Edgartown on the nearby larger island of Martha's Vineyard, Mary Jo Kopechne is dropped of home by a taxi.
August 8, 1969: Joan Bennett-Kennedy, gives birth to her final child, Theodore James Kennedy, Joan, will die of complications, four days later.
March 3, 1971: Edward Kennedy re-marries to Mary Jo Kopechne, who was one of his regular campaign staff.
January 7, 1965: Former Attorney General and brother of current U.S. President, Robert F. Kennedy assumed office as the 63rd Governor of Massachusetts, an office in which, he will stay in until January 22, 1975.
July 18, 1969: After an enjoyable party on Chappaquiddick, a small island connected via ferry to the town of Edgartown on the nearby larger island of Martha's Vineyard, Mary Jo Kopechne is dropped of home by a taxi.
August 8, 1969: Joan Bennett-Kennedy, gives birth to her final child, Theodore James Kennedy, Joan, will die of complications, four days later.
March 3, 1971: Edward Kennedy re-marries to Mary Jo Kopechne, who was one of his regular campaign staff.
January 17, 1964: President John F. Kennedy, standing with his wife, spoke at a White House press conference, and issued a forceful denial in which he said:
Now, I have to always said, like I did in my inauguration address, three years ago, when I ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.
So as I have been working hard during the Cuban Missile Crisis and every other day, I want you to listen to me. I'm not going to say this again: I did not have sexual relations with any woman, other then my wife. I never told anybody to lie, not a single time; never. These allegations are false. And I need to go back to work for the American people. Thank you.
July 15, 1964: North Vietnamese torpedo boats attack the US Navy in the Gulf of Tonkin. A few sailors are killed. President Kennedy asks Congress to declare war on North Vietnam.
August 24, 1964: After easily fighting off a challenge by Strom Thurmond, President Kennedy is hadnily renominated by the Democratic Convention.
August 31, 1964: Strom Thurmond and a few other Southern Democrats announce they will be leaving the Democratic party and supporting Goldwater in the election.
August 24, 1964: After easily fighting off a challenge by Strom Thurmond, President Kennedy is hadnily renominated by the Democratic Convention.
August 31, 1964: Strom Thurmond and a few other Southern Democrats announce they will be leaving the Democratic party and supporting Goldwater in the election.
Barry Goldwater's campaign received considerable support from former Democratic strongholds in the Deep South and was the first Republican campaign to win Georgia in a presidential election.
Under the term limit law then in effect, Georgia Governor Carl Sanders was ineligible to run for re-election in 1966, and instead he endorsed segregationist, Lester Maddox as his successor.
President John F. Kennedy, took this as a deep slur, after cooperating with Governor Sanders, to improve education and the environment and led the transition toward racial desegregation, on complying with civil rights laws.
October 15, 1966: President Kennedy, attends the the Democratic State Convention in Macon, and objects to Business Owner, Maddox's nomination and puts forward Martin Luther King, Jr., the nationally acclaimed African-American, Baptist minister, peaceful activist, humanitarian, and leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement.
Standing up to address the convention, after Sander's speech, Kennedy stated that "Mr King, is a man that has been loyal to his state, to his country, to his family and above all, loyal to his God, in times when others, may have lost their way.
How can a man, truly show his loyalty, when it has not been tested? I do not want to be the Northerner, who comes down to your homes and tell you what to do or think, but I truly believe that Mr King, is the right person for this state."
Former Governor Ernest Vandiver was considered the favorite to return to his former job (although governors could not then succeed themselves, they could run again after leaving office), but he dropped out of the race because of health problems. That opened the door for former Governor Ellis Arnall, former Lieutenant Governor Garland T. Byrd, state Senator Jimmy Carter, African American Baptist Minister Martin L. King Jr. and two segregationist businessmen, Lester Maddox and James H. Gray, Sr., to run for the Democratic nomination.
Gray, a Massachusetts native, publisher of the Albany Herald and founder of what is now Gray Television, was a former Georgia Democratic state chairman who defended segregation in his northern accent before the 1960 Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles. His campaign was dampened by Kennedy's presents.
Democratic primary election results
Carter: 231,480 (29.38%)
Maddox: 185,672 (23.56%)
King Jr.: 164,562 (20.89%)
Arnall: 122,973 (18.40%)
Byrd: 39,994 (5.08%)
Gray: 20,823 (2.01)
September 27, 1966: Runoff for the Democratic primary election, saw Jimmy Carter win 443,055 votes (54.29%) to Maddox's 373,004 (45.71%)
November 1966: Republican candidate, Howard Callaway, became the first Republican Governor of Georgia since Reconstruction, defeating Democratic nomination, Jimmy Carter.
Here is one that can have major effects later on:
August 9, 1963: Patrick Bouvier Kennedy is born healthy to President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in Bethesda Naval Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland ...
June 10, 1967: President John F. Kennedy announces his support for the State of Israel, ending the Six Day War, during the Middle Eastern conflict
November 4, 1990: Patrick Bouvier Kennedy passes the New York bar exam, ahead of his brother John F. Kennedy Jr., much to the surprise of many political observers,..
August 9, 1963: Patrick Bouvier Kennedy is born healthy to President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in Bethesda Naval Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland ...
June 10, 1967: President John F. Kennedy announces his support for the State of Israel, ending the Six Day War, during the Middle Eastern conflict
November 4, 1990: Patrick Bouvier Kennedy passes the New York bar exam, ahead of his brother John F. Kennedy Jr., much to the surprise of many political observers,..
September 5, 1964: U.S. President John F. Kennedy, makes a week long, state visit to the United Kingdom, where he meets Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle, whom being 9 years his junior was said to get on well together.
Another visit was to 10 Downing Street to meet with Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home, whom although they had little in common, the two politicians respected one another for their support during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Following his arrival at Sovereign’s Entrance, President Kennedy received a short personal tour of the Palace of Westminster. Preceded by the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, President Kennedy was conducted into Westminster Hall by the Lord Great Chamberlain to give his address.
President Kennedy’s speech focused on shared characteristics between the UK and the US, including historic ties, shared values and beliefs, and common values. His speech also covered the role the two countries have played during the recent Cuban Missile Crisis, and asked for a round of applause for the Right Honourable, Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, for his strong support and dedication to up hold democracy.
October 15, 1964: British citizens go to the polls to vote.
October 16, 1964: The results showed that, the Conservative Prime Minister, Alec Douglas-Home, had been able to hold onto power and Harold Wilson's Labour party were to stay in opposition for another term. Another result of the election was that the Liberal Party, under the leadership of Jo Grimond, had won 14 seats.
Many believe that Sir Alex Douglas-Home, was saved from a massive defeat by voters, seeing him in a new light after the praise he received from U.S. President Kennedy.
Another visit was to 10 Downing Street to meet with Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home, whom although they had little in common, the two politicians respected one another for their support during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Following his arrival at Sovereign’s Entrance, President Kennedy received a short personal tour of the Palace of Westminster. Preceded by the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, President Kennedy was conducted into Westminster Hall by the Lord Great Chamberlain to give his address.
President Kennedy’s speech focused on shared characteristics between the UK and the US, including historic ties, shared values and beliefs, and common values. His speech also covered the role the two countries have played during the recent Cuban Missile Crisis, and asked for a round of applause for the Right Honourable, Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, for his strong support and dedication to up hold democracy.
October 15, 1964: British citizens go to the polls to vote.
October 16, 1964: The results showed that, the Conservative Prime Minister, Alec Douglas-Home, had been able to hold onto power and Harold Wilson's Labour party were to stay in opposition for another term. Another result of the election was that the Liberal Party, under the leadership of Jo Grimond, had won 14 seats.
Many believe that Sir Alex Douglas-Home, was saved from a massive defeat by voters, seeing him in a new light after the praise he received from U.S. President Kennedy.