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In 1907 on this day thirty-fifth President of the United States M. Michael "Duke" Morrison was born in Winterset, Iowa in 1907. His family moved to Glendale, California when he was only four years old.The Birth of "the Duke" US President M. Michael Duke Morrison Zach Timmons In 2006 the forty-first President of the United States Lloyd Millard Bentsen, Jr. died in Houston, Texas.Death of President "Bentsen" Austin Ross In 1343 A.H. Malik al-Hajj al-Shabazz was born on this day.Birth of "Malik al-Hajj al-Shabazz" Robbie Taylor
In 1905 on this day the thirty-eighth President of the United States Henry Jaynes Fonda was born in Grand Island, Nebraska.Birth of thirty-eighth President "Henry Fonda" Steve Payne In 1902 on this day Richard Joseph Daley was born in Bridgeport, a working-class neighborhood of Americas Second City, Chicago. He was the only child of Michael and Lillian (Dunne) Daley, whose families had both arrived from the Old Parish area, near Dungarvan, County Waterford, Ireland during the Great Famine.Birth of "Richard M. Daley", Chicago Mayor for Life Steve Payne In 1958 on this day a mob swarmed over Vice-President Richard Nixons car during a trip through Caracas, Venezuela.VP "Nixon" killed in Caracas Robbie Taylor
In 1973 on this day U.S. District Judge William Matthew Byrne, Jr. sentenced <a href=http://zog.typepad.com/annotated/2004/07/index.html>Daniel Ellsberg</a> to twenty-five years imprisonment for releasing the Pentagon Papers to The New York Times."Daniel Ellsberg" Sentenced to Twenty-Five years Imprisonment Robbie Taylor In 1884 on this day the thirty-third President of the United States (1945-1957) Harry S. Truman was born in Lamar, Missouri. Birth of three-term President "Harry S. Truman" Steve Payne We The Jury: The Trial Of Gough Whitlam "Part 3" Chris Oakley
In 1986 the knives were out for the management of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration even before their Space Shuttle Challenger returned to Earth."Challenger" Mission STS-51-L saved by a miracle Steve Payne Call to Arms: "Part 11" Chris Oakley Fight Night: "Part 2" Chris Oakley



The First Term of "Richard Nixon" [1961-64] Scott Palter In 2013 on this day former Leader of the Conservative Party Margaret Thatcher died. She was eighty-seven years old.Passing of "Margaret Thatcher" Steve Payne Since 1949 with independence the status of New Guinea had been a bone of contention between the Netherlands and Indonesia. Shortly before the independence the Dutch government had unilaterally decided that New (West) Guinea would remain Dutch even after the official recognition of Indonesian independence.War in "New Guinea" Marko Bosscher
In 1968 even before the Apollo spacecraft crashed into the Moon the knives were out for the thirty-fifth President of the United States John F. Kennedy. <span class=EditorText>An installment of the <a href=http://www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?thread=No_Apollo_1_Fire>No Apollo 1 Fire</a> thread.</span>No Apollo 1 Fire, "Part 3" Steve Payne In 1968 on this day brothers Július and Alexander Dubček were finally re-united after a forty-year long period of separation.The "Dubcek Back Channel" is established during Prague Spring Jackie Speel In 1961 a group of Hispanic insurgents led by Ernesto "Che" Guevara landed at the Bay of Pigs with the aim of forcing the secession of the <a href=http://www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?story=39682-F>49th State</a> of Cuba. <span class=EditorText>An installment from the <a href=http://www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?thread=49th_State>49th State</a> thread.</span>Hispanic terrorists attack the Bay of Pigs in "49th State" of Cuba Eric Lipps
In 1920 on this day future American President Julius Young (born Július Dubček) was born in Cook County, Illinois.Birth of "Július Dubček" Jackie Speel In 1968 the thirty-fifth President of the United States John F. Kennedy was assassinated by rogue members of the North American Space Agency (NASA) that blamed him for the application of political pressure that led to the Moon Landing disaster. <span class=EditorText>An installment of the <a href=http://www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?thread=No_Apollo_1_Fire>No Apollo 1 Fire</a> thread.</span>No Apollo 1 Fire: "Part 2" Steve Payne In 1967 the odds of a lunar landing before the end of John F. Kennedys term office shortened considerably with the successful launch of the first manned Apollo mission. <span class=EditorText>An installment of the <a href=http://www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?thread=No_Apollo_1_Fire>No Apollo 1 Fire</a> thread.</span>No Apollo 1 Fire: "Part 1" Steve Payne
In 1961 when Yuri Gagarin left earths atmosphere it was the pinnacle of human achievement, a mortal man had entered a realm hitherto beholden to the gods. It was also a blow to American pride, and just over a month later John F. Kennedy announce an ambitious program to restore that pride: The US would put a man on the moon within a decade. "Cosmonaut Leonov" reporting from the moon Marko Bosscher In 1957 when Sputnik 2 left Earth, the Soviet spacecraft was the first vessel designed by humans carrying a living being into the universe. Aboard was the dog Laika, out there to test, if a complex organism would actually be able to survive in zero gravity for a longer period.<span class=EditorText>This post was written by Dirk Puehl the highly recommended author of <a href=https://plus.google.com/u/0/101959956375064214309/posts>#onthisday #history</a> Google+ posts.</span>"Sputnik": Space Age and Dog Years Dirk Puehl In 1952 on this day the headquarters of the United Nations was completed in <a href=http://www.detroityes.com/mb/showthread.php?15982-Detroit-possible-home-for-the-UN>Detroits Belle-Isle</a>.United Nations HQ completed in Detroit's "Belle-Isle" Steve Payne



We Didnt Start The Fire: "Part 7" Chris Oakley In 2008 the fortieth President of the United States Charlton Heston died in Beverly Hills, California. He was eighty-four years old.Death of Fortieth US President "Charlton Heston" Eric Lipps In 1935 on this day Independent Presidential Candidate Lawrence ("Larry") Patton McDonald, M.D. was born in the eastern part of the city of Atlanta, Georgia that is located in DeKalb County.Third party candidate "Larry McDonald" swings '84 election Steve Payne
In 1916 on this day Irish-American actor and statesman Eldred Gregory Peck was born in La Jolla, California."Gregory Peck"'s Great Adventure: US Ambassador to Ireland Steve Payne In 1991 on this day the <a href=http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/archive/index.php/t-245038.html>thirty-ninth Vice President of the United States John Goodwin Tower</a> was tragically killed (along with twenty other people including his middle daughter, Marian, and the astronaut Sonny Carter) in the crash of Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2311 on approach for landing at Brunswick, Georgia. He was sixty-five years old.VP "John Tower" killed Steve Payne In 1958 on this day in the federal election, the Progressive Conservatives, led by John Diefenbaker, won the largest percentage of seats in Canadian history, with 208 seats of 265.Election of Canadian PM "John Dieffenbaker" Steve Payne
In 1917 on this day American politician <a href=http://www.alternatehistory.com/spiritualist/hhh01.html>Cyrus Roberts Vance</a> was born in Clarksburg, West Virginia.Birth of SecDef "Cyrus Vance" Steve Payne We The Jury: The Trial Of Gough Whitlam "Part 2" Chris Oakley In 1895 on this day the thirty-seventh Vice President of the United States <a href=http://alternatehistory.net/discussion/showthread.php?t=233935>Christian Archibald Herter</a> was born in Paris, France.Birth of 37th US Vice President "Christian Archibald Herter" Steve Payne
In 2011 on this day the demise of former President of the United States <a href=http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=189464>Geraldine Ferraro</a> (D-NY) was announced. Her 1984 running mate Walter Mondale called her "a remarkable woman and a dear human being .. She was a pioneer in our country for justice for women and a more open society. She broke a lot of molds and its a better country for what she did".Former President "Geraldine Ferraro" dies Steve Payne In 1921 on this day Alexander Dubček was born in Uhrovec, Slovakia, and raised in the Kyrgyz SSR of the Soviet Union (now Kyrgyzstan) as a member of the Esperantist and Idist industrial cooperative Interhelpo.Birth of "Alexander Dubček" Jackie Speel In 1955 on this fateful day in Montgomery, Alabama, bus driver James F. Blake dis-regard for an illegal act of civil disobedience allowed Semitic-African Resistance Fighter Rosa Parks to escape from the clutches of the Bund.Semitic-African Resistance Fighter "Rosa Parks" slips through the net Steve Payne



In 1932 on this day the 40th President of the United States Richard Lewis "Dick" Thornburgh was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania the son of Alice (Sanborn) and Charles Garland Thornburgh, an engineer. <span class=EditorText>Article from the <a href=http://www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?thread=Reagan_1976>Reagan wins in 1976</a> thread.</span>Birth of President "Dick Thornburgh" Steve Payne In 1891 thirty-fourth President of the United States Earl Warren was born in Los Angeles, California to Methias H. Warren, a Norwegian immigrant whose original family name was Varren,and Crystal (Hernlund), a Swedish immigrant. <span class=EditorText>A teaser from the <a href=http://www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?thread=President_Warren>President Warren</a> thread.</span>Birth of thirty-fourth President "Earl Warren" Eric Lipps In 1922 on this day the fortieth President of the United States John Bayard Anderson was born in Rockford, Illinois where he grew up, the son of Mabel Edna (née Ring) and E. Albin Anderson, a Swedish immigrant. In his youth, he worked in his familys grocery store.Birth of fortieth US President "John Bayard Anderson" Steve Payne
In 1925 on this day the 41st President of the United States <a href=http://althistory.wikia.com/wiki/Howard_Baker_(Bicentennial_Divergence)>Howard Henry Baker, Jr.</a> was born in Huntsville, Tennessee. <span class=EditorText>Article from the <a href=http://www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?thread=Reagan_1976>Reagan wins in 1976</a> thread.</span>Birth of forty-first US President "Howard Henry Baker, Jr." Steve Payne In 1938 on this day the 40th President of the United States (1981-1989) and the 34th Governor of California (1975-1980) Edmund G. <a href=http://althistory.wikia.com/wiki/Jerry_Brown_(Bicentennial_Divergence)>"Jerry" Brown, Jr.</a> was born in San Francisco. <span class=EditorText>Article from the <a href=http://www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?thread=Reagan_1976>Reagan wins in 1976</a> thread.</span>Birth of fortieth US President "Jerry Brown" Steve Payne In 1980 as part of a special operation known as <a href=http://althistory.wikia.com/wiki/Part_II:_The_Presidency_Of_Ronald_Reagan_(Bicentennial_Divergence)>Operation Owl Flight</a>, U.S Army Rangers entered Iranian Air Space, Avoiding detection and subsequently reaching the American Embassy and rescuing all 52 hostages (who were soon returned to the United States). <span class=EditorText>Article from the <a href=http://www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?thread=Reagan_1976>Reagan wins in 1976</a> thread.</span>Operation Owl Flight too late to save "President Reagan" Steve Payne
In 1926 on this day the 42nd Vice President of the United States Richard Schultz Schweiker was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania to Malcolm Alderfer and Blanche (née Schultz) Schweiker. <span class=EditorText>Article from the <a href=http://www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?thread=Reagan_1976>Reagan wins in 1976</a> thread.</span>Birth of 42nd Vice President "Richard Schultz Schweiker" Steve Payne In 1971 on this day thirty-fourth President of the United States <a href=http://althistory.wikia.com/wiki/President_Dewey>Thomas Edmund Dewey</a> passed away in Miami, Florida. After playing a round of golf on vacation with Boston Red Sox player Carl Yastrzemski he had suffered a massive heart attack, expiring just a week before his sixty-ninth birthday.Death of Thirty-fourth US President "Thomas Dewey" Steve Payne In 1961 on this day the Presidential Emergency Succession Act was signed into law. A Shock To The System: "Part 2" Chris Oakley
In 1994 the sleaze dredged up by a renewal of the Romney-Kennedy family feud gripped the United States Senate elections being held in California and Massachusetts. <span class=EditorText>An installment of our variation of Eric Lipps <a href=http://www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?thread=EMK_69>No Chappaquiddick</a> thread where JFK survives Dallas.</span>Sen Romney MA-R: "Part 2" Steve Payne In 1947 on this day United States Senator from Massachusetts Willard (Mitt) Romney was born in Detroit, Michigan. <span class=EditorText>An installment of our variation of Eric Lipps <a href=http://www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?thread=EMK_69>No Chappaquiddick</a> thread where JFK survives Dallas.</span>Sen Romney MA-R: "Part 1" Steve Payne In 1983 physicist Edward Teller informs U.S. President Edward M. Kennedy that "recent breakthroughs" in X-ray laser technology have made possible the development of what Dr. Teller asserts can be a "100 percent effective" defense against nuclear missiles. TedK Authorizes "Star Wars" Eric Lipps



Shaken, Not Stirred: "Part 10" Chris Oakley In 1950 on this day Rick Perry was born to ranchers Joseph Ray Perry and the former Amelia June Holt in the unincorporated community of Paint Creek in north central Texas.What if "Rick Perry" remained a Democrat? Steve Payne In 1917 fortieth President of the United States John Bowden Connally, Jr. was born on this day in Floresville, Texas. <span class=EditorText>An installment of our variation of Eric Lipps <a href=http://www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?thread=EMK_69>No Chappaquiddick</a> thread where JFK survives Dallas.</span>Birth of POTUS "John Bowden Connally, Jr." Steve Payne
In 1886 on this day twelfth Confederate President Hugo LaFayette Black was born in Ashland, Alabama.Birth of POTCS "Hugo LaFayette Black" Steve Payne In 1934 on this day American author, activist, and political figure Ralph Nader was born in Winsted, Connecticut.Birth of President-elect "Ralph Nader" Robbie Taylor In 1969 after four days of intense medical treatment for a barely reported vehicular incident on Chappaquiddick Island, Senator Edward M. Kennedy made a low-key public appearance in a neckbrace. <span class=EditorText>An installment of our variation of Eric Lipps <a href=http://www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?thread=EMK_69>No Chappaquiddick</a> thread where JFK survives Dallas.</span>"After the Party" on Chappaquiddick Island Steve Payne
In 1980 President Kennedy addressed the nation from the Oval Office in response to a statement from the Ayatollah Khomeini that Irans parliament would decide the fate of the American embassy hostages. <span class=EditorText>An installment of our variation of Eric Lipps <a href=http://www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?thread=EMK_69>No Chappaquiddick</a> thread where JFK survives Dallas.</span>President "Ted K" blows the Tehran Hostage Crisis Steve Payne Fight Night: "Part 1" Chris Oakley In 1908 on this day Senator Lenore Romney née LaFount was born in Logan, Utah. Birth of Senator "Lenore Romey" (R-MI) Steve Payne
In 1953 on this day Watson and Crick abandoned the search for DNA structure."Watson and Crick" abandon search for DNA structure Marko Bosscher We The Jury: The Trial Of Gough Whitlam "Part 1" Chris Oakley In 1979 on this fateful day in Los Angeles, James Earl Carter was assassinated by a thirty-five year old Ohio-born unemployed American drifter called <a href=http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=85835>Raymond Lee Harvey</a>. The President had been all set to deliver a speech to a predominantly Hispanic audience at the Civic Center Mall when eight shots had rung out in rapid succession.The Assassination of the "Georgia Giant" Steve Payne



In 1921 on this day 1988 Democratic Party Presidential Nominee Lloyd Millard Bentsen, Jr. born in Mission, Hidalgo County, Texas. During World War Two, he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and promoted to the rank of Major in the Air Force.Birth of Presidential Nominee "Lloyd Bentsen" Steve Payne In 1952 on this day Elizabeth II was proclaimed Queen of the United Kingdom.<span class=EditorText>This post was written by Dirk Puehl the highly recommended author of <a href=https://plus.google.com/u/0/101959956375064214309/posts>#onthisday #history</a> Google+ posts.</span>Elizabeth Mountbatten-Windsor, "Queen of Hearts" Dirk Puehl In 1911 on this day future Taoiseach Ronald Willie Reagan was born in Ballyporeen, County Tipperary.Taoiseach "Ronald Willie Reagan" Steve Payne
In 1911 the second Catholic President of the United States, Ronald Wilson Reagan was born on this day in Tampico, Illinois. Second Catholic President of the United States "Ronald W. Reagan" Eric Lipps In 1980 on this day ailing Winnipeg-born engineer Sir William Stephenson was awarded the Order of Canada. Collapse of the "Diefenbaker Plan" Raymond Speer In 1943 on this day cancer survivor Louis Brian Piccolo was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.<span class=EditorText>Part of the <a href=http://www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?thread=American_Heroes>American Heroes</a> thread.</span>"Brian Piccolo" lives Steve Payne
In 2011 Matthew Write write ~ this scenario is not as totally impossible as some people might believe. In the range of improbability, its more like a ten-to-one shot, rather than a hundred-to-one shot. In the early 1990s the USA probably came closer to open rebellion than at any time since the 1960s"Perotista Revolution!": American Civil War of the 1990s Matthew White In 1958 on this day Communist Party Leader Khrushchev was removed from office. March 27, 1958 - Communist Party Leader "Khrushchev" Removed Jeff Provine In 1979 on this day the 39th President of the United States Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller died from a heart attack. He was seventy years old. Death of President "Nelson Rockefeller" Jeff Provine
In 1880 on this day Douglas MacArthur, American general and Medal of Honor recipient was born in Little Rock, Arkansas. Birth of "Douglas MacArthur" General-san Steve Payne In 1973 on this day the forty-fifth President of the Republic of Texas, Lyndon B. Johnson died in Stonewall, the census-designated place he had represented as a Nationalist Party Candidate for three decades. He served as President during the critical period December 9th 1962-December 9th 1965. Death of Texan President "Johnson" Steve Payne In 1981 on this day the Patriotic Liberation Movement (PLM) achieved its first major strategic victory in its uprising against the Communist regime in Russia. Second Soviet Civil War "Part 2" Chris Oakley



In 1972 on this day Herr Tony Weaver, Community Relations Manager of Volkswagen of America handed over the latest model to the Smithsonian Institution.The "American Bund" on the Move Steve Payne In 1978 the 37th President of the United States Hubert Horatio Humphrey, Jr. died in Waverly, Minnesota. He was sixty-six years old."President Humphrey" passes away Eric Lipps In 1985 ruinous years of drug and alcohol abuse caused thirty-six year old Irish folk singer Phil Lynott to collapse at his home in Kew on Christmas Day. <span class=EditorText>Listen to <a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_j4OC7-g_84>Whiskey in the Jar</a> on YouTube</span>Phil Lynott released from Hospital: "Part 2" Steve Payne
In 1986 on this day Irish singer and musician Phil Lynott was released from Salisbury District Hospital in Wiltshire. <span class=EditorText>Listen to <a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_j4OC7-g_84>Whiskey in the Jar</a> on YouTube</span>Phil Lynott released from Hospital: "Part 1" Steve Payne Imshallah "Part 16": The Capture of Tehran, 1983 Chris Oakley In 1880 on this day the sixteenth President of the Confederate States George Catlett Marshall, Jr. was born in Lexington, Virginia."George Marshall": 16th Confederate President Steve Payne
In 1980 Marxist leader Rob Mugabe published his controversial auto-biography <a href=http://www.amazon.com/Great-Betrayal-Memoirs-Douglas-Smith/dp/1857821769/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1199122117&sr=8-1>The Great Betrayal</a>. The central event in the memoirs was a decision taken at the dissolution of the Rhodesia and Nyasaland Federation, in which Great Britain abrogated the principle of <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Independence_Before_Majority_African_Rule>No Independence Before Majority African Rule</a>. "The Great Betrayal": Britain grants Rhodesia Independence Steve Payne In 1996 in one of his final executive actions, President <a href=http://althistory.wikia.com/wiki/President_Tsongas>Paul Tsongas</a> authorized the early release of <a href=http://zog.typepad.com/annotated/2004/07/index.html>Daniel Ellsberg</a>. "Daniel Ellsberg" Released Steve Payne In 1979 on this day USSR Premier Leonid Brezhnev ordered a stand down of Soviet Forces operating in Afghanistan. Brezhnev Orders Stand Down in "Afghanistan" Jeff Provine
In 1980 on this day Soviet Premier and world Communist leader Lavrenti Pavlovich Beria passed away at the age of eight-one. The Soviet Union lost in Beria one of its strongest and most controversial leaders.Secretary "Beria" passes away Andrew Beane In 1984 on a cold Saturday afternoon, five gunshots rang out on the New York City Subway, heralding a new age of vigilante justice in major American cities. Bernard Goetz, carrying electronics in transport for his business, boarded the No. 2 Express bound for downtown, where he ran across four young men. "Bernard Goetz" Resolves to Fight Vigilantism Jeff Provine O Tempora, O Mores: "Part 4" Chris Oakley



O Tempora, O Mores: "Part 2" Chris Oakley Electric Nightmares: "Part 2" Chris Oakley O Tempora, O Mores: "Part 3" Chris Oakley
O Tempora, O Mores: "Part 1" Chris Oakley "You May Fire When Ready" Part 7 Chris Oakley In 1983 on this day the Utahian State Capital was miraculously spared by the malfunctioning of a Soviet Nuclear Missile which landed harmlessly in the Great Salt Lake. <span class=EditorText>A variant installment of the fabulous <a href=http://althistory.wikia.com/wiki/Thunder_Bay_(1983:_Doomsday)>1983: Doomsday</a> thread published on Althistory Wikia.</span>Doomsday Spares "Deseret" Steve Payne
In 1982 the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) is passed.Passage of the "Equal Rights Amendment" Robbie Taylor In 1975 David Frost interviews President Richard Nixon the day after the last states vote to ratify the 27th Amendment, repealing the 2-term limit on the presidency. XXVI Amendment enables Nixon's "Third Term" Robbie Taylor It is 1895 Czar Nicholai the Seconds child Olga Romanovna was born.Czarina "Olga Romanovna" is born Jackie Rose
In 1987 on this day passage of the proposed Twenty-Eighth (<a href=http://alternatehistory.org/discussion/showthread.php?p=3991976>Balanced Budget</a>) Amendment was ratified by the requisite number of states.The "Balanced Budget" Amendment Steve Payne In 1951 on this day passage of the proposed Twenty-Second Amendment was ratified by the requisite number of states.Non-Consecutive "Third Term" Steve Payne In 1972 on this day the video game pong was released by Atari Inc.US Government bans "Pong" Steve Payne



In 1968 after nearly thirteen years of prison, Rosa Parks, the famous Black woman whose refusal to comply to city ordinance that Blacks sit in the back of city buses began the campaign of Non-Violent Resistance that gradually began to end the legal position of minorities as second-class citizens in the CSA. "Rosa Parks" Released from Prison Jeff Provine In 1979 on this day Marshal Nikolai Ogarkov, chief of the Soviet general staff, abruptly resigned his post just after returning from an inspection tour of Red Army military bases in East Germany. His official reason for stepping down was declining health; unofficially, however, there were rumors he was afraid of being arrested, exiled, or even killed as so many other Soviet political and military officials had been in the half-decade since Yuri Andropov was dismissed as head of the KGB."Ogarkov"'s Fate Chris Oakley By 1955 ninety years after the Civil War had been won, maintaining the Union and also securing rights to Black slaves, the African Americans had left behind unwilling servitude but still suffered as second-class citizens throughout the United States. "Rosa Parks" Riot Begins Jeff Provine
In 1975 Otto von Habsburg was declared Head of State in accordance with <a href=http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=258061>the wishes</a> of the late Francisco Franco."Otto von Habsburg", King of Spain Steve Payne In 1942 on this day the late Senator Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr. was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Alternate bio for "Joe Biden" Steve Payne In 1984 on this day the Commander of the Thunder Bay Defense Force (TBDF) Colonel Giraud Leppe (pictured) overthrew the legitimate government of the northwestern portion of the pre-Doomsday Canadian province of Ontario and declared the formation of a Social Republic with himself as President. <span class=EditorText>A compressed installment of the fabulous <a href=http://althistory.wikia.com/wiki/Thunder_Bay_(1983:_Doomsday)>1983: Doomsday</a> thread published on Althistory Wikia.</span>Doomsday Reaches "Northern Ontario" Steve Payne
In 1960 on this day Robert McNamara was named president of Ford Motor Co., the first non-Ford to serve in that post."Robert A. Lovett" serves (again) as Kennedy's SecDef Steve Payne In 1976 former California Governor Ronald Reagan, whose regressive policies had been the focus of the presidential debate, is defeated by President Carl Albert, the <a href=http://www.todayinah.co.uk/support_images/CarlAlbert.jpg>accidental president</a>.Accidental President "Carl Albert" Re-elected Robbie Taylor In 1887 on this day Chiang Kai-shek was born in Fenghua, a county-level city in the north of Zhejiang province, China.Birth of "Chiang-kai Shek" Steve Payne
In 1956 at an emergency meeting of the Praesidium, Soviet leaders from the anti-party group forced Nikita Khrushchev (pictured) to resign as First Secretary of the Communist Party. [1] Because it had become increasingly clear that the de-Stalinization policies he launched in his "Secret Speech" at the 20th Party Congress were now beginning to break-up the Warsaw Pact.Suez Crisis / Hungary Uprising Crossover: "Part 9" Jackie Speel In 1950 President Truman is assassinated by Puerto Rican nationalists at the Blair House.Assassination of "President Truman" Robbie Taylor In 1979 a planned three-day visit to the Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) facilities by Apple Engineers Steve Jobs and Jef Raskin was cancelled by Xerox because of new commercial restrictions of access placed on the Alto prototype computer.Xerox take advantage of the "Alto Computer" Steve Payne



In 1962 on this day Nikita Khrushchev ordered the removal of Soviet missiles from Cuba thereby beginning the second phase of the crisis.<span class=EditorText>An alternative ending to the blog <a href=>World War Three Starts in Cuba</a> by Joe Mwangi.</span>"World War Three" Starts, Redux Steve Payne In 1962 on this day global extinction by nuclear armaggedon was averted by a matter of minutes in the deadly Cuban missile Crisis."World War Three" Starts Joe Mwangi In 2012 on this day the ninety year old former South Dakota Senator "Red" George McGovern died in a Sioux Falls hospice.Alternate bio for "Red George" McGovern Steve Payne
In 1956 at an emergency meeting of the Praesidium, Soviet leaders from the anti-party group forced Nikita Khrushchev (pictured) to resign as First Secretary of the Communist Party. [1] Because it had become increasingly clear that the de-Stalinization policies he launched in his "Secret Speech" at the 20th Party Congress were now beginning to break-up the Warsaw Pact.Suez Crisis / Hungary Uprising Crossover: "Part 9" Jackie Speel In 1956 to the further embarrassment of the Soviet Union, the Russian adventurer Boris Skossyreff (pictured, with monocle) managed to join the revolutionary armed forces fighting for the Hungarian Uprising.Suez Crisis / Hungary Uprising Crossover: "Part 7" Jackie Speel In 1964 on this day John V. Lindsay [1] delivered a speech on behalf of Republican candidate for president, Barry Goldwater. It was part of a pre-recorded television program, Rendezvous with Destiny and in his autobiography Lindsay recalled going to bed that night "hoping [that] I hadnt let Barry down". <font size=-2 color=red>Click <a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=tpW5i_lftCI><img src=http://i.l.cnn.net/cnn/.element/img/2.0/global/icons/video_icon.gif border=0 /></a> to watch "Ronald Reagan A Time For Choosing".</font>John V. Lindsay delivers a speech on behalf of "Barry Goldwater" Steve Payne
In 1956 on this fateful day in the Polish Politburo, Władysław Gomułka was designated First Secretary of the Party.Suez Crisis / Hungary Uprising Crossover: "Part 6" Jackie Speel In 1956 on the eve of the Presidential election, the conjoined international crisis in Hungary and Egypt was deepened by the Soviet arrest of the maverick aristocrat <a href=http://althistory.wikia.com/wiki/Imre_Nagy_(Cold_War_variants)>Otto von Habsburg</a>.Suez Crisis / Hungary Uprising Crossover: "Part 5" Jackie Speel Call to Arms: "Part 10" Chris Oakley
In 1956 on this day the commander of the revolutionary armed forced of Hungary Colonel Pál Maléter (pictured) <a href=https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en&fromgroups=#!msg/soc.history.what-if/fpatoY4oWh8/MhXvtn4BGVQJ>escapes from Tököl, near Budapest</a> after Soviet officers attempt to illegally detain him during negotiations.Suez Crisis / Hungary Uprising Crossover: "Part 4" Jackie Speel In 2012 on this day the thirty-eighth President of the United States George Stanley McGovern died in Sioux Falls, South Dakota aged ninety.Alternate bio for "Former President McGovern" Steve Payne In 1917 on this day the celebrated Irish American actor John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy" was born in Brookline, Massachusetts. After his war-time service in the Navy, he sought fame and fortune in Hollywood. Jacks domineering father Joseph, Sr. had no objections, because he was too busy guiding the political career of oldest son, Joe, Jr., who had become a hero during World War II.Starring "Jack Kennedy" Jackie Rose



In 1960 on this day Liberal Party candidates Pierre Trudeau and René Lévesque (pictured) were <a href=http://ns1.alternatehistory.org/discussion/showthread.php?p=2510724>both elected members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec</a>, Canada in the provincial general election.Alternate bio for "Pierre Elliott Trudeau" Redux Steve Payne In 1919 on this day Pierre Elliott Trudeau was born in Montreal, Quebec.Alternate bio for "Pierre Elliott Trudeau" Steve Payne In 1956 under the diplomatic leadership of the British Government and other European neutral countries a truce was brokered between the Egyptian, French and Israeli Governments.Suez Crisis / Hungary Uprising Crossover: "Part 3" Jackie Speel
In 1956 with cynical timing French-Israeli forces launch an invasion of the Suez Canal just one hour after the polls close for the US Presidential election.Suez Crisis / Hungary Uprising Crossover: "Part 2" Jackie Speel In 1956 on this day British Prime Minister Anthony Eden was informed that Hungarian Premier Imre Nagy had secretly request refuge at <a href=http://ukinhungary.fco.gov.uk/en/about-us/our-embassy/embassy-history>Harmincad utca 6</a>, the address of the British Embassy in Budapest.Suez Crisis / Hungary Uprising Crossover: "Part 1" Jackie Speel Stop Em At The 38th Parallel "Part 12" Chris Oakley
In 1973 on this day the Soviet Union prepared to ship four nuclear tactical weapons to Egypt just in case Israel resorted to the <a href=http://www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?story=39728-O>nuclear option one more time</a>."1973": Time of The Diplomats David Atwell When "MacArthur" Met the Emperor aalholmes Non-AH Content It is 1955 and the monarchies have been abolished in both Britain and Greece, leaving both Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip out of a job."Princess Gloria", Happy at Last Jackie Rose
In 1960 what would have been the first-ever televised debate among presidential candidates came under technical difficulties that cut out the visual transmission, leaving only the audio and a test pattern, leading many Americans to turn off their televisions. "Nixon-Kennedy Debate" Faces Technical Difficulties Jeff Provine By 1983 the Cold War stood as the United States and Soviet Union armed each with far more missiles than needed to wipe out all life on the surface of the Earth. There would be no winner in World War 3. "Stanislav Petrov" Pushes The Nuclear Button Jeff Provine In 1963 on this day an American plot to assassinate Fidel Castro was foiled by Senor Eusebio Azcue the Cuban consul in Mexico City. Cuban consul saves the life of "Fidel Casto" Steve Payne



In 1955 on this day the actor James Dean narrowly survived a car crash. "James Dean" Narrowly Survives Crash Jeff Provine In 1895 on this day the ultra-nationalist Canadian Tory prime minister John George Diefenbaker was born in the peaceful village of Neustadt, Ontario.Birth of architect of "Diefenbaker Plan" Steve Payne In 1970 Prime Minister Trudeau replied "Just watch me" when asked by a CBC reporter how far he would go with respect to the military presence in Quebec. Three days later, he announced the imposition of the War Measures Act in order to grant the armed forces emergency powers to deal with an "apprehended insurrection and provisional government aimed at usurping power in Quebec". Charles de Gaulle brings down "Pierre Trudeau" Steve Payne
In 1964 on this day thirty-fifth US President M. Michael "Duke" Morrison (pictured) delivered a barnstorming speech to close out the Republican National Convention at the Cow Palace in San Francisco."The Duke"'s Crowning Moment at the Cow Palace Steve Payne In 1956 on behalf of the United States, the Brazilian Ambassador to the United Nations João Carlos Muniz presented a ceasefire propsal which called for the immediate dispatch of a large peacekeeping force to the Suez Canal.Brazil solves the "Suez Canal" Crisis Steve Payne In 1961 needing a distraction to fire the public imagination in the wake of the Bay of Pigs fiasco, President Kennedy announced the goal of landing a man on the Moon in a speech to a Joint Session of Congress."Kennedy dreams" of the Moon in Apollo XI Triumph Steve Payne
In 1969 the lunar lander Eagle made a hard landing on the moon. Although its occupants, astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were not seriously hurt, they discovered that the impact had damaged the landers engines, making it unable to launch and return to the orbiting Apollo 11 spacecraft."Neil Armstrong" dies on the Moon in Apollo XI Tragedy Eric Lipps It is 1960 and the four Kennedy Brothers have joined the Irish Republican Army in their home town of Dublin.Up the "Rebel Kennedys"! Jackie Rose Stop Em At The 38th Parallel "Part 11" Chris Oakley
"Voyager" Begins The Journey, August 20, 1977 Matt Dattillo Non-AH Content Shaken, Not Stirred: "Part 9" Chris Oakley Imshallah "Part 15": The Capture of Tehran, 1983 Chris Oakley



In 1979 on this day the ultra-nationalist Canadian Tory prime minister John George Diefenbaker died in Ottawa, Ontario. He was eighty-three years old.Death of architect of "Diefenbaker" Plan Steve Payne In 1981 on this day air-traffic controllers, federal employees banned from striking, confronted President Mondale."President Mondale" settles with air-traffic controllers Robbie Taylor In 1950 US Decides Not to Fight in South Korea. Communism was seen as creeping into post-war Europe, but the success of the Marshall Plan injecting billions of dollars into the West suppressed the growth of communist parties in countries such as France and Italy. Czechoslovakia, which had turned down the Marshall Plan due to political pressure from the Soviet Union, fell to a coup in 1948. Shortly after, the Berlin Airlift successfully ended Stalins plans of forcibly reuniting Germany. President Truman enacted his doctrine of stemming the spread of Communism through dollar diplomacy, which proved effective in Greece and Turkey. An Iron Curtain descended across Europe, establishing clear borders between the capitalist West and communist East. US Decides Not to Fight in "South Korea" Jeff Provine
In 1949 on this day MacArthur Declares Himself Japanese Dictator. Douglas MacArthur, born 1880 and in 1925 made the youngest major general the in US Army, proved his military record in World War II with a 30:1 kill ratio against the Japanese as well as being awarded a Medal of Honor, multiple distinguished service medals on land, sea, and air, and two purple hearts. "MacArthur" Declares Himself Japanese Dictator Jeff Provine In 1985 eighteen months after he survived a <a href=http://www.sports33.blog.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?p=2934591>titanic board room struggle</a>, Chairman Jack Tramiel of Commodore International took the step forward that he had been fighting tooth and nail for, announcing the release of the 900 model (pictured), a 16-bit microcomputer based on the Zilog Z8000 CPU that would take the competition to the Apple and IBM during the late 1980s."Commodore 900" released Steve Payne In 1948 on this day a fourteen-man patrol from the 7th Platoon, G Company, 2nd Scots Guard led by led by two lance-sergeants, Charles Douglas and Thomas Hughes surrounded a rubber plantation, shot and killed twenty-eight unarmed Malayan civilians before setting fire to the village of Batang Kali.Justice for "Batang Kali" Massacre Steve Payne
In 1948 on this day supplies to American, British and French forces as well as the German civilian population were cut-off when Soviet forces blocked the roads to the western-occupied sections of Berlin."Berlin Airlift" Begins World War III REBOOT Steve Payne We Didnt Start The Fire: "Part 6" Chris Oakley In 1948 on this day the Berlin Airlift began World War III. Postwar Europe became divided when territory liberated by the Soviet Union from Nazi Germany came under seemingly permanent communist rule. The Potsdam Agreement in 1945 divided Germany itself into sectors held by differing Allies. Berlin, one hundred miles inside the Soviet sector, was divided into four sectors with the West held by Britain, France, and the United States while the Soviets controlled East Berlin. "Berlin Airlift" Begins World War III Jeff Provine
In 1956 on this day, UN resolutions affirmed the separation of Egypt into the Egyptian Republic and the Sudan and the UN-takeover of the canal as international territory. While ruling its own ancient empires for millennia, Egypt became a prize in modern times that rarely had its own independence. Centuries of rule by the Ottomans ended with occupation by the French under Napoleon in 1798. 1956, "Egypt" Formally Divided Jeff Provine In 1980 on this day the business-oriented <a href=http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/text/Apple/Apple.III.1980.102646176.pdf>personal computer</a> code-named "Sara" was first announced and released as the Apple III (pictured).Launch of "Apple III" Captures Business Computing Market Steve Payne In 1993 in the far-reaching "look and feel copyright" precedent ruling of Apple Computer, Inc. v. Microsoft Corporation, San Francisco federal Judge Vaughn Walker rejected Microsofts argument that the dispute was a contractual matter relating to the original licensing agreement for Windows version 1.0. Instead, he found in favour of original design manufacturers who were entitled to "get patent-like protection for the idea of a graphical user interface (GUI), or the idea of a desktop metaphor [under copyright law]..". Apple wins Microsoft Battle but loses "GUI War" Steve Payne



Full Fathom Five: "The Career of the USS Thresher" Chris Oakley In 1968 on this day New York Mayor John Vliet Lindsay attended the premiere of The Green Berets a blockbuster movie based on the eponymous 1965 book written by author Robin Moore. John V. Lindsay attends "The Green Berets" Steve Payne In 1946 on this day Baruch Plan Determines Americans will give up The Bomb. "Baruch Plan" Determines Americans will give up The Bomb Jeff Provine
In 1983 the nuclear-powered submarine USS Seaview, then under the command of Admiral Harriman Nelson, was dispatched to the North Atlantic to oversee experiments related to Project SpindriftGiant Surprise: "Part 8" Chris Oakley "You May Fire When Ready" Part 6 Chris Oakley In 1968 on this day anchorman Walter Cronkite closed "Report from Vietnam: Who, What, When, Where, Why?" with an upbeat editorial report concluding that the American military had achieved a remarkable feat of arms in defeating the Tet Offensive.Cronkite's Upbeat "Report from Vietnam" Steve Payne
In 1963 during the course of a New York taxi ride, Richard M. Nixon learns that his opponent in the Presidential Election John F. Kennedy has been assassinated. In an article for Readers Digest he recalled hailing a cab after his Dallas-New York flight: "We were waiting for a light to change when a man ran over from the street corner and said that the President had just been shot in Dallas" (however in a subsequent article for Esquire he later said that his cabbie "missed a turn somewhere and we were off the highway .. a woman came out of her house screaming and crying. I rolled down the cab window to ask what the matter was and when she saw my face she turned even paler. She told me that John Kennedy had just been shot in Dallas").John V. Lindsay: "Kennedy's Heir" Steve Payne In 1964 on this day the ugliest of Republican conventions in fifty years ended in division, acrimony and bitterness at the Cow Palace in Daly City, California.Face-off at the "Cow Palace", RNC 1964 Steve Payne In 1968 on this day Mayor John V. Lindsays Presidential Campaign was rocked by allegations of shadey business dealings that dated back to his widely regarded leadership of the <a href=http://www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?thread=Jamaica_Bay>Jamaica Bay Hurricane</a>.Lindsay rocked by "West Side Story" Steve Payne
In 1983 on this day former US President John V. Lindsay (pictured) was the master of ceremonies at an historic event to welcome the arrival of the <a href=http://www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?story=39653-O>Apollo XX spacecraft</a> at the <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Intrepid>USS Intrepid</a> floating Sea-Air-Space museum moored in New York Harbour."Apollo XX" spacecraft at USS Intrepid Museum Steve Payne Aux Etoiles!: "Part 5" Chris Oakley In 1969 aboard the recovery ship USS Hornet, U.S. President Hubert H. Humphrey welcomed home the triumphant crew of Apollo 11, the first men to land on the moon.President "Humphrey" welcomes home Apollo 11 Eric Lipps



In 1974 on this day President Gerald Ford visited San Francisco for a first-hand look at the damage inflicted on Duncan Towers upper floors by the fire which had devastated much of the huge skyscraper four days earlier. Towering Inferno: "Part 2" Chris Oakley In 1953 Elizabeth, last of the British monarchs, was crowned in Westminster Abbey. Republican Jubilee: "QE2 forced to abdicate" Robbie Taylor In 1964 a <a href=http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=162081>sudden illness</a> forced Ronald Reagan to cancel his attendance as the <a href=http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=162081>keynote address speaker</a> at the Republican Convention in his native California.Mayor Lindsay's "Time for Choosing" speech Steve Payne
In 1961 on this day <u>Time</u> magazine published an article on New York City mayor John Lindsay which speculated on Lindsays future prospects on the national political scene once his mayoral tenure was over.From Gracie Mansion To "Pennsylvania Ave" Chris Oakley In 1914 on this day the thirty-seventh President of the United States, William Edward Miller (pictured) was born in Lockport, New York, of Irish and German ancestry, the son of Edward J. Miller, a factory floor sweeper, and Elizabeth Hinch, who owned a small millinery shop.Birth of President "William E. Miller" Steve Payne It is 1947 the British have the Jewish and Muslim prisoners locked up together .. and the soldiers decide to taunt their captives by feeding them only pork."Anti-Pork" Pact leads to United States of Abrahamia Jackie Rose
Zero Tolerance "Part 5": The 1956 Montgomery Riots Chris Oakley In 1974 San Francisco experienced its worst disaster since the 1906 earthquake when an electrical short circuit in a storage room on the eighty-first floor of the just-opened Duncan Tower office/residential building sparked a fire which quickly spread to the buildings top floors and killed nearly two hundred people before it was finally brought under control by releasing hundreds of gallons of water from two storage tanks near the tower roof. Towering Inferno: "Part 1" Chris Oakley In 1921 on this day the thirty-seventh President of the United States, John Vliet Lindsay (pictured) was born in West End Avenue to an upper middle class family of English and Dutch extraction that had resided in New York City ever since the 1660s.Birth of President "John V. Lindsay" Steve Payne
It is November 1991 and the 74-year-old Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich Romanov, Head of the Russian Imperial Family, is invited to visit St. Petersburg by Mayor Anatoly Sobchak. The Soviet Union is collapsing, and the Grand Duke goes there hoping to regain the Russian throne. Realizing that the Russian people are not about to oblige him, he returns home to Madrid."A Czar is Born": Romanov Restoration in 1991 Jackie Rose Electric Nightmares: "Part 1" Chris Oakley In 1963 the Presidential Emergency Succession Act was invoked for the first time when President John F. Kennedy was shot and killed in Dallas (the suspected assassin, ex-Marine turned Communist Lee Harvey Oswald, was himself gunned down in a movie theater while trying to elude police). Shock To The System: "Part 3" Chris Oakley



In 1962 just a fortnight after the iconic news anchor John F. Kennedy (pictured) announced the <a href=http://www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?story=39721-R>tragic death of Walter Cronkite</a>, a transformative event occured that would in time bring to a crashing halt the progress of the Civil Rights Movement.Media Turns against "Civil Rights Movement": Part 2 Steve Payne In 1962 following the tragic death of iconic white journalist Walter Cronkite, the right-wing "gotcha" media began to decisively turn against the Civil Rights Movement.Media Turns against "Civil Rights Movement": Part 1 Steve Payne In 1981 Claire Sterlings "The Terror Network" argued that nearly twenty years after President Kennedy disbanded the Central Intelligence Agency the majority of its assets remained in place in an operational state.President Kennedy disbands the "CIA" Terror Network Steve Payne
"Saigon Falls", April 30, 1975 Matt Dattillo Non-AH Content Shaken, Not Stirred: "Part 8" Chris Oakley In 1962 Richard Nixon won the governors race in California against Democratic incumbent Edmond Brown. "Tricky Dicky" kicked to the Kerb Robbie Taylor
Stop Em At The 38th Parallel "Part 10" Chris Oakley In 1965 on this day the thirty-eighth Vice President of the United States Hubert Humphrey, Jr. was shot at the Jack Tar Capitol House Hotel in Baton Rouge.Vice President "Hubert Humphrey, Jr." shot in Baton Rouge Steve Payne In 1972 the controversial state visit to Ottawa to negotiate Americas release from the hated <a href=http://www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?thread=Cuba62_Canada>Dieffenbaker Plan</a> began with an assassination attempt that left the life of the thirty-seventh President of the United States Richard M. Nixon hanging in the balance.Nixon shot in "Ottawa" Steve Payne
In 1976 U.S. President Gerald L. K. Smith died of pneumonia at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, D.C.Smith was first elected in 1936 on the Union Party ticket, a fusion of disaffected members of the Democratic Party and the remnants of the moribund Populists, defeating President John Nance Garner, whose policies had failed to stem the Great Depression which followed the stock-market crash of October 1931. He campaigned on a platform of "traditional values," including a literal reading of the Bible, and antipathy to the "speculators and international bankers" who, he claimed, were profiting from the Depression.Death of President "Gerald L. K. Smith" Eric Lipps "Flight 19" Disappears, December 5, 1945 Matt Dattillo Non-AH Content In 1969 what had been planned as a simple raid on a New York night-club that was violating its liquor license turned into a neighborhood-wide riot as police were attacked by locals angered at the treatment of the night-clubs homosexual patrons.The "Stonewall Inn" Riot Robbie Taylor



"Pierre Trudeau": Northern Magus Rob MacDougall "Boswell": few days earlier .. and a little farther north Rob MacDougall In 1952 President Joseph McCarthy nationalized the steel industry when it looked like he couldnt end a strike by Ohio steelworkers quickly. "President McCarthy" nationalizes the steel industry Robbie Taylor
Call to Arms: "Part 9" Chris Oakley We Didnt Start The Fire: "Part 5" Chris Oakley In 1976 on this day Conservative challenger Ronald Reagan won the New Hampshire Primary by 1,250 votes beginning a string of victories that would force the <a href=http://upload.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2995382>39th President of the United States Nelson Rockefeller</a> (pictured) to concede the Republican Nomination by the time the race had reached North Carolina.Reagan beats President Rockefeller in "New Hampshire" Primary Steve Payne
In 1959 on this day Canadas Prime-Minister-For-Life Maurice Le Noblet Duplessis died after suffering multiple cerebral seizures. <span class=EditorText>Robert MacDougall explains all on his <a href=http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2003/07/dominion-day/>Old is the New New</a> web site.</span>Super-Fascist Canada celebrates "Dominion Day" Rob MacDougall In 1953 Soviet leader Georgy Malenkov has his arch-rival, Nikita Khrushchev, poisoned.Georgy Malenkov has his arch-rival, "Nikita Khrushchev", poisoned Robbie Taylor In 1981 U.S. President Edward M. Kennedy is shot and gravely wounded by a former mental patient named John Hinckley. "Scoop Jackson"'s Eight-hour Presidency Eric Lipps
In 1948 following stunning victories at the Battles of Bir Asluj and Auja, Israeli Defence Forces from the Negev and 8th brigades <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battles_of_the_Sinai_(1948)>enter the Sinai</a> at night capturing Umm Katef and Abu Ageila.Greater Israel captures the "Suez Canal" Steve Payne In 1979 a broken cooling valve leads to the worst disaster in American history.President Mondale fights the "Three Miles Island" Disaster Robbie Taylor The "Zapruder Film" Premieres, March 6, 1975 Matt Dattillo Non-AH Content



Kill Or Be Killed "Part 9" Chris Oakley In 1959 on this day the Canadian Government terminated the <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_arrow>CF-105 Arrow</a> Interceptor Fighter Plane project.Mothballing of "Avro Arrow" Project Steve Payne In 1947 on this day Oxford Police arrested the University Scholar Clive Staples ("Jack") Lewis for the suspected murder of Jane King Moore."Prince Rilian" finally rips off the mask Steve Payne
In 1977 in an audaciously daring mission planned by <a href=http://www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?story=39595-Z1>Astrid Pflaume</a> herself, members of the African-Semitic Resistance (ASR) strike Port Elizabeth Security; during the brutal firefight that follows, police officers Harold Snyman and Gideon Nieuwoudt are both killed and brother Steve Biko sprung from his incarceration in <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Biko#Death_and_aftermath>Police Interrogation Room 619</a>. <font color=red size=-2>Click to listen to the Peter Gabriel tribute song "Biko"</font> <a target=_blank href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ncVyxQRw70><img src=http://i.l.cnn.net/cnn/.element/img/2.0/global/icons/video_icon.gif border=0></a>Business as usual in "Police Room 619" Steve Payne In 1968 on this day the twenty-one year old son of Michigan Governor George W. Romney died in a car crash.Romney "Family Tragedy" in France Steve Payne "You May Fire When Ready" Part 5 Chris Oakley
In 1923 on this day the thirty-eighth President of the United States Robert P. ("Bob") Griffin was born in Detroit, Michigan.President "Bob Griffin" Steve Payne In 1983 physicist Edward Teller informs U.S. President Edward M. Kennedy that "recent breakthroughs" in X-ray laser technology have made possible the development of what Dr. Teller asserts can be a "100 percent effective" defense against nuclear missiles. President Ted Kennedy authorizes "Strategic Defense Initiative" Eric Lipps Imshallah "Part 14": The Capture of Tehran, 1983 Chris Oakley
In 1979 on this day <a href=http://www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?story=39655-L>US President George W. Romney</a> awarded the Medal of Freedom with Distinction to his illustrious predecessor, the incomparable Richard Milhous Nixon.President George W. Romney: "Reboot" Steve Payne In 1961 on this day the President of the United States Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. was given the <a href=http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1961&dat=19611220&id=zHItAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lIwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1647,2045800>Last Rites at the St Marys Hospital</a> after suffering a major stroke on the golf course of the West Palm Beach Country Club that left him paralyzed and mute but mentally alert.Profiles in Courage: "Part 2" Steve Payne In 1984 President Ronald Reagan visited Anchorage to deliver an Independence Day speech honoring the Alaska National Guard troops who had turned back the Soviet attempt to invade Alaska in the first days of World War III. Battlefield Alaska: "Valiant Guardsmen" Chris Oakley



In 1957 while touring an economic fair in Buon Ma Thuot, President of the Republic of Vietnam Ngo Dinh Diem was shot pointblank by communist agent Ha Minh Tri. The president was killed immediately, causing an anti-communist uproar in South Vietnam and creating a wave of instability in the young state. "Ngo Dinh Diem" Assassinated Jeff Provine In 1986 President Gary Hart delivers his State of the Union address. He had hoped to be able to refer in his speech to a successful launch of the space shuttle Challenger carrying into orbit Christa McAuliffe, the New Hampshire social studies teacher chosen to be the first civilian to fly aboard the shuttle and already dubbed the "teacher in space" by the media.President Hart's "State of the Union" omits Teacher in Space Eric Lipps In 1980 on this day commercial discussions with the little parts supplier Microsoft collapsed over <a href=http://news.cnet.com/2010-1042-6102503.html>IBMs boneheaded demand for an exclusive license</a> to their disk operating system.Talks between "IBM and Microsoft" collapse Steve Payne
In 1995 George Wilcken Romney, the thirty-eighth President of the United States of America, died.Death of President "George Romney" Eric Lipps In 1977 newly inaugurated U.S. President James Earl Carter ignites a storm of controversy when, in response to a reporters question, he suggests that American troops should be withdrawn from Cuba and Vietnam. President Carter takes America out of the Cuban and Vietnam "Quadmires" Eric Lipps In 1973 on this day at his ranch in Stonewall, Texas, Secret Service agents found Lyndon Baines Johnson dead in his bed with a telephone in his hand. The thirty-fifth President of the United States had been trying to call for help after suffering a massive heart attack brought on by years of heavy smoking, poor diet, and extreme stress.Death of Disgraced "President Johnson" Steve Payne
In 1976 on this day Sara Jane Moore was sentenced to life in prison for the assassination of the 38th President of the United States, Gerald R. Ford (pictured).Sentencing of "Sara Jane Moore" Steve Payne In 1955 the world-renowned violinist, composer and conductor Albert Einstein died. Born March 14, 1879 in Ulm, Germany, the young Albert displayed an early aptitude for music, as well as for mathematics. In his early teens, he attended the progressive Luitpold Gymnasium in Munich, where his musical talent was recognized. World-renowned violinist, composer and conductor "Albert Einstein" Eric Lipps In 1985 on this day the Head of the Macintosh Division Steve Jobs was relieved of managerial duties at a board meeting of Apple Inc.; he would leave the company five months later.Steve Jobs deemed "Bad for Apple" Jeff Provine
In 1981 on this day IBM announced its first Personal Computer: model number 5150, the creation of a team of engineers and designers under the direction of Don Estridge of the Entry Systems Division in Boca Raton, Florida.IBM announce first PC: "Model number 5150" Steve Payne In 1980 disregarding the unduly cautious legal advice of his attorney Gerry Davis, operating system guru Gary Kildall of Digital Research, Inc. (DRI) took a snap business decision and signed a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) presented by the impatient IBM lead negotiator Jack Sams.CP/M licensed for "IBM PCs" Steve Payne In 1948 on this day a long-term plan to uniformly recognize academic qualifications throughout the British Commonwealth was announced by the Secretary of Education Ernest Bevin (pictured)."Bevin Plan" unleashes the Children of the Few Steve Payne



The American "Coup D'Etat" of 1968 Scott Palter In 1966 only twenty years into its independence from Britain, the nation of India faced a major turning point in the question of who would succeed Prime Minister Shastri after his fatal heart attack while attending peace accords in Tashkent that ended the Second Kashmir War. "Morarji Desai" elected Indian PM instead of Indira Gandhi Jeff Provine In 1961 on this day the Presidential Emergency Succession Act was signed into law. Shock To The System: "Part 2" Chris Oakley
Stop Em At The 38th Parallel "Part 9" Chris Oakley The "SL-1" Accident Matt Dattillo Non-AH Content In 1961 on this day <a href=http://althistory.wikia.com/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower_(Two_Americas)>Five-star Confederate General</a> Dwight David ("Ike") Eisenhower delivered his famous farewell address at the Virginia Military Institute, the premier officer training college of the CSA.General Eisenhower calls for a "Military-Industrial Complex" Steve Payne
In 1893 on this day Communist revolutionary, guerrilla warfare strategist and Marxist political philosopher Mao Zedong was born in Shaoshan in South-Central China.Birth of "Mao Zedong" Steve Payne What If "Mao Zedong" had been ousted earlier? Rooksmoor In 1979 on this day an unmarked private jet was given special authorization to land at the Cairo International Airport.Dying Elvis lands in "Cairo" Steve Payne
Imshallah: "Part 13" Chris Oakley Full-Court Press: "Part 22" Chris Oakley Kill Or Be Killed: "Part 8" Chris Oakley



In 1984 on this day US President Ronald Reagan was forced to sanction the covert supply of funds and military hardware to Pablo Escobars Medellín Freedom Fighters in order to resist the Brazilian invasion of Columbia.Escobar's Medellin "Freedom Fighters" Steve Payne In 1901 on this day David Daniel "Mickey" Marcus was born to Romanian immigrants Mordechai Marcus and Leah (née Goldstein) on Hester Street in Manhattans Lower East Side.Senator "David Marcus" (D-NY) Steve Payne In 1978 on this day the <a href=http://ww.alternatehistory.net/discussion/showthread.php?t=131800>former Democrat Senator</a> from Wisconsin Golda Meyerson died of lymphatic cancer in Milwaukee at the age of eighty.Senator "Golda Meyerson" (D-WI) Steve Payne
New York "Knights" Chris Oakley Jamaica Bay "Hurricane" Chris Oakley Grey Cup "Overtime" Chris Oakley
In 1961 during his "Farewell Address," President and former Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in Europe, as well as first Supreme Commander of NATO, Dwight D. Eisenhower confirmed that his administration had done its part in limiting what he called the "military-industrial complex". Eisenhower Confirms Restrictions of a "Military-Industrial Complex" Jeff Provine In 1980 around 10.50pm on this day at the entrance to his New York apartment in The Dakota rock and roll megastar Pete Best was shot in the back four times by the enraged Beatles fan Mark Chapman.Murder of the "Fifth Beatle" Steve Payne In 1971 on this day the Islamic Republic of Sindhustan invaded the Punjab.Sindhustan invades "the Punjab" Steve Payne
In 1981 on this day the Nobel Peace Prize was posthumously awarded to Robert Nesta (Bob) Marley the chief advocate of the "One Love" healing in the community programme that rescued Great Britains inner cities from the widespread ethnic violence that Enoch Powell had incorrectly predicted in his apocalyptic "Rivers of Blood" speech. <span class=EditorText>Click <a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sonYFxHHvaM><img border=0 src=http://i.l.cnn.net/cnn/.element/img/2.0/global/icons/video_icon.gif></a> to listen to Bob Marley & the Wailers</span>Bob Marley averts Enoch Powell's "Rivers of Blood" Steve Payne In 1979 on this day an unmarked private jet was given special authorization to land at the Mehrabad International Airport.Dying Elvis joins the "American Hostages" in Tehran Steve Payne In 1953 on this day a breakaway zone in the rebellious south-eastern Oriente region of Cuba was liberated by a surprise attack on the Moncada and Bayamó military barracks executed by a tiny revolutionary force under the command of Fidel Castro and his brother Raúl (pictured with Che Guevara).The success of "M 26-7" ends Cuban Revolution Steve Payne



In 1963 on this day Dallas nightclub operator Jack Ruby shot dead forty-three year old Homicide Detective James R. Leavelle as he escorted Lee Harvey Oswald through the basement of Police Headquarters.Poor Dump Cop: "Part 2" Steve Payne In 1963 in a televised national press conference on this day Dallas Police Chief Jesse Curry announced that the overnight interrogation of the "grassy knoll shooter" James Earl Files had provided a warm lead to the identity of the mysterious "Depository Man".Dallas Police search for "Depository Man" Steve Payne Zero Tolerance: "Part 3" Chris Oakley
Zero Tolerance: "Part 4" Chris Oakley Zero Tolerance: "Part 2" Chris Oakley Zero Tolerance: "Part 1" Chris Oakley
In 1963 absolutely no later than forty-five minutes after the Kennedy assassination, prime suspect Lee Harvey Oswald was quietly apprehended on East 10th Street in Oak Cliff by patrolman J. D. Tippit, a thirty-nine year old officer with the Dallas Police Department.Poor Dump Cop: "Part 1" Steve Payne In 1977 on this day an ethnic Korean Japanese (Zainichi) monster called Sin Gwang-su abducted thirteen year old Megumi Yokota (pictured) on her way home from school in Niigata, forcing her (and seventeen others) to help train North Korean spies to pass as Japanese citizens during the late seventies and early eighties.Nork abductions provoke "Japanese re-militarization" Steve Payne In 1963 on this day at 11.40am Central Standard Time senior members of the Texas Democratic Party greeted Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy and his wife Jacqueline as they stepped off a private jet at the Love Field Airport in Dallas.Tragedy in Dallas when Sen "Kennedy" is killed Steve Payne
In 1964 on this day the emergence of damning photographic evidence that supported the continuing media revelations about his alleged affair with sister-in-law Jacky destroyed Robert Kennedys electoral support and New Yorkers overwhelmingly re-elected the incumbent Republican Senator Kenneth Keating.RFK's Senate Race blown by "Jackiegate" Steve Payne In 1950 Upon the 6 to 3 defeat of his proposal to oust the Nationalist Chinese representatives in the United Nations in favor of the Peoples Republic, Soviet ambassador Jacob Malik walked out of the voting chamber and announced his boycott of the Security Council. He blamed the United States for "lawlessness" and noted that anyone could see the illegality of refusing to recognize the PRC. Until the Nationalist Chinese were removed, Malik vowed that the Soviet Union would not be bound by UN declarations.Soviet 1950 "UN Boycott" abandoned Jeff Provine In 1975 on this day the disgraced former President Richard Nixon told the prosecutors of the Grand Jury that he was furious about a partially erased tape of a White House meeting that became the focus of Watergate cover-up accusations.Erased "Watergate Tapes" discovered Steve Payne



In 1972 on this day Richard Nixons cynical attempts to disparage his opponent with the belittling acronym RFK ("Rich Fat Kid") came to nought because voters narrowly elected Massachusetts Senator Edward M. Kennedy to serve as their 38th President of the United States. Rich Fat Kid "Ted Kennedy" wins in 72 Steve Payne In 1973 the USAF was authorised by Presidential authority to continue the bombing of Vietnam after the expiration of the deadline laid down by the US Congress because the <a href=http://tinyurl.com/6zmx2js>Case-Church Amendment</a> had been vetoed by Richard Nixon.Vietnam enables "Nixon" to survive Steve Payne Stop Em At The 38th Parallel "Part 8" Chris Oakley
Stop Em At The 38th Parallel "Part 5" Chris Oakley Stop Em At The 38th Parallel "Part 4" Chris Oakley Stop Em At The 38th Parallel "Part 3" Chris Oakley
Stop Em At The 38th Parallel "Part 2" Chris Oakley Stop Em At The 38th Parallel "Part 1" Chris Oakley Murder Of O.J. Simpson in "Sudden Death" Part 1 Chris Oakley
Murder Of O.J. Simpson in "Sudden Death" Part 3 Chris Oakley Murder Of O.J. Simpson in "Sudden Death" Part 2 Chris Oakley In 1969 on this day a rousing rendition of "If I Can Dream" sung by Elvis Presley closed out the first inauguration of Robert F. Kennedy as the 37th President of the United States.<span class=EditorText>Click <a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CMlYVu9J4g><img border=0 src=http://i.l.cnn.net/cnn/.element/img/2.0/global/icons/video_icon.gif></a> to listen to the 1968 Comeback Special.</span>The inauguration of "Robert F. Kennedy" Steve Payne



In 1988 and four weeks behind schedule at Pinewood Studios, Director Tim Burton finally began filming the superhero movie "Batman".Alex Baldwin & Gene Simmons star in "Batman" (1989) Brian D. Wall In 1982 on this day the Argentinian Air Force operating outside the Total Exclusion Zone accidentally shot down a USAF Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker, one of the aerial refueling military aircraft provided on loan to the British Government for the duration of the Falklands Conflict.Argentina accidentally shoots down loan "USAF Stratotanker" Steve Payne In 1969 after a terrifying journey travelling sidewise through the time stream to the parallel world that they had created, Neo-Nazis finally arrived at the New Swabia secret base in Antarctica.<span class=EditorText>This article is an installment of <a href=http://www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?thread=Protocols>Protocols of the Elders of Zion</a> originated by Robbie Taylor.</span>Time travelling "Neo-Nazis" reach the Frozen Bechtesgarden Steve Payne
Venceremos! The Florida Keys War: "Part 1" Chris Oakley In 1952 on this day Senator Robert Alphonso Taft of Cincinnati was declared the winner of the U.S. presidential election. Election of "President Taft" Steve Payne Shaken, Not Stirred: "Part 7" Chris Oakley
In 1963 on this day US President John F. Kennedy was assassinated on a visit to the United States Navys First Fleet off San Diego, California.Nixon completes Kennedy's "Vision of Victory" Steve Payne In 1962 the formation of the United West African Republic (UWAR) was announced on this day by the Heads of State for the Republics of Mali and Ghana who had recently agreed upon a rotating Presidency formula. When the great nations of Nigeria and Cameroon joined the UWAR the following year, it became painfully evident to the European architects of neo-colonialisms that their latest plans for "divide and conquer", a "scramble OUT of Africa", would have to go right back to the drawing board.United West African Republic founded by "Kwame Nkrumah" Steve Payne In 1964 on this day US President Lyndon Baines Johnson delivered his signature foreign policy speech in an address he delivered at the Memorial Hall in Akron University, Ohio: LBJ delivers the "Akron Address" Steve Payne
In 1983 on this day filming of The Terminator resumed in Toronto with the Dutch actor Rutger Hauer recast in the title role.Filming of "The Terminator" resumes in Toronto Steve Payne In 1968 on this day the 33rd Governor of California Ronald Wilson Reagan announced his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination. <span class=EditorText>continues from <a href=http://www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?story=39758-O>Part 1</a></span>Reagan wins the "Vietnam War" Steve Payne In 1962 on this day, former Vice President Richard M. Nixon won the gubernatorial race in his home state by the narrowest of margins (less than tenth of a percentage of the electorate) due to the unexpectedly poor voter turnout from Californian Democrats.Nixon's "Thousand Days" of Dirty Tricks Steve Payne



In early 1950 the Soviet Union refused to seat a delegate on the U.N. Security Council in protest over the fact that the Republic of China (Taiwan) had a permanent seat on the council but the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) did not.Soviets veto resolution to defend "South Korea" Matt Dattillo Call to Arms: "Part 8" Chris Oakley Call to Arms: "Part 7" Chris Oakley
The year 1957 is not chosen at random. That is the year contemplated by "Dropshot", the U.S. plan for a third world war, which governed strategic thinking for the 1950s. [continues from Part 1] In actuality, or course, even if the Soviets got to Antwerp, they would be most unlikely to have arrived in Amarillo three years later. Rather than the immediate loss of Western Europe, we must imagine Central Europe becoming a debatable region.<span class=EditorText>Continues from <a href=http://www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?story=39733-I>Part 1</a></span> World War III breaks out in "1957" John Reilly In 1963 newspapers report ~ WHITE HOUSE SHELTER EXCAVATED. POSSIBLE REMAINS OF KENNEDY AND STAFF FOUND. In a project which took four months of planning and two months of digging in the still radioactive "ground zero" of Washington DC, the United States Armed Forces unearthed the remments of the underground A-bomb shelter of the White House.White House destroyed by "Soviet Missiles" Raymond Speer In 1973 on this day the Yom Kippur War started without any warning whatsoever. Israel was caught almost unprepared for the conflict which was unleashed by Syria & Egypt. As a result, most of the Israeli armed forces were on leave for the national holidays, or holy period depending which part of Judaism an Israeli observed, & as such the Egyptians & Syrians decided to take advantage of this fact.Israel heads "Toward the Brink" David Atwell
In 1955 for the first time, developments in modern civil aviation enabled the Chancellor of the Imperial Federation to hastily convene a special assembly to agree a globally co-ordinated response to the Russian dissolution crisis.End of the "Great Game" Steve Payne In 1979 on this day 51.6% of the Scottish electorate voted YES to the post-legislative devolution referendum on the Scotland Act 1978 providing sufficient support for the creation of a devolved deliberative assembly in Edinburgh.Scotish Devolution save Britain from "Thatcherism" Steve Payne In 1973 on this day President Hubert Humphrey awarded the Medal of Freedom with Distinction to former Vice President and Special Envoy to China Richard Milhous Nixon.Humphrey sends "Nixon" to China Stan Brin
In 1963 on this day President John F. Kennedy, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and Governor John Connally attended the funeral of Senator Ralph Yarborough at the "Arlington of Texas" the State Cemetary located east of downtown Austin.Death of "Smilin' Ralph" Steve Payne In 1963 only seventeen days after the assassination of Governor John Connally in Dallas the FBI published a report in which Director J. Edgar Hoover concluded that the motive was a grudge dating back to 1962 when the former Secretary of the Navy turned down a reconsideration of Lee Harvey Oswalds dishonourable discharge from the US Marine Corps.Cover-up in "Dallas" Steve Payne We Didnt Start The Fire: "Part 4" Chris Oakley



In 2011 the remake of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy was released at the Venice Film Festival. Gary Oldman starred as George Smiley the fictionalized "Circus" (British Intelligence) Agent who in 1963 flushed out Prime Minister John Profumo the "mole" planted by the Russians at the heart of the British Government.George Smiley flushes out "the Mole" Steve Payne Full-Court Press: "Part 21" Chris Oakley In 1984 on this day agents of the British Intelligence Service tortured, abducted and then murdered seventy-eight year old Hilda Murrell who had disturbed their search of her Shrewsbury home. Gotcha: "Thatcher is sunk" Steve Payne
In 1993 the man who had acted as go-between for Oarsman and Goatherd when Oarsman recruited Goatherd to the Wilson assassination plot died in Paris after a seven-year battle with cancer.Necessary Evil: "Death of the Go-Between" Chris Oakley In 1992 on this day a chance discovery in Soviet era archive records revealed that treachery in the Nazi High Command was the key to the USSR beating the United States in the race to the moon. Wernher von Braun defects to the "Soviet Union" Steve Payne In 1948 on this day the Republic of South Carolinas Ambassador James Strom Thurmond was summoned to the White House to be curtly advised by President Harry S. Truman that the United States would not be extending the ninety-nine year lease on the disused Federal military installation in Charleston Harbour known as Fort Sumter. The "99yr" lease on Fort Sumter expires Steve Payne
President "Strom Thurmond" Adam Clymer In 1981 on this day the Holy Father Pope John Paul II was assassinated by the Turkish gunman Mehmet Ali Aǧca as he entered St. Peters Square to address an audience. Pope "John Paul II" assassinated in Rome Steve Payne In 1960 on this day President John F. Kennedys administration was almost ended before it could begin as a mentally disturbed ex-postal worker named Richard Pavlick tried to kill the President-elect with a suicide bomb attack on Kennedys Palm Beach vacation house. A Shock To The System: "Part 1" Chris Oakley
In 1969 fan pressure forces NBC to renew Star Trek for a fourth season, in spite of its low ratings. They move it from the Friday night "death slot" they had placed it in to a more congenial Thursday at 7PM, and, to their great surprise, the series shots up in the ratings. Star Trek: "Season Four" Robbie Taylor In 1902 on this day the thirty-third President Thomas Edmund Dewey was born in Owosso, Shiawassee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. President "Thomas E. Dewey" Steve Payne In 1957 in a move that many who knew him considered shockingly uncharacteristic (and believed to have been caused by advisers warning against words antagonizing opponents as had caused massive uprising in Hungary), Russian First Secretary of the Communist Party Nikita Khrushchev said during an interview with an American reporter that he would be willing to share missile technology with the United States, who clearly did not have the same ICBM capabilities as the Soviets. Khrushchev Offers to "Share Technology" Jeff Provine



Aux Etoiles!: "Part 4" Chris Oakley In 1979 on this day English republicans bombed the Shadow V the thirty-four foot long lobster-potting and tuna fishing boat owned by the private citizen Louis Battenberg (formerly His Serene Highness Prince Louis of Battenberg) near the castle in Mullaghmore, County Sligo where he had lived in internal exile for six decades.English Republicans assassinate "Louis Mountbatten" Steve Payne Stop Em At The 38th Parallel "Part 7" Chris Oakley
Stop Em At The 38th Parallel "Part 6" Chris Oakley In 1981 following a long, long night full of unspeakable sadness at Tartars kitchen in the government yard in Trench Town thirty-six year old Nesta Robert (Bob) Marley finally passed away.Rise of the GZR: "Tuff Gong Passes Away" Steve Payne In 1974 on this day the Euro Arab Dialogue (EAD) began with a ministerial level meeting between representatives of the Arab League and the European Communities in Paris.Birth of "Eurabia" Steve Payne
In 1977 on this day at his Addis Ababa headquarters in Ethiopia the iconic leader of the Semitic-African Resistance Nesta Robert (Bob) Marley learnt the dreadful truth that his days of running like a fugitive were numbered.Bob Marley's Vision of "Three Little Birds" Steve Payne In 1968 on this day the Great Powers were brought to the brink of nuclear warfare by their careless meddling in the Nazi succession crisis which was precipitated by the final decline and long-expected demise of Führer Hermann Göring.End of the "Cold Peace" Steve Payne "Kashmir" Remains Independent Jeff Provine
In 1943 the <a href=http://www.lulu.com/content/110455>Greater Zionist Resistance (GZR)</a> suffered an incalculable loss with the arrest of thirty-three year old <a href=http://www.thestar.com/article/424569>Irena Sendler</a> in the Warsaw Ghetto. Gestapo officers of the <a href=http://www.lulu.com/content/110455>New Reich</a> raided the Childrens Division of Zegota - a Polish underground group to assist Jewish people - from where Sendler was operating as agent <a href=http://www.irenasendler.org/facts.asp>Jolanta</a>.Protocols: "Life in a Jar" Steve Payne In 1956 proof that the Arab Victory in 1948 was backed by a vast injection of Nazi funds provided to the Mufti of Jerusalem accompanied a letter posted from a remote part of Argentina to the West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer.Protocols: "Tucaman sets the record straight" Steve Payne In 1976 discovering that the leader of the Semitic-African Resistance Nesta Robert (Bob) Marley was playing soccer with street kids, agents of the New Reich surrounded a house on Hope Road in Kingston Jamaica, but the children got in the way of the ambush and somehow "Tuff Gong" managed to escape with minor injuries to the arm and chest..Protocols: "Tuff Gong" makes his escape Steve Payne



In 1983 Betty Hamilton, onetime chief stewardess on Steve Burtons old flight crew, testified before a Congressional science sub-committee concerning her experiences with the time-space rift described by Alexander B. Fitzhugh in his account of the so-called "<a href=http://www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?story=39611-R>land of giants</a>" incident.Giant Surprise: "Part 6" Chris Oakley Venceremos! The Florida Keys War: "Part 10" Chris Oakley Venceremos! The Florida Keys War: "Part 8" Chris Oakley
Venceremos! The Florida Keys War: "Part 13" Chris Oakley Venceremos! The Florida Keys War: "Part 14" Chris Oakley Venceremos! The Florida Keys War: "Part 15" Chris Oakley
Venceremos! The Florida Keys War: "Part 16" Chris Oakley Venceremos! The Florida Keys War: "Part 17" Chris Oakley Venceremos! The Florida Keys War: "Part 18" Chris Oakley
Venceremos! The Florida Keys War: "Part 19" Chris Oakley Venceremos! The Florida Keys War: "Part 7" Chris Oakley Venceremos! The Florida Keys War: "Part 5" Chris Oakley



Venceremos! The Florida Keys War: "Part 4" Chris Oakley Venceremos! The Florida Keys War: "Part 6" Chris Oakley Venceremos! The Florida Keys War: "Part 9" Chris Oakley
Venceremos! The Florida Keys War: "Part 11" Chris Oakley Venceremos! The Florida Keys War: "Part 12" Chris Oakley Venceremos! The Florida Keys War: "Part 2" Chris Oakley
Venceremos! The Florida Keys War: "Part 3" Chris Oakley In 1951 the political tensions which had been mounting in Spain since the Bellus-Zyra disater reached the boiling point when Francisco Franco was assassinated at a Falangist youth rally in Cadiz.Worlds Collide: the "Death of Franco" Chris Oakley In 1986 on this day the beleaguered Romanov regime in Moscow held the Soviet Unions 59th annual Red Square parade commemorating the anniversary of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution. Necessary Evil: "Red Square Parade" Chris Oakley
In 1950 communist plans to re-unite the Koreas by force of arms collapsed after the sudden death of Joseph Stalin and the eternal president Kim Il-sung (pictured) was forced to stand down his fully mobilized army even though the troops were poised for invasion on the 38th paralell. Stalin dies on the "eve of the Korean War" Steve Payne Target Damascus: "Part 2" Steve Payne Target Damascus: "Part 1" Steve Payne



Editorial: "An Office In Tatters" Chris Oakley 1969: "Sino-Soviet" War Begins Jeff Provine In 1946 Absaroka is admitted to the United States, becoming the forty-ninth state of the Union."Absaroka" joins the Union Eric Lipps
In 1973 the refusal of the Portugese Government alongside Americas traditional European allies to allow re-supply aircraft to land for refueling or even overfly their territory forced Secretary of Defense James R. Schlesinger to call off "Operation Nickel Grass" and advise Richard Nixon that he was unable to fulfill the Presidents executive order to "send everything that can fly" to the State of Israel.Operation "Nickel Grass" is cancelled Steve Payne Obituaries: "Sergei Kirov", 77 Chris Oakley Havana or Bust: "The Making of Venceremos!" Chris Oakley
"Constitution" Sails Again Matt Dattillo Non-AH Content In 1950 despite the prediction of an easy victory without Chinese intervention given at their Wake Island Conference, U.S. President Harry S. Truman rejected General Douglas MacArthurs brilliant but reckless plans for a conclusive invasion of North Korea. Truman denies Mac's invasion of "North Korea" Steve Payne In 1976 Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy receives the Democratic nomination for President. "Ted Kennedy" nominated in 1976 Eric Lipps
In 1979 on this day, former President of the United States M. Michael "Duke" Morrison passed away in his Newport Beach, California home due to a lengthy bout with stomach cancer.A legend passes away in "Death of the Duke" Zach Timmons In 1933 all political parties except the Communist Party, known formally as the National Socialist German Workers Party, were outlawed by order of Chancellor Ernst Roehm (pictured). A cowed Reichstag - soon to be renamed the Volkstag - signed off on the measure despite the fact that it meant that bodys reduction to a puppet in the hands of a dictator.Roehms triumph had been a long time coming. The Germany of Chancellor "Ernst Roehm" Eric Lipps In 1985 the Speaker of the House, Tip ONeill (pictured) was sworn in as the forty-first President on this day.Forty-first President "Tip O'Neill " sworn in David Tenner



Imshallah "Part 12": The Capture of Tehran, 1983 Chris Oakley Skylab "Falls to Earth" Matt Dattillo Non-AH Content Full-Court Press: "Part 21" Chris Oakley
Kill Or Be Killed "Part 7" Chris Oakley In 1985 on this day the Chief archivist of the Latter Day Saints Church received an unsolicited letter from a former LDS missionary called Mark Hoffman containing a sample of the Lost 112 Pages of the Book of Mormon. Lost Pages of the "Book of Mormon" Eric Oppen In 1963 on this day an American plot to assassinate Fidel Castro was foiled by Senor Eusebio Azcue the Cuban consul in Mexico City. Cuban consul in Mexico City saves "Fidel Castro" Steve Payne
In 1963 joined in their historic struggle to liberate Vietnam from neo-colonial rule the first wave of American Advisers led by Lieutenant Colonel John Paul Vann enabled left-behind Viet Minh forces to score a decisive victory at <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ap_Bac>Ap Bac</a>. John Paul Vann brings AmRev to "Vietnam" Steve Payne In 1997 following the tragic death of Vice President Albert Gore in the crash of Air Force Two as he returned from a summit in China, President Clinton nominated Gary Condit to become the nations 46th Vice-President, the second person to be nominated to fill a vacancy in the office since Nelson Rockefeller in 1974.President "Gary Condit" enters White House amid a time of tragedy and scandal. Steve Payne In 2871 old style, a remarkable discovery was made by cyborg archeologists dispatched from the Post-American world of Samothrace in the Alpha Centauri system. Future President Mandela is arrested at "Liliesleaf Farm". Steve Payne
In 1976 only two years after Watergate a second White House occupant was forced to make a shabby exit when the 38th President of the United States Carl B. Albert turned over to the General Services Administration gifts he had accepted from a lobbyist (who was also a member of South Korean intelligence) before resigning due to his involvement in the <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koreagate>Tongsun Park scandal</a>. Fall of the "Little Giant from Little Dixie" Steve Payne Zero Tolerance "Part 4": The 1956 Montgomery Riots Chris Oakley Washington-Moscow "Hotline" established Matt Dattillo Non-AH Content



Murder Of O.J. Simpson in "Sudden Death" Part 4 Chris Oakley In 1981 in what some describe as a "misguided teenage prank gone terribly wrong" and others "the greatest tragedy of our time", Queen Elizabeth II of England died in a fall from her horse due to a starting pistol being fired by Marcus Sarjeant. "Queen Elizabeth I" killed by prankster Eric Lipps Sweet Home Chicago Part 5: "Conclusion of the Series" Chris Oakley
In 1934 the first human being to set foot on the Moon Soviet cosmonaut Alexey Arkhipovich Leonov was born on this day in the small settlement of Listvyanka in the Kemerovo Oblast.The "Soviet Union" wins the Space Race Steve Payne In 1932 on this day William Pettus "Bill" Hobby, Jr. the thirtieth President of the <a href=http://althistory.wikia.com/wiki/Second_Republic_of_Texas_(Balkanization_of_North_America)>Second Republic of Texas</a> was born in the city of Houston."Bill Hobby" 30th Texan President Steve Payne In 1982 on this day in New York City the piercing sincerity of ten simple words from an anonymous fan convinced the desperately sick American singer and drummer Karen Carpenter to search for a way out of her life-threatening cycle of eating disorders and in so doing solve the problem that was threatening to destroy her relationship with her brother and co-star Richard Carpenter.<font color=red size=-2>Watch the Youtube Clip of "Please Mr Postman - The Carpenters" (1975)</font> <a target=_blank href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHfddvbKb4w><img src=http://i.l.cnn.net/cnn/.element/img/2.0/global/icons/video_icon.gif border=0></a>A mysterious stranger saves "Karen Carpenter" Steve Payne
In 1917 on this day the twentieth second President of the Confederate States John Bowden Connally, Jr. was born in Floresville, Wilson Co., Texas.Birth of Confederate President "John B Connally, Jr." Steve Payne In 1941 this day the future President of Nigeria Kenule Beeson (Ken) Saro-Wiwa was born at Bori in the Niger Delta.Ken Saro-Wiwa lifted above the "Darkling Plain" Steve Payne In 1963 on this day at the sixtieth International Olympic Committee Session in Baden-Baden, West Germany, Detroit finished ahead of bids from Mexico City, Buenos Aires and Lyon to host the Games of the XIX Olympiad.<font color=red size=-2>Watch The Detroit Youve Never Met on Youtube</font> <a target=_blank href= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9uWSNbHEps><img src=http://i.l.cnn.net/cnn/.element/img/2.0/global/icons/video_icon.gif border=0></a>Detroit hosts the "1968 Olympics" Stéphane Dumas
In 1963 newspapers report ~ DEAN RUSK SWORN IN AS PRESIDENT. FORMER SECRETARY OF DEFENCE McNAMARA TAKES OATH AS VICE PRESIDENT. NEW YORK GOVERNOR NELSON ROCKEFELLER IS NEW SECRETARY OF STATE."President Rusk" Sworn in Steve Payne The year 1957 is not chosen at random. That is the year contemplated by "Dropshot", the U.S. plan for a third world war, which governed strategic thinking for the 1950s. Originally created in 1949, the plan was eventually released under the Freedom of Information Act. It was published, with commentary, in 1978 by Anthony Cave Brown in a book entitled "Dropshot". Part One of "Dropshot", World War III in 1957 John Reilly In 1973 there seemed to be little choice for Israel than to exercise the nuclear option. The military situation was dire, especially on the Egyptian front. A large hole had been successfully made in the Israeli centre on the Sinai front."The Specials" save Golda Meir's Israel David Atwell



In 1947 under the auspices of a long-awaited Act of Parliament, His Excellency Sir Mohandas K. Gandhi was appointed Viceregal representative by King George VI, serving as the first indigenous Governor General of the newly constituted Dominion of India until his assassination just six months later.Sir Mohandas K. Gandhi becomes the first indigenous "Governor General" of India. Steve Payne In 1967 on this day the Wise Men Recommend Focusing on the Tunnel, Not the Light. War in French Indochina, later Vietnam, had been raging for almost twenty years. It had begun as campaigns against colonial domination and developed into a movement supporting the growth of Communism. Wise Men recommend focusing on "the Tunnel" not the Light Chris Oakley In 1972 on this day Walter Cronkite departed CBS News with the final words "Ladies and gentlemen, for the last ten years, Ive had the honor of giving you the days news and events, some of the worlds greatest triumphs and worst tragedies. I have always tried to present the news in a way that you - the American people - can relate to. But now I have been asked to serve in a far more important role. I have been asked by Senator George McGovern to step in as his Vice-Presidential candidate for the upcoming election, and I have decided to accept. Although I may seem to be an unusual choice, I will do my utmost for the ticket. This will be my last broadcast as CBS Evening News anchor. Again, it has been an honor. Thank you, and good night".Walter Cronkite accepts the "VP Spot" in 1972 Zach Timmons
In 2697 AUC this day marked the coronation of the first Holy Roman Emperor at Lutetia.In so doing, Charlemagne (pictured) the former Legatus Legionis of Gaul proclaimed the titular successor to the former Western Roman Empire under the principle of translatio imperii, the transfer of rule linking divine history to worldly power. Because "le Grand Charles" sought to establish a new union of territories in Western and Central Europe as a successor state following the fall of Rome. And yet the unexpected opportunity to strike out in a new direction had arisen almost by accident, as a result of a power vacuum that had developed in the last days of the Empire. Because during the Celt conquest of the Italian peninsula, Charlemagne had forged a short-lived alliance with Adolfus, the Legatus Legionis of Germania."Le Grand Charles" becomes the "master of Europe". Steve Payne


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