1968-A Collaborative Timeline

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http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=189227
These are popular on other boards, so I wanted to try it here.

Rules

1. This timeline will be based on a alternative history, starting with a predetermined POD in 1968. It continues to the present day.

2. No nuclear wars, zombies, Soviet conquest of America etc.

3. Politics, and History will be a focus, but lets free alot of space for music, television, film, and literature to take a differant course as well. Culture is very interesting in alternate histories. Sports can be changed too. I wonder how the Dolphins would do in 1972, with Kennedy as President....

4. Dont kill off random people. For example, killing Pol-Pot before he comes to power is ok, but dont kill every other President of the US.

5. Try to keep it in date form. Read the first page of the provided link to get the gist of things.

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I call dibs on all things Jim Morrison!

Gotcha! And I will take the Band. Im starting the first batch of convention post. If you like, you can add the VP canidates. Basically, every 10 years, we combine the decades, and then will repost them into one complete timeline (without our post in between, etc).

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June 5th, 1968: Robert Kennedy wins the California Democratic primary. Moments later, shots ring out in the Kitchen of the Ambassador Hotel. A bullet grazes Kennedy's head, but does not severly injure him. Two bystanders die from wounds sustained.

August 5th, 1968: On the second ballot, California Governor Ronald Reagan is nominated by the Republican Party, after Strom Thurmond hit a deal with him.

October 1st, 1968: George Wallace endorses Ronald Reagan for President, and ends his third party campaign.

August 28th 1968: With Richard Daleys help, Kennedy wins the Democratic nomination over Vice President Hubert Humphrey.

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Another set of PODS..Please, anyone, feel free to contribute. The timeline goes on up to today.


April 4th, 1968: Martin Luther King Junior. is uninjured in a assassination attempt at the Loraine Hotel, in Memphis. A young follower, Jesse Jackson, is wounded.

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August 6th, 1968: The Republican Party nominates Jim Rhodes to be Reagans running mate.

August 29th, 1968: Ralph Yarborough is nominated to be Kennedys running mate.

October 3rd, 1968: Martin Luther King Jr. is tapped to be Eugene McCarthys running mate. He accepts.

October 15th 1968- NBC airs the one and only debate held for the 1968 Presidential Election. It includes only Governor Reagan and Senator Kennedy.

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January 5th, 1968: Alexander Dubcek is named Chairman of the Czechoslovakian Communist Party.

January 14th, 1968: The Oakland Raiders come from behind and beat the Green Bay Packers in Superbowl II 31-29.

January 15th, 1968: A Earthquake rattles Sicily, killing 264, and injuring 307 people.


January 21st, 1968: Battle of Khe Sahn begins in Vietnam

January 23rd, 1968: Pueblo Incident-A small squad of North Korean gunboats attempt to capture the USS Peublo. The ship manages to escape without damage, though a sailor aboard is injured.

January 30th, 1968: Tet Offensive begins.

January 31st, 1968: The US embassy in Saigon is attacked by the Vietcong. Ambassador Bunker is killed in the attack. President Johnson names Graham Martin to the post.

April 8th, 1968: US troops withdrawl from Khe Sahn, the first major defeat for the US military in the war.

January 20th, 1968: Ronald Reagan is sworn in as 37th President.

January 21st: Richard Nixon is appointed US Ambassador to South Vietnam, a position he accepts.

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Hows this for a Reagan cabinet?

Secretary of State-Henry Kissinger

Secretary of Treasury-John Connally

Secretary of Defense-William Rodgers

Attorney General-Spiro Agnew

Secretary of Agriculture-Robert Byrd

Secretary of Commerce-George Romney

Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare-Nelson Rockefeller

Head of the Navy-John McCain II

Secretary of Transportation-John Volpe

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March 15th 1968: Ambassador Nixon is murdered in Saigon by a group of South Vietnamese soldiers, who were really North Vietnamese spies.

See, I had plans for Nixon, so I rather not see him killed so early. How about this-

March 15th, 1969: Ambassador Richard Nixon is uninjured in an ambush by Vietcong fighters.

Welcome to the timeline I hope we could continue this on up to 2011! Also, to make it easier, lets do 10 year blocks. We could start the next time block for 1970-1980, once we get through 68-69..

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August 20th, 1968: Soviet, East German, Polish, Hungarian, and Bulgarian forces invade Czechoslovakia, as a result of the "Prague Spring".

August 21st, 1968: Czechoslovakia surrenders. The reformist leadership is rounded up.

August 22nd, 1968: President Johnson, and President-elect Reagan condemn the crisis in Czechoslovakia.

August 23rd, 1968: North Korean fighter planes shoot down a American plane, sparking further tensions.

August 27th, 1968: The Turkish military attempts a coup, which subsequently fails.

February 2nd, 1969: A Czech student sets himself on fire to protest the Soviet occupation of his nation.

January 21st, 1969: The Reagan cabinet meets for the first time..

Secretary of State-Henry Cabot Lodge
Secretary of Treasury-John Connally
Secretary of Defense-William Rodgers
Secretary of Agriculture-Robert Dole
Secretary of Commerce-George Romney
Attorney General-Spiro Agnew
Secretary of Health,Education, and Welfare-Nelson Rockefeller
Secretary of Transportation-John Volpe


September 1st, 1969: A coup by Colonel Qaddafi fails in Libya. He flees to East Germany.

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By the way, on the forum there's a sweet Reagan in 68 timeline that never got completed that I always thought was awesome. I can give you a link to it.

I read some of it, and it was very good

Are there any Vietnam experts on the forum who would like to contribute?

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July 4th, 1969: Alabama is the first state to pass the 26th amendment.

July 20th, 1969: Apollo 11th results in sucess, with Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins,  and Neil Armstrong walking on the Moon.

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July 18, 1969: In a shocking turn of events, Massachusetts' legislature passes the 26th amendment by one vote. Pundits theorize that an ongoing riot and citizen concerns with bushing may have been what prompted this shocking turn of events.

July 21, 1969: President Ronald Reagan addresses the nation about Apollo 11 and promises to have a lunar base and multiple orbital solar power sattelites in operation by 1976.

July 22-29 1969: Steven Hawking, Arthur C. Clarke, Peter Glaser and William C. Brown appear in front of congress to speak about the feasibility of orbital solar power and propose methods for achieving it. This goes over well, except for the case of Sen. Proxmire(D-WI) who goes into a loud screaming rant for two hours and drops dead from a heart attack on the spot.

I dont know if that is possible. But I suppose we can see it happen with a alternate NASA...As for the Conservative movement, I like that. Its my kind of conservatism.

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January 1st, 1970: Elvis Presley enters a rehabilitation facility near Oak Ridge, Tennesse.

April 13th, 1970: Elvis Presley leaves rehabilitation, and makes his first public appearence in Memphis.

December 20th, 1970: Elvis Presley visits President Reagan at the White House, becoming a honorary ATF member.

January 13th, 1971: Elvis Presley announces a farewell tour.

February 15th, 1971: Elvis Presley gives his final concert in Nashville. For publicity, no audio recordings or films our made--tickets sell out in hours.

December 1st, 1971: Elvis Presley announces he will be running as a independent for the US House of Represenatives, in Tennessees 8th district, on a platform of combating drugs, achohol. He gains the endorsement of former VP and Ambassador Richard Nixon.

November 7th, 1972: Elvis Presley defeats Republican Dan Kuykendall, and a minor Democratic challenger to be elected to the US House.

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Thanks Hotblack Desiato, I am really glad this has been combined. Thats alot of work combining the timeline, and putting dates in order. Much appreciated

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September 11th, 1971: Ed Muskie announces he will seek the Democratic nomination in 1972.

September 29th, 1971: Robert Kennedy announces he will seek the Presidency once more.

October 6th, 1971: George McGovern announces he will seek the Democratic nomination.

October 8th, 1971: Martin Luther King Jr. announces he will seek the White House.

October 16th, 1971: Pete McCloskey announces he will challenge President Reagan.

October 21st, 1971: Senator Mark Hatfield says he is considering a Republican primary bid.

November 2nd, 1971: George Wallace announces he will seek the Democratic nomination. Hubert Humphrey also announces his campaign on the same day.

November 5th, 1971: Ambassador Nixon announces he will not seek the Presidency, and that he hasnt even considered it.