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January 18, 1903:President Theodore Roosevelt sends a radio message to King Edward VII: the first transatlantic radio transmission originating in the United States.
The message is heard as 'neener neener' Prompting King Edward to launch a new war against the United States.
Seven years later, the British Americas have formed the basis of the new British Empire. Soon the entire world is consumed, leading to a golden age of steam powered technology under British rule.
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What happened then? Or could have?
Feb 15, 1898: Alert guards prevent saboteurs from planting explosives that would have sunk the USS Maine in Havana Harbor.The captured men claim that William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer hired them to destroy the ship in an attempt to sell news papers.
March 8, 1983 – U.S. President Ronald Reagan calls the Soviet Union an "evil empire".George Lucas files a defamation lawsuit, claiming that associating "evil empire" with Russia could negatively impact ticket sales for the upcoming "Return of the Jedi".
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Canada and the United States agree to construct the Distant Early Warning Line, a system of radar stations in the far northern Arctic regions of Canada and Alaska.
Shortly after being built, instead of detecting Soviet activity picks up transmissions from outer space.
1 year later the earth has entered into something that is known as "The Federation of Planets"
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Millard Fillmore, 13th President of the United States, fakes his own death by staging a stroke.
While no one knows the reason why, speculation is that he never really wanted to be President. He wanted to be a Lumberjack. And that's OK.
Jenni wrote: "If it is May 7th: On this day in 1937, the German passenger airship LZ 129 Hindenburg landed safely in Lakehurst in the early hours of the morning, having delayed it's final approach until the weat..."Are you a Lead Zeppelin fan?
Justin - "February 15, 590 – Khosrau II is crowned king of Persia. During the crowning ceremony a djinn made a deal with the new king to aid him in conquest. Eventually Khosrau broke his deal with the djinn, which ultimately lead to his slow demise"
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What about March 15 and March 22? Ides of March anyone?
March 15, 44 B.C.: Julius Caesar, having been warned to "beware the Ides of March," calls in sick to work and spends day fishing instead. Gets 6 fish, but practices catch and release so as to not bring home the evidence.
March 22, 44 BC. Brutus, son of Julius is arrested and executed for conspiring to kill his father, the emperor. Due to the loss of his son, Julius Cesar gets severly depressed and starts a way too offensive campaign to conquer the world, causing the Roman empires downfall in 23 BC. Ultimately resulting in Mary and Joseph from Nazareth, getting married and gets a son who grows up to be a carpenter with a wife an seven kids. He dies in an building accident at age 49
Jim wrote: "March 22, 1630: The Massachusetts Bay Colony's ban on dice, cards, and gaming tables is overturned when Wil Wheaton travels from the future to teach them how to play Small World."...that ...is ...AWESOME.
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HP Lovecraft dies. While reported as complications due to cancer of the small intestine, the reality was Cthulhu was not happy to have him exposing his existence to the world.
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Clint Malarchuk of the Buffalo Sabres suffers a near-fatal injury when another player accidentally slits his throat. Doctors rebuild him into the worlds first cyborg Goalie. He is banned from the league shortly after his return after posting 20 consecutive shut-outs.
Rob wrote: "March 22, 1989Clint Malarchuk of the Buffalo Sabres suffers a near-fatal injury when another player accidentally slits his throat. Doctors rebuild him into the worlds first cyborg Goalie. He is b..."
I very much like this one.
March 22, 1894It is the first Stanley Cup game and Montreal Hockey Club were to play Ottawa HC. Though as fate would have it, an insane time traveling Toronto Maple Leafs fan kidnapped the Ottawa and replaced them with robots. The Leafs still lost....
March 22nd, 1960NASA's Space Shuttle Columbia is launched from the Kennedy Space Center on its third mission. Due to an almost catastrophic failure upon re-entry, a design flaw was corrected, ensuring its safe operation until being retired in 2011.
322, March 8 - Roman Emperor Constantine I decrees that the the days Veneris, Saturni and Solis are to be days rest in the Empire. Thus why there is now a three day weekend.3012, March 8 - Great Wall Motor has to recall 700,000 of its personal flying cars due to safety concerns over the fusion reactor casing leaks.
1493, March 15 - The Santa Maria, Pinta and Santa Clara founder and sink near Palos Spain killing all aboard.
2076, March 15 - First rover lands on 90377 Sedna, the farthest natural object in the Solar system so far observed.
1457, March 22 - Gutenberg reveals his secret invention, the movable mirror machine. It was composed of thousands of shiny cooper mirrors that could oscillate and reflect light from different sources behind the device. Put together these mirrors could create images, which moved in rapid succession created the illusion of movement. The world's first television.
4534, March 22 - Comet Hale–Bopp becomes the first successful deflection by the International Space Directorate
Proceedings of the United States Senate are broadcast on radio for the first time.
Soon after hearing these proceedings, the people of the United States rise up and form a new government, realising that their current system was at best a waste of everyone's time and money, at worst a dangerous folly that would lead the US into a new dark age.