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#tweetfromalternatehistory @robbietaylor.bsky.social #whatif Jeb wins, Dubya loses? Florida - Oct 1994 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory Bush campaign catches fire, Cuban-American turnout surging & a stronger push in I-4 corridor, beating Lawton Chiles by 2 points www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?st...
November 12, 2025 at 4:52 AM
#tweetfromalternatehistory @robbietaylor.bsky.social #whatif Jeb wins, Dubya loses? Florida - Oct 1994 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory Bush campaign catches fire, Cuban-American turnout surging & a stronger push in I-4 corridor, beating Lawton Chiles by 2 points www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?st...
#tweetfromalternatehistory #whatif Shirley Chisolm's act of radical empathy ushered in a second reconstruction? 1974 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory Mississippi became the 38th state to ratify the Civil Rights Amendment sponsored by the late President Johnson
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November 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM
#tweetfromalternatehistory #whatif Shirley Chisolm's act of radical empathy ushered in a second reconstruction? 1974 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory Mississippi became the 38th state to ratify the Civil Rights Amendment sponsored by the late President Johnson
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#tweetfromalternatehistory 1814 #OnThisDay #alternatehistory U.S.A. celebrates a glorious victory at New Orleans, marked as a National Celebration Day (replacing Thanksgiving) paired with the Fourth of July in the American calendar
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November 9, 2025 at 2:20 PM
#tweetfromalternatehistory 1814 #OnThisDay #alternatehistory U.S.A. celebrates a glorious victory at New Orleans, marked as a National Celebration Day (replacing Thanksgiving) paired with the Fourth of July in the American calendar
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#tweetfromalternatehistory @robbietaylor.bsky.social 1872 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory with equine influenza pandemic crossing the Canadian border & jumping species to humans, the Boston Fire Department is overwhelmed by the Great Fire outbreak www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?st...
November 9, 2025 at 1:46 PM
#tweetfromalternatehistory @robbietaylor.bsky.social 1872 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory with equine influenza pandemic crossing the Canadian border & jumping species to humans, the Boston Fire Department is overwhelmed by the Great Fire outbreak www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?st...
#tweetfromalternatehistory Rome - 1962 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory under the diplomatic mediation of Pope John XXIII, a far-reaching tri-party agreement was signed that significantly reduced the risk of future nuclear confrontation between the super-powers www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?st...
November 9, 2025 at 1:41 PM
#tweetfromalternatehistory Rome - 1962 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory under the diplomatic mediation of Pope John XXIII, a far-reaching tri-party agreement was signed that significantly reduced the risk of future nuclear confrontation between the super-powers www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?st...
#tweetfromalternatehistory @robbietaylor.bsky.social #whatif Appomattox had been a final desperate Confederate last stand? April 9-12, 1865 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia tries to fight its way west rather than surrender www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?st...
November 8, 2025 at 4:55 PM
#tweetfromalternatehistory @robbietaylor.bsky.social #whatif Appomattox had been a final desperate Confederate last stand? April 9-12, 1865 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia tries to fight its way west rather than surrender www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?st...
#tweetfromalternatehistory #Whatif #comet #deepimpact in 1720? @Tanada1945 1720 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory day before New Moon, a new unseen comet with a nucleus 20 miles long and 12 miles wide shaped like a lumpy potato hit the far side of the moon
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November 7, 2025 at 11:59 PM
#tweetfromalternatehistory #Whatif #comet #deepimpact in 1720? @Tanada1945 1720 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory day before New Moon, a new unseen comet with a nucleus 20 miles long and 12 miles wide shaped like a lumpy potato hit the far side of the moon
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#tweetfromalternatehistory 2025 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory the three devolved governments in Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast passed parallel independence motions asserting that their democratic authority is derived directly from their citizens, not Westminster www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?st...
November 6, 2025 at 11:42 PM
#tweetfromalternatehistory 2025 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory the three devolved governments in Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast passed parallel independence motions asserting that their democratic authority is derived directly from their citizens, not Westminster www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?st...
#tweetfromalternatehistory April 1, 1789 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory the House of Representatives achieved a quorum & officially sat for the first time, putting forth nine senators to form the executive oversight committee, who would then select their chairman
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November 5, 2025 at 1:32 AM
#tweetfromalternatehistory April 1, 1789 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory the House of Representatives achieved a quorum & officially sat for the first time, putting forth nine senators to form the executive oversight committee, who would then select their chairman
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#tweetfromalternatehistory #whatif Constitution framers created a "Presidential Oversight Committee"? April 8th, 1952 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory President Truman seized the steel mills under his war powers, claiming it was necessary to ensure national defence
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November 3, 2025 at 3:16 AM
#tweetfromalternatehistory #whatif Constitution framers created a "Presidential Oversight Committee"? April 8th, 1952 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory President Truman seized the steel mills under his war powers, claiming it was necessary to ensure national defence
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#tweetfromalternatehistory #whatif Ashoka had built a Common Fellowship? 282 BE #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory Kalinga, an independent feudal kingdom located on the east coast of Ancient India, was annexed by the Mauryan Empire after a brutal war
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November 3, 2025 at 12:01 AM
#tweetfromalternatehistory #whatif Ashoka had built a Common Fellowship? 282 BE #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory Kalinga, an independent feudal kingdom located on the east coast of Ancient India, was annexed by the Mauryan Empire after a brutal war
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#tweetfromalternatehistory #whatif Einstein Letter started Manhattan Project eighteen months earlier? 1943-4 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory Nazi Germany prepares chemical response to Allied nuclear bombing of Hamburg
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November 2, 2025 at 11:59 PM
#tweetfromalternatehistory #whatif Einstein Letter started Manhattan Project eighteen months earlier? 1943-4 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory Nazi Germany prepares chemical response to Allied nuclear bombing of Hamburg
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#tweetfromalternatehistory #whatif American support for the Panamanian Revolution failed? November 3rd, 1903 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory timely arrival of the Colombian gunboat Bogoté in the Isthmus ensured the collapse of the tiny Panamanian rebel force
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October 28, 2025 at 12:05 AM
#tweetfromalternatehistory #whatif American support for the Panamanian Revolution failed? November 3rd, 1903 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory timely arrival of the Colombian gunboat Bogoté in the Isthmus ensured the collapse of the tiny Panamanian rebel force
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#tweetfromalternatehistory February 8th, 1939 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory Italian ambassador to Britain Dino Grandi was summoned to the British Foreign Secretary's office and confronted with evidence of Italy's covert assistance to the Mosleyite rebellion
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October 27, 2025 at 9:31 PM
#tweetfromalternatehistory February 8th, 1939 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory Italian ambassador to Britain Dino Grandi was summoned to the British Foreign Secretary's office and confronted with evidence of Italy's covert assistance to the Mosleyite rebellion
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#tweetfromalternatehistory #whatif Ottomans Victorious during 1530-1566? 1527 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory Suleiman the Magnificent had only ascended five years before Austria invaded Hungary in an attempt to wrest control away from his empire
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October 27, 2025 at 12:17 AM
#tweetfromalternatehistory #whatif Ottomans Victorious during 1530-1566? 1527 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory Suleiman the Magnificent had only ascended five years before Austria invaded Hungary in an attempt to wrest control away from his empire
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#tweetfromalternatehistory #whatif state assemblies voted for President? by 1820 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory Americans had grown uneasy with the increasingly fractious nature of presidential elections & were ready for Perpetual Union Reform under Amendment XIV
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October 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
#tweetfromalternatehistory #whatif state assemblies voted for President? by 1820 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory Americans had grown uneasy with the increasingly fractious nature of presidential elections & were ready for Perpetual Union Reform under Amendment XIV
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#tweetfromalternatehistory #whatif Constitutional Convention introduced a more effective mechanism for limiting executive overreach? 28th March, 1834 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory the U.S. Senate voted 26-20 to censure President Andrew Jackson with legal effect
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October 26, 2025 at 4:13 AM
#tweetfromalternatehistory #whatif Constitutional Convention introduced a more effective mechanism for limiting executive overreach? 28th March, 1834 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory the U.S. Senate voted 26-20 to censure President Andrew Jackson with legal effect
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#tweetfromalternatehistory #whatif Wehrmacht switch to diesel? 23rd May, 1940 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory the German tank offensive in Normandy suddenly came to an unplanned halt due to a fuel shortage, but Churchill warns "Wars are not won by evacuations"
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October 25, 2025 at 4:39 PM
#tweetfromalternatehistory #whatif Wehrmacht switch to diesel? 23rd May, 1940 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory the German tank offensive in Normandy suddenly came to an unplanned halt due to a fuel shortage, but Churchill warns "Wars are not won by evacuations"
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#tweetfromalternatehistory #whatif Labour government accepts Lord Mountbatten's proposal for continued East of Suez commitments through a Commonwealth Defence Partnership? 1965 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory Wilson and Healey accept the "Mountbatten Compromise"
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October 23, 2025 at 3:05 AM
#tweetfromalternatehistory #whatif Labour government accepts Lord Mountbatten's proposal for continued East of Suez commitments through a Commonwealth Defence Partnership? 1965 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory Wilson and Healey accept the "Mountbatten Compromise"
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#tweetfromalternatehistory July 1905 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory Canadian Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier decides that the St. Lawrence Seaway plan will go forward
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October 18, 2025 at 12:27 AM
#tweetfromalternatehistory July 1905 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory Canadian Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier decides that the St. Lawrence Seaway plan will go forward
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#tweetfromalternatehistory 1744 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory guerilla forces under Cudjoe (Kojo), the greatest of the Jamaican Maroon leaders, captured Spanish Town, the old capital of the Crown Colony and proclaimed a "Confederation of the Mountains" www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?st...
October 16, 2025 at 10:31 PM
#tweetfromalternatehistory 1744 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory guerilla forces under Cudjoe (Kojo), the greatest of the Jamaican Maroon leaders, captured Spanish Town, the old capital of the Crown Colony and proclaimed a "Confederation of the Mountains" www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?st...
#tweetfromalternatehistory #whatif Dombey Mission Succeeds? 31st May, 1793 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory Joseph Dombey safely reaches the USA where he is greeted & entertained as a foreign dignitary by Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?st...
October 15, 2025 at 8:03 PM
#tweetfromalternatehistory #whatif Dombey Mission Succeeds? 31st May, 1793 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory Joseph Dombey safely reaches the USA where he is greeted & entertained as a foreign dignitary by Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?st...
#tweetfromalternatehistory #whatif gender-flipped life of Charles II, from Princess to Restored Queen? with @restorationhat.bsky.social St. James's Palace- 29 May, 1630 #BornOnThisDay in #alternatehistory Princess Carolina to King Charles I & Queen Henrietta Maria
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October 13, 2025 at 2:20 PM
#tweetfromalternatehistory #whatif gender-flipped life of Charles II, from Princess to Restored Queen? with @restorationhat.bsky.social St. James's Palace- 29 May, 1630 #BornOnThisDay in #alternatehistory Princess Carolina to King Charles I & Queen Henrietta Maria
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#tweetfromalternatehistory #whatif Ottoman Admiral Turgut Reis had lived to bypass Fort St. Elmo? 1565 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory Great Siege of Malta ends in Ottoman Victory and declaration of Ottoman naval fortress, "Melita-i Kebir" (Great Melita) www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?st...
October 12, 2025 at 3:23 PM
#tweetfromalternatehistory #whatif Ottoman Admiral Turgut Reis had lived to bypass Fort St. Elmo? 1565 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory Great Siege of Malta ends in Ottoman Victory and declaration of Ottoman naval fortress, "Melita-i Kebir" (Great Melita) www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?st...
#tweetfromalternatehistory #whatif Einstein Letter started Manhattan Project 18 months earlier? Part 3 #OnThisDay #alternatehistory Starting in June 1942, the Great Lakes Project started working in two contradictory directions www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?st...
October 11, 2025 at 8:37 PM
#tweetfromalternatehistory #whatif Einstein Letter started Manhattan Project 18 months earlier? Part 3 #OnThisDay #alternatehistory Starting in June 1942, the Great Lakes Project started working in two contradictory directions www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?st...