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  1. WI: A Catholic Vietnamese Emperor

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  2. WI: British Forces find Dolley Madison

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  3. WI: Iberian Union under Portuguese Hegemony

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  4. WI: 1881, No One in the US Presidential Line of Succession

    The Presidential Succession Act of 1792 was the first piece of legislation that extended the US Presidential Line of Succession beyond the Vice Presidency. Section 9 declared that, in the event of the removal, resignation, or death of both the President and Vice President, the President pro...

  5. WI: Washington Dies in Office in 1790

    Despite there being only eight U.S. Presidents who have died in office, there are dozens of cases of officeholders being placed in severe danger. Lyndon Johnson was almost shot by his bodyguard the night after the Kennedy assassination. Grover Cleveland had a tumor removed in the dead of night...

  6. WI: President-Elect Hayes Assassinated

    For the 1876 Presidential Election, Florida, Louisiana and South Carolina were expected to vote for Tilden. The state electoral commissions, which had been set up during Reconstruction, realized that if all these states flipped in Tilden's favor then the Democrats would win and they would...

  7. WI: The Old River fails; Atchafalaya captures the Mississippi

    For about a century and a half, the United States Army Corps has been engaged in a slow motion battle with Mother Nature. The Mississippi River with its sand and silt has created most of Louisiana. It could not have done so by remaining in one channel. Instead, for most its history, the river...

  8. WI: Kublai Khan the Catholic

    The arrival of Marco Polo and his family caused a great stir in Dadu, capital of the great Mongol Empire. It was the first time that a European had stepped foot in the Khan's court. Although Kublai and his advisers had heard many stories about Europe, they received a first had account in 1264...

  9. Taft joins the Supreme Court in 1903

    In 1903, President Roosevelt offered Taft a position on the Supreme Court to which he had spent his career aspiring toward. However, he refused the position because it would involve resigning as Governor-General of the Philippines and he believed the Filipinos were not yet capable of governing...

  10. WI: Castro Assassinated in 1960

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  11. WI: LBJ Re-enters the 1968 Race

    From the BBC. Audio recordings in the link. While Nixon's sabotage is now widely known, I am not sure it was confirmed that LBJ had evidence of that fact. What if Lyndon Johnson had decided to enter the Democratic Primary in August 1968, shortly before the Convention, and leaked the Nixon tapes?

  12. Church Councils every five years

    Pope Martin V was elected in 1417 during the long and heated Council of Constance. The main issue was the Western Schism, which had severely damaged the reputation of the office. After the resignation of both Popes, the general consensus throughout the Church was that the world needed a Pope who...

  13. WI: Eva Perón without cancer

    What if Eva Perón of Argentina had not developed cervical cancer? Would she have won her vice presidential run and how would the military have reacted?

  14. WI: Jefferson's Treason Discovered

    The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions were political statements drafted in 1798 and approved by the state legislatures of Kentucky and Virginia. In short, the Resolutions argued that each state had the authority to declare any act by the federal government unconstitutional. To many on the...

  15. FDR in Cuba

    Franklin Delano Roosevelt was a very unhappy teenager. Resentful that he struggled in sports and homesick at prep school, Roosevelt turned inward. His only social saving grace turned out to be his relationship with his cousin, Teddy Roosevelt. A small clique gathered around FDR, with hopes they...

  16. Godfrey of Bouillon lives; Papal Jerusalem?

    Godfrey of Bouillon was a Frankish knight and one of the most prominent leaders of the First Crusade. While all others hesitated, Godfrey besieged Jerusalem and successfully conquered the city. Although he accepted leadership over the newly conquered lands, he refused the title 'King'...

  17. No Mayerling Incident (Prince Rudolf Lives)

    Born the only son of Emperor Franz Joseph and his wife Empress Elisabeth, Rudolf Hapsburg was the heir apparent of the Austrian Empire. Always a figure of interest and intrigue, Rudolf died under mysterious circumstances in 1889. The death made international headlines and sent the royal family...

  18. Annie Oakley Kills the Kaiser

    On a chilly November evening in 1889, long before the hounds of war had reared their heads over Europe, Annie Oakley was touring Europe as part of the Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The show had seen much success throughout its run and tonight would be no different. The rich and powerful of...

  19. DBWI: A Return of Superman?

    After years of waning interest in the hero DC Comics decided in 1992 to kill off their most famous property, Superman. The event gained national media attention and forever changed the dynamics of death in comic books. Despite several attempts to reintroduce the Man of Steel into canon years...

  20. WI: Three Dead Popes

    In 1978, Pope John Paul I was elected to much celebration. Known as the 'Smiling Pope', he made it his mission to humanise the Papacy and weed out corruption. It was expected that he would rule for at least a decade. The world was shocked when he died within thirty-three days of his election. A...
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