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1935
North America
The effects of the Dust Bowl continue into this year.

Wyoming gains statehood.

South America
Argentina turns down a request of official alliance with Germany. They don’t want to commit themselves to any war in Europe.

Africa
The Toubou people continue their resistance against the French.

Resistance in Ethiopia is defeated by Italian forces.

Europe
The United Kingdom continues to build up its air force and land forces.

The Silesian communists continue to loose ground against the Nazi regime.

The numbers of people in the employ of the SS doubles of the course of the year.

Asia
The French Middle-East is divided into a separate Syria and Lebanon, owing to the differences between the ethnic groups in the region, which was creating tensions that the French wanted to diffuse.

Anti-Stalin uprisings in Central Asia are defeated.

The Chinese Warlord period continues.

Pyongyang is captured by the Japanese, most of the remaining defenses in northern Korea collapse.

Oceania
Severe social unrest in Sydney ends after the Commonwealth government uses Federal Police to do what the State Government is unwilling to do. A New South Wales election is called and the corrupt Lang Labor Government is voted out.

1957
North America
Canada
Television reaches Edmonton when the CBC begins broadcast in the city.

American Republic
The Golden Circle forces are driven out of Utah, Colorado and central Texas.

Golden Circle
More conscription is ordered as American forces enter their territory.

The French break out of their beachhead around Port au Prince.

South America
The Venezuelan movement captures several cities and so becomes more than a guerrilla force.

The Colombians gain more territory at the expense of the Equadorians and the Golden Circle.

Brazil pushes the Amazonas forces out of their territory and counter invade. They also push the Guyana and Tawantinsuyu forces.

Europe
Estonia joins the Baltic Federation after a referendum the previous year.

Thera on Santorini erupts, causing flights over the Aegean to be redirected for a few weeks.

The Space Age begins when Russia launches Sputnik 1 on the 4th of October.

Africa
Ivory Coast gains independence from France.

Asia
Aceh joins the Confederation of Nusantara.

1959
North America
The Pan American War continues. The American Republic captures more Golden Circle territory. They find many POW camps where the prisoners had received absolutely abysmal treatment.

South America
The Pan American War continues. The Colombian and Venezuelan rebel states are able to gain ground.

Europe
Treaty of Ithaca: The United Kingdom cedes the Ionian islands to Greece.

Africa
The Communist uprising in southern Egypt gains more land.

The Nigerien War of Independence continues.

Asia
The Pakistani Revolution intensifies.

Oceania
Fleet actions in the Pan American War cease, no longer threatening to bring the Australian Confederation into the War.

1962
North America
It is noted that the ‘hippie’ subculture has expanded beyond its origin on the West Coast.

New Mexico is added to the Union.

The El Peso Territory is added to Texas.

South America
Colombia and Venezuela re-establish civilian rule in the areas conquered by the Great Circle during the War.

The uprising in Mato Grasso do Sul is defeated.

Europe
Treaty of Bruges: Southern England turns over the City of Bruges to Belgium.

Brittany joins the Celtic League.

Africa
Cyrenaica is annexed by Libya after a ‘referendum’.

The rebellion in the south of Egypt gains ground.

With their invasion of Katanga being successful, Zaire begins an additional invasion of the Brazilian Congo.

Asia
Tensions increase in the south of Afghanistan.

1988
Global
The Montreal Protocol goes into effect, banning the use of Chloroflurocarbons. Eventually, the Ozone hole will shrink.

Americas
George H. W. Bush (R TX) wins the Presidential election, defeating the Incumbent Jimmy Carter (D GA).

The North Tower of the World Trade Center is completed.

Star Trek: The Next Generation begins. It would prove to be the most popular Star Trek series prior to the advent of streaming.

Europe
In Italy, anti-monarchist sentiment continues to rise.

Africa
The Gambia gains independence from the United Kingdom.

The Congo Civil War continues.

Asia
The Kazakh War of Independence continues.

The Kyrgyz War of Independence also continues.

Chinese-Baruun War begins after the Chinese decide that the Kazakh rebellion has weakened them.

Hong Kong becomes China’s first Special Administrative Region, after Canada’s lease on the New Territories expires.

Vietnamese Civil War Continues.

Oceania
Australia
Labor wins the Federal Election. Bob Hawke becomes Prime Minister.

Immigration from Europe increases by 20%.

1964
North America
New Brunswick joins Canada. The nation’s economy had been declining for years (and there was no interest in joining the Empire Federation or American Republic).

American Republic
McCarthy wins re-election by over 280 Electoral Votes. There are recounts in some states, but hardly any controversy.

Utah is readmitted to the Union. The damage to the infrastructure done by the War is mostly repaired.

Great Circle
A nationalist uprising in Yucatan is defeated.

South America
A border dispute between Argentina and Bolivia is resolved.

Europe
Xth Treaty of Athens. Santorini is transferred from the United Kingdom to Greece.

Africa
The Egyptian Communist rebels are on the path to defeat.

The Burkinabe Revolution begins after Malian troops fire on a peaceful demonstration…

Asia
A peaceful year.

Oceania
The New Parliament House opens in Canberra.

1966
North America
Color television begins in Canada.

McCarthy’s second re-election sees protests from some Pro-Democrat groups.

The Integration following the Pan American War having completed, Arizona achieves statehood. There are some in Congress who consider it too soon, but their concerns are overridden.

Star Trek (the animated series) is cancelled. Production of the Motion Picture begins.

South America
Treaty of Punta Arenas. Denmark drops it’s claim over the southern cone.

Europe
Cornwall is absorbed into Wessex.

The Greek Monarchy is exiled from the mainland.

Silesia votes by 73% to join Poland.

Africa
The Burkinabe rebels gain more territory.

Asia
The Taliban capture more territory in the south of Afghanistan.

The Sikhs forces are pushed further south.

( 1970 )

1973
North America
Montana joins the American Republic. They had been economically dependent on their eastern and southern neighbors for some time.

Star Trek II: Yesteryear would remain the highest grossing Star Trek film until the 90’s.

South American
Further Centralisation in Brazil.

Europe
An IRA attack in London is the last in Southern England. The Troubles would remain confined to Northern Ireland from now on.

Territorial disputes between Southern England and Denmark are resolved.

The first free and fair elections are held in Galicia. Electoral reform had occurred over the last two years.

Africa
The Mauritanian War of Independence continues after breaking out the previous year.

Asia
Denmark drops their claim on eastern Yemen after signing a treaty with Indopacifica.

The Sikh rebels continue to lose against the Pakistani armed forces.

The People’s Republic of China absorbs the Republic of Hainan after a ‘referendum’.

Oceania
The Papuan Civil War starts. Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser promises Australian support to the pro-democratic forces after a successful uprising occurs.

Color Television is introduced to Australia and New Zealand.

The transcontinental railway from the South Australian port city of Port Augusta to the New Hollander Gold mining city of Kalgoorlie opens...

1977
Global
The Montreal Protocol goes into effect, banning the use of Chloroflurocarbons. Eventually, the Ozone hole will shrink.

North America
Nova Scotia leaves the Celtic League towards the end of the year. The Government sees the writing on the wall.

There's a brief diplomatic incident when some Native Americans from Montana seek asylum in Canada...

Apple releases its second personal computer system, the Apple ][. It outsells the previous Apple system.

Microsoft is founded.

Hawai’I joins the Union.

South America
Reforms in Brazil centralise more power in Brasilia.

Europe
Acquitanie secedes from the United Kingdom after a referendum. There had been dissatisfaction with the increasing prominence of the English language…

Africa
The War of Mauritanian Independence continues.

Liberia is given to Acquitanie by the United Kingdom.

Asia
Russia annexes the Altai Republic. This is the beginning of the imperialist expansion that would last well into the 21st Century.

The Dravidian Rebellion begins after years of civil disobedience.

Oceania
The Papuan Civil War continues.

New Zealand leaves the Celtic League.

1981
North America
Joe Liberman’s Inauguration goes off without issue, despite threats from various quarters.

Columbia goes on its first mission, beginning the Space Shuttle Program.

South America
The War of the Pacific continues.

The Falklands War begins, with Argentina seizing part of one of the islands. The war would then stall.

Europe
The ‘non democratic’ Parliament of Wessex is dissolved, with the Parliament in Nottingham taking on the lawmaking powers for Wessex. There are protests in Winchester, but Nottingham ignores them. Gunpowder Night in Winchester is tense, but there are no riots.

Galicia is annexed by Spain following a referendum early in the year. (A dictatorship had been overthrown in the past several years.)

The Winter War continues.

Africa
The Tunisian Civil War begins.

Tanganyikia gains independence from Southern England.

Asia
Russia annexes the Siberian Republic, a state that had broken away from the former Russian Empire around a century earlier.

Japan
Nintendo breaks into the video gaming market with the Game Watch selling out within a month.

Oceania
The Papuan War continues.

1985
North America
Canada
American shows begin to be shot in Vancouver, due to favourable (financial) conditions (compared to California). Indeed, the British Columbia Provincial Government debates on whether to make it even more favourable.

United States
Apple releases the Macintosh, its first personal computer with a Graphical User Interface based OS.

Back to the Future tops the box office numbers by the end of the year.

Mexico
Sinoloa joins Mexico as a state early in the year, following a referendum the previous year

South America
Uruguay leaves the Commonwealth.

The Falklands War concludes with Argentina conceding defeat.

Europe
Ireland, United Kingdom, Southern England
Wessex and Mercia-Northumberland are merged into Mercia-Wessex-Northumberland. The justification being centralising the administration in Nottingham would bring about cost savings.

Munster joins Ireland.

Ireland joins the Northern European Economic Community later in the year.

Eastern Europe
Treaty of Odesa. The United Kingdom gives Odesa to Ukraine. This completes the UK’s withdrawal from the Black Sea.

Africa
Cameroon gains independence from Southern England.

In South Africa, Shillingsworth discovers a tablet that indicates that Christians arrived in the region earlier than it was conventionally thought. (And then she has to rush back to London to attend her mentor's funeral...)

Asia
Buryatia and Zabaykalsky are annexed by Russia.

India annexes Nepal due to a succession crisis threatening to devolve into a civil war. Given that the Nepalese Government was Pro-China, Beijing recalls their Ambassador for a few months…

1988
Global
The Montreal Protocol goes into effect, banning the use of Chloroflurocarbons. Eventually, the Ozone hole will shrink.

North America
United States
Gary Hart wins over 300 Electoral votes. There are recounts in some Southern states, but there are no major controversies. (Even so, there are protests in Mississippi that threaten to get out of hand.)

The uprising in Washington continues, but it is losing steam.

South America
A rebellion in northern Brazil is defeated.

Uruguay’s claims on Argentinian and Brazilian territory are resolved. This would set in motion the resolutions which will occur in the next few decades.

Europe
Western Europe
The United Kingdom joins the Northern European Economic Community after a referendum the previous year.

In North France, the formerly popular television series Oceanautique (about the crew of a submarine in the mid 21st Century) comes to an end.

Eastern Europe
Bessarabia declares itself independent from Dacia. It is suspected that the referendum may have been rigged.

Africa
The Senegalese War of Independence begins.

Asia
Amuria is peacefully annexed by Russia.

The Taliban capture more territory in the north.

1990
North America
Nova Scotia joins Canada after a referendum the previous year.

The United States peacefully annexes the Floridan republic after a referendum the previous year. However, there are protests as the referendum was very close.

There are protests in the Iroquois Territory after the merge into New York State is announced.

The remnants of Norse paganism, in the form of the Cult of Loki, die out in eastern Minnesota. The last Loki cultists either die of old age, or a protolyzed by Lutheran missionaries.

Europe
The Good Friday Agreement brings an end to the Troubles in Northern Ireland.

The Spartan conquest of Crete continues.

Africa
The Senegalese War of Independence continues.

Asia
Nintendo releases the Super Famicom.

( 1993 )

1996
North America
The 26th Amendment is ratified. The voting age is consistently applied at 18 years across the United States. Prior to this, most states had the voting age at 21.

Jesse Jackson is elected for the first time by over 300 electoral votes. There are recounts in various counties, but the overall tally isn’t delayed.

The last Native Speakers of Dakota Norse die of old age.

Apple officially opens its new headquarters in Cupertino, California. The move from the old HQ in San Francisco is complete.

LampLight Productions releases All For One.

South America
In Colombia, the Cali rebellion is defeated. It had lasted for over a decade.

The border dispute between Argentina and Brazil is resolved.

Europe
Iceland gains independence from the United Kingdom after a referendum the previous year. There is widespread celebration in the smaller towns. There is more sedate celebration in Reykjavik. Separatism had been increasing over the past two decades.

The Nordic population in Lindsey is now 5.3%.

Tensions between the EU and the Rome Pact continue to ease.

Africa
The Canary Islands join Spain after a referendum.

Asia
Mindanao votes to join the Philippines in a highly contested vote. There are accusations of vote rigging by pro-Philippine forces.

Oceania
The Federated States of Micronesia enters Free Association with the United States.