Timeline

This is a timeline designed to show all major events both part of actual canon and added canon.

Content
This is a chronological rundown of the events of this alternative timeline. At some parts it perfectly mirrors our own. Major divergences start at the 1960's.

1945

 * May 7: VE-day, Victory for the allies in Europe.
 * Operation Paperclip is in effect, as both the United States and Soviet Union try to snatch as many German scientists and plans as possible for own gain.
 * September 2: V-day, Japan officially surrenders to the United States of America after the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August.

1946

 * July 29: The Hollywood blacklist begins. The United States government under President Truman cracks down on suspected subversive and communist writers in Hollywood.

1949

 * October 1: The People's Republic of China is founded by the Chinese Communist Party and its leader Mao Zedong.

1957

 * October 4: Sputnik 1 is launched by the Soviet Union and was the first artificial Earth satellite in space. This event inaugurated the Space Race between the United States, Soviet Union, and later: China.

1961

 * April 12: Senior Lieutenant Yuri Gagarin of Sovkosmos became the first human in space. Gagarin orbited the Earth in his Vostok 1 spacecraft which took him one hour and forty-eight minutes. Yuri landed safely back on earth, sixteen miles south west of Engels, in the Saratov region.
 * May 5: Captain Carl Bell of the United States Space Agency became the first 'official' human in space. This claim is disputed by both the Soviet Union and China. Captain Bell's flight in Space Capsule Defiance 7 lasted twelve minutes and seven seconds, and made a full revolution around the Earth. Bell died when the capsule crashed on its return to Earth.

1969

 * By this year, the United States is divided into thirteen commonwealths; each of which encompasses several states. The national flag is changed to reflect this and depicts fourteen stars - thirteen in a circle to represent the commonwealths and one in the middle to represent the federal government and the nation as a whole.
 * July 16: The Virgo II Lunar Lander Valiant 11 with U.S.S.A. astronauts Captain Richard Wade, Captain Mark Garris, and Captain Michael Hagen lands on the Moon. The astronauts become the first humans to walk on a celestial body other than Earth.
 * November 14: Virgo III Lander Valiant 12 lands on the Moon.

-work in progress-