Arthurian Assassination Attempt

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April 15th, 2007

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in 1891, in a swift voting session, Congress authorizes President Harrison's use of force to subdue the Kansas rebellion of 'Sockless' Jerry Simpson. Harrison immediately turns to his War Secretary and tells him to “Do whatever it takes, but bring Kansas back among us.” Secretary Proctor assembles the nation's generals in Washington and tells them to plan out the conquest of Kansas – with as little bloodshed as possible. Simpson, on the other hand, is calling for “The defense of our home, no matter the price we must pay in blood.”

in 1998, the first of many assassination attempts against Arthur Pendrake fails when his French aide, Lance du Lac, notices a bomb planted on the underside of Arthur's car. Arthur's chief advisor, Merl Myrddin, tightens security around Arthur from that point on, but the would-be king resists. “If I cannot be close to the people, then there is no point in our continuing this campaign, Merl,” he says. “If that means risking death, so be it. A monarch of the realm cannot be intimidated by thugs who haven't the courage to face you when they try to kill you.” Myrddin reluctantly agrees that Arthur must be seen as accessible in order to maintain his relationship with the people, but makes sure that he has people around the pretender to ensure him some degree of protection.

Ord Wingate	In 1972 Interim Prime Minister Lord Louis Mountbatten summons his Deputy Ord Wingate for an emergency meeting at Admiralty House in forty-eight hours time. Joining them in the Conference will be senior figures in the military government which has ruled Britain for the past five years, all delegates have been advised to ..
..  collect his thoughts .
~ entry by Steve Payne from counter history in context - You're the Judge!

In 1942 abdicated monarch and now Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Bahamas Edward Windsor spends quality time with his unexpected guests, Bernard Montgomery and Claude Auchinlech. They were all losers. The professional head of the British Eighth Army and his deputy had just been well and truly beaten by Brigadier General ..	Edward VIII
.. Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle and his La Grande Armée Afrique at Tobruk. And Windsor was in a nothing job to get the old Nazi out of the way of the headlines. So they had time aplenty and a shared purpose, the restoration of a scenario approaching acceptable normality.
~ entry by Steve Payne from Counter History in Context - You're the Judge!

RMS Titanic	In 1912 on this day the 'unsinkable' RMS Olympic sunk, branded with the re badged name of her sister ship RMS Titanic. In the best naval tradition, it was an ill-disguised insurance job that ended in a catastrophic and unnecessary loss of life. The ship did not carry enough lifeboats for all her passengers and crew. Of ..
.. a total of 2,223 people, only 706 survived; 1,517 perished. If the lifeboats had been filled to capacity, 1,178 people could have been saved. The 16-year old act Carey Grant would travel on the RMS Olympic in 1920 as he emigrated to America, unaware that he was of course sailing on the RMS Titantic which has been swapped with the sunken sister ship, the RMS Olympic.
~ entry by Steve Payne from counter history in context - You're the Judge!

In 1912 on this day the 'unsinkable' RMS Titantic sunk, carrying a cursed Egyptian mummy. The mummy, nicknamed Ship wrecker, after changing hands several times, and causing many terrible things to each of its owners, exacted its final revenge by sinking the famous ship.	RMS Titanic
~ entry by Steve Payne from Counter History in Context - You're the Judge!

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