Twilight 2000: Countdown to Armageddon
by Richard A. Spake ©
1 January 1996. After nearly a year of intense five party negotiations, the United Kingdom is able to get the People’s Republic of China to solve the "Hong Kong question" with a referendum of the citizens of the colonial concessions being allowed to decide their own fate. The referendum to decide the future of Hong Kong and the other concessions are held and the people of the cities all choose overwhelmingly to remain independent of the People’s Republic of China. In exchange the People’s Republic of China is able to get the British government and other foreign nations to agree to pay ‘taxes’ to the Chinese Government as well as giving a sweet-heart trade deal that would allow the continued growth of the Chinese economy. This agreement has placed the British Government as the primary powerbroker who is able to negotiate with foreign investment groups and nations and the People’s Republic of China to create new neo-colonial concessions to allow for the economic growth to assist the Chinese economic miracle.
3 January 1996. Motorola introduces the Motorola StarTAC Wearable Cellular Telephone, the world's smallest and lightest mobile phone at that time.
29 January 1996. The French Republic announces a "definitive end" to nuclear testing.
10 February 1996. Chess computer "Deep Blue" defeats world chess champion Garry Kasparov for the first time.
17 February 1996. Chess computer "Deep Blue" defeats world chess champion Garry Kasparov for the second time.
18 February 1996. An IRA briefcase bomb in a buss kills the bomber and injuries 8 in the West End of London.
11 March 1996. John Howard is sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Australia.
3 April 1996. The infamous "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski is arrested in the Montana Cabin.
24 April 1996. At the urging of Yasser Arafat, the Palestine Liberation Organization drops its clause calling for the removal of Israel. The State of Israel responds by dropping a similar clause concerning the existence of Palestine.
30 May 1996. The Likud Party, led by Benjamin Netanyahu, wins a narrow victory in the Israeli general election.
15 June 1996. A massive IRA bomb injures over 200 people in Manchester, England, UK and it devastates a large part of the city center.
23 June 1996. The Nintendo 64 video game system is released.
17 July 1996. The Paris and Rome-bound TWA Flight 800 (Boeing 747) explodes off the coast of Long Island, New York, USA killing all 230 onboard.
23 August 1996. Osama bin Laden writes "The Declaration of Jihad on the Americans Occupying the Country of the Two Sacred Places" to make a public call for the removal of all American and western forces from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
29 August 1996. A Russian Tupolev 154 jetliner crashes into a mountain as it approaches the airport at Spitsbergen, Norway, killing all 141 people onboard.
17 November 1996. A bomb explosion in Kaspiysk, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, USSR kills 32 people.
2 December 1996. US President Bill Clinton signs the Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments.
20 December 1996. NeXT, a company owned by Steve Jobs is bought by Apple Computer, the company that was co-founded by Jobs.
1996 - 1997. The leadership of Polish Peoples Republic and the German Democratic Republic are allowed to begin a series of economic programs that allow the import of luxury goods from the West. With the advancement of the trade of luxury goods from the west, allows for a major wave of western luxury goods to be traded through East Germany and Poland with the other Eastern Bloc states (including the Soviet Union).
1996. The Czechoslovakian Socialist Republic is allowed to enter into trade agreements with the Western European neighbors thanks to the increased access to the internet.
May 1996. In an effort to appear that the Clinton Administration will take a harder line against the growing threats against the United States and its allies, the Department of Defense announces the creation of the Unified Combatant Command dedicated to operations in Africa thanks to the growing perceived worldwide threats due to the growth of the Congo Pact, the new command will become known as United States African Command.
June 1996. The decidedly left-wing grassroots political action organization that will grow to become the Union for a Progressive New America (PNA) gets its start on the internet, pushing at first for the US Congress to only censure President Clinton for conduct unbecoming and move on with the business of governing the country. George Soros will become the primary financer and organizer of the Union for a Progressive New America, while Social Sciences College Professor named <Wade Kirkland> will become the face of the grassroots organization.
July 1996. A group of archeologists working in the Harbor of Hong Kong discover a sunken American submarine that contains a treaty between the United Kingdom and both sides of the Chinese Civil War that gives the British the rights to Hong Kong in perpetuity (along with several other nations that had been granted the same rights to their ‘colonial concessions’). This causes a lot of political problems and tensions between the United Kingdom and the People’s Republic of China.
19 July - 4 August 1996. The 1996 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Athens, Attica Periphery, Central Greece, Hellenic Republic to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the modern Olympic Games.
August 1996. The Italian missions in Somalia start to show major improvements that many had not believed possible, and has allowed the creation of a stable government for the growing Somali Republic.
5 November 1996. Bill Clinton is reelected to a second term as President of the United States thanks to his growing perception as taking a much harder line against the growing communist alliances around the world.
18 November 1996. Shortly after his reelection Pres. Bill Clinton announces the formation of the Evaluation of Female Combat Personnel program by the Pentagon. The Evaluation of Female Combat Personnel Program was the pet project of First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton and a coalition of Congresswomen in both the House of Representatives and Senate that would allow for women to be allowed in the combat arms of the Armed Forces that lasted from 1996-1998. While there were some cases of problems with the Program, it for the most part showed that women could operate in combat positions. The legislation that was passed in 1998 that openly allowed for women in combat positions also opened the Draft to Women, the debate on this was heated and fell for the most part along party lines. But in the end, the entire legislation package was passed with the slogan of "Equal Rights, for Equal Risks" that was used by both its supporters and detractors. Despite allowing women in combat roles, there were several career fields (such as Infantry) that were not initially opened to women until the height of the Twilight War forced a change with the growing need for manpower.
1996: The Year in Review
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January 1996
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February 1996
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March 1996
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April 1996
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May 1996
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May 1996. In an effort to appear that the Clinton Administration will take a harder line against the growing threats against the United States and its allies, the Department of Defense announces the creation of the Unified Combatant Command dedicated to operations in Africa thanks to the growing perceived worldwide threats due to the growth of the Congo Pact, the new command will become known as United States African Command.
June 1996
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June 1996. The grassroots organization "The Union for a Progressive New America" is formed with the financial support of George Soros who also alongside such groups like "MoveOn.org" and "The Center for American Progress" is founded, each is modeled on the far-left organization "ACORN". The decidedly left-wing grassroots political action organization that will grow to become the Alliance for a Progressive New America gets its start on the internet, pushing at first for the US Congress to only censure President Clinton for conduct unbecoming and move on with the business of governing the country. George Soros will become the primary financer and organizer of the Union for a Progressive New America, while Social Sciences College Professor named <Wade Kirkland> will become the face of the grassroots organization.
July 1996
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July 1996. A group of archeologists working in the Harbor of Hong Kong discover a sunken American submarine that contains a treaty between the United Kingdom and both sides of the Chinese Civil War that gives the British the rights to Hong Kong in perpetuity (along with several other nations that had been granted the same rights to their ‘colonial concessions’). This causes a lot of political problems and tensions between the United Kingdom and the People’s Republic of China.
19 July - 4 August 1996. The 1996 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Athens, Attica Periphery, Central Greece, Hellenic Republic to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the modern Olympic Games.
August 1996
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August 1996. The Italian missions in Somalia start to show major improvements that many had not believed possible, and has allowed the creation of a stable government for the growing Somali Republic.
September 1996
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October 1996
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7 October 1996. The Fox News Channel beings broadcasting.
November 1996
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5 November 1996. Bill Clinton is reelected to a second term as President of the United States thanks to his growing perception as taking a much harder line against the growing communist alliances around the world.
18 November 1996. Shortly after his reelection Pres. Bill Clinton announces the formation of the Evaluation of Female Combat Personnel program by the Pentagon. The Evaluation of Female Combat Personnel (EFCP) Program was the pet project of First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton and a coalition of Congresswomen in both the House of Representatives and Senate that would allow for women to be allowed in the combat arms of the Armed Forces that lasted from 1996-1998. While there were some cases of problems with the Program, it for the most part showed that women could operate in combat positions. The legislation that was passed in 1998 that openly allowed for women in combat positions also opened the Draft to Women, the debate on this was heated and fell for the most part along party lines. But in the end, the entire legislation package was passed with the slogan of "Equal Rights, for Equal Risks" that was used by both its supporters and detractors. Despite allowing women in combat roles, there were several career fields (such as Infantry) that were not initially opened to women until the height of the Twilight War forced a change with the growing need for manpower.
December 1996
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