Timeline (The More Things Changed)

What happens when:
 * A graduate from the University of Chicago moves to Plattsburgh, New York?
 * An Indian-born PHD graduate is offered a position as a professor at Mount Royal University in Calgary?
 * An estranged father fails to make it in the United States, and reunites with his family in Alberta?
 * One media company outbids another for a newspaper in New England?
 * And the first black Governor of Virginia mounts a long-shot bid for the U.S. Senate?

Not much, at first.



At least in the grand scheme, nothing happens in immediately following these five events - they are bolded for reference. The world, however, is slowly and permanently altered.

For better or for worse, history lurches away from our present.

=Timeline of Events=

1964

 * University of Chicago graduate Bernard Sanders graduates moves to Plattsburgh, New York.

1969



 * Ajit Singh Randhawa earns a PhD degree from the University of British Columbia, and receives an offer for a position as a professor at Mount Royal University, Calgary.

1970

 * Sanders first runs for political office in the New York Senate election as a the Socialist Labor nominee. He comes in fourth place, against James Buckley, Richard Ottinger, and Charles Goodell.


 * December 22: Rafael "Felito" Cruz is born in Calgary to Rafael Cruz and Elanor Wilson.

1972

 * January 20: Nimrata Randhawa is born in Banff, Alberta.

1974

 * Cruz’s father leaves his family and moves to Texas. Later in the year, after Cruz Sr. is inspired by a Baptist Bible study session, he reaches out to Elanor. They reconcile and relocate their family to Edmonton.

1983

 * After a series of unsuccessful political campaigns, Sanders wins election as Mayor of Plattsburgh, New York.

1992

 * November 3: Sanders wins election to the House of Representatives from New York’s 21st district.

1993



 * September 14: Governor Doug Wilder of Virginia continues his campaign for U.S. Senator, deciding against dropping out of the race.

1994

 * November 8: Oliver North is elected to the United States Senate from Virginia in a four-way race.

1996

 * Feb 19: The Providence Journal Company is sold to Gatehouse Media for $1.6 billion.


 * Summer: Nikki Randhawa marries Lawrence Pedersen, a technician at RCAF Station High River, Alberta.

1999

 * Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan announces his retirement; New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani is seen as the frontrunner and likely Republican nominee.
 * New York Democrats attempt to recruit First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton to run against Giuliani, but she opts instead to launch a campaign against Oliver North for his Senate seat. She buys a home in Culpeper, Virginia.
 * Representative Bernie Sanders announces his run for the Senate seat as an independent.

2000
May 19:
 * Despite a tumultuous four weeks, including the revelation of early-stage prostate cancer and separation from his wife, Mayor Rudy Giuliani continues with his Senate campaign.



November 7:
 * Hillary Clinton wins election to the United States Senate from Virginia against Oliver North, despite Republican presidential nominee George W. Bush carrying the state and winning the White House.
 * Rudy Giuliani wins election to the United States Senate from New York, defeating Sanders and Representative Nita Lowry.

2003

 * May: Cruz becomes Chief Crown Prosecutor of Edmonton.

2006
November 7:
 * Hillary Clinton wins re-election to the Senate, defeating Republican nominee Representative Jo Ann Davis.
 * Incumbent Republican Senator Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island is defeated in his re-election bid against former state Attorney General Sheldon Whitehouse.

2008
June 1:
 * Chafee joins the advisory board of J Street, a lobbying group that promotes diplomatic relations between Israel and its neighbors and supports an independent Palestinian state.

2010


January 4:
 * Lincoln Chafee announces his candidacy for Governor of Rhode Island as an independent.

Feb 2:
 * Illinois Comptroller Dan Hynes wins a narrow Democratic gubernatorial primary against incumbent Governor Pat Quinn.

June 22:
 * Andre Bauer wins the Republican gubernatorial primary runoff election in South Carolina.

November 2:
 * Hynes wins the Illinois gubernatorial election against State Senator Bill Brady.
 * Democratic State Senator Vincent Sheheen defeats Bauer in the South Carolina gubernatorial election.
 * Lincoln Chafee wins his bid for Governor.

2011
January 4:
 * Chafee enlists the support of Paradigm Media Consultants in his office, who persuade him not to adopt an "avoidance policy" of not giving interviews on the radio.

March 8:
 * Governor Chafee unveils his budget plan - he does not extend a tax to newspapers, and he maintains an amicable relationship with the press.

June 25:
 * Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination for President.

2012
February 23:
 * Lincoln Chafee is announced as a campaign co-chair for President Barack Obama’s re-election bid, and declares his registration as a member of the Democratic Party.

November 6:
 * Chelsea Clinton wins election to the House of Representatives from Arkansas’ 2nd district.

2014


October 16: 
 * Hurricane Gonzalo makes landfall in Kingston, Jamaica. It veers towards the Atlantic coast.

October 17-24th:
 * President Obama, the Governors of Atlantic states from Florida through Massachusetts, and the Mayor of D.C. declare states of emergency.
 * Evacuations begin.

October 26:
 * Hurricane Gonzalo dissipates: a total of 306 Americans die directly or indirectly from the storm. There's $112 billion in damages and losses, making it the costliest hurricane in U.S. history.

November 4:
 * Governor Lincoln Chafee wins re-election against the Republican nominee, Cranston Mayor Alan Fung, and Moderate Party nominee Robert J. Healey.
 * Lieutenant Governor of Maryland Anthony Brown wins the gubernatorial election against Republican Larry Hogan.
 * Vince Shaheen, incumbent Governor of South Carolina, wins re-election against former Lieutenant Governor Glenn F. McConnell.
 * Dan Hynes, incumbent Governor of Illinois, wins re-election against businessman Bruce Rauner.

2015
March 28:
 * Felito Cruz runs for and wins in the Wildrose Party leadership election.

April 9:
 * Chafee announces his exploratory committee for the 2016 Presidential election.

April 12:
 * Former Secretary of State and former Senator from Virginia Hillary Clinton announces her candidacy for the Democratic nomination for President.

May 5:
 * Cruz wins election as Premier of Alberta. Without a majority, the Wildrose Party forms the first minority government in Albertan history.

May 12:
 * After becoming disillusioned with Sanders’ campaign for President, Harvard Professor Lawrence Lessig decides against a presidential run of his own. He reaches out to the Chafee exploratory committee.

June 3:
 * Chafee announces his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for President. Lessig is named General Chairman of his campaign.

June 15:
 * Former Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe announces his candidacy for the Democratic nomination in Searcy, Arkansas.
 * Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination in Miami.

June 16:
 * Businessman and reality show host Donald Trump announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination.

June 24:
 * Bobby Jindal announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination for President in New Orleans.

2016
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February 1:
 * Hillary Clinton wins the Democratic caucuses in Iowa.


 * Bobby Jindal wins the Republican caucuses in Iowa. Senator Rand Paul, former IRS Commissioner Mark Everson, and former Governor Mike Huckabee drop out of the race for the Republican nomination; Paul considers running for the Libertarian nomination.

February 9:
 * Bernie Sanders wins the New Hampshire Democratic Primary. Lincoln Chafee wins an unexpectedly strong second place.
 * Donald Trump wins the New Hampshire Republican Primary. Carly Fiorina, Governor Chris Christie, and former Governor Jim Gilmore drop out of the race for the Republican nomination.

March 1:
 * The Super Tuesday contests take place.
 * Clinton sweeps the popular vote and the majority of Democratic contests; Sanders, O'Malley, and Chafee continue their campaigns.
 * Trump sweeps a majority of the Republican contests and wins a plurality of the vote; Jindal emerges as his clearest rival for the nomination.

March 6:
 * Lincoln Chafee wins his first contest of the primary season, winning a plurality of votes in the Maine caucuses.

March 15:
 * Donald Trump wins the Republican primaries in Florida, North Carolina, Missouri, Illinois, and the Northern Mariana Islands; Kasich wins the primary in his home state of Ohio. Rubio suspends his campaign.
 * Clinton wins the Ohio and North Carolina primaries, while O'Malley wins the Florida and Illinois primaries and Sanders wins the Missouri primary.



May 3:
 * A wildfire sweeps through Fort McMurray, Alberta, destroying approximately 2,400 homes and buildings and forcing the largest wildfire evacuation in Albertan history

September 6:
 * Cruz announces that he would be switching his party affiliation to the Conservative Party, in order to run in the federal leadership election in 2017.

September 8:
 * Albertan opposition leader Rachel Notley, of the NDP, introduced a motion of no confidence. Three Progressive Conservative MLAs joined the Liberals and New Democrats in supporting the motion, violating a previous agreement between their party and the Cruz government.

September 19:
 * The Legislative Assembly reconvenes, and the motion of no confidence iss put to a vote. The Cruz government was sustained by a razor-thin 44-43 vote.
 * Cruz reshuffles his cabinet, leading a coalition government of the Wildrose Party, Progressive Conservatives, and the Alberta Party.