October 1st, 1961: UFO seen by President Lee Harvey Oswald and Vice President Jack Ruby

[Boojatta]

The UFO was hovering over JFK International Airport, and
President Oswald was more interested in the name of the airport than in the UFO.

This has been another day in alternative history.

[MicaelS]

1. Here's the problem with your alternative history...

Lee Harvey Oswald was born October 18, 1939, which means IF he had been elected in 1960, he would have been all of 21 years old on election day. Which means he would have been too young to be elected.

"No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States."

[Boojatta]

2. Can you recommend a specific alternative year, an alternative to my alternative history?

The problem is that that when Oswald was old enough to be President, he was dead. Not just brain dead like Ronald Reagan, but actually dead.

[Iggo]

3. Yeah. THAT's the problem.

:rofl:

[Boojatta]

4. Do you think that President Oswald didn't use good judgment in

his choice of Vice President?

[Iggo]

6. No.

I'm with Oswald, wondering why such an important airport was named after some PT boat captain. "I mean sure, he's a war hero. But his brother Joe is the real mover and shaker. JPK International Airport, okay. But JFK? That's just weird. Maybe I'll see if I can get it changed to LHO after I'm out of office."

[Boojatta]

7. In real history, there was an amendment to introduce alcohol prohibition ...

and another amendment to remove alcohol prohibition.

If real history can include changes being made to the Constitution, then maybe alternative history can also have that feature.

[rug]

5. Idlewild always was an interesting name.

[madinmaryland]

8. Better yet, what if Nixon had won in 1960?

There would have been no Great Society and what about the Civil Rights Acts? Probably would have 20 or more years to happen.

[Ikonoklast]

9. A disgruntled fake Leftist would have assassinated him.

At the behest of Joe Kennedy Sr., whose son was in the CIA and in Dallas at the same time.