Timeline (OTHO)

== Timeline (Otho's Reality) ==
=== 2024 ===
* Keir Starmer is elected as British Prime Mininster. He is the first Labour PM sine Gordon Brown in 2010.
* Joe Biden is re-elected as president of the United States over former president Donald Trump. Trump tells his supporters to "Fight for your country!" Mass protests break out across many american cities denouncing the 2020 and 2024 elections as illigitamite, which were met by anti-trump counter protestors. These groups clashed into all out battles in the street and police were unable to restore order. In December, Trump said "If you're in a stolen state, go to your state capitol and make your vote count!" The rioters however were met by the national guard and stopped. Trump was indicted for the fourth time for iciting violence and domestic terorism.
* The summer olympics are held in Paris, France.
* The Russian invasion of Ukraine draws to a complete stalemate after Ukraine fails to liberate Crimea and can't push Russia out of Donbass, and Russia can't break through in Eastern or Southern Ukraine
* China vows to invade Taiwan by 2027
=== 2025 ===
* An armed group of far right terrorists again storms the capitol as they did in 2021. They are stopped by the national guard. A plot for a terrorist attack during Biden's inauguration is uncovered by the FBI, so the inaguration is postponed until March. The CIA and FBI do a massive crackdown on the participants and leaders of the attack, arresting them and crippling the far right terror groups. Former President Donald Trump is arrested for collaborating with the terrorists.
* After neither sides makes virtually no gains for months, negotiations are held between Russia and Ukraine. On Apirl 6th, an agreement is reached where Russia pulls all troups out of Ukraine and returns Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia. Russia gets to keep Crimea and Ukraine is banned from NATO. However several NATO countries say they would defend Ukraine if Russia invaded again.
* Mass protest against Putin erupt in Moscow because of Russia's failure in Ukraine and the meaningles casulties it suffered. The Russian government uses the army to put down the protest, so the protests escalate into riots and the Russian army loses control of the situation. Vladimir Putin accepts he no longer has control of his people. An unkonwn group assaisinates Putin on May 4th. The Wagner Group returns from exile in Belarus and returns stability to Moscow. Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin declares himself president of Russia.
* In Germany, the CDU/CSU union defeats the AfD in the federal election. Chancelor Olaf Scholz's party, SPD, comes in third. Friderich Merz becomes chancellor of Germany. 
* Tensions continue to rise between China and India as increasing amount of border skirmishes lead to many casulties. China also accuses India of sturring up insergencies in Tibet and illeagaly occupying Chinese territory.
* The US lands on the moon
* Former president Jimmy Carter dies at age 101
=== 2026 ===
* Former president Donald Trump dies at age 79 due to a sudden heart attack on January 4th.
* China declares war on India following many Chinese casulties in border skirmishes, civil unrest in Tibet, and China's claim to several pieces of Indian territory. Pakistan declares support of China and allows Chinese forces on its soil, but doesn't join the war.
* Russian president Yevegney Prigozhin introduces several reforms to Russia's milltary that are desingned to make it a near pear adversary to the United States. Prigozhin also calls on China and India to stop fighting, saying that India would make a powerful additon to the Eastern alliance aimed at toppiling the american-led world order.
* The winter olympics are held in Milano-Cortina.
* The world cup is held in North America.
=== 2027 ===
* Sino-Indian war- China proves to be supperior to India, however due to the mountainous terrain China made small gains but couldn't achieve any objectives it set out to accomplish. Meanwhile India had dificulty launching counterattacks against the Chinese. So, China shifted their focus on Arunachal Paradesh in the east. Both China and India struggled to gain support of other countries in the region, while India had the full backing of the west, while China's only supporter was Pakistan. The Indian Navy gained supporiorty of the PLA navy in the Indian Ocean as China failed to project power far from home. So India stopped Chinese trade passing through the Indian ocean, slowly suffocating the Chinese economy.
* Thech company apple annouces that in the next few years human like AI, currently in porduction, will be completed
* 8K virtual reality headsets reach their final stages of development, set to be on the market in 2029
* Several tech companies announce that the first quatum computer will hit the market in the near future
* The arms race to create the most hypersonic missles continues. It is rumoured that the USA lags behind China in the arms race, and fears it will be used in India mount. Meanwhile, Prigozhin zooms to gain the best military technology, in to help recover from the damaging war in Ukraine and reshape the Russian army's image to what it was before the disastrous invasion
=== 2028 ===
* Republican Ron DeSantis is narrowly elected over Democrat Vice President Kamala Harris. Harris wins the popular vote but DeSantis barely wins the electoral vote. 2028 becomes 6th time this happens.
* Tech companies announce that brain interface devices could accompany the 8K VR sets.
* The first 3D printed organs are approved for use, and are set to be mass produced and used as replacement organs.
* Quantum computers will be hitting the market in 2032! It is announced that a new "quantum internet" could develope
* Sino-Indian War- China make advances in Arunachal, but fails to take the hole paradesh. All other fronts have been stalled since 2027. So, China opens a new front toward New Dehli from Pakistan. Pakistan threatens to be entagled in the war due to an increasing amount of Indian strikes, all of which New Dehli claims to either be accidental or aimed at the Chinese. However, many in Islamabad question if these strikes are purposeful, and more and more Pakistanis call for war with India
=== 2029 ===
* Artificial brain implants are approved. They begin restoring lost memories to patients with alzheimer's, strokes, and other brain injuries. Many scientists think it could lead to a cure for Alzheimer's disease.
* A billion human genomes have been sequenced
* Scientists and tech companies annouce that a human brain simulation is now possible, and one is excpected to be preformed within the year
* 6G is realeased and is at terebyte speades
* Sino-Indian War- The Chinese advance on New Dehli is haulted and routed back to Pakistan. However, China succesfully invades Sikkim, cutting off the Indian forces in Arunachal from supplies, causing their effort to collapse and China to take the paradesh. In response, India lauches a counterattack in the north, catching the Chinese of guard and crossing the border into China
* The Summer olympics is held in Los Angeles
=== 2030 ===
* Japan developes the worlds first smart grid- Tokyo becomes a "smart city",where energy is transmitted both ways in power lines, are adaptable to solar and wind energy, and sensors can detect if a blackout occurs and electricity is re-routed to that area. Japan also installs the grids in Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, and Sapporo. South Korea and China also equip their major cities with smart grids. The United States, Germany, Singapore, the United Kingdom, Russia, and Switzerland announce that their cities will be "smart" within the year. It is excpected that by 2040 entire countries could be conected in a nation wide smart grid
* Foldable electronics hit the market. These products include TVs and iPads that can be rolled like paper, and the iPhone 22 is completly foldable.
* Quantum computers hit the market. A new form of internet, the quantum internet, takes use.
* Fashion companies announce that 3D printed clothes are now comfortable to wear and show up in many stores accross the world. Although still somewhat expensive, these clothes will become much cheaper over the corse of the next decade
* Sino-Indian War- The Indian advance into Tibet is stopped and pushed back almost all the way to the border. Meanwhile, China controls half of Ladakh, Sikkim, and Arunachal.
* The Winter Olympics is held in Salt Lake City
* The World cup is held in Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay, and Chile
* Former president Joe Biden dies at age 88 on December 22.
=== 2031 ===
* 100 Terebyte hard drives are mainstream
* Luxembourg is now equipped with a carbon sequestration system. Denmark and Morocco also are equipped with carbon sequestration systems.
* Small modular nuclear fusion reactors are adopted by several countries as a power source. These countries include Luxembourg, Denmark, Morocco, the Netherlands, Lithuania, and Portugal.
* Several extinct speicies including the wooly mamoth, the dodo bird, and the sabertooth tiger. This new techonolgy could help restore Earth's biodiversity. Neanderthals and some Dinosaur species might be resurected soon.
* Sino-Indian War- Chinese President Xi Jinping announces he is willing to enter negotiantions as the war is inconclusive for China. India reluclantly agrees due to the exhaustion of its military. The US, Russia, Germany, and the UK. China controls Sikkim, Arunachal, and half of Ladakh. China ends its occupation of Sikkim and Ladakh in exchange for Arunachal. The war ends.
=== 2032 ===
* The entire ocean floor has been mapped.
* The United States lands on Mars. China and the EU are excpected to follow.
* FDA announces that Artificial Brain Implants are a cure for Alzheimer's Disease.
* Ron DeSantis is re-elected as president over Amy Klobuchar. He is the first Republican to win the popular vote since George W. Bush in 2004.