Timeline

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This is a timeline of all events that are considered canon in A New Cold War. *If a part of the article is in italics, it is not considered canon and should not be taken as such.*

## Timeline

### 2018

* **November 6, 2018:** United States Midterm Election. Democrats win control of the House of Representatives, but lose seats in the Senate, and was the most expensive election of its time.

### 2019

* **March 29, 2019:** The United Kingdom formally leaves the European Union.

### 2020

* **November 3, 2020:** 2020 US Presidential Election is held. Republican incumbent Donald Trump and his opponent Kamala Harris tied in the Electoral College.

### 2021

* **January 2, 2021:** The House of Representatives votes Kamala Harris 26-24 into the presidency.
* **January 4, 2021:** The Senate votes Cory Booker 52-48 into the presidency.
* **January 20, 2021:** Kamala Harris is sworn in as President of the United States.
* **January 30, 2021:** The merge of PSA and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles is finalised, forming **Groupe PFC** (Peugeot-Fiat-Chrysler).
* **March 1, 2021:** The Fiat brand pulls out of the American and Canadian markets due to a decline in sales over the past few years.

### 2022

* **November 17th, 2022:** The government of Venezuela collapses, causing mass anarchy and chaos in the region.

### 2023

* **February 26, 2023:** Scotland votes to leave the United Kingdom and become independent by a very slight majority.
* **March 1, 2023:** Peugeot officially re-enters the North American market after a long absence, with several cars from its European line-up being introduced: 308, 508, 2008, 3008, and 5008.
* **April 4th, 2023:** Nintendo buys Japanese video game company AlphaDream.

### 2024

* **November 5th, 2024:** The 2024 US Presidential Election is held, President Harris and Vice President Booker are re-elected.

### 2025

* **June 30, 2025:** After some negotiation, Scotland becomes an independent nation and officially breaks away from the United Kingdom.

### 2026

* **January 1, 2026:** The Lancia brand sees a small renaissance, and introduces three new models; one of which is a re-introductions (Musa) and two new ones, the Theta (which is a successor to the old Delta) and the Omicron (a large MPV).

### 2027

* **May 18, 2027:** American retail giant Sears closes its last store.

### 2028

* **June 15, 2028:** Greenland votes in favor of independence from Denmark.
* **September 9, 2028:** Greenland formally leaves the Kingdom of Denmark.
* **October 8th, 2028:** Colombia collapses after an overload of Venezuelan refugees causes instability in the country due to clashing views on how to handle the crisis.

### 2030

* **January 1, 2030:** Ram Trucks is officially merged back into Dodge.

### 2031

* **October 1, 2031:** Groupe Renault officially makes a comeback in the North American market following several years of PSA's successful return; and marks the return of Renault models as well.

### 2035

* **March 8, 2035:** Mobius Motors, based in Kenya, begins to expand outside Africa, and begins selling their models in China and Europe. Following their success, three other African manufactures, Puma, Speranza, and Wallyscar would also begin selling their models outside their region.

### 2037

* **March 11, 2037:** Northern Ireland votes to leave the United Kingdom, following Brexit, the Second Troubles, and the independence of Scotland.

* **September 26, 2037:** Northern Ireland formally joins the Republic of Ireland.

### 2038

* **October 11, 2038:** A cyberterrorist group known as Ar3s shut down the Internet, which in turn caused an event known as the Great Plateau.

### 2039

* **April 2, 2039:** The SUV crisis begins, as the over-saturation of SUVs on the market begins to take its toll, as reflected by Quarter 1 sales this year.

### 2043

* **January 1, 2043:** The Turkestan Proclamation officially goes into effect. The nations of Qazaqstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan are formed into one nation. Their leaders celebrate in Astana.

### 2044

* **October 28, 2044** The Commonwealth of Independent States is officially dissolved.

### 2047

* **June 30, 2047:** One country, two systems ends for Hong Kong, and it is stripped of its special administrative region status.

### 2049

* **December 20, 2049:** One country, two systems ends for Macau, and along with it, ends its special administrative region status.

### 2053

* **January 1, 2053:** Despite having some success and earning a profit again across the 2020s and 2030s, Opel become defunct after a decline in sales over the past several years; with Vauxhall also following suit.

### 2054

* **July 6th, 2054:** Under President , the People's Republic of China recognizes the Ding family (composed of the descendants of Muslim, mostly Arabic though some are Persian, merchants who settled in China) as its own ethnicity. As of its recognition, there are about 103,761 Ding people total in China.

### 2055

* **March 1, 2055:** Unable to fully recover from the SUV crisis and with continued decline in sales for its remaining line of models, Mitsubishi Motors becomes defunct.

### 2064

* **January 1, 2064:** With the European Troubles heavily effecting the car industry, Chrysler Group LLC splits from Group Peugeot-Fiat.
* **June 30, 2064:** Pagani becomes defunct due to the European Troubles and the economic crisis, followed by Lancia.