There are no guarantees when speculating on alternate history. However, when Gore Vidal was asked how the world might be different had it been Soviet Leader Nikita Khrushchev who was assassinated in 1963, his droll answer was most certainly correct:
“With history one can never be certain, but [had it been Khrushchev rather than Kennedy assassinated in 1963], I think I can safely say that Aristotle Onassis would not have married Mrs. Khrushchev.”
Gore Vidal, Palimpsest
“With history one can never be certain, but [had it been Khrushchev rather than Kennedy assassinated in 1963], I think I can safely say that Aristotle Onassis would not have married Mrs. Khrushchev.”
Gore Vidal, Palimpsest
Jacqueline Kennedy and Mrs. Khrushchev
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