1961

January 3rd
US president Dwight Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba.

February 3rd
The United Republic of China, in order to feed it 90 million people, using a 30 million dollar loan from the United States, buys grain from Canada.

January 11th
New Fijenoord-Rotterdamsche space yard and L3 space yard , at their new location at Sun–Earth L3 point begin building each a new type of space vessel , at L3 space yard , construction of a new type of destroyer called the Holland class destroyer begins , while at New Fijenoord-Rotterdamsche space yard construction of a freighter begins (1).

January 20th
John F. Kennedy becomes the 35th president of the United States (2).

February 9th
Escorted by an Andorian imperial guard battle cruiser, KNRS Jaguar arrives into orbit of Andoria, capital world of the Andorian Empire, for a short orbital visit before it is escorted out of Andorian space by the same Andorian imperial guard battle cruiser witch was its escort when it arrived (3).

February 16th
The Empire of Japan uses its first nuclear reactor.

March 6th
Queen Juliana of the Netherlands celebrates here seven years on the throne.

March 9th
A report is presented to rear admiral De Jong , commander royal Netherlands space force , in witch is written , that KNRS Amsterdam will reach its end of its operational capacity in 1965 , and that it will not be recommended to operate the flagship of the royal Netherlands space force after that , the report suggest , to strip KNRS Amsterdam , and to use it as a transport vessel , from Mars to Alpha Centauri for the four years it has remaining , and then to convert it to a space station , and let it orbit Alpha Centauri III (4).

April 5th
Pieter Platteel becomes the new governor-general of the Netherlands East Indies, taking over from Jan van Baal who was governor-general of the Netherlands East Indies from 1953 to 1961.

April 10th
Foreign minister Luns of the Netherlands talks to US president John F Kennedy about establishing closer relations between the two countries, and invites the president to visit the Netherlands.

April 11th
A day before the Soviets, will send their first man in space, the royal Netherlands space force command orders, Wolf class scout vessel KNRS Panter, to monitor and observe the event.

April 12th
Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human in space onboard Vostok I, his entire 108 minutes of space flight is observed and tracked by KNRS Panter.

May 5th
Alan Shepard becomes the first American in space aboard Mercury-Redstone 3; his flight is observed by a royal Netherlands space force shuttle, KNRS A5 operating from Netherlands space center Guyana, who flies’ far enough, to not be spotted by him or radar on the ground.

May 16th
General Park Chung-hee, becomes the first Korean born citizen, who is made commander of a Manchukuo Imperial army division, when he takes command of the 4th infantry division of the Manchukuo Imperial army, state of Manchuria.

May 17th
The Vulcans, whit permission of the royal Netherlands space force begins building the Vulcan compound, at Fort Doorman, Alpha Centauri III (5).

May 23rd
The royal democratic party becomes for the seventh time, the largest party in the Netherlands house of representatives, and prime minister Willem Drees, begins his fourth and last term as prime minister of the Netherlands (6).

May 25th
President Kennedy announces before a special joint session of Congress his goal to put a man on the Moon before the end of the decade.

May 27th
The prime minister of the Commonwealth of Malaya holds a press conference in Singapore, announcing his idea to have the Dominion of Singapore and Brunei join the Commonwealth of Malaya (7).

May 31st
US president Kennedy visits prime Minister Drees in Amsterdam, Netherlands, where the discuses the possible entry of the Netherlands into the San Francisco Security Treaty, either as a member ore as a permanent observer.

June 1st
Having spent a day in the Netherlands, meeting whit prime Minister Drees and Queen Juliana, president Kennedy travels to Paris, where he will meet whit French president Charles De Gaulle.

June 2nd
President Kennedy and president Charles De Gaulle meet in Paris , French republic.

June 4th
US president Kennedy and Soviet prime minster Nikita Khrushchev meet in Vienna, where the begin discussion about nuclear tests, disarmament, the increasing conflict in China and Berlin.

July 18th
The royal Netherlands space force command, decides, that all American and Soviet manned space flights in the future will be tracked by monitoring installations at Netherlands space center Guyana and long range monitoring installations at Moon base Eisinga and New Amsterdam moon base.

July 21st
Gus Grissom, piloting the Mercury-Redstone 4, capsule Liberty Bell 7, becomes the second American to go into space.

Augustus 6th
Soviet cosmonaut Gherman Titov becomes the second human in space, onboard the space capsule Vostok II.

Augustus 7th
Vostok II with Soviet cosmonaut Titov onboard lands in the Soviet Union.

Augustus 13th
Construction of the Berlin Wall begins, restricting movement between East Berlin and West Berlin.

October 27th
A standoff between Soviet and American tanks in divided Berlin, Germany heightens Cold War tensions.

November 17th
Michael Rockefeller, son of New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller and his traveling companion are found in the jungles of Netherlands New Guinea after their boat sunk, by a KH-2 Kolibrie II helicopter of the royal Netherlands East Indies air force, and brought to Hollandia, capital of Netherlands New Guinea.

November 18th
US President John F. Kennedy sends 1,800 military advisors to the United Republic of China, bringing the total of US military advisors in the United Republic of China to 3,200.

December 11th
First United States air force planes carrying 400 US army personnel arrive in the United Republic of China capitol of Xining.

December 18th
India occupies the Portuguese colonies of Goa, Damao and Diu.

December 19th
Goa is officially ceded to India after 400 years of Portuguese rule.

December 27th
On Alpha Centauri III, the newly created Netherlands bureau of penology (8), establish on a small island in the West Centauri sea , the new Veenhuizen penal settlement, which will house all , prisoners which are sentence to life , ore who are considered a treat to the Netherlands ore here colony’s.

(1) the Holland class destroyer will be 200 meters in length, have a crew of 150, a maximum speed of warp eight ,shields , two transporter rooms , a holo deck, front and aft tractor beams , 3 twin-mounted phaser banks , two torpedo banks carrying a total of 56 Mark-3 spatial torpedo’s , and two new B class shuttles onboard , the first, the freighter which is being built at New Fijenoord-Rotterdamsche space will be 100 meters long , a maximum of warp 3 , no weapons and shield and has a crew of 12.

(2) John F. Kennedy is the same person as in OTL, except that he served in Europe during World War II.

(3) the Andorian chancellor decided, that if the Netherlands dos not allow the Andorians to visit earth, then the Netherlands may not set foot ore establish an embassy on Andoria, but he did allow a vessel belonging to royal Netherlands space force to visit the capital world of the Andorian Empire, as he considers the Netherlands people a valuable ally against the Vulcans.

(4) in 1965,KNRS Amsterdam will reach it 31 year of service whit the royal Netherlands space force.

(5) the Vulcan have decided to move the Vulcan embassy located at Mars base Hellas , to a compound near Fort Doorman , as the feel restricted in their movement at Mars base Hellas, by the royal Netherlands space force , the reason that Fort Doorman was chosen , was that the Vulcans did not want to be near the Andorian embassy at New Batavia.

(6) prime minister Willem Drees is whit the fourth term the longest siting prime minster in the Netherlands sins 1848, and he has mentioned that the fourth term will be his last, as he will be in office for more than sixteen years.

(7) former British Malaya was given its independence from Great Britain in 1957 , becoming the Commonwealth of Malaya.

(8) the Netherlands bureau of penology falls under the supervision of the royal Netherlands space force , and has only one settlement at its disposal , which is the new Veenhuizen penal settlement which has a capacity of 800 prisoners.

1960

1960

January 2nd
United States senator John F Kennedy announces his candidacy for president.

January 4th
The European free trade association treaty is signed in Stockholm by Austria, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and the Netherlands, forming the European free trade association, an 8-member alternative to nations that cannot, or do not want, to be in the 5-nation European Economic Community (1).

January 9th
Vice-president Richard M. Nixon becomes a candidate for the Republican nomination for the president of the United States.

January 17th
It is announced that United States president Dwight D. Eisenhower will make a ten day tour of the Soviet Union from June 10th to June 19th, as the guest of Soviet first secretary Nikita S. Khrushchev.

January 18th
L3 space yard is towed to its new location at Sun–Earth L3 point.

January 19th
The treaty of mutual cooperation and respect between the Soviet Union and the empire of Japan is signed in Moscow, Soviet Union (2).

February 13th
France becomes the world's fifth nuclear power, when it successfully explodes a atomic bomb near Reggane, at Algeria in the Sahara Desert.

February 19th
The empire of Japan begins its first step "in reaching outer space", with the launch of a liquid-propelled rocket , the missile, made entirely in the empire of Japan , makes a successful sub-orbital flight , and is detected by a orbiting class 5 probe of the royal Netherlands space force.

March 6th
President Eisenhower announced that 3,500 American troops will be posted to the United Republic of China.

March 7th
The first 20 Soviet cosmonauts are selected in preparation for manned spaceflight.

March 11th
Pioneer V is launched from Cape Canaveral.

March 25th
The Euromast, a 101m high structure, is dedicated in Rotterdam by crown princess Beatrix.

March 23rd
Explorer VIII fails to reach Earth orbit.

April 11th
First weather satellite launched, Tiros I.

April 19th
United Republic of China prime minister Mao Zedong is welcomed in New Delhi by India's prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru.

April 20th
The empire of Japan struck oils, six’s days after Japanese workers began drilling at Taching, state of Manchuria.

May 1st
An American U-2 spy plane, piloted by Francis Gary Powers, enters republic of China-Nanking airspace ten minutes after takeoff from a United States base in the United Republic of China, his plane is hit by shrapnel from an exploding Japanese air to surface missile, while flying at 70,500 feet , Powers manages to parachuted and chose not to commit suicide, before he is captured alive by the imperial Japanese army.

May 5th
Japanese prime minister Hideki Tōjō announced to the supreme council (3), that an American military plane has been downed in the republic of China-Nanking territory on May 1st.

May 6th
Japanese prime minister Hideki Tōjō surprised the world by announcing that U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers, has been captured "alive and well" in the republic of China-Nanking territory , along with film taken of military bases, and China-Nanking currency.

May 11th
At a press conference, president Eisenhower of the United States accepts full responsibility for the U-2 incident, and said that spying on the republic of China-Nanking and the Japanese empire is justified "No one wants another World War," he said, adding "In most of the world, no large-scale attack can be prepared in secret, but in the Japanese empire there is a fetish of secrecy, and concealment."

May 12th
Japanese prime minister Hideki Tōjō in a statement to several newspapers said that if the United States attempts further over flights of the Japanese empire ore greater east Asia alliance members "this might lead to war" and added that further aggression will be met "with atom bombs in the first few minutes".

May 15th
The Soviet Union launches Sputnik IV, a five ton mockup of a manned spaceship, as a prelude to putting human beings into outer space, however recovery of Sputnik IV fails.

June 10th
President Eisenhower arrives in Moscow to begin a ten day tour of the Soviet Union.

June 18th
Nikita Khrushchev and Dwight D. Eisenhower hold their final conversations in Moscow.

June 19th
After having toured the Soviet Union for ten days, visiting Moscow, Leningrad and Stalingrad, president Eisenhower returns back to the United States.

June 23rd
Last of the four Wolf class scout vessel , named KNRS Lynx enterers in service whit the royal Netherlands space force , whit this , all four Wolf class scout vessel are now in service , and New Fijenoord-Rotterdamsche space yard ,can be prepared to move to its new home at Sun–Earth L3 point.

July 8th
U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers is moved from republic of China-Nanking to the Japanese empire , where he will stand trial for espionage.

July 28th
Fort Doorman, is founded, becoming the second colony on Alpha Centauri III, to be establish by the royal Netherlands space force, and which is named after the first commandeer of the royal Netherlands space force , former rear admiral Karel Doorman (4).

Augustus 10th
KNRS Lynx, begins its shakedown cruise in the Alpha Centauri system.

Augustus 17th
The trial of U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers begins in Tokyo, Japanese empire.

Augustus 19th
In Tokyo, downed American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers is convicted of espionage against the republic of China-Nanking and here allies and sentenced to twenty years of hard labor.

The Soviet Union launches , Sputnik V satellite with dogs Belka , Strelka , 40 mice, 2 rats and a variety of plants.

Augustus 25th
The 1960 Summer Olympics open in Rome.

September 24th
The world's first nuclear powered carrier aircraft carrier USS Enterprise is launched at Newport News, Virginia.

November 1st
The Belux treaty between Belgium and Luxemburg goes into effect.

November 8th
In a close race, John F. Kennedy is elected over Richard M. Nixon, becoming the youngest elected president of the United States.

November 19th
A Andorian imperial guard battle cruiser enters Alpha Centauri , after it was ordered by the Andorian imperial command to investigate , why the Vulcan’s have so much interest in this system , immediately the captain of the battle cruiser receives world that two unknown vessels are closing its position , those two unknown vessels are KNRS Lynx and KNRS Jaguar , who intercept the Andorian battle cruiser , who’s captain decides to hail them , instead of opening fire , and so first contact between the kingdom of the Netherlands and the Andorian Empire is made.

November 20th
A day after first contact , the Andorian battle cruiser captain has contacted the Andorian imperial command ,telling them , that he has found why the Vulcan’s are so interest in the Alpha Centauri system , as there is a colony on a planet in the system occupied by a race called humans , who are ruled by the kingdom of the Netherlands , he also mentions that he has spoken whit the governor of Alpha Centauri III , who informed him that the Netherlands will treat the Andorian empire will be treated the same way as the Netherlands is treating the Vulcans , and that is earth solar system is off limits to any for any Andorian vessels whit out permission of the royal Netherlands space force.

December 13th
The Andorian empire establishes a embassy in New Batavia, Alpha Centauri III.

December 27th
France sets off its third nuclear test blast at its atomic proving grounds at Reggane, Algeria.

December 31st
Soldiers belonging to the royal Netherlands marine special operations battalion , station at New Batavia , break up a fight between Vulcans and Andorians at a New Batavia bar , several hours later when the bar fight has been dealt whit , the Andorian ambassador and the Vulcan consulate general (5) are informed by the governor of Alpha Centauri III ,that the Netherlands will not get involved ore chose side in the Vulcan-Andorian cold war , and that , if both sides cannot behave themselves , ore show restrained when in the Alpha Centauri system ,than both sides are not welcome anymore , both the Andorian ambassador and the Vulcan consulate general , inform the governor , that they will not cause trouble anymore , before continuing accusing each other for starting the bar fight as the leaf the governor office.

(1) the European free trade association treaty is the first major treaty the Netherlands has signed so far in Europe.

(2) the treaty of mutual cooperation and respect replaces the third Soviet–Japanese neutrality pact which was signed in 1950.

(3) the supreme council is the de facto inner cabinet of Japan, and was establish in 1945 , replacing the earlier created supreme war council.

(4) former rear admiral Karel Doorman is still alive , and is 71 years old , and enjoying his retirement in the Netherlands.

(5) while the Vulcans have their embassy at Vulcan embassy at Mars base Hellas, the also have open a consulate in New Batavia , who main mission is to observe and report the Andorian present at Alpha Centauri III.

1959

1959 

January 1st 
Fidel Castro leads Cuba to victory.

January 2nd 
Soviet Union successfully launches Luna I spacecraft from Baikonur Cosmodrome.

January 4th
After 34 hours of flight , Luna I impacts the Moon , which is tracked and observed by both Moon base Eisinga and New Amsterdam moon base personal and its sensors (1).

January 7th 
The United States recognizes the new Cuban government of Fidel Castro.

January 19th
KNRS Amsterdam visit Alpha Centauri VII ,this is the seventh visit to Alpha Centauri by the flagship of royal Netherlands space force sins its first visit to Alpha Centauri in 1958.

January 22nd 
United States air force concludes ,that less than 1 percent of UFOs are unknown objects (2).

January 23rd
Wernher Von Braun predicts that men will be living and working on the moon by 1974 , he also adds that "the Soviets can put a man on the moon this year , but can not bring them back yet’’

January 27th 
NASA , director T. Keith Glennan discloses that the first 110 candidates have bin selected , to be the first American in space, and that he believes that man will land on the moon by 1969.

February 17th 
Vanguard II, the first weather satellite, is launched by the United States, from Cape Canaveral.

February 20th 
Canada cancels the Avro Arrow program.

March 3rd 
First United states probe to enter solar orbit, Pioneer IV, is launched.

March 4th 
United states Pioneer IV misses the Moon.

March 13th 
Third Wolf class scout vessel , named KNRS Jaguar enterers in service whit the royal Netherlands space force , whit the third Wolf class scout vessel now in service , only one more Wolf class scout vessel is going to be build at New Fijenoord-Rotterdamsche space yard.

March 30th
Another Type A class shuttle designated KNRS A8 begins its test flight out of Netherlands space centre Guyana , whit this more then eight Type A class shuttle are in service whit the royal Netherlands space force , and two of them are deployed out of New Batavia outpost.

March 31st 
Dalai Lama visit India , his first visit to a foreign country ever.

April 2nd 
NASA announces the names of the seven men chosen as astronauts for project Mercury.

April 4th 
In a speech at Gettysburg College, president Dwight D. Eisenhower announces the American commitment to keeping the United Republic of China , a independent nation , and says "that our own national interests demand some help from us in sustaining the United Republic of China the morale, the economic progress and the military strength necessary to its continued its existence in freedom".

April 7th 
Prince Bernhard visits New Batavia outpost , Alpha Centauri III , flying onboard KNRS Wolf.

April 9th 
The first seven Mercury astronauts are introduced at a press conference held by NASA in Washington , by rank, they are Lt. Col. John Glenn, lieutenant commanders Wally Schirra and Alan Shepard, , air force captains Gordon Cooper, Gus Grissom and Deke Slayton, and navy Lt. Scott Carpenter.

April 10th 
The powerful Japanese Imperial household ministry , begins selecting select a bride for crown prince Akihito from among the daughters of the court nobility.

April 11th 
Prince Bernhard onboard KNRS Wolf fly’s back to Mars after having spend four days at the New Batavia outpost.

April 13th 
The United States and Great Britain ask the Soviet Union and the Japanese empire to join them , in a moratorium on above-ground nuclear weapons testing.

April 16th 
Royal Netherlands space force command makes a decision to move New Fijenoord-Rotterdamsche space yard, and Utopia Planitia space yard to a new location at Sun–Earth L3 point ,which is located behind the Sun , and relocating most of the royal Netherlands space force of world activity to Alpha Centauri III.

May 5th
KNRS Jaguar , becomes the first royal Netherlands space force ship to conduct its shakedown cruise in the Alpha Centauri system.

May 20th 
Shah of Persia arrives in the Netherlands , onboard the Tromp class cruiser HNLMS Jacob van Heemskerck , for a three day visit of the country.

May 26th 
The 1964 summer Olympic games are awarded to Detroit , United States(3).

June 3rd 
Lee Kuan Yew becomes the first prime minister of the Dominion of Singapore.

June 14th 
Vulcan survey ship D'pra arrives at orbit of Alpha Centauri III , where it will observe what the Netherlands are doing on the planet by order of the Vulcan High Command.

July 8th
Two American military advisors become the first Americans killed in the United Republic of China , by a imperial Japanese army attack in the divided province of Sichuan.

July 9th
The United States resumes U-2 spy plane flights over the republic of China-Nanking after several months of not having flown over areas controlled by the Japanese puppet state.

July 13th 
New Batavia outpost , Alpha Centauri III , population reaches 500 , is elevated to a colony status by the royal Netherlands space force command.

Augustus 14th 
Earth is photographed from outer space for the first time , by American satellite , Explorer VI, which had been launched on August 7th.

Augustus 28th 
India's Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru declares in a speech , that India will protect the borders and independence of the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan and in some extent the independent nation of Tibet.

September 3rd
A new Singaporean flag is raised , the new flag is based on the old flag it replaces , who was used for more then 140 years , is another indication that the Dominion of Singapore is a independent nation in the Commonwealth of Nations ,wile retaining its relation to Great Britain.

September 13th 
The first Soviet satellite , Luna II crashed near the Sea of Tranquility ,on the Moon , several hours latter , four royal Netherlands space force personal operating from Moon base Eisinga arrive at Luna II impact side to investigate it , and recover it for study at Moon base Eisinga.

September 14th 
The Soviet Union announced the success of Luna II on Moscow radio with the words ‘’yesterday on the 13th of September, the second Soviet cosmic rocket reached the surface of the moon’’.

September 17th 
A typhoon kills 2,000 in Japan and Japanese Korea.

September 24th 
In the race to be the first to photograph the dark side of the Moon, the United States suffers a setback when the Atlas-Able rocket explodes on the launch pad during tests.

October 4th 
Luna III , is launched by the Soviet Union.

October 6th
Just before it is about to send the first pictures of the far side of the Moon , Luna III suffers a malfunction of a unknown kind , preventing it from sending pictures to the Soviet Union (4).

October 7th 
A Philippines RB-57 surveillance plane, flying at an altitude of 20,000 meters, is downed by three ground to air missiles as it flew over Tahoka (5) , becoming the first aircraft downed by a surface-to-air missile.

October 12th 
Yuri Gagarin and Georgi Shonin are among the first test pilots selected to be Soviet cosmonauts, following evaluations at the air base at Murmansk.

December 14th 
The strategic rocket forces is created in the Soviet Union as a separate branch of the military, with responsibility over all Soviet ballistic missiles.

December 17th
United Nations committee on peaceful use of outer space is established.

December 19th 
Utopia Planitia space yard construction after vive years is completed , and immediately is renamed L3 space yard , after the new location it will be moved to , New Fijenoord-Rotterdamsche space yard which will keep it current name , will be move as soon as the last of the Wolf class scout vessel is completed , to its new location at Sun–Earth L3 point.

(1) Luna I only posed radio equipment, tracking transmitter, telemetry system and five different sets of scientific devices for studying interplanetary space , it was decided that it pose no treat to the two Netherlands Moon bases , and therefore was allowed to reach orbit of the Moon.

(2) the sightings that the United States air force concludes , are unknown objects , are , royal Netherlands space force probes , shuttles and the occasional spaceship orbiting earth.

(3) OTL the 1964 Summer Olympic Games were awarded to Tokyo , whit second place being Detroit , but here in this timeline the 1964 Summer Olympic Games where awarded to Detroit.

(4) the malfunction of Luna III happen , when the royal Netherlands space force jammed it , preventing Luna III from sending its pictures to the soviet Union ,and as a result crashed on the Moon surface.

(5) Tahoka is the Japanese name for Taipei , which is the Japanese colonial government capitol of Formosa.

1958

1958

January 8th
Cuban revolutionary forces capture Havana.

January 16th
The first mission out of the earth solar system by royal Netherlands space force command is given to KNRS Amsterdam, who will explore and establish a permanent outpost in Alpha Centauri and visits Vulcan.

January 17th
Captain Jonan Andre , commander of KNRS Amsterdam is briefed by rear admiral De Jong , who informs captain Andre , that the Vulcan’s have offered a liaison officer to be placed on KNRS Amsterdam , and that prime minister Drees has accepted that offer , despite the admiral urges not to do so , as it would give away secrets to them.

January 31st
The first successful American satellite, Explorer I, is launched into orbit (1).

February 3rd
Sputnik II , the first successful launched satellite , who was launched on November 4th , 1957 , falls back to Earth.

February 11th
Marshal Chen Yi succeeds Zhou Enlai as the new United Republic of China minister of foreign affairs.

February 3rd
Subcommander T'Mir (2) meets whit Vulcan ambassador Senek , at the Vulcan embassy located at Mars base Hellas , where she is told that she is assigned as the Vulcan liaison officer to KNRS Amsterdam.

February 4th
Subcommander T'Mir , meets whit captain Andre onboard KNRS Amsterdam , as the spaceship prepares itself , before beginning its mission to Alpha Centauri and Vulcan.

February 12th
Whit more then 1,065 crew members and a Vulcan liaison officer onboard , the 24 year old spaceship KNRS Amsterdam leaves orbit of Mars , before going to warp 6 which will take here to Alpha Centauri in less then two days.

February 14th
Arriving at Alpha Centauri , KNRS Amsterdam drops out of warp near Alpha Centauri I , which it is called according to the star charts available to the royal Netherlands space force.

February 17th
After three days , KNRS Amsterdam has spend its time exploring Alpha Centauri , launching several Class-5 probes , beaming a survey team to Alpha Centauri I , visiting Alpha Centauri III , IV and Alpha Centauri VII.

February 21st
A week in the exploration of Alpha Centauri , KNRS Amsterdam now orbiting Alpha Centauri III , establish a small outpost , called New Batavia , whit approval of captain Andre , whit a outpost establish , KNRS Amsterdam heads towards it last mission of visiting Vulcan.

February 22nd
Royal Netherlands East Indies air force , for the first time , using a D-24I tornado M.2 jet fighter against dummy air targets over Sumatra , Netherlands East Indies.

March 5th
Explorer II , launched by the United States , fails to reach orbit , due to a failure in the rocket during launch (3).

March 6th
Flying form more then 12 days at warp 6 , KNRS Amsterdam arrives at Vulcan.

March 7th
Subcommander T'Mir shows captain Andre , ShiKahr , capitol of Vulcan , before he and Albert Colder a diplomat from the Netherlands ministry of foreign affairs , meet whit administrator T’Pro , head of Vulcan High Command.

March 8th
The Iowa-class battleship, USS Iowa is decommissioned, leaving the United States navy without an active battleship for the first time since 1896 (4). 

March 12th
After several meetings between Albert Colder and administrator T’Pro , the Netherlands are allowed to establish a embassy in ShiKahr.

March 17th
The United States launches the Vanguard I satellite successfully into orbit.

March 19th
After spending 13 days in orbit of Vulcan , KNRS Amsterdam departs to Alpha Centauri III , where it will help expanding New Batavia outpost , before heading back to Mars.

March 26th
The United States launches Explorer III successfully.

March 27th
Nikita Khrushchev becomes prime minister of the Soviet Union.

March 31st
Soviet Union suspends nuclear weapons tests, and urges the United States , Great Britain and the Japanese empire to do the same.

April 2nd
Back in orbit of Alpha Centauri III , the crew of KNRS Amsterdam are surprised in seeing KNRS Wolf also in orbit , as its is bringing supplies to New Batavia outpost.

April 8th
KNRS Amsterdam heads back to Mars , together whit KNRS ER-3 , who arrived two days earlier at New Amsterdam outpost.

April 12th
Whit KNRS Amsterdam back at Mars , New Batavia outpost receives a platoon belonging to the Netherlands marine special operations battalion who arrived onboard a cramped KNRS Panter , and who are the first garrison unit for Alpha Centauri III , which now has 80 people working and living on the planet.

April 14th
The Soviet satellite Sputnik III disintegrates in space after several orbits.

May 15th
The Soviet Union launches Sputnik IV ,which is also the first satellite to carry a living dog called Mushka (5).

May 23rd
American satellite, Explorer I , ceases transmission.

May 30th
The body of a unidentified soldier killed in action during world war II is buried at the tomb of the unknowns in Arlington national cemetery.

June 23rd
The Phobos weapon platform orbiting Mars is activated , becoming the first automated planetary defense system for the royal Netherlands space force , and is armed whit 100 Mark-3 spatial torpedo’s , two phaser banks , each containing two phaser emitters , and a force field to protect the facility , whit its main function to defend Mars , New Fijenoord-Rotterdamsche space yard and the almost completed Utopia Planitia space yard.

July 14th
Saddam Hussein and the Iraqi army overthrow the monarchy.

July 26th
American satellite, Explorer IV is launched.

July 29th
The United States Congress formally creates the National Aeronautics and Space Administration , replacing the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.

Augustus 16th
Third Van Speijk class frigate enters service whit the royal Netherlands navy , called HNLMS Evertsen , it is named after the previous decommissioned Admiralen class destroyer , HNLMS Evertsen , and is slated to replace HNLMS Kortenaer , third Admiralen class destroyer.

Augustus 17th
The first Thor-Able rocket is launched, carrying Pioneer 0, from Cape Canaveral air force Station , but the launch fails due to a first stage malfunction.

Augustus 23rd
Japanese imperial army begins bombardment of targets in the United Republic of China controlled part of the province of Sichuan , in responds the United Republic of China army begins counter firing against target in the republic of China-Nanking controlled part of Sichuan (6).

October 1st
NASA starts operations and replaces NACA.

October 2nd
The Japanese empire and the United Republic of China end their longest continuous border fighting to date in which more then 450,000 artillery shells where fired by both sides , more then 7,000 lives where lost , and which saw the first use of special modified United States air force supplied F-86 Sabres jet fighter for the United Republic of China air force carrying the AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missile , who managed to engage and destroy several Japanese jet fighters.

October 11th
American satellite, Pioneer I , launch is unsuccessful due to a failure of its Thor-Able rocket.

October 17th
KNRS Amsterdam visit Vulcan for the second time , and brings whit it the newly appointed ambassador Colder to the temporarily Netherlands embassy on Vulcan.

November 8th
The third launch of a Thor-Able rocket, carrying Pioneer II, is unsuccessful due to a third stage failure.

December 2nd
Belux treaty signed by Belgium and Luxembourg.

December 6th
American satellite, Pioneer III reaches 107,269 km, before falling back to earth.

December 16th
New Batavia outpost , Alpha Centauri III , population reaches 200.

December 21st
Charles De Gaulle wins seven year term as first president of the 5th Republic of France.

(1) whit the Soviets having have bin delayed in successful launching Sputnik I , the royal Netherlands space force decided not to destroy ore to delay the launching of Explorer I by the Americans.

(2) Subcommander T'Mir was one of the four crew members of the Vulcan survey ship D'Vro , who made first contact whit a Netherlands spaceship , and du here having spend time whit humans , was made Subcommander , and assigned as the official Vulcan liaison officer onboard KNRS Amsterdam.

(3) the launch was a failure as it OTL , and was not sabotage by the royal Netherlands space force.

(4) Only three Iowa-class battleships where constructed between 1939 to 1944 and of them Iowa-class battleship, USS Iowa is the battle ship to be put out of commission and placed together whit here sister ships into the reserve fleet , Bremerton , Washington , whit this the Japanese imperial navy is the only user of battleships in the pacific , whit two Yamato class battleships still in service , who still remain the largest battleships in the world.

(5) Mushka was one of three selected dogs whit the other two dogs being Albina and Laika.

(6) the Japanese empire feels that the can attack targets in the divided province of Sichuan , as the consider themselves a nuclear power and therefore the United States will not attack ore declare war on them.