Counter factual history is a fascinating thing. It’s not unheard of pondering history and how things might have turned out, but with one caveat: only plausible changes and never more than one big one.
Examples:
- what if there wasn’t fog at the Battle of Long Island allowing Washington to escape?
- what if the US Navy doesn’t surprise the Japanese at Midway in WW II?
- what if Hitler was killed in the Fall of 1914 while in France? (It nearly happened in our own history.)
There are many, many more.
@TP2000 Lhas a very valid point. The 1937 version of Snow White IS that point in history where what we know could have easily diverged. Using the idea of only one plausible change outlined in most counter factual history: what if Snow White bombs in 1937? History as we know it will be different, likely radically so. Take the actress out of the equation prompting this idea: If Snow White bombs in 1937, we’re likely not conversing with each other right now.
For those interested in the topic this explains it at the high level:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterfactual_history?wprov=sfti1
Historians tend to not be fans of it, all the while missing the point IMO.