Hank: Iraq will release hostages in 1991 (1990)
prediction · status: came true · last event: came true (2021-01-01) · owner: Hank
In a timeline he wrote in 1990, Hank predicted that Iraq would release hostages in 1991. Reading it again in 2021, he noted the release came in December 1990, so he was close.
Origin known from later mentions
1990 in the title is when this began; it first appears in the videos read here in 2021, so the earlier part is known only from what is said later.
About: Iraq
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-01 (happened 1990-12) | came true | The timeline's first prediction, Iraq releasing hostages in 1991, actually happened in December 1990, so Hank says he was close. | In 1990 I Made a Bunch of Predictions About 2020...Here they Are 00:01:20 |
What is said about it
8 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2021-01-01 · In 1990 I Made a Bunch of Predictions About 2020...Here they Are — Hank: The timeline's first community on the Moon has not happened yet. — 00:01:51
- 2021-01-01 · In 1990 I Made a Bunch of Predictions About 2020...Here they Are — Hank: The timeline predicted electric cars for 1995; the GM EV1 came out in 1996, which Hank brags about. (playful) — 00:01:51
- 2021-01-01 · In 1990 I Made a Bunch of Predictions About 2020...Here they Are — Hank: The timeline's 1996 trip to Mars did not happen, unless one counts the 1997 Pathfinder mission. — 00:01:51
- 2021-01-01 · In 1990 I Made a Bunch of Predictions About 2020...Here they Are — Hank: For 1998 the timeline predicted 100 television stations without a satellite, which Hank says was what he worried about. — 00:01:51
- 2021-01-01 · In 1990 I Made a Bunch of Predictions About 2020...Here they Are — Hank: The timeline put the first black president in 1999, not an election year, but Hank notes that did come true. — 00:01:51
- 2021-01-01 · In 1990 I Made a Bunch of Predictions About 2020...Here they Are — Hank: The timeline cured cancer in 2000; Hank apologises to little Hank that there turn out to be many cancers. (playful) — 00:01:51
- 2021-01-01 · In 1990 I Made a Bunch of Predictions About 2020...Here they Are — Hank: The timeline gave a first woman president in 2002, three years after the first black president, and a true ghost discovered in 2004, which did not happen. (playful) — 00:02:21
- 2021-01-01 · In 1990 I Made a Bunch of Predictions About 2020...Here they Are — Hank: The timeline's 2008 oil line break hurting many animals came close: the Deepwater Horizon spill was in 2010. — 00:02:21