For me it is the “fall of the Berlin wall” and the celebrations after the border openings.
I guess I might say King John signing the Magna Carta at Runnymede, because it was the foundation for the rule of law in the West. But it was just a bunch of smelly dudes in a marsh. A lot of historical events are important, but not that spectacular to see.
So if I’m honest, it’d be Queen at Live Aid.
Queen at Live Aid.
That’s a great call.
aaaaayyyyyyyy ooohhhhhhhhhhh!
For sure, some events would not be as spectacular to watch. They’re still fascinating to think about though.
Standing at Runnymede imagining how it might have happened, and then considering the legacy and impact it had in bringing me back to the spot hundreds of years later.
Hard to say for sure but some things might actually be more fun just to ponder over.
Seeing the first person to spell subtle with a b
It didn’t use to, the b was added back in cause the Latin word has one and making words look like Latin was all the rage at one point.
“Hey, Willum, come over here and look at this misspelling of ‘Suttel’. It’s just better isn’t it?”
My great grandfather was aboard the USS Missouri when the Japanese came aboard to surrender. He always said that it was one of the biggest moments of his life, and he always regretted that he didn’t have a camera during that visit. I think that I would like to go back in time to that event, and bring a camera with me.
i already have experienced a few in my lifetime. i can’t say that they were generally positive experiences.
May you live in interesting times!
Apparently this saying is a curse and not a blessing
nobody knows that better than those who have lived in interesting times. as one of those people, i assure you it is.
I’ve never confirmed it, my understanding is it’s a very old phrase that has been mistaken. I want doubting it just my knowledge of it
Love the confirmation of it’s accuracy though!
I’ve always wished I could have taken part in the Menlo Park Homebrew Computer Club from 75 to 86.
The first meeting of the club was held on March 5, 1975, in French’s garage in Menlo Park, San Mateo County, California, on the occasion of the arrival in the area of the first Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems (MITS) Altair 8800 microcomputer, a unit sent for review by People’s Computer Company. Steve Wozniak credits that first meeting as the inspiration to design the Apple I.
So I guess I would use the incredible advancement of time travel to go back a few years before I was born to hang out in some dude’s garage.
This is a great answer. Wozniak’s autobiography is a good read.
The surrender at Appomattox, so I could tell the Union generals to keep burning until every plantation and its owners were ash
Jesus dude, you should go join the IDF, you’d fit right in.
race: plantation owner
lmfao
The extinction of the dinosaurs. Or the big bang.
Either of those sound like a blast.
Apollo moon landing
Does Woodstock count?
Why shouldn’t it count?
Because it wasn’t that long ago.
But it’s still considered a major historic event. The Berlin wall falling was even more recent and definitely historic.
Non sequitor here but both of these things happened during pablo picassos lifetime
As a great name in the artworld i was always surprised that lived in the modern era and not a previous one like many other “everyone knows these names” artists
In science, especially math, all the famous scientists lived long ago. Newton, Euler, etc.
In computer science only the very pioneers are dead already. A lot of groundbreaking work was done by people who are still alive, or even still in working age.
It’s so weird!
Its not impossible that woodstock contributed to the wall coming down
Was a huge cultural event that wildly exceeded expectations and became a phenomenon
Then the wall came down about 4 years later
Edit: i have been fact checked and found wanting. 73 is not 83
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Oh damn. I actually checked quickly and saw 73 guess i missed that badly thanks for the fact check kind stranger.
I’d love to be in the room when George Lucas first screens Star Wars to Spielberg and pals. The version before Marcia Lucas saved it with her editing prowess.
the KT impact
I’d cross the Alps with Hannibal. I can’t imagine, living right now right where he went straight through, what it looked like at he time.
Just try to write to Botswana’s prime minister that you take the elephants he offered Germany. Then you can do it today.
Before or after he eats you?
Crucifixion of Jesus. Also the resurrection if staying there for a few days is allowed.
1893’s World’s Columbian Exposition.
Hmm. I want to say something mysterious, like what happened to some sailing ship that disappeared, or something like that to know what happened.
Or there’s some guy that buried a treasure in Missouri and left the location in a cryptogram that hasn’t been solved to this day.
But I think it would be most fun to witness Apollo 11’s first space walk. Niel be talking about “one small step for man” and I just walk up applauding. And then ask for a lift home.
“Sorry Neil, there’s only room for him. Stand by and we’re sending you home on the next one”
Ksp players: yeah sure
