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If You Could Have Personally Witnessed One Event In History, What Would It Be?

The eruption of Vesuvius 79 AD, the Crucifixion, the fall of Acre 1291 AD, the Battle of Towton 1461 AD, the appearance of life c. 3.6Bn years ago.

I can't decide.
 
Woodstock, maybe. See Jimi Hendrix in all his glory. I can read about history, and I don't feel the need to experience any historical events, I guess. I'd rather read about Caesar than watch him get stabbed, for example. But music... that you have to experience. Maybe hear Beethovan's 5th or 9th for real. Maybe go see Twelfth Night at the Globe in 1602. Maybe the Magic Flute.
 
On board Apollo 11.
 
Great question...I have a few. First, the asteroid that hit the earth down near the Yucatan millions of years ago that supposedly resulted in the extinction of the dinosaurs. Second, the crucifixion of Christ, as ghastly as it sounds (readers want to know). Thirdly, the gunfight in Tombstone at the OK Corral with Wyatt Earp. Fourthly, the last moments in that Berlin bunker with Hitler before he killed himself. Fifthly, when David fought Goliath, just to see if it really happened, and to gauge just how tall Goliath really was. There are lots more, like Adam and Eve's first time...but, I'll keep it clean.
 
Present at the Sermon on the Mount.
 
Μολὼν λαβέ;1062926656 said:
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Greetings, Mo. :2wave:

What do your words mean? Do you agree, because I would have also liked to witness that...from the point of watching men take a stand for their freedom against totally overwhelming odds, knowing they could not win, but fighting back to the death anyway!
 
Seeing the shock of the first caveman in history accidently rubbing two pieces of flint together and seeing the spark that resulted, which serendipitiously landed on some wood pieces, making the first man-made fire in history. The realization that they no longer had to depend on lightning strikes, but could make fire on demand, was probably the most important discovery in history! .
 
NoC_T said:
The eruption of Vesuvius 79 AD, the Crucifixion, the fall of Acre 1291 AD, the Battle of Towton 1461 AD, the appearance of life c. 3.6Bn years ago.

I can't decide.
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I'd definitely have been interested to see Towton, and the Fall of Granada to the Catholic Monarchs in 1492, but it would have to be the Fall of Constantinople in 1453; that must have been one of the most dramatic days in history.
 
Andalublue said:
I'd definitely have been interested to see Towton, and the Fall of Granada to the Catholic Monarchs in 1492, but it would have to be the Fall of Constantinople in 1453; that must have been one of the most dramatic days in history.
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If I'd thought to include that, I would have. Great choice.
 
NoC_T said:
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If I'd thought to include that, I would have. Great choice.
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Have you read the account of it in the John Julius Norwich history of Byzantium? Unbelievably moving and dramatic!

Towton has always had a fascination for me since my dad took me to the battlefield when I was 8. That's over 40 years ago now, but I remember it so well because it was snowing as we pulled up in the car, just as it was on Palm Sunday 1461. The battle lasted all day in appalling conditions and was touch and go until the last hour. What a bleak and terrifying event it must have been!
 
Not really a specific date but I would loved to have sat In the coliseum during Rome's heyday and watched the games.
 
Andalublue said:
Have you read the account of it in the John Julius Norwich history of Byzantium? Unbelievably moving and dramatic!

Towton has always had a fascination for me since my dad took me to the battlefield when I was 8. That's over 40 years ago now, but I remember it so well because it was snowing as we pulled up in the car, just as it was on Palm Sunday 1461. The battle lasted all day in appalling conditions and was touch and go until the last hour. What a bleak and terrifying event it must have been!
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Man, now you're making me look bad. No on both counts. You lucky bastard. I still haven't been and it's actually not that far. That's been on my to-do list for a long time. Likewise, I've always thought I'd visit during similar conditions for the sake of atmosphere. Nor have I had that literary pleasure; that's one for the bookmarks. :thumbs:
 
When life was created on Earth. That primordial soup must have been smelly. ;)


Tim-
 
I would love to sit with Newton or other people whose curiosity gave birth to science knowing what I know today. Imagine trying to explain DNA or molecules, neutrons, basic laws of physics, medicine, chemicals, the universe (note the earth was thought to be flat at one time).
 
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