Historical event you would have liked to have witnessed?

[Facetious]

USAir Flight 1549 into the Hudson

 

[PirateKing]

L.A. riots
french revolution

 

[Red Spyder]

The fall of the Berlin wall. Still remember seeing those images on TV wishing I could be there to help tear it down and to give the finger to the Soviets.

 

[PirateKing]

The fall of the Berlin wall. Still remember seeing those images on TV wishing I could be there to help tear it down and to give the finger to the Soviets.

You would have to listen to Hasselhoff sing though.

 

[STDiva]

This is an awesome thread. Good stuff meester. Lots to read and learn about tonight.

As for my choice, I would like to have been there for the Tonguska Event. Explosion much?Also...Woodstock '69.

 

[Straight Shooter]

All the stuff that happened in the 60s.

 

[Deepcover]

The JFK assassination at Dealey Plaza, The assassinations of Malcolm X, MLK, RFK, Landing on the moon, the birth of Christ.

 

[GibbsGrad2002]

The Miracle on Ice

 

[Mr. Hyde]

The resurrection of Jesus Christ (if indeed it happened)

I would that this would be the most common answer.

 

[kodos]

The Gettysburg Address!

As aweful as the next three are! I would like to have seen!

The fall of Siagon

The JFK Assassination

The Lincoln Assassination

 

[GregCentauro]

the Jewish conspiracy to invent HIV.

 

[jjo_is4]

The creation of planet earth.

 

[JacknCoke]

Jackie Robinson's first major league appearance

 

[bob_dole4]

I would like to have seen the original (Ancient) Seven Wonders Of The World, when they were started and what they looked like finished etc

Great Pyramid of Giza
http://media02.hongkiat.com/awe-inspiring_landmarks/Sphinx-Egypt-Photography.jpg

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
http://thegardensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/hanging-gardens-of-babylon.jpg

Statue of Zeus at Olympia
http://static.newworldencyclopedia.org/thumb/c/c6/Statue_of_Zeus.jpg/300px-Statue_of_Zeus.jpg

Temple of Artemis
http://www.billmunnsgallery.com/images/SWGTDE3.jpg

Mausoleum at Halicarnassus or Tomb of Mausolus
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dHj0_yTcK4Q/TF5MqmyDBqI/AAAAAAAAD0M/skG3v65qlRo/s1600/mausoleum0.jpg

Colossus of Rhodes
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2622/3866163128_46f720980f.jpg

The Lighthouse of Alexandria
http://www.talkgirly.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/lighthouse_of_alexandria.jpg

Exceptional choices, and I agree entirely. Although I'd have liked to have just visited them during their prime, and would also add the library of Alexandria, and perhaps the burning of it as well.

 

[Elwood70]

One word:


Altamont

 

[Baill Inneraora]

The Sandinistas taking over Managua.

Be there for the Matawan Man-Eater.

The Easter Uprising in Dublin.

 

[meesterperfect]

One word:


Altamont

Oh yeah, good one.
I be like " hey man, don't flash that gun, there are Angels all over the place and these guys will kill ya".

then i'd party with this guy, then roll him for all his bread for bus fare back home.




I'd also like to have witnessed the taking of the crown by Richard III of England and The battle of Bosworth.
" A horse, a horse. My kingdom for a horse!".
well at least they've got it on video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74ul7XeQgwg

 

[Baill Inneraora]

The murder of Julius Caesar, the transformation of Rome from a Republic to an imperial state and the birth of Jesus Christ.

See, if I could be transported back to about 50 B.C. and just left there, I could save a whole bunch on travel expenses.

Don’t go to Bethlehem. You probably won’t find him, Joseph and Mary there.

 

[Danglyparts]

the invention of the internet porn industry, no wait, that's in that movie middle men.... then the invention of the waffle!

 

[lurkingdirk]

How about the premiere performance of Bach's B minor mass?

Damn. How fucking cool would that be?

That's sublime.