Which historical event would you want to witness?

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nightdrot · Accepted Answer

Where to begin? Not sure that I could pick just one, but if I were forced - odd as it might sound as an American - I would pick Pearl Harbor.

While not unmindful of the suffering that day - and the many that would follow - the operational brilliance and tactical daring of the action were impressive. Few events in history have marked such an obvious turning point in history.

For balance, the other event that I would like to have attended was Japan's signing of the surrender aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on September 2, 1945. Again, an impressive turning point.

That said, frankly, as I mention these I am immediately mindful of other events. So, as I say, my answers above would be my instant response if someone put a gun to my head. It really is hard to pick and choose.

Even harder, though, would be being forced to answer what historical figure that I would want to meet. There are dozens. I just could not answer.

ManOnFire · Accepted Answer

How the pyramids were made.

Amy10223 · Accepted Answer

I would have loved to have witnessed Trump's refusal to leave the Whitehouse, and have the National Guard have to drag him out.

Flower7 · Accepted Answer

I would like to see some slaves getting freed in the United States.

OlderAndWiser · Answer

The surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown.

TheBMG · Answer

Ghengis Khan and his domination of the Mongolian Empire. Read a lot of stuff about him.

I would like to save the killing of the royal Russian family, the Romanovs. The affects of that and the Bolshevik Revolution were exponential. Think what would have been different if communism never came about.

ChiTown33 · Answer

King Leonidas's last stand with the 300 Spartans vs. The Persians.
Or
Alexander the great at Gaugamela.
40k Greeks against allegedly 1 million Persians

The Greeks had a habit of embellishing. I'd like to see with my own eye truly how lopsided these battles were.

ChrisMaster69 · Answer

There are a few all battles. waterloo Agincourt Battle of Tours Zama Kursk Trafalgar Spanish Armada Channel fight.

BCRanger10 · Answer

1) The Resurrection of Christ
2) The Battles of Lepanto and Vienna
3) The end of the American Revolution
4) The fall of the Soviet Union and the Berlin Wall
5) The original release of Star Wars
6) D-Day

AviatorTom · Answer

If I could travel back in time and just be an observer, I'd love to see Cornwallis defeat and surrender at Yorktown in 1781 that effectively ended the American Revolutionary War and created an independent United States of America.

MCheetah · Answer

Future Historical Event: The collapse of the Chinese Communist Party.

the29thhuman · Answer

Terra-cotta soldiers (The ones that are standing made of stone)

dtweed1996 · Answer

I’d like to witness the last day before the u. s became a union because I never understood the landing when the u. s was 13 colonies

Northernlights25 · Answer

How could I possible choose. The Punic Wars, Alexander the Great at the Battle of Gaugamela, the Viking siege of Paris, the Crusades. Too many to count.

FTnWo · Answer

That is a really tough one because their are so many to choose from, I'd kinda like to see how the British hit us with everything they had and yet that flag was still standing

EnglishEuropean · Answer

I mean history is unfolding in front of our eyes as we speak but maybe the Battle of Britain 1940.

Hispanic-Cool-Guy · Answer

When God parted the Red Sea. Cool miracle to have witnessed.

Turgenyev · Answer

I would like to witness one of Napoleon's conquests

Solstraale · Answer

Berlin wall being teared down

Kriss46 · Answer

What really happened in the Dyatlov pass incident or how Unsinkable Sam went all the way from Germany to Britain can't choose

ALewis30 · Answer

MLK Jr's Speech 1967, Woodstock 1969 or, Band Aid 1985.

Likes2drive · Answer

The coming of Christ The building of Stonehenge industrial revolution

Old_Golden · Answer

The burning of the library of Alexandria so I could save some books

najekim · Answer

Back when 4 different Human species were alive at the same time.

Mediterraneansoul · Answer

I'd want to witness everything from adam and eve to cain their kids to date.

TsAubreyKate · Answer

Elvita Adams jumping off the Empire State Building and surviving

KostasKouvalis · Answer

King Sobieski stopping the Muslims by Vienna

jennifer_bloom · Answer

The Spanish Armada or the Conquest of Montezuma

SamA_nold · Answer

American revolution 😀

Static_In_The_Attic · Answer

July 7th 1947 Roswell New Mexico

andreasderjuengere · Answer

The disbandment of the U. S. of A. :)

humanearth · Answer

Cave man hunting Wooly Mammoth

talka20 · Answer

Partition of India and Pakistan

MarieFeb14 · Answer

To see the German surrender at both World Wars.

Wise4myage · Answer

The Battle of The Little Bighorn.

IncognitoBandito · Answer

The trial stages of any major invention.

DiegoO · Answer

The day McDonald started as a business.🤷‍♂️

MarkRet · Answer

Cleopatra entering Rome, like in that movie.

exitseven · Answer

Attack on the World Trade Center.

CuriousMufuxka · Answer

When Steve Jobs went back to Apple.

emperor90 · Answer

The independence of india

Pohjolan · Answer

The mysterious bronze age collapse.

SmokinAces2000 · Answer

MLK’s I have a dream speech

Pterodon · Answer

First flight

NathanDavis · Answer

Brady's 8th ring...

_no_one_ · Answer

whatever happened in 1989

saffoler · Answer

Battle of the Bulge.

awkward_author · Answer

Gregg v. Georgia

Fuentes · Answer

The Nuke being made

WhiteBoyChill · Answer

Slavery.

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