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Does Woodstock count?

i already have experienced a few in my lifetime. i can't say that they were generally positive experiences.

Pretty grim choice.

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.

The Battle of Agincourt. It would be interesting to confirm how effective the English longbows really were compared to the theory that the mud was really the deciding factor against the French.

Also the battle of Hastings. To see how a shield wall worked.

Jesus throwing the conmen out of the church.

I don't care for the religion, but if this actually happened, it would be so satisfying to see. So-called "christians" act more like the ones he kicked out than their supposed "lord" himself.

I don't know how much of an"historical event" it is now, but if I showed up to Steven Hawking's "Time Traveller party" I imagine it would become one.

Human extinction. Be it a massive, catastrophic event or a whimper of a thing, it would be fun to witness the end of our run through time.

i wanna visit that one Christmas in world war one where they all got over their shit for a day and had snowball fights and stuff. play in the snow with some of the most damaged and traumatized people in history.

Apollo moon landing

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.

Probably the christians arriving in Jerusalem and killing everyone.

Brutus stabbing some little king wannabe.

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.

Gettysburg Address

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.

Charles I getting a little off the top.

I honestly can’t think of any historically significant event that doesn’t involve or depend upon major suffering of some sort -even the happy moments are only happy because of an end of horrible things- so I’ll just pass entirely. History sucks because humans suck.

But If we assume that time can flow in both ways, I’ll choose to go somewhere in the future-past. Maybe the day we put boots on ground in another solar system, or put an end to scarcity, if either of those ever even happen..

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.

Jan 6, so i can blast benny hill music.

Last time this was asked, someone said the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, and I don't think they meant for the historical insights...

The big bang, to see how it all started.

Yes, the Berlin wall for me too.

And when the white government in South Africa resigned, and Mandela became the boss.

Not a major event, but there's a number of football ⚽ matches I wish I could have been at, not least the 1961 and 1968 Scottish Cup finals.

If I can experience it without dying, I’d say the asteroid that killed all the dinosaurs.

Seeing the first person to spell subtle with a b