• Bread@sh.itjust.works
    6·
    2 years ago

    The astroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs. Would be cool to see a world ending event as the sky lights on fire, oceans evaporate, and a super tsunami.

  • blegh@sh.itjust.works
    4·
    2 years ago

    The first time man walked on the moon. I love astronomy, space travel, and studying the physics that makes it all happen. I’m too bad at math to ever be an astronaut, so seeing that first hand through wish magic would mean everything to me

  • BOMBS@lemmy.world
    4·
    2 years ago

    the creation (birth?) of the first live cell. it’s the beginning of life!!

  • southsamurai@sh.itjust.works
    4·
    2 years ago

    Hiroshima.

    Sorry, had to make the dark joke.

    The serious answer is the first Apollo launch. Because space. That’s when real space ventures became a reality rather than a dream.

    Tbh though, if it was some kind of magical thing where it was possible, the moon landing would be a bigger deal for me. But there’s no way without going into fantasy for that to happen, and it wouldn’t be the same because part of the cool part of this idea is being there, in person, with the ability to experience the entirety of the event. Can’t cram another person into the lander at all, and that’s where I would want to be. But I’d be perfectly happy to be in the crowd watching a launch

  • HomesliceAbe@lemmy.world
    2·
    2 years ago

    • The Gettysburg Address.

    • Lincoln’s assassination and the aftermath.

    • The trial of the conspirators. I’m fascinated with (and saddened by) the trial and execution of Mary Surratt.

    • Pretty much anything related to Lincoln and the Civil War.

  • animist@lemmy.one
    21·
    2 years ago

    Battle of Hastings, 1066

    Last time that the island of Britain was successfully invaded. I think the culture of chivalry that the Normans brought was what changed English culture to become what it is today and away from their Anglo-Saxon routes. I would even go as far as to say that the Normans were proto-imperialists and the culture they helped develop in England, France, and the Mediterranean led to a big chunk of the old imperialism of the 1500-1700s (minus the Spanish/Portuguese/Dutch).

  • Sivar@lemmy.world
    1·
    2 years ago

    The detonation of either the Hiroshima or the Nagasaki nuclear bomb, including the aftermath and suffering, assuming the explosions and fallout couldn’t hurt me eyesight- or radiation-wise.

    I think that’s also something every politician should witness before getting into office. Maybe the world would be more peaceful and diplomatic.