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Mike 03

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48. Some key event during WW2
Fri Mar 5, 2021, 03:22 PM
Mar 2021

Perhaps the last 3 days in Hitler's bunker.

Or maybe better, to be a fly on the wall at the Yalta Conference.

Or Himmler's bizarre speech of 6 October 1943 at Posen, where he called out to Albert Speer, so I could see with my own eyes if Speer was lying when he later claimed he wasn't actually there and that Himmler's eyesight was so poor that he didn't realize Speer was missing. Speer laughably relied on this claim to demonstrate he knew nothing about the Holocaust.

I know that last one sounds like I'm thinking small, but it is an issue Adam Tooze raises in his book Wages of Destruction and that book really piqued my curiosity to know.

Another might be the death of Stalin's wife, so I could settle once and for all whether she committed suicide or met with foul play!

That is probably the one event that I would never want Dan Mar 2021 #1
Martin Luther King's "I Have A Dream" speech. East-A-Squared Mar 2021 #2
I actually was there! First Speaker Mar 2021 #3
Awesome. What an experience and memory. wnylib Mar 2021 #64
While my first thought was the Gettysburg Address I think id rather be present when the Constitution dem4decades Mar 2021 #4
You are not thinking very big here- how about the "Big Bang"? RainCaster Mar 2021 #5
I suspect it would have made a very poor spectator event Shermann Mar 2021 #9
I saw the Beatles on Ed Sullivan. The Big Bang would have been a lot more spectacular. Ocelot II Mar 2021 #22
From where would you observe the Big Bang from? Kaleva Mar 2021 #10
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe. iscooterliberally Mar 2021 #12
The best place to see the Big Bang, Doc_Technical Mar 2021 #69
From the Time Travel Viewing Platform? Irish_Dem Mar 2021 #19
Probably could have found that info myself by Googling for it! Kaleva Mar 2021 #46
It is not on google. I just made it up. Irish_Dem Mar 2021 #52
You've already got the best possible view because... Buckeye_Democrat Mar 2021 #29
Christopher Columbus makes landfall in the Bahamas Shermann Mar 2021 #6
Or raped. Ferrets are Cool Mar 2021 #16
You might die from some minor European disease first SCantiGOP Mar 2021 #56
You could be the first to tell him genxlib Mar 2021 #18
Columbus thought he had landed in India FakeNoose Mar 2021 #49
I would love to see Dakota Flint Mar 2021 #57
The Minnesota Vikings winning the Super Bowl Generic Brad Mar 2021 #7
My mother was a lifelong Eagles Fan. malthaussen Mar 2021 #43
My FIL was a die-hard Maple Leafs fan ironflange Mar 2021 #50
Probably the crucifixion captain queeg Mar 2021 #8
Same here but with great trepidation. Kaleva Mar 2021 #11
There is a science fiction story, "Ecce Homo," in which a man goes back to tblue37 Mar 2021 #68
I read a sci-fi story along those lines years ago captain queeg Mar 2021 #77
premiere of the Beethoven 9th.... dhill926 Mar 2021 #13
Or the riot at the first performance of Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring." Ocelot II Mar 2021 #23
oh hell yeah.... dhill926 Mar 2021 #31
Heck, I'd be happy if I just got to see Led Zeppelin play live in person. iscooterliberally Mar 2021 #14
tRump being frog marched into prison. Ferrets are Cool Mar 2021 #15
traitortrump in a real prison, after he has been immersed in the empedocles Mar 2021 #17
British surrender at Yorktown - 1781. TomSlick Mar 2021 #20
This reminded me of a hysterical book series I read, The Chronicles of St. Mary's tanyev Mar 2021 #21
My favorite series!! birdographer Mar 2021 #39
I did not know there was a Time Police series! tanyev Mar 2021 #53
The Time Police ones birdographer Mar 2021 #54
Seems like the last one I read was where Max let Matthew go with the Time Police. tanyev Mar 2021 #55
Hearing Queen Elizabeth address English troops before the defeat oasis Mar 2021 #24
From a safe distance, of course - - Talitha Mar 2021 #25
It's so hard to choose! ShazzieB Mar 2021 #26
Andre Eglevsky, Maria Tallchief - Swan Lake elleng Mar 2021 #27
45's sentencing. nt eppur_se_muova Mar 2021 #28
I'd like to go back to about 1177 BC... Buckeye_Democrat Mar 2021 #30
I had always assumed Elessar Zappa Mar 2021 #35
There seems to be growing evidence that they... Buckeye_Democrat Mar 2021 #47
They look pretty land-locked to be wnylib Mar 2021 #65
True, but all it would require are hordes of invaders... Buckeye_Democrat Mar 2021 #74
In Robert Silverberg's "Up the Line" the Crucifixion Run was the most popular. Jeebo Mar 2021 #32
I love *Up the Line*... First Speaker Mar 2021 #45
Carl Sagan said he would go to the library at Alexandria. Jeebo Mar 2021 #33
Yup. Plus the ability to read all the various languages. n/t sarge43 Mar 2021 #63
I'd say when John met Paul at the church in 1957. Nt raccoon Mar 2021 #34
That's a good one! Mad_Dem_X Mar 2021 #38
I'd like to see Elessar Zappa Mar 2021 #36
Good one. birdographer Mar 2021 #40
Maybe he Mr.Bill Mar 2021 #59
The death of Voltaire. Aristus Mar 2021 #37
Any speech by Julius Caesar birdographer Mar 2021 #41
Woodstock or Kent State Massacre. lastlib Mar 2021 #42
Why Kent State? I had a friend wnylib Mar 2021 #66
I'd like to hang out with Yeshua before he became a rock star. malthaussen Mar 2021 #44
Some key event during WW2 Mike 03 Mar 2021 #48
The Beatles' famous rooftop concert. Jeebo Mar 2021 #51
A frined of mine from London actually heard it DFW Mar 2021 #61
I would like to fly one mission in WWII Mr.Bill Mar 2021 #58
So many, but mine would be....... DFW Mar 2021 #60
Mine sarge43 Mar 2021 #62
The voyage to the Sea of Cortez VGNonly Mar 2021 #67
Watching the Hindenburg Disaster. Totally Tunsie Mar 2021 #70
I'd like to meet Kirk, Spock, and McCoy in 1930 New York. hunter Mar 2021 #71
Attack on Pearl Harbor. MicaelS Mar 2021 #72
An Apollo moon voyage. Harker Mar 2021 #73
the start of the american divide llashram Mar 2021 #75
It'd be cool to see San Fransisco Bay fill Marthe48 Mar 2021 #76
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