The Shot That Shook The World!

Right, I've got my five:

Global conflict - Hiroshima
People, power and politics - the fall of the Berlin Wall
Human tragedy - the footage of Ethiopia that spawned Live Aid
World firsts - the moon landing
Sporting greats - Roger Bannister breaking the four minute mile

i remember being in my maths lesson when i heard about it, it was horrible.

What - the squirrel doing the assault course? it was only some plastic tubing, a few feet of washing line and a handful of dry roasted....

Nelson Mandela walking free out of prison

Portillo losing his "safe as houses" tory seat in '97


joy joy joy

Moon landings were defintly faked i reckon.

seen as i'm a young lad its gotta be the WTC and the toppling of saddam.

doesnt really answer the initial question much but september the 11th is probs the most traumatic thingi've ever seen in all my life...*shudders*
ad i only hope to god i never have to live through anything that horrific again for as long as i live it was just fucking horrible, i still have nightmares about it now so god only knows how the americans and especially the families and friends of the victims must feel

Eddy the eagle!

Re: The Shot That Shook The World!

To add something different to what has already been said:

First reports on AIDS
Riots in LA after the Rodney King beating
Assination of JFK
Martin Luther King speech

The end of apparthied in africa
nelson mandela walking free and gaining presidencey

the london bombings
al qeudas first video .

tragedy = bush senior and junior being elected .

more uppers Live Aid concert 1

But all time fave is churchill giving it the we will fight them on the beaches in one of the early tv dramatic moments !

For me its Jon Mak "Berlin" oh I forgot it didnt really exist did it, I imagined it

Mine too big fella.

I wasn't working @ the time and was in the bowling alley practising for a competition. We saw everything happen LIVE, the second plane hit, the panic around, the towers collapsing. I think i was in there from about 11/12 in the morn till about 7/8 @ night. i couldn't believe what i was seeing.

In my lifetime... hmm


WTC

Afghan campaign
i was sitting here with my mate who is now in the marines and was part of the invasion into iraq

Iraq campaign

beheading footage of nick berg being aired on tele

beslam massacre

tsunami

space shuttle columbia breaking up on re-entry

toppling of sadams statue

before i was born...

tianaman square

iranian embassy seige in london

berlin wall

apollo 13 going tits up

1966 victory over the jormans

ww2 meeting of allied commanders


and many many more

Roberto Carlos' free kick sport wise.

I just didnt think it was possible to do such a thing!

Cantona to Man UTD

Against france in the umbro cup ???

what a fuckin strike that was

The death of both Tupac Shakur an Christopher Wallace caught me off guard too.

I'd like to say that the music business has learn't from this tradegy but it doesn't seem like it has..

9/11 defo for me

i watched the news for about 6 hours when it happened you just couldnt take your eyes off the screen

but the biggest tragedy has to be Michelle Mcmanus winning pop idol

LOL..

It was a tradegy on a MASSIVE scale..