FabSwingers.com forum: What's been the most significant historical event in your lifetime

By *aravancouple OP Man
over a year ago

A Secret Hideaway In the caravan of love

Houston The Eagle has landed.

The fall of the Berlin wall.

9/11

Live Aid

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Fall of Berlin Wall

9/11

Death of Princess Diana

First black American president

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

This is one of the question that only time will give you the answer.

But I go for the fall of the Berlin wall

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The day cadburys decided to bring whispers chocolate bar back

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By *yrdwomanWoman
over a year ago

Putting the 'cum' in Eboracum

Miners Strike

9/11

Good Friday Agreement

Challenger

Berlin Wall

First US Black President

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Berlin Wall

Live aid

Falklands war

Mod 80s revival

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I could judge long term significance, but the ones I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing are

Fall of the Berlin Wall

Death of Princess Diana

9/11

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I’m not sure if this happened during my lifetime

But I think one of the most significant scientific events ever is probably the realisation that the earth is a doomed planet and that humanity must escape its confines to stand any chance of survival…

And on that cheerful note,,,, I'll be packing my case....and awaiting the motherships return to whisk me off back to my home planet…..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The IRA bombings, Jamie Bulger and Hilsborough, Live Aid and the fall of the Berlin Wall, the death of Freddie Mercury and Princess Diana, 9/11, Internet, Drone Bombers and nationwide paedo witch-hunts lol

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By *eryBigGirlWoman
over a year ago

East Yorkshire

For me 9/11 is a day I'll never forget.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I think its easy to overlook the significance of Woodstock as one of those world changing moments in time……

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By *icked weaselCouple
over a year ago

Near Edinburgh..

"For me 9/11 is a day I'll never forget."

Yeah.. Watching The Second Tower LIVE on the telly was a Biggie for us..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

death of the princess of wales

9/11

death of john Lennon

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By *uffymayfairCouple
over a year ago

vera playa, Almeria

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

9/11

murder of Diana

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By *aravancouple OP Man
over a year ago

A Secret Hideaway In the caravan of love

"I think its easy to overlook the significance of Woodstock as one of those world changing moments in time……

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By *eareenaCouple
over a year ago

Rockford

"For me 9/11 is a day I'll never forget."

for me too and the days leading to the Iraqi war... it was tough being an american living here during that time. I was sad fir my culture and embarrassed by it too.

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By *uffymayfairCouple
over a year ago

vera playa, Almeria

I'll never forget the first time i saw a group of bikers on the road, changed my life. Couldn't wait to get a bike had one since.

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By *iewMan
Forum Mod
over a year ago

Angus & Findhorn

Mandela walking out of the prison

Elvis & Princess Di passing

9/11

my mum's suicide

Arriving in the USA to live and getting into an automatic car at the airport and looking a twat when I had no fucking clue, had to go in and ask the lady to show me

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

9/11 ...was on phone wishing my dad a happy birthday

the zeebrugee ferry disaster....dad was due home on that weekend ...was due on that ferry but missed it by 10 minutes ...but we spent the next few hrs worried to death cus he couldnt get to a phone

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

England winning the world cup

Man on the moon

Princess Diana death

John Lennon being shot.

9/11

First British female prime minister

First black american prime minister

Computers

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I was born in 1957 when Rock n'roll was born, was a school kid when heavy and prog rock was born, was a teenager during glam rock, was a yoof during punk years,

I've lived through wars on most continents, have seen Presidents elected and some assassinated,

I've seen massive advances in human rights

I've witnessed advances in technology that's gone from slide rules to computers

There are loads more that deserve a mention but someone else can have a go

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By *aucy3Couple
over a year ago

glasgow

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By *icked weaselCouple
over a year ago

Near Edinburgh..

As a Kid i remember watching them Lift The Mary-Rose out of the Water..

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By *aucy3Couple
over a year ago

glasgow

The assassination of

J F Kennedy.

He may have been a mega shagger,but i truly believe,he would have made the world a better place for all.

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By *uckknowsMan
over a year ago

here

West brom getting promoted to the premier league

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By *aravancouple OP Man
over a year ago

A Secret Hideaway In the caravan of love

"9/11 ...was on phone wishing my dad a happy birthday

the zeebrugee ferry disaster....dad was due home on that weekend ...was due on that ferry but missed it by 10 minutes ...but we spent the next few hrs worried to death cus he couldnt get to a phone"

I had forgot the zeebrugee ferry disaster

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I would say the first heart transplant has got to be up there with a shout too....

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By *atisfy janeWoman
over a year ago

Torquay

1st May 1997

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By *aravancouple OP Man
over a year ago

A Secret Hideaway In the caravan of love

The Aberfan disaster a catastrophic collapse of a colliery spoil tip in the Welsh village of Aberfan.

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By *inky BunnyMan
over a year ago

Cardiff

"What's been the most significant historical event in your lifetime"

Apart from my own birth, I nominate the 'Long March through the Institutions' (sic) of Britain by communists/fabians that began during the Unnecessary War (as Winston Churchill called the 'Second World War') but came to manifest in earnest to the naked eye c. 1976 resulting in the (now fully accomplished) total degradation of Britains institutions and society which having once been the envy of the world are now its laughing-stock.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The tragic events that took place aboard The Piper Alpha,,,,,The Ocean Odyssey .... and The Alexander Kielland

All played a significant part in shaping my personal history

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By *umpkinMan
over a year ago

near the sounds of the wimborne quarter jack!

"The Aberfan disaster a catastrophic collapse of a colliery spoil tip in the Welsh village of Aberfan.

Remeber being told about this at primary school

On the other side I can remember seeing the first flight of Concorde 002 with Captain Bernie Trubshaw at the controls. Also saw the QE2 being launched on telly too!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Niel Armstrong celebrating my birth by walking on the moon a few minutes after I was born

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I’d like to think one day there will be people who say the London Olympics and Paralympics were historic game changers in their lives….

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By *icked weaselCouple
over a year ago

Near Edinburgh..

Dolly.. the sheep..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Soft toilet paper,,,,,

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By *aravancouple OP Man
over a year ago

A Secret Hideaway In the caravan of love

Louise Brown, the world's first successful test-tube baby

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By *ouple in LancashireCouple
over a year ago

in Lancashire

"I was born in 1957 when Rock n'roll was born, was a school kid when heavy and prog rock was born, was a teenager during glam rock, was a yoof during punk years,

I've lived through wars on most continents, have seen Presidents elected and some assassinated,

I've seen massive advances in human rights

I've witnessed advances in technology that's gone from slide rules to computers

There are loads more that deserve a mention but someone else can have a go

this..

by a Cpl of years..

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By *owboy BebopMan
over a year ago

Glasgow

Brilliant thread , bit moving best and worst of man....for me it's got to be

Moon landings the best of man ...still an amazing achievement !

9/ 11 .... The worst, hateful & cowardly

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Probably the twin towers attack. Still remember that streaming on the news.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I will never forget seeing Simon Western on TV as a kid, I was little bit scared but then learnt the story of the Falklands and he inspired me to do the job I do today.

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By *aravancouple OP Man
over a year ago

A Secret Hideaway In the caravan of love

"I will never forget seeing Simon Western on TV as a kid, I was little bit scared but then learnt the story of the Falklands and he inspired me to do the job I do today.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

the 2004 tsunami that everyone forgot about:

killing over 230,000 people in fourteen countries

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Death of Freddie Mercury, Princess Diana and 9/11

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By * Jay69Man
over a year ago

Bridgwater - Somerset

Had a quick read through lots of good ones - Kennedy mentioned. No mention of the Moon Landing, the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Sorry folks - Diana does not raise a blip on my radar.

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By * Jay69Man
over a year ago

Bridgwater - Somerset

Sorry digger - you beat me to the Moon Landing.

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By *aravancouple OP Man
over a year ago

A Secret Hideaway In the caravan of love

"Had a quick read through lots of good ones - Kennedy mentioned. No mention of the Moon Landing, the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Sorry folks - Diana does not raise a blip on my radar."

Have a look at the first one.

Houston The Eagle has landed.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My birthday....

Twin towers...

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By * Jay69Man
over a year ago

Bridgwater - Somerset

"Had a quick read through lots of good ones - Kennedy mentioned. No mention of the Moon Landing, the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Sorry folks - Diana does not raise a blip on my radar.

Have a look at the first one.

Houston The Eagle has landed.

Damn - missed it twice!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Death of Freddie Mercury, Princess Diana and 9/11 "

9/11, the 2004 Tsunami and the fall of the Berlin Wall were momentous, world changing events.

The death of Lady Di was sad but irrelevant in comparison.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

IRA bombings.

The Falklands Conflict.

The fall of the berlin wall.

Underground bombs in london.

An English man winning the tour de france.

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By *uke olovingmanMan
over a year ago

Gravesend

9 /11 towers falling .. i was watching standing in the street in basingstoke a chill running up my spine

lady dianas death . on my birthday

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By *aravancouple OP Man
over a year ago

A Secret Hideaway In the caravan of love

1966 do i have to say any more

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The birth of my two boys !! Followed many years later by my successful divorce from their father

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By *eryBigGirlWoman
over a year ago

East Yorkshire

"For me 9/11 is a day I'll never forget.

Yeah.. Watching The Second Tower LIVE on the telly was a Biggie for us..

Yeah that's something I'll never forget I'd had the day from hell with my newly adopted daughter and finally had some peace from 5 hours constant crying I'd flopped on the bed flicked on the tv literally seconds before it hit. Certainly put my problems at that time into perspective

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"1966 do i have to say any more

another myth...just like them moon landings

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

7/7 London bombings... I changed my train time and just missed the Tavistock Sq bomb by ten mins.

The coalition govt coming into power... My job went thanks to them...

9/11...

Dianas death

Whitney Houston and Michael Jackson dying

The channel tunnel

Concorde coming... And going...

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By *aravancouple OP Man
over a year ago

A Secret Hideaway In the caravan of love

"1966 do i have to say any more

another myth...just like them moon landings"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

For me finding out my parents werent my parents i know we laugh an joke on here take the piss thats good i love my adoptive parents to bits they were my grandparents fantastic people my eldest sister turned out to be my real mum ive had a beer i needed to say it take the piss or whatever i really dont give a shit im not the only person in this position if any one else is in this position im sorry mail me an maybe we can help each other

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By *icked weaselCouple
over a year ago

Near Edinburgh..

.. The - Wombles....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Falklands War

Cuban Missile Crisis

Korean War

9-11

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By *ouple in LancashireCouple
over a year ago

in Lancashire

"Falklands War

Cuban Missile Crisis

Korean War

9-11"

2 of those occurred before you were born..

unless you are Funky's alter ego and went back in time..

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By *icked weaselCouple
over a year ago

Near Edinburgh..

Can I Also Add - BAGPUSS.. it scared the hell out of me..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Or I had possession of the Tardis

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By *uke olovingmanMan
over a year ago

Gravesend

there s a bagpuss museum in canterbury xx

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By *icked weaselCouple
over a year ago

Near Edinburgh..

"there s a bagpuss museum in canterbury xx"

feel a Fabs-Forum Party

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By *icked weaselCouple
over a year ago

Near Edinburgh..

We can all turn up with bagpuss or baggy pussys..

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By *uriouscouple34Couple
over a year ago

sunderland

"Louise Brown, the world's first successful test-tube baby

This as we were born on the same day and msm always reminds me of this on my birthday x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The sinking of the Sir Galahad. Had to wait 2 days to find out if my ex was dead or alive. Was missing presumed dead. Lost some good friends .

Dianas death

Twin towers

Aberfan disaster.

Positive ones.

My kids. (turned me grey)

Meeting my darling Dave.

My grandkids

They have helped make me who i am today. Xx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'm saying the Falklands war.

As much as I hate my sperm donor (father) if he hadn't of made it back I wouldn't be here

9/11

7/11

Diana

IRA Manchester Bombing

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

9/11

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Berlin Wall

9/11

Thai tsunarmi (my birthday) and the one in Japan

IRA bombing of Manchester

Diana's death

Black President in USA...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"For me finding out my parents werent my parents i know we laugh an joke on here take the piss thats good i love my adoptive parents to bits they were my grandparents fantastic people my eldest sister turned out to be my real mum ive had a beer i needed to say it take the piss or whatever i really dont give a shit im not the only person in this position if any one else is in this position im sorry mail me an maybe we can help each other"

There's a lot more people in the same position than you would think...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Perestroika and Glasnost deserve a mention...

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By *teveanddebsCouple
over a year ago

Norwich

At 6 yo I watched the state funeral of Churchill on TV.

At 10 yo the Apollo moon landings.

At some point in the early sixties air raid sirens sounded in London in the middle of the night. Not frightening for me because I didn't know what was going on but very worrying for the adults.

In the late 70's and early 80's it was being involved in NI and the Falklands.

In the late 90's the death of Diana made me realise just how far the establishment would go to stop Mohamed Fayed getting a UK passport.

Since then I've realised that the government:

Usually deny most strongly that which is true.(see next point)

Do deal with terrorists (Martin McGuinness, Nelson Mandela et al)

Lie like a cheap timex watch about anything, however trivial.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Houston The Eagle has landed.

The fall of the Berlin wall.

9/11

Live Aid"

The ones that spring to mind from my childhood/youth are 1. Tanks rolling into Prague 2. Space race/moon landings 3. Vietnam 4. Watergate scandal.

Not saying they are the most significant. Just ones that immediately spring to mind.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Haveing a 4 sum.

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By *iss_tressWoman
over a year ago

London

Death of Diana: the mass hysteria that followed was alarming.

9/11: the full impact of such evil was (still is) frightening.

Barack Obama elected America's first black president: a black man in the White House. Affirmation for our children to not accept glass ceilings and believe you can be anything you want to be. I felt almost as proud of Barack as watching my children in their gowns collecting their degrees.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

JFK's assassination - first time I saw my father cry. Not sure he would have made the world a better place, but he made us believe that he would, which was so good.

And then 1968- Robert K and MLKing....

All those riots

A bomb going off near Jaffa Gate (Jerusalem), seconds after my brother walked that way - took long hours before I knew he was safe.

Moon landing - stayed up and watched it live. Anwar Sadat laughing with Golda Meir - so much hope then. The Second Tower - realising it was real. And the development of the Internet - the sole reason we are here and can contact people we otherwise would never meet.

Good thread.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Death of princess di and 9/11 for me remember exactly what i was foing when i heard.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Diana died 16 years ago tomorrow. Never forget that terrible day.

Live aid. I missed it all as I was busy giving birth to my son.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

falling in love for the first time, at the grand old age of 38.

It's historical and significant to me :D

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

9-11 international travel will never be the same

The aftermath of surreal public grief over Diana's death by people who the day before were astonishingly cruel about her.

Falklands (I went to school with a lot of naval officers' children)

Nelson Mandela walking free.

Tsunami in Thailand as my parents lived there and the water went through their downstairs- they phoned saying we're o...... And then nothing for 7days

The night before Op Telic 1. My ex was preparing to go over the border into Iraq and I didn't hear from her for 3 weeks due to comms shutdown.

Many many others

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

November 1989. Tim Berners Lee creates the first successful communication between a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) client and server via the Internet. Thus the modern World Wide Web was born.

I know many people are saying many other historical events, and I almost went with 9/11.

But honestly, in my lifetime, I struggled to find one other event which has touched almost the entire facet of humanity and all corners of the earth than the birth of the WWW.

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By *he_original_poloWoman
over a year ago

a Primark shoebox in Leicester

The first drive-thru McDonalds opening in Leicester.

Online shopping.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The death of Diana

9/11

7/11

Tsunami

Jamie bulger

Madaline McCann

Baby p

The birth of our son

The day Ian came out of his coma after is bike accident.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

OMG.... yeah, the World Wide Web and Internet deserve a place here.... after-all without them we wouldn't be doing this on here ,,,,,

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By *aravancouple OP Man
over a year ago

A Secret Hideaway In the caravan of love

The Warrington bombings When 12-year-old Tim Parry and three-year-old Johnathan Ball were murdered by a bomb planted by IRA terrorists.

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