If you could go back in time to witness any event...what would it be?

[First Speaker]

...for myself, it would be going to the Globe Theater in 1601 to watch Richard Burbage as Hamlet. And, hopefully, to maybe snatch a few moments of conversation with the playwright...

[rampartc]

1. dallas 22 november 1963

for obvious reasons.

[First Speaker]

2. That was my second choice...

...but ultimately, I chose the fictional tragedy over the real one. If you were in Dealey Plaza, you'd need some really good binoculars, and switch quickly from the sixth floor window to the grassy knoll...

[fierywoman]

3. The Berlin Wall falling down.

I lived in Italy at the time and never thought it would happen in my lifetime.

[MLAA]

4. Jan 1, 1863

January 1, 1863
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."

[Jade Fox]

5. I would love to tour Europe before WW2....

Not exactly an event....

[kedrys]

6. Does it have to be on Earth?

I’d go back to when Olympus Mons was erupting on Mars.

[Butterflylady]

7. To meet Gandhi.

[Itchinjim]

8. Summer of 67, San Francisco.

See all the bands. Dig the scene before it all goes to shit.

[Mr.Bill]

17. I was there a few times, briefly.

I was only 14. I had a friend from my neighborhood whose family had moved near there. I spent a few weekends at their house, walking around, more a spectator than a participant. I did smoke my first marijuana that summer there, though.

[Fla Dem]

9. JFK Inauguration

[sanatanadharma]

10. The Big Bang

Now where do I stand to observe this event,

[SeattleVet]

14. First, nowhere...

then, everywhere!

[VMA131Marine]

11. Crucifixion and resurrection of Christ, obviously.

Either way, it would solve a big mystery.

[Prairie_Seagull]

12. Einsteins introduction of General Relativity to the powers that be in his physics world.

[nevergiveup]

13. The Gettysburg Address

[elleng]

15. On May 7, 1824, Ludwig van Beethoven's ninth and final symphony debuts

at Vienna's Theater am Kärntnertor. Having lost his hearing years earlier, the celebrated composer nonetheless “conducts” the first performance of his Ninth Symphony, now widely considered to be one of the greatest pieces of music ever written.

Having established himself as one of the greatest composers of the era in the early 1800s, Beethoven had almost completely lost his hearing by 1814 but continued to compose. The Ninth Symphony required the largest orchestra ever employed by Beethoven, and was unusual at the time for its use of voices in addition to instruments. Beethoven hand-picked two young singers, 18-year-old Henriette Sontag and 20-year-old Caroline Unger, for the soprano and alto parts. He stood on stage and appeared to conduct the orchestra when the Ninth debuted, although due to his deafness the players were instructed to ignore the composer and instead follow Michael Umlauf, the actual conductor. Beethoven was several bars off from the actual music by the time the piece concluded. As he could not hear the applause, Unger had to turn him to face the audience as they hailed him with five standing ovations, raising their hats and handkerchiefs in the air.

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/beethoven-ninth-symphony-debuts-vienna#:~:text=On%20May%207%2C%201824%2C%20Ludwig,pieces%20of%20music%20ever%20written.

[bahboo]

16. beat me to it! Yep...this is my number 1....

[Talitha]

18. The Great Bombardment - from a safe distance, of course!