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  • #46
    1. Man on the moon (undoubted pinnacle of human achievement).
    2. Powered flight.
    3. Discovery of the Americas.
    4. The Renaissance.
    5. Atomics (Energy and The Bomb).
    6. Magna Carta.
    7. Computer (and Internet).
    8. General and Special Relativity.
    9. United Nations.
    10. My birth.
    "And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man." -- JFK Inaugural, 1961
    "Extremism in the defense of liberty is not a vice." -- Barry Goldwater, 1964 GOP Nomination acceptance speech (not George W. Bush 40 years later...)
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    • #47
      not another man on the moon. How is that significant? It was symbolic, but not particularly significant.

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      • #48
        Originally posted by Dissident
        not another man on the moon. How is that significant? It was symbolic, but not particularly significant.
        Man has looked at the moon ever since he had eyes and wondered. It was the ultimate triumph of human determination and spirit and a culmination of history. A giant leap for mankind.
        "And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man." -- JFK Inaugural, 1961
        "Extremism in the defense of liberty is not a vice." -- Barry Goldwater, 1964 GOP Nomination acceptance speech (not George W. Bush 40 years later...)
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        • #49
          Bismark's rejection of GB as an ally and Germany's dreadnaught arms race with GB. Also, Wilhelm's efforts to piss off the Brits.

          Germany's defeat in WW1 can be traced to these decisions. If Germany had won then Hitler would have remained an obscure corporal from Austria and WW2 in europe would not have occured. Had WW2 in europe not occured, then the Soviets would not have taken eastern europe, possibly the SU might not exist as Germany would have no reason to cut a deal with Lenin, because France would have quickly fallen. So... no cold war. Also, no nuke arms race since there would be no manhatten project.
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          • #50
            Originally posted by Comrade Tassadar
            Not really.
            Compared to what? It is a significant event. I realize however that personal bias may creep its way into many responses.
            "And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man." -- JFK Inaugural, 1961
            "Extremism in the defense of liberty is not a vice." -- Barry Goldwater, 1964 GOP Nomination acceptance speech (not George W. Bush 40 years later...)
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            • #51
              Originally posted by Comrade Tassadar
              The Great October Socialist Revolution
              (sigh. I should have expected that)

              Which one? The Russian Revolution of 1917 or 1999?
              "And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man." -- JFK Inaugural, 1961
              "Extremism in the defense of liberty is not a vice." -- Barry Goldwater, 1964 GOP Nomination acceptance speech (not George W. Bush 40 years later...)
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              2008 Presidential Candidate (for what its worth)

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              • #52
                Originally posted by Comrade Tassadar


                The Great October Socialist Revolution
                I can't believe I'm saying this, but he's right.

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                • #53
                  Originally posted by Urban Ranger
                  What about:

                  - The Black Death
                  - The Renaissance
                  - The Crusades
                  - The Invention of the Computer


                  Gutenberg's printing press was quite a non-event. Asians had been using movable types for centuries.
                  Yes, but the results of Gutenberg's press had a far great impact to the world.
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                  • #54
                    Re: Top Ten Most Significant Events of The Last 1000 Years

                    Originally posted by DarkCloud
                    So what do you all think? Comments? Improvements?

                    -dc
                    Could it possibly be any more 20th century-centric?


                    Jaguar's List of the Top Ten Most Significant Musical Pieces of the Last 500 Years

                    10. Beethoven's Eroica Symphony (1803)
                    9. Mozart's Don Giovanni (1787)
                    8. Ashlee Simpson's "Pieces of Me" (2004)
                    7. Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy's Violin Concerto in E Minor (1844)
                    6. Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto in C Minor (1901)
                    5. Crazy Frog Axel F (2005)
                    4. Bach's Saint Matthew Passion (1617)
                    3. Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together" (2005)
                    2. Beethoven's 9th Symphony (1824)
                    1. Britney Spears' "Hit Me Baby One More Time" (1999)
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                    • #55
                      The failure of the Spanish Armada.
                      The defeat of the Ottomans at Vienna.
                      Only feebs vote.

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                      • #56
                        Mine, in no particular order - These aren't really events, but more like series of events.

                        -The rise of Ghengis Khan and subsequent mongol expansion: the conquest of China, and the decimation of the arabs in the middle east and eastern europe.
                        -The arrival of the Ottomans, with it's direct consequenses - e.g. the destruction of the byzantine empire.
                        -The protestant reformation in europe.
                        -The discovery and conquest of the new world by europe.
                        -The renaissance.
                        -The rise of education, rational thinkers, mostly in europe.
                        -The french revolution, which is basically the beginning of the modern times.
                        -The rise of socialist thought, with all of it's good and bad consequences.
                        -The Meiji restoration, which has created modern Japan from an isolationist island nation, and influenced world politics and economics from that time on.
                        -The fall of the Berlin wall, which marks the true end of the millenium. ( unless something really big will happen in the next 20 years)
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                        • #57
                          some of those don't sound like a single "event"

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                          • #58
                            because naming 'single events' is always a stretch. e.g. saying that 'columbus landing on that godforsaken island' is 'teh 1337 3V3n7' is stupid. Euros fished near the shores of the new world and even established settlements a long time before that. It's the whole immense colonization thing that was so crucial and important in history.
                            urgh.NSFW

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                            • #59
                              teh 1337 3V3n7
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                              • #60
                                Originally posted by Az
                                because naming 'single events' is always a stretch. e.g. saying that 'columbus landing on that godforsaken island' is 'teh 1337 3V3n7' is stupid.
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