For me it is the “fall of the Berlin wall” and the celebrations after the border openings.

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      But it’s still considered a major historic event. The Berlin wall falling was even more recent and definitely historic.

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        Non sequitor here but both of these things happened during pablo picassos lifetime

        As a great name in the artworld i was always surprised that lived in the modern era and not a previous one like many other “everyone knows these names” artists

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          In science, especially math, all the famous scientists lived long ago. Newton, Euler, etc.

          In computer science only the very pioneers are dead already. A lot of groundbreaking work was done by people who are still alive, or even still in working age.

          It’s so weird!

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      Its not impossible that woodstock contributed to the wall coming down

      Was a huge cultural event that wildly exceeded expectations and became a phenomenon

      Then the wall came down about 4 years later

      Edit: i have been fact checked and found wanting. 73 is not 83