Queen stealing the show at Live Aid was one of those events…
Queen stealing the show at Live Aid was one of those events that, even though I was on the other side of the world watching on TV, I remember like I was there.
My list of “I’m watching something big and important that I’ll always remember and that I’ll share with millions of other people who were similarly affected” events is actually pretty short. I’ve got:
Neil Armstrong stepping onto the moon
The Iranian hostages coming home on Reagan’s Inauguration Day
The Challenger explosion
Queen at Live Aid
Bernard Shaw broadcasting from the Al-Rashid hotel at the start of the Gulf War
9/11
Curiosity landing on Mars
So that’s 7 events in ~49 years (not dividing by my actual age of 52, since I wasn’t aware for the first few years or I’d probably be listing the assassination of JFK). If epochal events continue to happen at the same rate and nothing takes me out early, I can expect to experience another 3 or so; maybe 4 or 5 with a little luck.
I wonder what they’ll be.
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Tags: anticipated recollection of epochal events of my future past.
