It would be interesting to read the different historical events everyone has lived through. They could range from Michael Jackson’s death to 9/11 to the Royal wedding and so on.
So let’s start listing!
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Collapse of the Berlin Wall. The single most world-changing event I've seen.
Thanks to my dad I was a very politically aware 8 year old so I was able to enjoy and appreciate what it all actually meant and what the implication for the world would be.
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I was in Lahore on the day 9/11 happened. Was just watching TV (zapping through) when suddenly all the channels started showing images of the collapsing tower. Intially I seriously thought that these are special-effect scenes from a movie or something. Even after I realized that it had actually happened, it felt unreal. I had been on the top of the World Trade Center just one year prior to 9/11. In fact I still have those tickets from back then.
I became political aware during gulf war but I remember about collapse of burlin wall!
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Benazir's murder.
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Gulf War ( directly affected)
9/11
London Bombings ( directly affected )
Death of Col Ghadaffi
Death of Saddam Hussain
Halabalooo of killing of Osama bin Laden
Death of Neil Armstrong
Death of Michael Jackson
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maiN ne 1857 kaa Ghadar dekhaa hai...vo manaazir is qadar haul-naak haiN k unkaa bayaan yahaN bachchoN meN qareen-e-qayaas nahiiN...uskii tafseel jise chaahiye ho vo mujh se PM kar ke Haasil kar saktaa hai! :)
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Lived through too many wars
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I have lived through all the historic events since I was born.
And being born was one of them. :@:
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I think most probably the historical event that holds significance and that i've gone through would be my chachu getting the Nokia phone back in the mid 90s. Just because of that I was a popular kid in my mohallah. I was known as the "Kid whose chacho has a mobile phone". Ahh good times good times.
I would literally brag about how i played the snake game on his cell phone. And i would see my friend's eyes widen. Now thats historical.
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- 1965 war with India (was there)
- Civil strife which overthrew Ayub Khan
- First manned moon landing
- First Arab/Israeli war
- 1971 war with India and birth of bangladesh
- second Arab/Israel war
- US running away from Vietnam
- Bhutto's judicial murder by Zia
- Khmeni's revolution in Iran (Was there)
- My wedding in 1979. :D
- Death of zia in plane crash
- First Muslim Prime Minister in Benazir
- First Gulf war (was there)
- 9/11
- benazir's death
I am sure there are more.
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First major event I can remember is Princess Diana's death. I have a vague recollection of going to put some flowers outside Buckingham Palace and watching her funeral on TV.
9/11 - I remember coming home from school and looking for the children's programmes on TV but all I could find was news.
7/7 - Our school trip got cancelled cos of all the advice not to go to London that day and then I was worried about my uncle cos he was working in London.
Michael Jackson's death - I remember texting all my friends that night and being quite upset cos I had some tickets to go see him two weeks later in concert.
Royal wedding and Diamond Jubilee - I was very annoyed I couldn't go out to London cos of my uni exams and having to revise. Instead I watched everything on my laptop.
Olympics 2012 - Made the most of it this time with my volunteering and badge collecting. Also went to watch one of the Paralympic events and the Opening Ceremony rehearsal.
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LOL @ Pendo… I too remember being in awe of little things like electric toothbrushes and light wale shoes! 
Very interesting posts, everyone!
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The earliest historical event I remember was watching the funeral of John F. Kennedy on the TV. (When it says "senior member" under my nick, it must mean I'm a real buRhiya!)
The most affecting to me, were being in Bombay during the January 1993 pogrom, and 9/11.
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First major event I can remember is Princess Diana's death. I have a vague recollection of going to put some flowers outside Buckingham Palace and watching her funeral on TV. 9/11 - I remember coming home from school and looking for the children's programmes on TV but all I could find was news. 7/7 - Our school trip got cancelled cos of all the advice not to go to London that day and then I was worried about my uncle cos he was working in London. Michael Jackson's death - I remember texting all my friends that night and being quite upset cos I had some tickets to go see him two weeks later in concert. Royal wedding and Diamond Jubilee - I was very annoyed I couldn't go out to London cos of my uni exams and having to revise. Instead I watched everything on my laptop. Olympics 2012 - Made the most of it this time with my volunteering and badge collecting. Also went to watch one of the Paralympic events and the Opening Ceremony rehearsal.
Adding in your list- UK Riots 2011.
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Gulf wa
lady diana death
9/11
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Zardari becoming pakistan's president.
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Lolz
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Obama being elected President
Princess Diana's death
Fall of the Berlin Wall
9/11 and 7/7
Death of Osama Bin Laden, Saddam Hussein and Gaddafi
Death of Benazir Bhutto
Collapse of the Soviet Union
The beginning of the internet :D
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Living through the most significant war ever lost, with absolutely no proportionate balance of power, humiliating defeat of the most powerful army of the world, by the hands of a rag tag army... ironic