A roman triumph.

• The Gettysburg Address.

• Lincoln’s assassination and the aftermath.

• The trial of the conspirators. I’m fascinated with (and saddened by) the trial and execution of Mary Surratt.

• Pretty much anything related to Lincoln and the Civil War.

The detonation of either the Hiroshima or the Nagasaki nuclear bomb, including the aftermath and suffering, assuming the explosions and fallout couldn’t hurt me eyesight- or radiation-wise.

I think that’s also something every politician should witness before getting into office. Maybe the world would be more peaceful and diplomatic.

Storming of the Winter Palace would be fun I think.

the creation (birth?) of the first live cell. it’s the beginning of life!!