Daily writing prompt

What major historical events do you remember?

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my lifetime. I am going to stick with a few simply for easiness.

Here is a small list of the things that I have witnessed in my lifetime:

• The first personal cellphone
• Dial-up home internet
• Wi-Fi
• Smartphones
• 9/11
• First Black President
• First Female Vice President
• The stupid fucking wars in the Middle East
• Climate Change
• Death of the Queen
• Pandemic
• The disgusting war on Ukraine
• Bluetooth
• Y2K
• Streaming Services
• Amazon
• YouTube
• Invention of AI
• Hurricane Katrina
• Blockchain and Crypto
• Legalization of Medical Marijuana
• Dumbass Trump and his bullshit policies (can you tell I despise politics and wars?)
• So much more that I can’t recall at this hour

Probably the most memorable experience was the election of President Obama. I was more than stoked to watch history in the making and for one of the greatest presidents in history to take office. Ironically, I was watching the election from the confines of a psychiatric hospital. I was young, dumb and self-injurious. I needed to be there.

I remember the relief of watching him take office and knowing that the other party would not absolutely made being there completely irrelevant.

I have most certainly experienced a lot of major historical events that have changed the world, but I think that can be said for most generations as the world is dynamic as are its people.