jfk behind the fence on the embankment

The very moment it was decided tu put skulls on nazis’ caps, making them the baddies.

The Continental Army taking over the airports from the British during the American Revolutionary War in the 1770s.

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Not a historical moment, but I would visit my favourite Author and thank him for the books he wrote.

I just want to walk around the city of Ur, go to the market, eat some food, maybe buy some low quality copper

I’m good, I got plenty of historical events at home.

EDIT nevermind I thought of a good one. I want to go to right before the Permian extinction and check out all the wildlife.

I’d like to see the earth as it was before the Great Oxidation Event, especially if there were any cool pre-oxygen lifeforms.

The first wolf being tamed.

Maybe a before and after of pompeii.

This is monstrous, but the first Europeans going to Western Africa to enslave people. It must have been clumsy, awkward, brutal, violent, and coercive. In short, one of humanity’s most callous, idiotic moves.

If I could interact (using modern tech), I’d sink every one of those ships with mines and drones. I’d monitor boats from space. I’d send a few of the slavers back knowing — and telling — only that enslavement will destroy them and Africa is not theirs to exploit.

The rest who survive would be taken care of, taught the strengths of diversity, other cultures, and West African ways of living. They would be the welcome wagon for any Europeans to return. Their tasks: stave off invasion, disrupt slaving activity, open negotiations with Europe. Undo the scourge of that institution and the attendant supremacy that followed.

Then, I’d set the same protections for the Americas. Unfortunately, Asia is accessible over land and contact predates my selected moment.

IDGAF if — as consequence — it sets human development back by 400 years of labour, resource exploitation, and “progress”. It’s worth it.

This is harder than picking a favourite movie or song! I think I’d like to listen to the Sermon on the Mount IRL, or be present (with binoculars and from a safe distance) for the Battle of Badr or the conquest of Mecca. ✌️

Depends it is to view without the problem of being seen and interacted? Basically as an invisible ghost?
And not counting the language barrier?

It would be interesting to see many magical moments from every mythology.
To see the actual rulers in Egypt and how they built the pyramids.
Or visit any other wonder’s of ancient world. The library of Alexandria!
There is also that tomb in China that supposedly floats on quicksilver.

But if I want to be more realistic with useful info I would try to see some CIA / KGB briefings - or even the outcome of the Manhattan project, how it went down. How did they realize what they did. (Tho Teller Ede was seemingly totally fine with his work based on how he interacted in early 2000s).
We could visit some NorthKorean bigwig powwows also, or even Lenin first ideology part.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1561_celestial_phenomenon_over_Nuremberg?wprov=sfti1

In 1561 a space battle happened in broad daylight (edit: dawn actually) over Nuremberg, so I think I’d like to see that, assuming I could come back just after, 1561 would be a shit time to live

Edit- link, other linked wiki articles in the link are worth reading as well.

The Nov 12-13 Leonids meteor shower of 1833, which was said to have been measured in excess of 100,000 meteors viewed per hour (about 27+ per second). This obviously was profound to basically everyone alive at the time who could see it (it wasn’t visible in Europe), and honestly it just sounds cool. I wanna see the insane space fireworks!

Boston Molasses Incident.