Most Important/Historical Event You Ever Witnessed in Person

[Adam West]

Now that I think about it....not truly spectacular but important to me personally. 1983 I think. My greatest childhood trip was spending three weeks in California to visit my Aunt. I was born and raised in Maryland...still live here and up until that time...Myrtle Beach, South Carolina was the furthest I had traveled. My aunt lives in Long Beach and she had an incredible itinerary planned for us. The most memorable event was attending "The Rosebowl Parade". Jimmy Stewart was the Grand Marshall. I was only 12 or 13 and had no clue who he was (I had not seen It's a Wonderful Life, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Rear Window, etc.) at that point. My mom went crazy over this old man....we were right in the front row and he looked right at us, winked and waved. My mom just about fainted and I remember asking her why she was getting all queasy over some no-name....she responded"you'll know know who he is someday"....needless to say, he is probably my favorite actor of all time now that I have seen quite a few of his movies. A very surreal experience now that I think back on it.

[The Bat]

I saw Star Wars in Theater when it opened.

[Timothy2251]

First ones that come to mind:
Moon landing back in '69 on TV (I was a toddler, but my folks made sure I watched it with them)

Saw the 9/11 stuff go down live via the internet at work (at the time I worked as a holographer for a company that made the for security/anti-counterfeiting products. Live news feeds were always on), the saw the dust/debris cloud from NYC all the way in NJ.

R. Bud Dwyer commit suicide on live TV. That was one of those "Whoa! What'd I just watch?" moments.