When I was in junior high, the Challenger space shuttle blew up.

1. 9/11

2. Challenger

3. Ronald Reagan being shot (I was on my first plane to Texas at the time, and they announced it as we were landing)

4. Tienanmen Square

5. Coup in Soviet Union

As for events that shaped the world...ummmm...how about the Big Bang???

1. Zeus overthows Titans

 

2. Athena, Apollo, Aphrodite, etc escape from Zeus' head.

 

3. Prometheus bring fire to humans.

 

4. Hades steals Persephone from Demeter.

 

5. Paul invents Christianity.

 

Absolutely love number 5. Paul was a marketing genius.

 

Aphrodite was actually born from the foam (produced by Ouranos' severed sack) off the shores of Cyprus (Kythereans say it was Kythira), not Zeus' melon.

Katrina just misses the list.

 

I was thinking about your response and Katrina. Were you factoring in that it probably was a contributing factor in the GOP losing ground politically in this country? Almost like the Jane Byrne snow storm?

1. Invention of the car

 

2. Invention of indoor plumbing

 

3. Invention of Air conditioning.

 

4. Blowjobs

 

5. Chuck Norris

In my lifetime...

 

1. 9/11

2. Columbine

3. Princess Diana

4. Obama campaign/election

5. OJ trial