What are Some Historic Events You Lived Through?

I am an old lady with a Tumblr account and I can tell the Tumblr community has a lot of young people. I stumbled across a post and the person was saying they were very upset about living through a historic event RIGHT NOW. It was a reference to our 2024 presidential elections.  (Visit my Tumblr.)  But then I thought to myself:  How many historic events have I lived through?

Let me think. I've lived through:

1. Introduction of new technology: Television (50s) and Internet (90s)
2. 3 assassinations – John Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr.
3. 3 POTUS Impeachments – Richard Nixon, Bill Clinton, and Donald Trump (impeached twice)
4. The passage of the Civil Rights Act
5. Neil Armstrong walked on the moon
6. Richard Speck - 1st serial killer or mass murderer I knew about
7. The Vietnam War and “Flower Power”
8. Iran-Contra Affair
9. Fall of the Berlin Wall
10. Oklahoma City Bombing
11. Sept 11th Attack
12. Death of Osama bin Laden and several other high-profile terrorists
13. COVID-19 Pandemic
14. January 6 Capitol Riot
15. Yom Kippur War in 1973 & 50 years later same conflict, same people, on Yom Kippur AGAIN!
16. Several Landmark Supreme Court Decisions from Roe v Wade to the overturning of Roe V Wade
17. MASS SHOOTINGS – 1960s at the University of Texas; 1980s at a McDonald's in California; 1990s at Luby's Cafeteria in Texas and at Columbine High School … It's 2024 and NOW there are so many mass shootings we maintain a database of the incidents

There are more. But these events are memorable.

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Women in Sports History

Since March is Women's History Month, it's a good time to share this short post about women in sports.

The first recorded women's athletic event/competition were the Heraean Games, held in 6th century BCE.  The Heraean Games were similar to the ancient Olympic games but they were for women only and celebrated the goddess Hera.  The historical timeline of women in sports shows that women have been active athletes and have participated in a wide range of competitions including, but not limited to, the Heraean Games, Tsu Chu (ancient Chinese football; also called Cuju), regatta (boat races), golf, cricket, baseball, ice skating, swimming, tennis, hockey and boxing matches.

Women in Boxing?  People did not take women in this sport seriously until the 70s.  In 2012, Women's Boxing became an official Olympic Sport and Nicola Adams (representing Great Britain) won the gold medal. (Ref:  Encyclopedia Brittanica)

Female gladiators are a part of the history of women in sports.  A relief from Halicarnassus (Modern Turkey) shows two female gladiators, one named Amazon and the other named Achilia (the female version of Achilles). The relief celebrates the missio (honorable release) of two female fighters. The relief is on display now at the British Museum.

Check out this quick list posted at Virily.com of significant moments in the history of women in sports.