What historical event would you most like to have experienced or participated in?

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May 25, 2023

And why?

A few interesting ones if you got time to kill:

Building of the Pyramids - Approximately 4,000 years ago
For years, scientists and explorers have debated over the question: How did the Egyptians build the pyramids? Calculations show that a stone weighting 2.5 tons had to be moved up the pyramid every 1 to 2 minutes, so that it could be finished in a maximum of 20 years. There are no existing records of building plans or discussions of construction methods, so no one knows exactly what happened. The very fact that this subject is so familiar, and yet so little is accurately known about it, makes it all the more enticing.
Landing on the moon - 20th July 1969
Although this did prove to be a “giant leap for mankind”, it is a disputed event to this day, with its impact far greater than anyone could have thought in that era. In the words of William Bainbridge, the Apollo Mission was “a grand attempt to reach beyond the world of mundane life and transcend the ordinary limits of human existence through accomplishment of the miraculous”.
Wright Brothers first successful flight - 17th December 1903
After many failed attempts, the Wright brothers in their disappointment predicted that man will probably not fly in their lifetime. But luck and history was on their side, and on that fateful day, Orville Wright took the "Flyer" for a 12-second, sustained flight. This was the first successful, powered, piloted flight in history. The genius of Wilbur and Orville lay not only in the singular act of getting a flying machine into the air, but also in the approach they evolved and employed to create the technology of flight.