ROSEMARY: It's hard to think about anything today other than the events in Egypt . I've been riveted to the television since yesterday and all the silly irritations and issues I whined about earlier in the week evaporated as I watched people jubilantly celebrating the freedom they had risked their lives for.
None of us knows (not even Jim Lehrer - whom we all love) what the future holds for the people of Egypt but it was undeniably one of the most historic moments in recent memory - and as much as pundits are pointing to facebook as a catalyst - or at least an accelerant - it was the retro medium of television that made the event real for millions of people all over the world.
I was nowhere near a television for Hurricane Katrina or the tsunami and I've seen the Kennedy assassination so many times on video...but I don't remember seeing it firsthand.
These are my most memorable television moments (I wish more of them were as joyous as yesterday's.)
In no order -
-Mubarak's resignation
-Nixon's resignation
-The attack on the World Trade Center
-Nelson Mandela's release
-The fall of the Berlin Wall
-Princess Diana's funeral
-Neil Armstrong's walk on the moon
-The Challenger explosion
-The Munich Olympics
-The Beatles on Ed Sullivan
What have I forgotten?
