In the last 100 yrs, what was the most important year? Why?

Question

I personally think that the most important year was 1968 because of the Tet Offensive, the assignations of King and Kennedy, the election of Nixon and finally the Apollo trip around the moon.
Please, give the year of your birth and where you live.
Me, 1957; Detroit.

Wow, this is interesting, DONT FORGET include Your AGE, ... it gives a context to your point of view.
DOSBOX: How can something that didn't happen be considered the most important?

Answer 1

august 1945 - hiroshima and nagasaki it changed the world forever -that year did - nuclear power - no one has declared war conventionally on the us since then - or on any nuclear capable nation - yes terrorists have - but they hide under rocks and are not soldiers in the normal sense

Answer 2

While 1968 was an important year, I will say the most important year was 1962 due to the Cuban Missle Crisis. If the United States were unable to negotiate with Soviet Union (and vice versa), then I would think that 1968 would be of no magnitude as it was.
Remember, the Soviets did have Medium Range Ballistic Missles that could hit Washington D.C, and the United States would at the time only have about 5-10 minutes of warning prior, which would practically vaporize most of the United States.
The movie Thirteen Days, is a movie I would recommend to acknowledge the actual importance of this, because it was it shows how close the United States was at going to WWIII, and perhaps the end of the world.

Answer 3

I was born 1957 too - obviously a good year. I come from Greece but live in England.

Most important year in the last 100 years would be 1945 simply for the cessation of the last World War, the creation of the United Nations and the start of Ελληνικός εμφύλιος πόλεμος (The Greek Civil War).

Answer 4

There were many important years. Maybe 1914-assasination of Archduke Frank Ferdinand sparked WWI. Or 1929-stock market crash led largely to WWII. Perhaps 1945-the end of WWII and the results of this led to the Cold War. Possibly 1991-the fall of the Soviet Union. Or maybe, in the future, 2001 will be seen as decisive- the 9/11 attacks led to the US' wars in the Middle East, that have no end in sight, and look to grow ever larger.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

The assasination of Archduke a Francis Ferdinand in 1914. The assasination lead to World War One, which then lead to the rise of communsim, World War 2, the Cold war, Holocaust, Atomic bombs.

Answer 7

1929, the year of the stock market crash. It completely changed America. It changed political parties, it changed economics... hell, it got us into a war!

1986, Vermont

Answer 8

It's definitely 1988, since it's the year I was born.

Answer 9

2007 is the most important. Stop living in the past...LOL

35...Upstate New York

Answer 10

1957, best Chevy ever and year we were born my friend!