Friday, June 3, 2011

What do you consider horrific or life changing events in history?

I'm looking for an idea for a movie. In events I mean something like Titanic, 9/11 or such (please don't say these ideas)



Maybe like a mideval war or something tragic that happened. Something people already know the ending, but how the story got from point A to point B is a little shady. I want an idea I can fill in the blanks (with accurate research).. ANy ideas are welcome! thanks!!What do you consider horrific or life changing events in history?The Hinckley Fire. In September of 1894 a massive firestorm, caused by excessive logging swept into the town of Hinckley, MN. More than 500 people died in the fire, 418 from Hinckley, as the fire spread over 400 square miles.

The telgraph operator stayed at his post sending and reciveing messages until he was overcome by the flames. His last message was %26quot;I have stayed too long.%26quot;

There were two different train lines seving Hinkley (about half way between Minneapolis and Duluth). One train filled up with passengers but was unable to get through to the north. The engineer stopped by a small pond where the passengers escaped the flames.

A train on the other line was able to get through and alerted several other towns along the line. It barely outraced the flames, at one point crossing a gorge on a smouldering bridge. An amazing true story.What do you consider horrific or life changing events in history?I had a few ideas in mind, but then saw The Rape of Nanking suggested.

I must agree.

It is one of the most horrific events in History and very little has been studied or divulged about it - probably because it would be impolitic now.

There's a terrific book -The Rape of Nanking - which will give you a guide. The Japanese actions in China BEFORE Pearl Harbor are largely ignored and should not be.

Besides that, how about the current genocides in Sudan, Darfur or the Armenian Genocide of the early 20th Century?

Lots of happy stuff, huh?What do you consider horrific or life changing events in history?The disappearance of the Mayans, Incas, Aztecs, etc.



The construction of the Egyptian Pyramids, Taj Mahal, or Great Wall of China.



Good luck!What do you consider horrific or life changing events in history?9-11What do you consider horrific or life changing events in history?The largest, most carefully planned, and the most brutal and deadly attempt at genocide in history; The Holocaust.What do you consider horrific or life changing events in history?rape of Nanking

there are books on it everywhere and it is on the Web too.What do you consider horrific or life changing events in history?Best of all: the sacrifice of Jesus then this list in no particular order



1. The rape of Nanking.



2. Dunkirk evacuation.



3. Bombing of Coventry



4. Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge



5. Fleming/Florey's discovery of hoe to extract penicillin



6. Development of nuclear theory.



7. Galileo standing up to the Catholic church



8. Battle of Hastings



9. D-Day, June 6th, 1944



10. The succession of Hitler to the Chancellorship of Germany



11. The operation of concentration camps in WW2



12. The decision to go into Iraq in 2003- so poorly though out and naive.



13. The Black Death



14. Development of the printing press in Europe.



15. The eradication of smallpox.



16. The rise of HIV/AIDS



17. The tsunami event of 26 December, 2004.



18. The day the Hubble Space Telescope started working properly



Note: my good and bad are randomly mixed!



So much more......What do you consider horrific or life changing events in history?if you want to take an original angle, try the discovery of america - responsible for epidemics that raged against the indigenous people (native americans)...What do you consider horrific or life changing events in history?The 2004 tsunami



The 1940 Dunkirk evacuation



The abolishment of the slave trade



The crucifixion of Jesus



Extinction of dinosaurs (after earth was hit by an asteroid)



The lives of the American Red Indians once white man arrived on their shores.



The lives of the Australian Aboriginals once white man arrived on their shores.



The Bubonic Plague



The village idiot (Bush) decision to bomb Iraq in the name of peace..........(oil more like)



The one child policy in China.



The death of Princess Di.



Any war.



The Holocaust



Genocide



Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.



Pretty life changing for all concerned and also pretty life changing for the course of the world.



.What do you consider horrific or life changing events in history?I have to admit the first thing I thought of was 9/11. Peter Jennings was crying. And then the next week Time and Newsweek brought out their commemorative issues and I thought, %26quot;What for? I won't be able to forget what that looked like for the rest of my life.%26quot;



But I digress. Historically, there's the Black Death/Great Plague, which hit Europe during the 14th century. I'm sure people thought it was the end of the world; in some places whole villages succumbed to the illness.What do you consider horrific or life changing events in history?ku klux klan, holocaust... hmmm Katrina, even McDonalds haha jk... what else?? Idi Amin.. well I think there is a movie about him already good luckWhat do you consider horrific or life changing events in history?No matter what else, Jesus Christ brought to earth should be number one.What do you consider horrific or life changing events in history?the alamo



WW2What do you consider horrific or life changing events in history?The Holocaust

Genocide in Rwanda

Slavery/the Civil War

Assassination of MLK Jr.

The Trail of Tears

Internment of the Japanese during WW2

Oklahoma City bombing

Space Shuttle Challenger explosion

Tsunami in Thailand

The Crusades (any of them)

The Inquisition
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