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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AIM-54" data-source="post: 2220952" data-attributes="member: 15633">I was in Paris in 1998 when France won the World Cup (chaos ensued).I missed the massive earthquake in Turkey by maybe a day in 1999 (it's still considered a major event over there, I gather.)I was at SecState Colin Powell's outlining of US foreign policy before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in 2002.I was at SecDef Donald Rumsfeld's talk at the National Defense University in 2002, which later appeared as an article in Foreign Policy (one of the premiere US foreign affairs journals).I met Lyle Odelein of the 1993 Stanley Cup Champion Montreal Canadiens.I participated in the opening of the WWII Monument here in Washington last summer, complete with Pres. Bush.  Very good event and a beautiful addition to the National Mall.I also went to the opening game of Boston University's Agganis Arena (beautiful new sports complex) and watched my beloved Terriers beat Minnesota 2-1.My great uncle was, apparently present with Eisenhower at the signing of the peace treaty to end WWII in Europe.I guess that's about my closest brushes with things of importance.</blockquote>