In 1960 we were cowering in school corridors several times a year expecting the Russians to blow the world to smithereens. I'd never have believed when I was watching The Wall being built that by 1989 I would be watching the German people tear it down; symbolic of the close of a bright decade in the cause of human liberty, in a century that was often very dark.
Actually, some people's personal histories read like historical events! LOL!