Pricess Diana crash and death was really sad...but what hurts even more was that Mother Theresa died in the same period.
I also remember in Poland how the general Jaruzelski used the military to stop Solidarity movement in 81. It was great to see him failing.
The opening of the Berlin wall. The visable symbol of the cold war. And the people of East Berlin opened it.
Gulf war that transformed the bloody war to a video game.

Now we go to war with ease...we dont have to see the blood anymore.