What are some important events in your life?

The transition from Barack Obama to Donald Trump is certainly felt like a historical moment, historically it is terrible for some people and positive for others. With consolation, an interesting new study shows that Americans have more in common with past and present views.

"History" of the Pew Research Center and the A & E network summarized such questions to more than 2,000 Americans: "Teach 10 historical events that have the greatest impact on the country in your life please". As a result, as you can see, different generations will have different events.

The most important headline is that all generations of Americans named September 11, 2001 attack the most important events in their lives. This also applies to elderly people who have experienced World War II and the Vietnam War. There is no big difference in age, sex, region, political orientation. African-Americans really put Mr. Obama's election first

Historians can of course coordinate a lot of arguments In fact, the 9/11 affair is the most important event in the history of "silent generation" (born 1928 - 1945) and baby boomers (1946 - 1964) There was not. But concerning 9/11 is the top of historical memory for all generations.

There is nothing else. The only other event listed by generation is Mr. Obama's election and "Science Revolution".

In most cases, this is a sad list. Millennial generation considers Mr. Obama's election and same-sex marriage as a positive historical moment, of course, a technical revolution. Not surprisingly, it is particularly troubling to see that three large shots are very prominent in young people 's historical memory.

According to opinion polls, the X generation (1965-1980) created a similar list, but they recalled "the collapse of the Wall of Berlin / the end of the Cold War" and ranked it third. This is Gen 10's Top 10:

Regardless of whether I like it or not, I am sensitive to the trend, so I will definitely put Vietnam on my top. And I will rank the civil rights movement second - it is both victory and tragedy. I could include a Watergate incident on my list, possibly including Arab - Israel war in 1967 and 1973. I hope that within 10 years I will not need to add Donald Trump's election to my list.

It is surprising that the civil rights movement is not at the top of the list, and even more surprising is that the Cold War - or its end - is not included at all on the list.

The other items in the list of Millennials and Generation X are the limited-time headline "News Event" that has been releasing the TV for a while. September 11, Orlando, Hurricane Katrina, Columbus Well, the execution of Osama Bin Laden, Sandy Hook and the challenger. This may be a function of age, but it may also include how the news media and our consumption of it change

Equally interesting is that as the world becomes smaller and more connected, global events become less noticeable among young people's historical radars. There is no list on terrorist war, arab spring, narcotic war

I was impressed with how the similarity of previous generation events resembles intergenerational and our other population boundaries. Obviously not all Americans see these events in the same way. However, like 2016 and such a year, I tend to start a new year and find as many commonalities as possible.

When listing 100 events that changed your life, you are writing biography that is limited to 100 events from birth to today, all of them are boosters or converters. It is important to recognize whether your view on the event is happy or unhappy, and how to evaluate your intensity at that time. Displaying events in chronological order can help you discover more details about your life. I remembered the past from my childhood. Please try to remember things as soon as possible three years as soon as possible. It may be meaningful if you remember it. Be aware of the thoughts given by others, such as "This is the best day of your life" (even if you do not remember that day)

So, if it is not the past, people will soon notice what it is? As the name suggests, RTM 's answer is that people know past events. Your 21 - year - old birthday, your ring and confirmation, your wedding etc - remember some important events in your life. You recall these events by remembering the images. Imagine that there are 21 candles on top of the large cake, sitting on the table and sitting around their parents and brothers. By remembering this image, I remember my 21st birthday. Therefore, as in the typical theory of perception, RTM argues that objects that are immediately noticed in memory are forms or images and that they can remember the events that they currently have using the images they have It is. Memory