Captured in video, here are 8 momentous videos in history that are held in our collective conscious.

News broadcasts and YouTube have brought us images of defining moments in history, the good the bad and the terrible.

The footage is often haunting and familiar, as if it had happened yesterday.

The Bombing of Hiroshima, Nagasaki

The Tanks of Tiananmen Square

Berlin Wall Falls

First Footage of Gandhi Speaking

9/11

Haiti Earthquake

Martin Luther King Killed

Iranian Freedom Riot Footage

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  • http://www.mybeautifuladventures.com Andi

    Very, very powerful!!!

  • G.B.S.N.P.Varma

    Poignant.

  • http://www.wheretheroadgoes.com Richard

    What about the Apollo landing? :)

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