The January 21st List Universe had a look at Top Ten meetings they would have liked to see.
10. CHARLES ROLLS & FREDERICK ROYCE-- 1904 (Rolls killed in 1910 when his Wright biplane crashed.)
9. DEXTER KING & JAMES EARL RAY-- 1997 (son of MLK and man who killed him.)
8. EDGAR ALLAN POE & CHARLES DICKENS-- 1842 in Philadelphia
7. THOMAS STAFFORD & ALEXI LEONOV-- July 15, 1975, aboard the Soviet Union's Soyuz space station.
6. POPE JOHN PAUL II 7 MEHMET ALI AGCA-- 1983-- Agca shot the Pope.
5. RICHARD NIXON & ELVIS PRESLEY-- 1970
4. HENRY STANLEY & DAVID LIVINGSTONE-- November 10, 1871, "Dr. Livingstone, I ____."
3. DOUGLAS MACARTHUR & EMPEROR HIROHITO-- Sept. 27, 1945
2. ULYSSES S. GRANT & ROBERT E. LEE-- Lee's surrender, April 9, 1865
1. NEILS BOHR & WERNER HEISENBERG-- 1922-- nuclear fission
You may not always agree, but these will always get you to thinking.
I'd add Jesus Christ and Herod.
It would be like good old Forrest Gump.
If I Was a Fly on the Wall. --Da Coot
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