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I could have told you it was a weekday, because I was at work, but I'll take your word for it being specifically a Tuesday. I think 9/11 is a bit of a cheat, th
by eszed 2y ago
I could have told you it was a weekday, because I was at work, but I'll take your word for it being specifically a Tuesday. I think 9/11 is a bit of a cheat, though, because it's world-wide referenced by it's date. How many people, a couple of generations on, would remember the precise dates of, say, JFK's assassination or the moon landing? (I know the second, but not the first, and I was a history major!)
- WalterBright 2y agoI've read 3 or 4 detailed books about the assassination, but I don't recall the exact date because it was not interesting to me.
- throwaway9385 2y ago> How many people, a couple of generations on, would remember the precise dates The people who witnessed Pompeii in person probably remembers it pretty well. This is why I trust his recollection, even if Pliny wrote it down decades later. It's also not unreasonable to assume he talked about it several times between the event and when it was written down, so that it was easy to remember the details.
- eszed 2y agoThat was my point, too, though I can see how that was unclear.