[quote=LoneSilverWolf]
Well notable could mean many things to many different people. It might mean things that are well known across the globe, not just by American standards. Something like World War 1, World War 2, the Crusades, several of Rome's impressive battles...there's a LOT of well known historic moments that most of the *world* is familiar with. While I can't speak for those who put the WOTM together, I imagine this is probably what they were shooting for. That's my guess, anyway.
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Not to mention events that might not have been all that notable on a worldwide scale, but were life-changing on a local scale (think major [s]national[/s] natural disasters (Stupid spell check), civil uprisings) and are still remembered to this very day. Do those count too?