See, I'm from a world--dimension?--quite similar to this one. Everything that happened in this world before 1962 happened in mine as well, though once that year came around it seems that some differences began to show themselves. None the less, I find it safe to assume that at least some of the great events (I hesitate to call them historical yet as I was born before them and yet I have not lived through their times) will be happening in my world as well.
It's good to know that there are others around here who don't mind discussions on such things, or think history is boring.