Top 10 World Events That Left Us Speechless
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These events made the world stand still. For this list, we’ll be looking at the most shocking global events since the 1970s that, for good or for ill, left the entire world stunned. Our countdown of world events that left us speechless includes Hurricane Katrina, Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster, Death of Diana, Princess of Wales, and more! Modern history is filled with world-stopping moments. Did we trip up and leave any off the list? Let us know in the comments below.
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@danielsantiagourtado3430
10 ай бұрын
Your content rocks🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤
@DragonKazooie89
10 ай бұрын
Where are the tsunamis?
@murielslack8372
10 ай бұрын
Three things I will never forget: The Challenger Tragedy cuz I was in my 4th grade class watching as it happened; The demise of princess Diana cuz it happened ony birthday; and 9/11, I was half asleep listening to the news and thought I was dreaming.
@andrewsmith74
10 ай бұрын
@@DragonKazooie89 Yes, 2004 in SE Asia & 2011 in Japan.
@andrewsmith74
10 ай бұрын
You didn't include anything from Asia - Tiananmen Square, the 2004 & 2011 tsunamis or the Mumbai massacres.
This video could have been filled with stuff from this century alone, and it STILL wouldn't have been enough to cover everything. This needs to be a top 20 or even a top 100
@lennymccartney1
10 ай бұрын
or even this year alone!"
@fd5927
10 ай бұрын
SADLY... I agree 😢
@carolweiss514
10 ай бұрын
Agreed
@tamaravanhees1749
10 ай бұрын
2002 Bali Bombings & 2004 Tsunami
@fd5927
10 ай бұрын
@tamaravanhees1749 And also the Earthquake in Turkey and border of Syria 2023...
I would have put the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami (also known as the Boxing Day Tsunami) Leaving Devastation through many countries and leaving over 200,000 dead
@neozeon2567
10 ай бұрын
The media suddenly stop talking about the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake just a few weeks later
@carmelmhennessy9738
9 ай бұрын
So would I and also Chernobyl
@sammolder4958
8 ай бұрын
over 250 thound deaths nd no mention? Cmon @WachtMojo
@mmusimapheto2924
8 ай бұрын
Agree 💯
@geovani149
7 ай бұрын
Asia's problems are not world's problem
The Chernobyl Disaster on 26 April 1986 should have made this list. It is considered the world’s worst-ever civil nuclear incident. It is one of only two (Fukushima being the other) nuclear energy accidents rated at seven (maximum severity) on the International Nuclear Event Scale.
The 2011 Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami, as well as the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear meltdown should have been included on here as well.
I knew 9/11 would be number 1. Every year I always watch over a dozen documentaries over a couple days to honor those people who died and no matter how many times I watch those planes crashing or those buildings collapsing I can NEVER resist reacting as if I’m watching it for the first time ever. Some things never stop being truly horrible
@calzstevenson7017
7 ай бұрын
Those people died because Bush Jr refused to payback the billions loaned to Bush Sr by the Bin Laden family, your country is built on corruption hence the massive fear you have as a collective of people.
@christopherwetherspoon5844
6 ай бұрын
Yea it’s probably the most shocking live event in the last century.
@mohsinrasul8450
3 ай бұрын
Inside job
@CraftAero
15 күн бұрын
@@christopherwetherspoon5844 It's the "new" Pearl Harbour.
I feel like the Tsunami 2004 should be on this list just like the disappearance of flight MH370.
@nvs0970
10 ай бұрын
This channel is US centric. So only white western people is considered as world
@ATRichard
10 ай бұрын
Honorable mentions for sure, that could be a list on its own.
@shadowmoth9158
2 ай бұрын
MH370 didn’t leave people speechless per se maybe a few months or years of it not being found but this list is about immediate shock to people… the Tenerife disaster or Lockerbie disasters would have been on this list before MH370 (both are in the top 10 most famous plane crashes in the world and both include 747s)
I still get emotional anytime 9/11 is brought up... It was the first world event that shook me to my core. I feel to this day nothing still compares to it.
@MoonlightXYZ
10 ай бұрын
I was 4, but I sort of remember it; my mother was freaking out. Her mom and grandmother were flying that day out of Newark, one of the takeoff places for the highjackers.
@Nicholasmcmath-cr1xl
10 ай бұрын
I don’t really remember it I was younger when it remembered
@leesashriber5097
10 ай бұрын
In my opinion, worst day ever in the United States. Not a day goes by I don't think about 9/11.🕊️🙏❤
@Rommie26
10 ай бұрын
I cry when I think about the brave passengers who fought back on United 93
@CanadianDude
10 ай бұрын
I was staying home from school when I saw this happen live. Almost every TV channel I switched to was showing the attacks on 9/11. Freaked my mom out.
As a native Brooklyn, NY boomer #1 left me both devastated and speechless -WTC coverage was relentless . The rest if the list includes so many horrific events but you could easily expand it to 15 or 20 events because there were so many others that were devastating.
@ARTSONICFAN990
8 ай бұрын
I was born in Bronx. I was in Puerto Rico when it happened & I was speechless when I saw it on TV.
How has watch mojo been able to pump out top 10 videos for all these years.
@hitsoverhype
10 ай бұрын
by making the same videos over and over after changing one adjective in the title 💀
@gex581990
10 ай бұрын
A lot of reused content cut up and edited lol
@bobthedopeman7327
10 ай бұрын
Seems like a bot comment
@Shebeast3
10 ай бұрын
they are very good at it so I think they can do it very easy now
@shanetoulouse2697
10 ай бұрын
Hate to say it but it's true. I've noticed this more than a year ago.
To this day, the 9/11 Twin Towers Attack is still one of the most worldwide shocking news to me. I was at a school in Puerto Rico when it happened & the entire classroom saw it on the TV screen. As someome who was born in New York, it shocked me to the core.
@joshhensley2396
10 ай бұрын
I lived in Washington state and it still shook me to my core. It showed me just how fragile our security out there really is.
@Shebeast3
10 ай бұрын
👏👏👏👏
@Areniapixie
10 ай бұрын
I grew up in England and decided to skip school that day. Every tv channel was just footage of it all happening. Doesn’t feel like that long ago and definitely something that will stick with all of us forever 😢
@ARTSONICFAN990
10 ай бұрын
@@joshhensley2396Agreed. The fact that thousands, if not hundreds or millions, of innocent people died that day is the most unforgivable part of the attacks.
@ARTSONICFAN990
10 ай бұрын
@@AreniapixieWell said... Well said.
I remember the JFK assassination when I was a little boy - the grief the whole country felt. But 9/11 felt like even more of a gut punch - an event the likes of which many had never seen before.
@ARTSONICFAN990
10 ай бұрын
I can also relate about the 9/11 gut punch. I was at a school in Puerto Rico when it happened. The ENTIRE classroom saw the attack. And since I was born in New York, it shocked me to the core.
@NeM_Qc
10 ай бұрын
fore sure 9/11. I can't imagine living in a country that bombed itself to start meaningless wars
@bakrahabibi5471
10 ай бұрын
For a good part of the world, events like that are the norms, USA being one of the reasons for them happening .
@WilliamDearthwd
10 ай бұрын
That Family Guy ep: Road to Pilot, showed a case where Brian Griffin stopped those terrorist attempts to highjack the planes, which resulted in George Bush not lasting a second term and oddly encouraging a new Civil War.
I can remember 9/11 vividly. I was 11 years old and I stayed home sick that day from school. I was turning on the TV to watch cartoons and saw the CNN Special Report. My papaw was there with me, and that man sobbed like he had lost his best friend. That was the first time I ever saw him cry. Later that day, we head the sonic boom of military planes flying over our house, as we lived close to Wright Patterson AFB in Ohio. The silence that followed that evening and over night was eerie and uncomfortable.
OceanGate didn't leave me speechless! Would I go underwater in a soup can?
The Titan, even though it's not on here, shocked no one. In fact it brought one of the biggest meme frenzies I've ever seen
No one was left speechless by that submarine, people began making memes based on the new information released daily
January 6th...The World stopped...& Laughed a little bit.
hearing Kobe's death left me speechless. that day in general was a rollercoaster of emotions
@fayeslover
10 ай бұрын
Same here. I knew that day was gonna be an omen for how the rest of the year would go.
@alvinadam3814
10 ай бұрын
It was a cold morning in the Philippines. 4am to be exact, I had few missed calls from my dad who resides in Cali and few from my fellow Fortnite friends in LA as well. It was a heartbreaking day for me. Not a single day passes by without thinking of Kob.
Ocean gate speechless hell no 😂😂😂😂😂
I was a teenager when Katrina hit. I remember watching on TV as people were helplessly walking on the I-10 overpass, including seeing a few dead individuals that had died waiting for rescue. Still to this day, I remember this and it still gives me chills.
Wow, I remember a lot of these events. I also thought the death of Queen Elizabeth II would’ve been included too, but wow…so many events that have happened in our lives. History classes are going to be something else in the future
@onestopviewfiles
10 ай бұрын
It would have if it meant the monarchy was finished and had a democratically elected head of state
@PerfectlyImperfect93
10 ай бұрын
Why should the whole world be affected by her death?
@packnetadaija
10 ай бұрын
@@PerfectlyImperfect93 maybe not effected, but it definitely was an impactful moment in world history, like the other mentions have stated in more ways than 1. I mean world stopping is something where the whole world watched about it on the news, at least in my opinion.
@PerfectlyImperfect93
10 ай бұрын
@@packnetadaija 👌🏼
@MrKlausbaudelaire
10 ай бұрын
I guess it wasn't as impactful because, let's be honest here, it wasn't sudden. She reached that age that everybody expects her to gently pass away anytime now. It wasn't as shocking as it was anticipated.
The Jonestown Massacre was definitely an event that shocked the world. 😔
@mmusimapheto2924
8 ай бұрын
Add to that WACO - David Koresh
The ocean is so awesome but terrifying at the same time. I don’t understand why people would still want to go that deep and explore, I prefer to be on land lol
The world has gone mad.
Love it!!
@WatchMojo
10 ай бұрын
Glad you like it!
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@spartan_a1176
10 ай бұрын
No shit
@tarikkash4282
10 ай бұрын
@@mr.mosesluz6199 That's funny dude! Watch Mojo isn't always accurate!
@TheOneManWhoBeatYou
10 ай бұрын
Thanks bot...
The submarine story didn’t leave anybody speechless they were making jokes about it online the very next day lol
The 2011 tsunamis in Japan was horrible. As far as the space disaster Big Bird was a possibility of being on that doomed vessel, could you imagine?
All I can say to Britain leaving the E.U is you won’t be missed From a proud Irish and European guy 🇮🇪🇪🇺
Can't beleive you missed the Indian Ocean Tsunami of 26/12/2004. Over 250,000 died in one of the if not THE biggest ever natural disasters of our time. Your list was far too western focused, I'm a Brit but far too many British related items on that list. There's a bigger world out there than just the west you know
@skunkrat01
10 ай бұрын
Agree. I am absolutely shocked it's not here
@marchealgideon7916
6 ай бұрын
That's how it works people feel the western world is the only world that matters.
My first solid memory is 9/11 (I was 4). I vividly remember seeing the 2nd tower hit and the sound my mom made. It wasn’t a scream necessarily, the only way I can describe it is the invocation of terror.
They should include Boxing Day Tsunami in 2004 and Bali Attack in 2002. Those were the worst days in my country's case.
Haiti Earthquake was a shock and leads the celebrities to do a choir by singing "We Are The World"
"Left us speechless" proceeds to make a meme for it LMAOOO
Missed this. More Top 10 Events that Made The World Stand Still
You forgot the 2016 Nice attack in France, by a lorry ie a truck 84 people killed by a person running over people in a festival 😢
I remember exactly where I was when 9/11 happened. Diana will always be the People’s Princess.
@ARTSONICFAN990
10 ай бұрын
I was at a school in Puerto Rico when 9/11 happened. The ENTIRE classroom saw the whole thing.
@alexnurmagomedov
10 ай бұрын
I was walking home from school in Ireland when I heard about it😢
The Titan Sub implosion was not so a much an AH! moment, more of a Meh moment.
@deogratiassaidi2874
10 ай бұрын
I was just having a laugh really, bad for the kid but not speechless
@user-em6ie2be7x
10 ай бұрын
@@deogratiassaidi2874I was laughing too, but I did feel sad for the kid who went along with his dad's stupidity.
@margarethmichelina5146
10 ай бұрын
Also, the fact they controlled it with an Xbox controller is just hillariously pathetic even the guy who interviewed the CEO was facepalming and can't control his laugh
People were/are speechless about Brexit? Brits on both sides of the issue can't keep quiet about it.
I always remember as a kid hearing the question “where were you when JFK was shot?”. That was of course until 9/11. Being woken up by my mother to turn on the tv and the days that followed have been burned into my memory as with most people worldwide. Working at a k-8 Catholic school at the time I remember spending the day trying to keep the kids as calm as possible, and I distinctly remember sitting in my car on a break watching a lone kindergartener play by himself, jumping around with realization how much the world was changed by that day’s events.
There should have been a top 20 tbh
Woah they used Ocean Gate as the thumbnail for click bait?
@josho5314
2 ай бұрын
Well everyone was talking about it, so not really.
its interesting that the 35W bridge in Minneapolis collapse is not on this list
Even though I never experienced this events first hand rip to the people involved hopefully events like this don’t happen again
I knew 9-11 would be #1. I am shocked the tsunami in Japan would have made the list as well as the Sewol Ferry Tragedy of South Korea.
*thumbnail* Under the sea, under the sea! Down it is wetter! Take it from me!
@ChibiProwl
10 ай бұрын
Horrible. Funny but horrible.😂
Love your videos 🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤
i was 16 and starting grade 11 when 9/11 happened, i remember sitting next to my best friend and both of us were watching in horror in 1st period, we didn't get told anything till 2nd period
Please specifically mention that all your lists will include only and only western events. Because I don't see why 26/11 Mumbai attacks, Sri Lanka easter day bombings, Nepal earthquake etc are not included.
Excellent list. There should be a Part II that includes the 2004 tsunami, the 2011 tsunami, Chernobyl, Columbine, Mumbai Attacks, January 6, COVID, getting Osama bin Laden (the only positive thing I can think of), and certainly more I am forgetting.
@mmusimapheto2924
8 ай бұрын
+ JFK assassination, David Koresh, Titanic
@RitwikAroraKIT
6 ай бұрын
Covid should be the first item on this list.
The sinking “sub” didn’t leave us speechless 😂 more like calling them dumbasses
Another from the uk was the Hillsborough disaster on 15th Apr 1989, 97 people lost their lives at the football stadium that was hosting the fa cup semi final between Liverpool & Nottingham Forest. The police keep allowing fans into an already packed standing section of the football stadium which caused a huge crush & fans to spill onto the pitch, 96 people died on that day & many were left injured, the 97th person died recently.
The ocean gate gravy train keeps rolling
The passed 3 and half years have made me speechless ngl 😭😭
I love the submarine memes
Honorable mentions goes to that Florida Serfside condo collapse, the Kansas City Hyatt Hotel ballroom collapse, multiple plane crashes (especially ones with over 100 people onboard, and many more that I could go on and on about.
I expected Jan 6 2021 to be here. At least as a mention
Great video guys 👍🏼 but, why is the Thumbnail a picture of the Titan submersible when it did not even managed to get an honorable mention?
The main event I remember is Hurricane Katrina that was a really sad year. Honestly, I really shocked about what happened to the people in New Orleans. I wonder what they are doing now thankfully I wasn’t there when that happened but I still feel bad about what happened at the time and honestly I can’t stop thinking about it. also the 9/11 is one of the other memories I remember honestly it was a sad year. I can’t turn away on that one too. Honestly I wish the World Trade Center was still open then I would’ve gone inside it. I knew somebody that went inside it, and they said that it was really amazing.
I remember being in the 8th grade during 9/11. I’ll never forget that day
The thumbnail shows Oceangate which definitely did not leave us speechless, so many mocking memes before and after showed how average people don't view the rich as fellow humans. Before their fates were even known, so many on social media and elsewhere were rooting for their demise.
@skunkrat01
10 ай бұрын
How do the rich view us?
You forgot so much more- Arab Spring, 2003 Iraq invasion that decimated the Middle East, Syrian civil war, rise of ISIS, Covid 19, 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, fall of Afghanistan to Taliban, and so much more! These may not be important for the American people, but they are significant for the rest of the world..
#7 wait, Haiti had infrastructure to begin with to be ruined by a earthquake?
@Sigma_Male_Anti_Female
10 ай бұрын
Don't be racist.
@Shinzon23
10 ай бұрын
@scarletgoat173 I'm not being racist, I'm legitimately amazed that they actually had infrastructure, Considering what a nightmare shit show it's been for them pretty much their entire history
Brexit was hilarious. Everything that said could happen did and it was far worse than people thought. Its been a complete disaster for the UK.
I think we can all guess what #1 will be.
@Sigma_Male_Anti_Female
10 ай бұрын
Ww2?
@flexivefowl8186
10 ай бұрын
@@Sigma_Male_Anti_Femaleno 9/11
@goldroger5085
10 ай бұрын
@@flexivefowl8186cuz it's america
was gonna watch...tooooo much sadness in the world....gonna have a beer
The Challenger was the first big world event I remember. I was in second grade but was home sick that day and heard it on the news. I've often thought about the conversation that must have happened in my classroom that day.
Im surprised watch mojo didn’t include the danny masterson case as one selections 🤣
7/7 Never forget. Glory for Ukraine 🇺🇦
@samuelgalea7679
10 ай бұрын
That you didn’t honor the Minsk agreement ?
@user-zf2qc5hg1l
10 ай бұрын
@@samuelgalea7679I didn’t honor! And I’m from Ukraine ! Russia country terrorist
@honeysunday
8 ай бұрын
Slava ukraini 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
Change title to "Top 10 Western World Events That Left Us Speechless"
What about the Hillsborough disaster, Boxing Day tsunami or Lockerbie?
These 10 events could be used as part of a Netflix docuseries called "The Day The Earth Stood Still."
Speechless with joy for the oceangate one anyway
Corona: left me speechless and jobless
To be honest i was only a year old and my sister was not even a full month old when 9/11 happened but from the footage i've seen..... i have no words
thumbnail was such a bait, cause seems the world was laughing at the sub event , the tiktoks were hilarious
Shame how tragedy is only reported if it happens in America. Yet many tragic things happen overseas and no one blinks an eye.
Ocean gate left us memes tbh then speechless
How about the tsunami that hit the indian ocean in 2004 and the tham luang thai cave rescue?
thumbnail foul it ain’t even on the list 😭😂
Gotta love WatchMojo
Bro was that Dave Chappelles news anchor character doing the haiti earthquake 😂😂
Lol why a sea submersible meme as a thumbnail I see it all over the internet
@slothachunk
10 ай бұрын
It's propaganda trying to get people to feel bad about some billionaire who skirted safety regulations and wound up killing himself and several others.
Do a video like this a day before the world ends.
I was only 8 years old when 9/11 happened but I still remember seeing smoke coming from the towers on Tv. Damn.
That OceanGate thumbnail is nothing but clickbait.
TRAGEDIES ARE A PART OF LIFE… I EXPECT THE WORST
This is a heartbreaking list, though there could be more events to add. I was confused however, since the thumbnail is the titan submersible, but I don’t remember seeing it actually on the list.
Hurricane Katrina left USA speechless not thre world 😒
RIP The People's Princesses!
Kobe should’ve been on this list . There was a 2 hour stretch after he passed that felt like the world stopped 🥺
People forget how much World was shocked when the president of Yugoslavia, Josip Broz Tito, died in 1980
@andrewsmith74
10 ай бұрын
How so? He was old & died naturally.
You missed out on Turkey Earthquakes. Greatest loss of life and property by earthquakes ever
Woaahh
It’s very sad to know we lost so many lies from attacks.😔
Love all your well researched unique content. If the list is limited to this centuary I'd include the attempted insurrection in USA, maybe the rescue of the boys in Thailand, The hanging of Saddam Hussein Last century, you'd have to include the assassination of Martin Luther King, the release of Nelson Mandela, the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, the demolition of the Berlin wall
@mmusimapheto2924
8 ай бұрын
Nice ones there. You sound like a historian 😎
@mmusimapheto2924
8 ай бұрын
Nice ones there. You sound like a historian 😎
@marchealgideon7916
6 ай бұрын
No one attempted a insurrection in the US.
@gloria88246
6 ай бұрын
you can put it on your channel, that way it includes everything. 👍
Only problem is we neverbfound any plane wreckage in the pentagon or the field in Pennsylvania... 6 ton engines apparently disintegrated
9/11 ruined history forever and never deserved to happen. The mistakes we made in our response to the tragedy led to America becoming a polarized mess. And I will stick by that statement for the rest of my life. If a time machine does get invented one day, I will make no hesitation to steal it to prevent that horrible event from taking place. It may sound like grand larceny, but when people realize it was me who used that time machine to saved 2,977 innocent civilians by ensuring that the September 11th plot had no chance of being carried out, and by extension, prevented most of the other bad events from taking place in the following years? I will go down as an American hero.
@Sigma_Male_Anti_Female
10 ай бұрын
Cat pfp. Cute.
The 9/11 terror attacks was the first major news story that I watched as a kid and America has never been the same since.
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