Webster's Dictionary defines history as "the branch of knowledge dealing with past events" or "the aggregate of past events" so by definition, we are in history as soon as it happens.

If you are asking if we are going through historical times, that is a different question. I can only provide my thoughts as there are no references as to what will be recorded as an historic event 100 years from now.

The first black President of the United States will be an historic event because it is a first. At the very least it will get a sentence in the history books.

I think it is too early to tell if the current economic situation will be noted in history but we are certainly trending that way with the threatened collapse of our banking system and the number of bailouts. When you combine the US economic situation with the global economic situation, the chances increase.

Due to the death toll and length of the War in middle east combined with the reasons for starting the war, the war will definitely earn a place in the history.

Change is about to happen. Globalization, shift in power from Republican to Democrat, third world countries moving forward and becoming powerful, an unstable world economy, the "green" effort, and rapid advancements in technology all point toward change and change is usually recorded in history. As things get "worse" people tend to pull together and do amazing things that lead to historic events.

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