Mastodawn

If you could go back in time and watch -- but not change or interact with -- one historical event, what would it be?

For the sake of the argument, you get to arrive up to 24 hours before the event starts and leave up to 24 hours after it ends.

I'd like to see the asteroid that finished off the dinos and Mount Vesuvius erupting.

For everyone who doesn’t want to google it, Mount Vesuvius is the volcano that destroyed Pompeii