Most lives have “best years” and “worst years,” and even relatively easy-to-remember “best days and worst days.” These are private events, days known only to the individuals and their closest family members and friends, and include weddings, births, graduations and other such milestones.

The occasions for widespread public joy are few and far between. The greatest such days I can recall in my life are the days marking the fall of the Berlin Wall, the return of America’s hostages from Iran on the day of President Ronald Reagan’s inauguration, and the return of our POWs from Vietnam in groups in early 1973.

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