So for the next three weeks, we must work a bit harder at witnessing history.

Email us your own stories of witnessing history on witness@bbc.co.uk.

It's great that we're witnessing history, but only up to a point.

The house has "witnessed more history than any other building in the city".

You should consider yourself lucky that you are witnessing amazing history in the making.

The park's honey locust and hackberry trees have witnessed history.

On the other hand, he has witnessed enough tragic history to sour any optimist.

In a sense, we were witnessing history before it took place.

And everyone had a sense that they were witnessing history in the making.

We may very well be witnessing history here, gentlemen.