What about the Buddhist monk who set himself on fire taken by Malcolm Browne?

What about the starving Sudanese girl with the vulture in the background taken by Kevin Carter? That picture sends chills down my spine, and I don't think I have seen any picture that more grossly portrays the horror and hardship of the outrageously poor.

Raising the flag at Iwo-Jima?

The Falling Man taken by Richard Drew on 9/11?

Little Rock desegregation?

Pitures 1, 2, and 4 I agree with for their importance. But I think some of the photos I mentioned, as well as others have more social significance then Dali and Einstein.

Umm... How dare you call Pac-Man a fad. It's arguably one of the best video games of all time and is in no way shape or form dead, not one year after its realization, not now, not ever. My friends and I regularly patron one particular coffee house solely to play Pac-Man. and now Pac-Man is being re-release on virtual consoles for current video games systems and is popular as ever.