This is the cover of the upcoming special issue of Time Magazine.  Osama bin Laden's death was announced on May 1, 2011.

This is the cover of Time Magazine, following the announcement of the death of Hitler on May 1, 1945.











There are a lot of complexities about the meaning of what's happened in the past 24 hours, just as the actual facts of what happened are still being clarified.  But clearly in some way these two covers express the emotions of the moment, though as with everything, the equivalence of Hitler to anyone is usually a false one in degree at least.  But for our time it is for many Americans and perhaps others, that kind of moment.