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I think that everyone who's ever lived has thought that they have been in a crossroads of history. All new technology has the potential to create massive change in how people live. And out of the non-technological things you named, I think only Truman dropping the bomb and the fall of Soviet Russia will be seen as world-changing.
I won't necessarily say we aren't at a crossroads, but I tend to take a more fluid, long-term approach to history. There are significant moments, but they just tend to blend into the overall fabric. Also, many trends seem cyclical. I don't see how this time is any more divided than the '60s for instance. I don't see us continuing like this indefinately simply because that doesn't seem to be human nature-there must always be change (even if it's toward some earlier set of ideas).
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