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In reply to the discussion: When you see today's date on a calendar or printed or online [View all]MyMission
(1,849 posts)I was only 2 when JFK was assassinated. I don't have a memory of that event.
But less than 5 years later, in 1968 before I turned 7 I remember 2 assassinations.
MLK and RFK we're killed 2 months apart. I understood that bad people were killing good people who wanted to help change our world and make it better. And RFK assassination was revisited at that time so I remember learning about it and being affected by it too.
Growing up in the 1960s was memorable for too many reasons. I remember the nightly news reporting body counts every day during the Vietnam war. I remember the reports of the Mei Lai massacre in 1968, and 2 assassinations, and war protests. The world seemed to be in chaos.
And (as a young kid) I remember liking Nixon because he went to China and wanted to make friends, and I remember learning about acupuncture at that time, which has helped me over the years.
It's interesting to me that the dates for these shootings are simple to remember.