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35. I was overseas with no TV, but I remember John Glenn orbiting the earth

Mon Jan 3, 2022, 03:17 AM

Jan 2022

It was early in the morning in Tokyo and my mom told me that John Glenn was circling the earth in a spaceship.
I ran outside to look. Unbeknownst to me, he had probably landed about 5 hours earlier. I was in kindergarten.

I don't remember the church bombing, I was living the US at the time. I don't think our parents would have wanted us to know. Kennedy was a BIG deal. It was all day news type of thing way before there was all day news.

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Maxine McNair, who died today, was the final survivor of the parents of the [View all] tblue37 Jan 2022 OP

May she rest in peace. CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2022 #1

She is with Denise now. sheshe2 Jan 2022 #2

I don't have adequate words. MLAA Jan 2022 #3

any reference to those little girls Skittles Jan 2022 #9

I get the lump in the throat. tblue37 Jan 2022 #11

And it happened in my lifetime. COL Mustard Jan 2022 #12

it was in my lifetime, I was a kid Skittles Jan 2022 #13

The JFK assassination I remember very clearly. COL Mustard Jan 2022 #14

I was in elementary school and my reading group was allowed to go to the school library unaccompanied Rhiannon12866 Jan 2022 #33

I was born just a tad over nine months The Unmitigated Gall Jan 2022 #39

I was 3 and don't remember it. Now every time I see or read about it it hits hard. MLAA Jan 2022 #16

I was overseas with no TV, but I remember John Glenn orbiting the earth LeftInTX Jan 2022 #35

What made 63 big for you, Col Mustard? MLAA Jan 2022 #17

Lots of things COL Mustard Jan 2022 #24

Whoa, that was quite a year! MLAA Jan 2022 #25

Mine and hubby's birthyear nt Whatthe_Firetruck Jan 2022 #27

Youngsters! COL Mustard Jan 2022 #30

Tell that to... Whatthe_Firetruck Jan 2022 #32

This message was self-deleted by its author LeftInTX Jan 2022 #36

Same here. smirkymonkey Jan 2022 #19

More: tblue37 Jan 2022 #4

May she rest in peace. ancianita Jan 2022 #5

But half of America does not want to teach this history. The Jungle 1 Jan 2022 #6

+1. nt tblue37 Jan 2022 #8

I was a little girl in 1954 and that bombing of those kids malaise Jan 2022 #7

RIP Ohio Joe Jan 2022 #10

I was Denise's age in 1963 and remember this shooting. badhair77 Jan 2022 #15

That was the year I came to this country. pennylane100 Jan 2022 #40

This event was not a horrible thing in 1963. badhair77 Jan 2022 #45

K&R Solly Mack Jan 2022 #18

Rest in Peace, Maxine. I was in high school when the bombing took place. I thought surely this LoisB Jan 2022 #20

This. tblue37 Jan 2022 #23

Excellent point...... MyOwnPeace Jan 2022 #26

Indeed. We must. LoisB Jan 2022 #34

I think it did, they passed the Civil Rights Act in 1964 LeftInTX Jan 2022 #37

Cross gently, Mrs McNair, to where all broken hearts are healed Hekate Jan 2022 #21

May She Rest in Peace and Her Memory Be a Blessing. iluvtennis Jan 2022 #22

I was a college student . . . . AverageOldGuy Jan 2022 #28

Blessed Be Her Memory Eternal. sprinkleeninow Jan 2022 #29

This, then JFK. Can remember both as a10 year old. czarjak Jan 2022 #31

Her name was Denise, born in 1951; I'm Denise, 1951 born, too duhneece Jan 2022 #38

If there IS a G-d, 70sEraVet Jan 2022 #41

I was eleven at the time and remember it like yesterday. In our church, we... FailureToCommunicate Jan 2022 #42

righteous- all the way through Piasladic Jan 2022 #43

may her soul llashram Jan 2022 #44

Thank you for letting us know. RIP Demovictory9 Jan 2022 #46