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kwassa

(23,340 posts)
73. I think you mean Joe Kennedy II. Joe Kennedy III was born in 1980.
Sat Nov 22, 2014, 11:32 PM
Nov 2014

still amazing, nonetheless.

November 22, 1963 [View all] hedgehog Nov 2014 OP
Oh wow. Who thought there'd ever be a day when you could turn on the TV on this day and not MADem Nov 2014 #1
You and me pal... Stellar Nov 2014 #8
It was my first thought when I saw the date on my computer. classof56 Nov 2014 #32
Thank you. Forgetting history is a big mistake. JDPriestly Nov 2014 #71
. awake Nov 2014 #2
....... Lugnut Nov 2014 #3
I had just turned 11 months old. Thor_MN Nov 2014 #4
Yes cwydro Nov 2014 #5
I was a little over 2 months. I to always heard as a kid that Kennedy was different from other Dustlawyer Nov 2014 #13
Me too. I was almost exactly a month old. kag Nov 2014 #49
Just over 2 years old for me. sdfernando Nov 2014 #68
... mountain grammy Nov 2014 #6
I was 20. Couldn't believe this could happen in magical, perfect America. Ninga Nov 2014 #7
I was 20 also. zeemike Nov 2014 #24
That's strange. I was 20 too. JDPriestly Nov 2014 #72
Many people remember hearing of it from Walter Cronkite, not me. HereSince1628 Nov 2014 #9
I heard it on Spanish television--they broke in to announce it. MADem Nov 2014 #75
Wow. murielm99 Nov 2014 #76
I was 7 years old sorefeet Nov 2014 #10
I was 7 too. redwitch Nov 2014 #27
We haven't been the same country since. ancianita Nov 2014 #11
I was 13, and our Catholic grade school immediately went to church and prayed..... a kennedy Nov 2014 #12
i too was 11 months, my family was living abroad. mackerel Nov 2014 #14
Reincarnate President Kennedy, please. Dont call me Shirley Nov 2014 #15
I was 18 and a new freshman at a California state college. MineralMan Nov 2014 #16
That reminds me of a story a SO of mine told me. zeemike Nov 2014 #29
You know, I find that very hard to believe, actually. MineralMan Nov 2014 #31
Well I don't doubt her words... zeemike Nov 2014 #52
Believe it ashling Nov 2014 #60
I was in school in SC, and yes there were some cheers... Sancho Nov 2014 #39
Well I do suspect that not all of them hated him that much. zeemike Nov 2014 #53
You did not have to be in the south to experience that. My brother Paul was in industrial arts class jwirr Nov 2014 #42
Good for them. zeemike Nov 2014 #55
I was in the ninth grade, Orlando, FL The Blue Flower Nov 2014 #48
I came home from school (7th grade)--where it had been announced over the loudspeaker-- mnhtnbb Nov 2014 #79
... ColesCountyDem Nov 2014 #17
Growing up in the era of TV shows Ineeda Nov 2014 #18
First Grade @ Parkwood Elementary. irisblue Nov 2014 #19
The date of my 5th birthday. Inspired Nov 2014 #20
It was the day after my fifth birthday. pamela Nov 2014 #56
I was 11 years old ashling Nov 2014 #21
I was also 11 ginnyinWI Nov 2014 #25
I was 11 too... pipi_k Nov 2014 #40
you know what else-- ginnyinWI Nov 2014 #26
I was 11 as well DFW Nov 2014 #51
I think you mean Joe Kennedy II. Joe Kennedy III was born in 1980. kwassa Nov 2014 #73
That's it. DFW Nov 2014 #78
I was not born until '71, but I remember '81 attempt on Reagan... Moostache Nov 2014 #22
Don't know what you mean by "discovered" YarnAddict Nov 2014 #28
I was 14 and in Latin class TNNurse Nov 2014 #23
A dark day. JFK was the last FDR Dem ever elected to lead our country. nt Zorra Nov 2014 #30
Uh, No. ashling Nov 2014 #62
Yes, November 22 PatrickforO Nov 2014 #33
I was on leave after a tour in Japan. 20. Tierra_y_Libertad Nov 2014 #34
The sad part of the Story is,,, Cryptoad Nov 2014 #35
8th grade - principal made the announcment on LiberalElite Nov 2014 #36
North Carolina Basic LA Nov 2014 #37
I was ten years old.. N_E_1 for Tennis Nov 2014 #38
It Was My Ccarmona Nov 2014 #41
'Twas my late father's hero CountAllVotes Nov 2014 #43
So much hope and promise was lost MissDeeds Nov 2014 #44
. Tuesday Afternoon Nov 2014 #45
Days of infamy saidsimplesimon Nov 2014 #46
. Historic NY Nov 2014 #47
Would the passage of the 26th amendment saidsimplesimon Nov 2014 #50
IIRC, it was a question of sending off 18 year olds to Vietnam - hedgehog Nov 2014 #64
Sad day Gothmog Nov 2014 #54
I was in class--the announcement came over the loudspeaker, and I thought "why would the niyad Nov 2014 #57
. pinboy3niner Nov 2014 #58
Every year when November rolls around, I feel gloomy anticipation for this calendar date. John1956PA Nov 2014 #59
k&r uppityperson Nov 2014 #61
It was 9:00 am, I was headed to Chemistry class at high school.... Hekate Nov 2014 #63
. robertpaulsen Nov 2014 #65
Was In The Third Grade... Walked Home For Lunch Only To Find My Mom Sobbing Uncontrollably... WillyT Nov 2014 #66
Everyone did. That is why I saw Jack Ruby shoot Lee Harvey Oswald on live TV. kwassa Nov 2014 #74
I was the only one in my family--all Republicans--who watched all of it on TV. mnhtnbb Nov 2014 #80
One of my earliest memories.. Cadfael Nov 2014 #67
My experience was very unique: RoverSuswade Nov 2014 #69
In Latin class when the announcement came over the PA eridani Nov 2014 #70
I was in elementary school. Manifestor_of_Light Nov 2014 #77
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