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Art_from_Ark

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46. JFK's assassination

Mon Dec 14, 2015, 10:32 PM

Dec 2015

Bobby's assassination
Helen Keller's death announcement
Game 7 of the 1968 World Series
Apollo 8 Christmas Eve broadcast
Apollo 11 moon landing
Cuyahoga River catching on fire
Nixon's election and re-election
Nixon's resignation
Viking landing on Mars
Challenger
Fall of the Berlin Wall
Luby's Cafeteria massacre
9/11
Japanese megadisaster

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Which historic events will you always remember where you were when you heard about them? [View all] Rocknrule Dec 2015 OP

Challenger Kelvin Mace Dec 2015 #1

Challenger and 9/11 yeoman6987 Dec 2015 #8

I created a graphic a month after the attack Kelvin Mace Dec 2015 #17

JFK Assasination, I was in 1st grade . orpupilofnature57 Dec 2015 #2

JFK gordyfl Dec 2015 #55

Assassination of John F. Kennedy Agnosticsherbet Dec 2015 #3

I go back a little further. hobbit709 Dec 2015 #4

I remember all but the first you listed... CTyankee Dec 2015 #16

I was living in Vienna at the time. hobbit709 Dec 2015 #18

That reminds me, Blue_In_AK Dec 2015 #52

Two stand out TeddyR Dec 2015 #5

9/11 saw the 2nd plane hit live JI7 Dec 2015 #6

JFK assassination. Nov. 22, 1963. femmocrat Dec 2015 #7

WW2, JFK assasination 9-11 840high Dec 2015 #9

JFK, MLK and RFK assassinations. FDR's death. jwirr Dec 2015 #10

The fall of the Berlin Wall and 9/11 Yorktown Dec 2015 #11

JFK assassination, was home sick from school. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2015 #12

Challenger. 9/11. Reagan being shot. Columbine. nt Codeine Dec 2015 #13

President Kennedy assassination DURHAM D Dec 2015 #14

Starting with Kber Dec 2015 #15

John Lennon being shot. I remember exactly what I was doing and the first person I told about it. n brewens Dec 2015 #19

Nickel Mine Massacre. grntuscarora Dec 2015 #20

As a Generation Joneser mike in raleigh Dec 2015 #21

9/11, JFK's funeral, Reagan's assination attempt MiniMe Dec 2015 #22

JFK & RFK assassinations, OK City bombing, 9/11 tularetom Dec 2015 #23

JFK Assassination LiberalElite Dec 2015 #24

A little less historically relevant TeddyR Dec 2015 #25

9/11 Chitown Kev Dec 2015 #26

JFK assasination, Lennons murder, 9/11, sandy hook peacebird Dec 2015 #27

JFK assassination. Martin Luther King Assassination. Announcement of Iran-Contra deal. enough Dec 2015 #28

JFK, Challenger & 9/11 TexasProgresive Dec 2015 #29

Challenger krispos42 Dec 2015 #30

A few, I guess. bluedigger Dec 2015 #31

Meh, only one I recall offhand is challenger explosion-- and only because we had a snow day. n/t X_Digger Dec 2015 #32

In Chronological Order: SfromCanada Dec 2015 #33

I'm glad I'm not the only one who mentioned Princess Di. HuckleB Dec 2015 #64

Nixon resigning treestar Dec 2015 #34

The Challenger was a big one Action_Patrol Dec 2015 #35

Like a lot of people in Florida, I saw Challenger explode friendly_iconoclast Dec 2015 #39

9/11 Action_Patrol Dec 2015 #40

JFK assassination, Kent State, Nixon's resignation, Chicago '68. Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2015 #36

Seeing Sputnik Hoppy Dec 2015 #37

I was flying from CA to Dallas on biz when McVeigh blew up ... JoePhilly Dec 2015 #38

JFK Assassination RobinA Dec 2015 #41

A few JustAnotherGen Dec 2015 #42

These stand out for me as to where I was & what I was doing: Blus4u Dec 2015 #43

Challenger, first Persian Gulf War, second Iraq War, Downtown Hound Dec 2015 #44

OJ white Bronco chase oberliner Dec 2015 #45

OJ--remember it well Freddie Dec 2015 #53

JFK's assassination Art_from_Ark Dec 2015 #46

My historic events are all personal. hunter Dec 2015 #47

JFK assassination. rogerashton Dec 2015 #48

Wellstone's death, for one. Brickbat Dec 2015 #49

Challenger teenagebambam Dec 2015 #50

Cuban missile crisis, JFK assassination, Blue_In_AK Dec 2015 #51

Death of President Kennedy. MADem Dec 2015 #54

Not in the same catagory...but... RichGirl Dec 2015 #57

I know what you mean--I saw a pic of Marilyn Monroe on the front page MADem Dec 2015 #59

JFK RichGirl Dec 2015 #56

JFK, Moon Landing, Challenger, Oklahoma, 9/11 rgbecker Dec 2015 #58

JFK's assassination was my first memory of an historic event Jarqui Dec 2015 #60

I remember mainstreetonce Dec 2015 #61

"The whole world is watching" Lifelong Protester Dec 2015 #62

Well... HuckleB Dec 2015 #63

Attempt on Reagan was the first major thing I recall ProudToBeBlueInRhody Dec 2015 #65

Earliest I recall was the moon landing.. Whiskeytide Dec 2015 #66