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62. "The whole world is watching"

Mon Dec 14, 2015, 11:58 PM

Dec 2015

The Cuban Missile Crisis (three days in a home bomb shelter makes it memorable)
The JFK assassination (I was at school),
Oswald being killed on TV (I was in my 'jammies, sitting in front of the TV, alone)
Pope John XXIII dying (I was in a Catholic grade school)
The '68 convention in Chicago
The Moon Landing (the newspaper gave directions for taking a photo of your TV)
RFK's assassination (I was in my room, glued to a transistor radio)
Apollo 1 burning up on the launch pad (I was at home)
Kent State (I was in college)
Nixon Resigning (I watched his address on TV)
The Challenger blow-up (I was a teacher by then, and had a friend who was in line to go up next)
9/11 (I was in a classroom with 5th graders; we only had a TV in the library at the time)
Obama's First Election (I was drunk-dialing any and everyone)

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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