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105. The 1956 Eisenhower/Stevenson election.

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What's the first news story you can recall from your childhood? [View all] True Dough Nov 2023 OP

Kennedy's inauguration mgardener Nov 2023 #1

Dwight Eisenhower: "I shall go to Korea." Glorfindel Nov 2023 #12

JFK's assassination LuckyCharms Nov 2023 #2

Me too. First news story I can recall chicoescuela Nov 2023 #65

JFK's assassination Auggie Nov 2023 #71

JFK's funeral Nittersing Nov 2023 #78

My parents hid the newspapers from me nitpicked Nov 2023 #81

Same here. Diamond_Dog Nov 2023 #104

Born in '65 Alpeduez21 Nov 2023 #3

Yeah, I saw the moon landing on a tiny black and white tv at a local diner duckworth969 Nov 2023 #25

Nerd. Itchinjim Nov 2023 #33

Sputnik, I think. Ocelot II Nov 2023 #4

I'm 70... I remember at an extended family get together I asked the adults (I was ?7)... electric_blue68 Nov 2023 #5

I would guess something about the 1956 presidential election rurallib Nov 2023 #6

Starkweather and Fugate ggma Nov 2023 #49

I recall being for Stevenson in that election. greatauntoftriplets Nov 2023 #109

Kennedy assassination dweller Nov 2023 #7

Alan Shephard in Mercury launch Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2023 #8

My first is John Glenn's flight. I had just turned 4. lastlib Nov 2023 #31

Same. Mercury and Gemini. C_U_L8R Nov 2023 #108

Mostly, Cronkite, Huntley and Brinkley were just things that came on after cartoons. Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2023 #114

School stopped for every rocket launch. C_U_L8R Nov 2023 #117

Kennedy's assassination. I was 4, and I was coloring while my Mom washed windows ms liberty Nov 2023 #9

Here's the 3 hour video as it happened. LuckyCharms Nov 2023 #15

Brrr. I never saw that before. I was leaving Homeroom & on my way to Science when someone shouted the news Hekate Nov 2023 #115

The death of Marylyn Monroe nt Ohiya Nov 2023 #10

Smog..Was a story in The Weekly Reader likesmountains 52 Nov 2023 #11

Eisenhower beating Stevenson comes to mind. cachukis Nov 2023 #13

When Eisenhower won... mwf Nov 2023 #69

I learned my grandfather voted for Ike and my cachukis Nov 2023 #83

13 yrs old? That's surprising to me. My first news recollection I was 4 yrs old JoseBalow Nov 2023 #14

I guess I was just a carefree kid True Dough Nov 2023 #47

changing to - three astronauts killed on launch pad Skittles Nov 2023 #16

The Eichmann trial. I Remember him being in a glass booth. Jrose Nov 2023 #17

Remember Russian space flights, US catch up, Kennedy, etc. Have vague memories of Silent Type Nov 2023 #18

I'm 53 and grew up in DC AZSkiffyGeek Nov 2023 #19

This message was self-deleted by its author JohnSJ Nov 2023 #20

'69 Mets win the World Series duckworth969 Nov 2023 #21

The opening of Vatican II TygrBright Nov 2023 #22

Bay of Pigs invasion.. Deuxcents Nov 2023 #23

Probably Sputnik launch. LoisB Nov 2023 #24

the gemini and apollo space flights . the terrorist attacks on the olympic village in munich, AllaN01Bear Nov 2023 #26

Death of Stalin when I was 5. Sneederbunk Nov 2023 #27

Cuban missile crisis mike_c Nov 2023 #28

End of the Korean War. sinkingfeeling Nov 2023 #29

Eisenhower winning. MOMFUDSKI Nov 2023 #30

JFK assassination Itchinjim Nov 2023 #32

How devastating that was! mwf Nov 2023 #72

Watergate Deep State Witch Nov 2023 #34

The Suez Canal Crisis (29 Oct-7 Nov 1956) and the Hungarian niyad Nov 2023 #35

I was 4 years old... rogerballard Nov 2023 #36

Born in 1951. Sputnik in 1957. I was 6. 3catwoman3 Nov 2023 #37

Vietnam War Lithos Nov 2023 #38

Korean War, election of 1952 unc70 Nov 2023 #39

Perhaps not the first but made the greatest impression. It was a story, with a photo, of a little girl Floyd R. Turbo Nov 2023 #40

Army McCarthy hearings. 1954 yellowdogintexas Nov 2023 #41

Born in 1961. Different Drummer Nov 2023 #42

Kennedy assassination. The neighbor friend of my mom's came over and first I thought I Maraya1969 Nov 2023 #43

This message was self-deleted by its author BootinUp Nov 2023 #44

This message was self-deleted by its author BootinUp Nov 2023 #45

Early 50s news Tiny Tabby Nov 2023 #46

The assassination of Martin Luther King and subsequent riots LudwigPastorius Nov 2023 #48

Nuke of Hiroshima Chipper Chat Nov 2023 #50

Communism madamesilverspurs Nov 2023 #51

This ad ... ificandream Nov 2023 #99

Mid 50s. Polio Vacine Clinics Announcements GP6971 Nov 2023 #52

The moon landing of course. But the first sort of political story that played out over a couple days was the Israeli captain queeg Nov 2023 #53

Thresher disaster sorcrow Nov 2023 #54

Eisenhower's open heart surgery with footage from it on TV. I saw Ike's heart beating. marble falls Nov 2023 #55

I have a vague recollection of the Bay of Pigs and the Cuban Missile Crisis. rsdsharp Nov 2023 #56

Hurricane. Not sure which one catrose Nov 2023 #57

Korea on the John Cameron Swayze Camel Caravan; & a list of all the bases where cigarettes were sent to our fighting men NBachers Nov 2023 #58

Kruschev's visit and the "kitchen debate" CanonRay Nov 2023 #59

Hawaii becomes the 50th state. (nt) Pinback Nov 2023 #60

The McCarthy comunist hearings. Vaguely Srkdqltr Nov 2023 #61

A moon landing. My parent's joked that the astronaughts applegrove Nov 2023 #62

I can remember hearing constant controversies surrounding the Sam Sheppard murder case. n/t Backseat Driver Nov 2023 #63

LBJ's funeral ArkansasDemocrat1 Nov 2023 #64

Jessica stuck in a well. Elessar Zappa Nov 2023 #66

Two big crimes at the time. HoosierDebbie Nov 2023 #67

The Nixon-Kennedy debate. My family watched it live, and all the girls thought Kennedy was so dreamy. Midnight Writer Nov 2023 #68

The murder of 2 children in my neighborhood in 1965 IcyPeas Nov 2023 #70

The moon landing. Mad_Dem_X Nov 2023 #73

The Vietnam War. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Nov 2023 #74

The very first "news" related subject that I remember was, while watching cartoons, the public information Chainfire Nov 2023 #75

Constant stories about the Communist threat. gibraltar72 Nov 2023 #76

Moon walk. MLAA Nov 2023 #77

I remember several events on television news in the 1950's. Fla Dem Nov 2023 #79

JFK assassination WestMichRad Nov 2023 #80

It was the 1964 election results nitpicked Nov 2023 #82

Watergate. Dulcinea Nov 2023 #84

I remember playing with my tinker toys on the floor in the living room while the adults sat listening to Roosevelt on appleannie1 Nov 2023 #85

The 1965 blackout in the northeast Danmel Nov 2023 #86

My Dad walked home in that black out Nittersing Nov 2023 #87

We lived in Brooklyn. Danmel Nov 2023 #90

The sinking of the Andrea Doria ocean liner, 1956. Paladin Nov 2023 #88

Yeah I have that going on. captain queeg Nov 2023 #95

The killings of MLK and RFK LetMyPeopleVote Nov 2023 #89

Two assassinations, two months apart MyMission Nov 2023 #112

Vietnam possibly Tet exboyfil Nov 2023 #91

I had recently turned 10. Niagara Nov 2023 #92

Bay of Pigs, I am 68 debm55 Nov 2023 #93

A rocket launch in 1968 ... surrealAmerican Nov 2023 #94

The dropping of the first atom bomb. All I remember is that the story terrified me. I thought the bomb might drop on CTyankee Nov 2023 #96

Stalin's death, 1953 Bundbuster Nov 2023 #97

Cuban Missle Crisis ificandream Nov 2023 #98

The last two weeks of the Phillies 64 season BOSSHOG Nov 2023 #100

Dwight Eisenhower's first inauguration. raging moderate Nov 2023 #101

1957-Being told about the threat of those godless Russians... czarjak Nov 2023 #102

The New York Giants moving to San Francisco Brother Buzz Nov 2023 #103

The 1956 Eisenhower/Stevenson election. Golden Raisin Nov 2023 #105

mount saint helens eruption ! stonecutter357 Nov 2023 #106

Kennedy Rebl2 Nov 2023 #107

I'm 51 years old TlalocW Nov 2023 #110

The big moon landing IbogaProject Nov 2023 #111

The desegregation in Little Rock Arkansas ordered by Pres. Eisenhower, aided by the... Hekate Nov 2023 #113

EISENHOWER BEING ELECTED PRESIDENT...I WAS 5 Stuart G Nov 2023 #116

Flooding in the Netherlands early 1950's marigold20 Nov 2023 #118

This isn't from my childhood but on the day Elvis died ... ificandream Nov 2023 #119

I have a very sketchy memory of John Glenn orbiting the Earth. Laffy Kat Nov 2023 #120

Alaska earthquake bucolic_frolic Nov 2023 #121

The repair for the Hubble Space Telescope (1993) sakabatou Nov 2023 #122