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nedbal (675 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 09:39 PM Original message |
what is the first major news event you remember clearly. |
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WritingIsMyReligion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
1. Clinton impeachment. |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
2. Watching Nixon Resign and my parents trying to explain it to me. |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 09:42 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. We are about the same age, right? Cuz I just posted that too. |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 09:43 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. must be, i'll be 40 in July. |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 10:13 AM Response to Reply #2 |
84. me, too! Although I have some vague memories of a moon landing |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
3. Nixon's resignation and the fall of Saigon are two that I remember |
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dolo amber (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 09:44 AM Response to Reply #3 |
80. I remember the Saigon thing |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
5. I am older |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
6. I have vague memories |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 09:56 PM Response to Reply #6 |
19. My birthday, too |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
8. Jesus was born. Film at eleven.... |
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femmocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
9. The coronation of Queen Elizabeth. |
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Glorfindel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 10:09 PM Response to Reply #9 |
26. Me, too! I was 7 years old |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
10. Berlin Wall falling. |
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femmocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 09:46 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. deleted by poster |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 09:59 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. ? |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
11. The '88 election |
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Nicole (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
13. JFK's assassination for me n/t. |
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MassLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 10:02 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. JFK for me too |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
14. Depends on how clearly you mean. I remember early 70s moon landings, |
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nedbal (675 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 05:11 AM Response to Reply #14 |
61. As THE OP your 70s moon landings are clear memories of the event and ..... |
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Omphaloskepsis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
15. Challenger disaster... |
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gr8dane_daddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 12:53 AM Response to Reply #15 |
49. Same here... |
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Rising Phoenix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 10:19 AM Response to Reply #15 |
87. same here |
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johnnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
16. 1969 Man on the moon - I was 4 |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
17. Challenger explosion, nt |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
18. Neil Armstrong's moon walk. |
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OnionPatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 03:44 AM Response to Reply #18 |
57. Same here |
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ElizabethDC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
21. Oklahoma City bombing |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
22. Same as you |
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nedbal (675 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 10:46 PM Response to Reply #22 |
37. I have vague recollection of duck & cover @ school, clear of directed into a Brooklyn Subway for .. |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
23. I was in kindergarden when all of us kids in school were gathered |
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Louis Cipher (227 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
25. Jonestown massacre. |
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Theres-a (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
27. The Day That Elvis Died |
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ChoralScholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
28. 1980 Election |
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av8rdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
29. Same here...JFK assassination |
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lost-in-nj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
30. This is my first memory |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
31. Death of Winston Churchill |
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smtpgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
32. Vietnam War casualties |
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fizzgig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
33. challenger |
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Prisoner_Number_Six (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
34. The Cuban missile crisis |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
35. Kennedy assassination. |
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swag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
36. Great question. |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
38. Kent State |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
39. Kennedy's inaugural speech in Jan. 1961. |
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Roon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
40. Elvis dying |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
41. JFK's assassination. |
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Flaxbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
42. Probably Reagan being shot |
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UrbScotty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
43. 1996 Olympics (nt) |
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Reverend_Smitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 11:56 PM Response to Original message |
44. I have fuzzy memories of the Berlin Wall falling... |
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Adsos Letter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
45. We must be about the same age |
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Ptah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
46. Sputnik |
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Tikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 12:01 AM Response to Original message |
47. The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II 2nd June 1953.... |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 12:46 AM Response to Original message |
48. JFK murder |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 01:17 AM Response to Original message |
50. Alb. Journal headline "Nixon Resigns" |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 01:19 AM Response to Original message |
51. Nixon's resignation. |
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piesRsquare (960 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 01:33 AM Response to Original message |
52. Oil Embargo... |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 02:06 AM Response to Original message |
53. Nixon resigned ... |
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QMPMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 02:14 AM Response to Original message |
54. The Cuban Missile Crisis. |
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BrotherBuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 02:17 AM Response to Original message |
55. Nuclear tests in the Pacific and The Everyman's failed attempt to disrupt them |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 02:18 AM Response to Original message |
56. I'd say Probably the Challenger explosion |
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ashling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 04:14 AM Response to Original message |
58. The Hollywood Club fire |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 04:21 AM Response to Original message |
59. Challenger |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 04:26 AM Response to Original message |
60. Vietnam Era, finding the LIFE/LOOK magazines my parents had hidden away. |
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SarahB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 06:46 AM Response to Original message |
62. Iranian hostage crisis. |
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AllegroRondo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 08:10 AM Response to Reply #62 |
73. same here - it was all over the news that year |
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Bread and Circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 09:43 AM Response to Reply #62 |
79. Me too, |
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Danmel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 07:04 AM Response to Original message |
63. The 1964 New York World's Fair |
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dropkickpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 07:12 AM Response to Original message |
64. Mt. St. Helens erupting |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 07:15 AM Response to Original message |
65. The moon walk by Armstrong |
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jus_the_facts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 07:15 AM Response to Original message |
66. The Manson Murder Trial. n/t |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 08:17 AM Response to Reply #66 |
75. Funny story on that subject |
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Fox Mulder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 07:15 AM Response to Original message |
67. When Challenger exploded. |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 07:19 AM Response to Original message |
68. The 1960 Election. |
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Beausoleil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 07:20 AM Response to Original message |
69. I can vaguely remember Kennedy's election, |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 07:50 AM Response to Original message |
70. Pearl Harbor being bombed. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 07:57 AM Response to Original message |
71. assasination of Indira Gandhi |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 08:07 AM Response to Original message |
72. I guess it would be the Kennedy assassination. I was in 7th grade. |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
74. RFK Assassination... |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
76. The Watergate hearings. |
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bikebloke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
77. Kennedy's inauguration |
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Lil Missy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
78. Kennedy assassination, because it was televised for several days |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
81. Hostages in Iran |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
82. 1976 bicentennial celebration in DC |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
83. Probably the Challenger disaster. Either that or when the media started discussing AIDS |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
85. JFK's assination for me too |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
86. vietnam |
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Thirtieschild (978 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
88. Pearl Harbor. I was six. |
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auburngrad82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
89. First Moon landing |
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