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Yep, me too, but a bit later in the day
 
Poll: What's the first big news story you remember?
Pearl Harbor
Kennedy assassination
Watergate
Fall of Saigon
Fall of the Berlin Wall
Challenger explosion
Oklahoma City bombing
9-11
Indonesian tsunami
Other (please explain)
View Results (68 votes)
 

Ethel Duath
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Dec 10 2011, 12:14am


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Yep, me too, but a bit later in the day [In reply to] Can't Post
since we were on the way home from Missouri and had to stop on the road and watch it on a tiny scratchy black and white T.V up in the corner of a tiny motel office--one of the highlights of my life as I am a space/astronomy nut!BlushSmile

Subject User Time
What's the first big news story you remember? Aunt Dora Baggins Send a private message to Aunt Dora Baggins Dec 7 2011, 3:08pm
    Eisenhower's re-election Annael Send a private message to Annael Dec 7 2011, 3:35pm
        The first election I remember was LBJ Aunt Dora Baggins Send a private message to Aunt Dora Baggins Dec 7 2011, 3:54pm
        Yep, Eisenhower! Alcarcalime Send a private message to Alcarcalime Dec 8 2011, 2:07am
            I remember watching Eisenhauser on the tv silneldor Send a private message to silneldor Dec 8 2011, 2:36am
    Probably the first Gulf War Arwen's daughter Send a private message to Arwen's daughter Dec 7 2011, 4:33pm
        That's mine too acheron Send a private message to acheron Dec 8 2011, 1:22am
            Yep, fellow 1982 baby here // Arwen's daughter Send a private message to Arwen's daughter Dec 8 2011, 7:09pm
    Kennedy--and not just from the news-- Ethel Duath Send a private message to Ethel Duath Dec 7 2011, 4:50pm
        I remember when they announced in our class... RosieLass Send a private message to RosieLass Dec 7 2011, 7:11pm
    And what does it say about our Demographic here (or our interest Ethel Duath Send a private message to Ethel Duath Dec 7 2011, 4:53pm
        Oops! I spoke way too soon . . . // Ethel Duath Send a private message to Ethel Duath Dec 7 2011, 7:49pm
    Sputnik. dernwyn Send a private message to dernwyn Dec 7 2011, 5:44pm
        I remember a few years later Aunt Dora Baggins Send a private message to Aunt Dora Baggins Dec 7 2011, 10:02pm
            the 1969 moon landing Magpie Send a private message to Magpie Dec 8 2011, 12:17am
                I was in a motel outside of Denver. dernwyn Send a private message to dernwyn Dec 8 2011, 3:31am
                    You were? Aunt Dora Baggins Send a private message to Aunt Dora Baggins Dec 8 2011, 3:45am
                        we did that too! Annael Send a private message to Annael Dec 8 2011, 3:48am
                            Lunar phase... GAndyalf Send a private message to GAndyalf Dec 23 2011, 10:15pm
                        Yep, me too, but a bit later in the day Ethel Duath Send a private message to Ethel Duath Dec 10 2011, 12:14am
                My husband and kids went to Florida to watch the launch. Elizabeth Send a private message to Elizabeth Dec 8 2011, 7:01am
                I had a teacher in high school... Maiarmike Send a private message to Maiarmike Dec 10 2011, 1:49am
    The Erebus disaster. Ataahua Send a private message to Ataahua Dec 7 2011, 6:36pm
    The death of Princess Diana Nightingale Send a private message to Nightingale Dec 7 2011, 6:43pm
    Well, if some nice admin would change my accidental "Other" vote to "Watergate", I'll be all set. Alassėa Eruvande Send a private message to Alassėa Eruvande Dec 7 2011, 6:45pm
        I had a Jackie and Caroline paper doll set Aunt Dora Baggins Send a private message to Aunt Dora Baggins Dec 7 2011, 10:07pm
        No nice admins around Ataahua Send a private message to Ataahua Dec 7 2011, 10:35pm
            You'll have to do, I guess. Alassėa Eruvande Send a private message to Alassėa Eruvande Dec 8 2011, 12:09am
    9-11. I was pretty young, around 6-7 and I just remember Gimli'sBox Send a private message to Gimli'sBox Dec 7 2011, 6:53pm
        I was 8 going on 9, One Ringer Send a private message to One Ringer Dec 14 2011, 3:03pm
    Watergate. RosieLass Send a private message to RosieLass Dec 7 2011, 7:09pm
    Definitely the Challenger explosion taekotemple Send a private message to taekotemple Dec 7 2011, 7:32pm
        It was early in 1986. I was taking a college freshman chemistry test. Alassėa Eruvande Send a private message to Alassėa Eruvande Dec 8 2011, 12:23am
            I remember that clearly too. Aunt Dora Baggins Send a private message to Aunt Dora Baggins Dec 8 2011, 3:43am
        I was watching it live, Elizabeth Send a private message to Elizabeth Dec 8 2011, 6:57am
        1986 GAndyalf Send a private message to GAndyalf Dec 23 2011, 10:24pm
    The Gary Powers U-2 incident Darkstone Send a private message to Darkstone Dec 7 2011, 8:10pm
        Do you remember the paper doll dernwyn Send a private message to dernwyn Dec 8 2011, 3:21am
            Oh, yeah! Darkstone Send a private message to Darkstone Dec 8 2011, 2:23pm
                We were all so innocent dernwyn Send a private message to dernwyn Dec 12 2011, 12:56am
    MS Estonia sinking in 1994 Faenoriel Send a private message to Faenoriel Dec 7 2011, 8:38pm
        Pretty sure now the bodies were seen on the news. Faenoriel Send a private message to Faenoriel Dec 7 2011, 8:41pm
        The sinking I remember is the Edmund Fitzgerald Magpie Send a private message to Magpie Dec 8 2011, 12:24am
            The one I remember was the Thresher. Darkstone Send a private message to Darkstone Dec 8 2011, 7:44pm
                I remember that! // Annael Send a private message to Annael Dec 8 2011, 10:24pm
            Okay, READ before posting! LIP GAndyalf Send a private message to GAndyalf Dec 23 2011, 10:59pm
        I know what you mean about a local marine accident... GAndyalf Send a private message to GAndyalf Dec 23 2011, 10:50pm
    The murder of the athletes in the '72 Olympics made a big impression on me too. Aunt Dora Baggins Send a private message to Aunt Dora Baggins Dec 7 2011, 10:01pm
        It was just before Watergate... GAndyalf Send a private message to GAndyalf Dec 23 2011, 11:04pm
    VE-Day. Elizabeth Send a private message to Elizabeth Dec 7 2011, 10:43pm
    JFK Magpie Send a private message to Magpie Dec 7 2011, 11:57pm
    Probably the Thredbo Landslide and the rescue of Stuart Diver Spencissimus Send a private message to Spencissimus Dec 8 2011, 12:31am
        Yes, I remember Thredbo. Ataahua Send a private message to Ataahua Dec 8 2011, 3:36am
    Sputnik silneldor Send a private message to silneldor Dec 8 2011, 1:59am
    Well, someone may guess I am old! Alcarcalime Send a private message to Alcarcalime Dec 8 2011, 2:04am
        This exercise does separate people by age, doesn't it? Aunt Dora Baggins Send a private message to Aunt Dora Baggins Dec 8 2011, 3:48am
        Gotcha. Elizabeth Send a private message to Elizabeth Dec 8 2011, 6:54am
    I remember sitting in class and watching Challenger explode. Silverlode Send a private message to Silverlode Dec 8 2011, 3:45am
    I was fascinated by the election of John Paul II as Pope even though I'm not Catholic zarabia Send a private message to zarabia Dec 8 2011, 9:10am
        I remember... Darkstone Send a private message to Darkstone Dec 8 2011, 3:10pm
            That *would* be awsome. // Aunt Dora Baggins Send a private message to Aunt Dora Baggins Dec 8 2011, 5:31pm
            I agree! Annael Send a private message to Annael Dec 8 2011, 5:58pm
            Pope George Ringo:) Maybe one day that injustice will be remedied:) zarabia Send a private message to zarabia Dec 9 2011, 3:11am
    Some of you guys have lived through some pretty important stuff! Maiarmike Send a private message to Maiarmike Dec 8 2011, 12:27pm
        *creaky voice* why, I remember . . . Annael Send a private message to Annael Dec 8 2011, 6:14pm
            Yup :-) Aunt Dora Baggins Send a private message to Aunt Dora Baggins Dec 9 2011, 12:24pm
        I thought about this when my grandmother passed away last July... GAndyalf Send a private message to GAndyalf Dec 23 2011, 11:25pm
    9-11 tolkiennerd Send a private message to tolkiennerd Dec 8 2011, 5:42pm
    Oops.. Donry Send a private message to Donry Dec 9 2011, 4:21am
    Does a presidential election count as a big news story? Finding Frodo Send a private message to Finding Frodo Dec 9 2011, 6:42am
        Sure, if it made an impression on you. Aunt Dora Baggins Send a private message to Aunt Dora Baggins Dec 9 2011, 12:21pm
        You, too? Cool! Arandiel Send a private message to Arandiel Dec 15 2011, 7:26pm
    Does the shooting of John Lennon count? greendragon Send a private message to greendragon Dec 9 2011, 7:11pm
        That's another event I remember clearly Magpie Send a private message to Magpie Dec 9 2011, 7:26pm
        Of course it counts! // Aunt Dora Baggins Send a private message to Aunt Dora Baggins Dec 9 2011, 7:59pm
        I also remember Stevie Ray Vaughan's death. RosieLass Send a private message to RosieLass Dec 9 2011, 11:39pm
        We sang "Imagine" in church this morning <3 // Aunt Dora Baggins Send a private message to Aunt Dora Baggins Dec 11 2011, 7:11pm
            of course you did Annael Send a private message to Annael Dec 11 2011, 9:13pm
                You know us all too well :-) // Aunt Dora Baggins Send a private message to Aunt Dora Baggins Dec 12 2011, 3:25am
                    born and raised in the briar patch! // Annael Send a private message to Annael Dec 15 2011, 3:41pm
                Mods up!// GAndyalf Send a private message to GAndyalf Dec 23 2011, 11:31pm
            The children sang his "Happy Christmas" dernwyn Send a private message to dernwyn Dec 12 2011, 12:53am
            i always loved that song! greendragon Send a private message to greendragon Dec 12 2011, 6:48am
                Me too! Marillė by the Sea Send a private message to Marillė by the Sea Dec 14 2011, 10:37pm
    Blimey, you people are OLD! Faenoriel Send a private message to Faenoriel Dec 9 2011, 10:04pm
        I may be old. Darkstone Send a private message to Darkstone Dec 9 2011, 10:08pm
            Or as my husband says: Aunt Dora Baggins Send a private message to Aunt Dora Baggins Dec 9 2011, 10:43pm
        what fun is there in that? Magpie Send a private message to Magpie Dec 9 2011, 10:32pm
        I love it when young whipper snappers say that... silneldor Send a private message to silneldor Dec 9 2011, 11:04pm
        Eh? What's that you say? I can't hear you because I'm OLD!! Alassėa Eruvande Send a private message to Alassėa Eruvande Dec 9 2011, 11:11pm
            I hope people didn't get insulted Faenoriel Send a private message to Faenoriel Dec 9 2011, 11:33pm
                I can only speak for myself. Aunt Dora Baggins Send a private message to Aunt Dora Baggins Dec 10 2011, 12:07am
                    I thought it was funny, too. Magpie Send a private message to Magpie Dec 10 2011, 1:26am
                No, no Faenoriel silneldor Send a private message to silneldor Dec 10 2011, 3:52am
                Our obsession with youth is so silly zarabia Send a private message to zarabia Dec 11 2011, 6:08am
                It was a compliment until... GAndyalf Send a private message to GAndyalf Dec 23 2011, 11:36pm
        LOL! Old is just a state of mind. ;) Maiarmike Send a private message to Maiarmike Dec 10 2011, 1:47am
            I think I used to believe... Magpie Send a private message to Magpie Dec 10 2011, 3:17am
                Thank you. Maiarmike Send a private message to Maiarmike Dec 10 2011, 4:20am
                Or Roger and the boys... GAndyalf Send a private message to GAndyalf Dec 23 2011, 11:40pm
        I've lived 60 years, yes, but I'm not old yet! Annael Send a private message to Annael Dec 10 2011, 3:33pm
            That's what was implied Faenoriel Send a private message to Faenoriel Dec 10 2011, 3:46pm
            You must be descended from Bullroarer Took:) zarabia Send a private message to zarabia Dec 11 2011, 6:34am
                one of my great-aunts Annael Send a private message to Annael Dec 11 2011, 9:18pm
                Bullroarer? GAndyalf Send a private message to GAndyalf Dec 23 2011, 11:43pm
                    Congratulations, you passed my little test to see if anyone would notice...you buying that???:P zarabia Send a private message to zarabia Dec 24 2011, 7:36am
                        Of COURSE, gentle zarabia! GAndyalf Send a private message to GAndyalf Dec 24 2011, 9:07am
        As (apparently) the oldest person here, Elizabeth Send a private message to Elizabeth Dec 11 2011, 4:49am
    "I counted them all out and I counted them all back" Hengist Send a private message to Hengist Dec 10 2011, 12:02am
        Ah, you mean . . . Alcarcalime Send a private message to Alcarcalime Dec 10 2011, 1:16am
        ah, a well known quotation! greendragon Send a private message to greendragon Dec 12 2011, 6:44am
    this historic event is not mentioned... willowing Send a private message to willowing Dec 10 2011, 10:18am
    I picked other Rosie-with-the-ribbons Send a private message to Rosie-with-the-ribbons Dec 10 2011, 1:07pm
        It seems like Aunt Dora Baggins Send a private message to Aunt Dora Baggins Dec 10 2011, 5:10pm
            To be fair... GAndyalf Send a private message to GAndyalf Dec 23 2011, 11:50pm
    Watergate ByThorinsBeard Send a private message to ByThorinsBeard Dec 11 2011, 10:52pm
    Kennedy assassination FantasyFan Send a private message to FantasyFan Dec 12 2011, 5:13pm
    Sputnik; Kennedy v. Nixon 1960 campaign; Berlin wall; Cuban missile crisis ElanorTX Send a private message to ElanorTX Dec 14 2011, 11:48am
        The Cuban missile crisis . . . Annael Send a private message to Annael Dec 15 2011, 3:49pm
        Nice to see the Berlin Wall RAISED as opposed to falling make the list... GAndyalf Send a private message to GAndyalf Dec 23 2011, 11:53pm
    Princess Diana & 9/11 Marillė by the Sea Send a private message to Marillė by the Sea Dec 14 2011, 10:35pm
        I felt the same way about her not wearing a seatbelt and I'm a LOT older// GAndyalf Send a private message to GAndyalf Dec 23 2011, 11:56pm
    John Lennon's assassination... diedye Send a private message to diedye Dec 15 2011, 7:11pm
    Fall of the Berlin Wall HappyHobbitess Send a private message to HappyHobbitess Dec 20 2011, 7:20pm
        My son remembers that because Aunt Dora Baggins Send a private message to Aunt Dora Baggins Dec 24 2011, 1:43am
    Depends upon what is 'news'... GAndyalf Send a private message to GAndyalf Dec 23 2011, 10:01pm
        It is whatever you define it to be. Aunt Dora Baggins Send a private message to Aunt Dora Baggins Dec 23 2011, 11:44pm
            I asked my Mum if I would be drafted... GAndyalf Send a private message to GAndyalf Dec 23 2011, 11:58pm
                You are a master of irony. // Aunt Dora Baggins Send a private message to Aunt Dora Baggins Dec 24 2011, 12:12am
                    Only when one faces a fear may it be defeated... GAndyalf Send a private message to GAndyalf Dec 24 2011, 12:16am
    The Watergate hearings interrupted Lothlorian Send a private message to Lothlorian Dec 26 2011, 10:29pm
        The JFK funeral interrupted Captain Kangaroo. Aunt Dora Baggins Send a private message to Aunt Dora Baggins Dec 27 2011, 10:02am
    I was 11 when JFK was assassinated. grammaboodawg Send a private message to grammaboodawg Dec 30 2011, 9:09pm
        A few years ago we found a time capsule in our house Aunt Dora Baggins Send a private message to Aunt Dora Baggins Dec 30 2011, 10:08pm

 
 
 

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