Famous events from when you were little?

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What are some of the famous/newsworthy events that you remember going on when you were little? I remember when the Berlin Wall came down, the Pam Smart murder, the Charles Stuart murder (I was actually in Boston having an operation on my foot when that happened!) Operation Desert Storm (man I was BRAINWASHED back then...I actually supported Bush in those days!) I remember Jeffery Dahmer and Silence of the Lambs. (everyone I know who was a little kid back then always mixes up Hannibal Lectur and Jeffery Dahmer)
Can't remember anything else.......
 
First steps on the moon with Neil Armstrong, the Vietnam War, the assassinations of RFK/JFK and Martin Luther King, Ronald Reagan shot in an assassination attempt, the 'hippy days of the 60's', the disco craze of the 70's...a few that I can think of for now.... ;)
 
Road runner were you in your 20s when Ronald Reagan shot in an assassination attempt? Thats not exactly when you were a kid though i was like 19 when colts left to indy.
 
ravensteve1961 said:
Road runner were you in your 20s when Ronald Reagan shot in an assassination attempt? Thats not exactly when you were a kid though i was like 19 when colts left to indy.
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Whether or not I was in my 20's, back then is when I *snickers* consider those days when I was young and little-- ;)

tsk tsk...you're younger than me. :D
 
Okay...

I remember St. Helen's eruption, The Challenger explosion, Dalhmer weirdo killings, Dallas Cowboys Superbowl (78 something - i remmy because my dad got me too excited and fell against table, got stiches on my head), Operation Desert Storm (my cousin went there and came back wacko), and too many to list.

Oh yeah, I remmy 80s clothes. Ugh.
 
from the time i was born up til i finished high school -- this is what i remmy or know from history:

First man on the moon (Armstrong and crew)
Reagan attempted assassination
Nixon scandals
Challenger explosion
DPN Protests at Gally
Heavy Metal
Vietnam War
American hostages in Iran
Iran War
Tylenol scares (cyandide)
Tropicana (fruit drinks) scares (cyandide i think too)
Epidemic of Crack cocaine use
DC Mayor Marion Barry busted by the FBI freebasing
crack babies being born
DC known as the murderous capitol of the USA

Thats all i can remmy :lol:
 
I remmy...

Gas price was 32 cents a gallon, and that there is days only ODD or EVEN numbered license plate cars can fill er up on every other days! People were panicking into thinking oil well is actually running dry! There were Nixon broadcasting announcement his resignment of his presidency. Of course, end of Vietnam war. Leaded gas being phased out. School system has changed, whoever idiot invented IEP program that nearly destroyed deaf school.

DHB
 
diehardbiker65 said:
Gas price was 32 cents a gallon, and that there is days only ODD or EVEN numbered license plate cars can fill er up on every other days!
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OMG i remmy that too!!!!! i was sitting in mom's car with mom in that LONGGGG line for gas :ugh:
 
* Challenger's Explosion - it snowed that day and I was off from school. I woke up in the morning wondering why I wasn't at school, and I saw mum and sister sitting on the living room sofa, watching the news coverage on the Challenger's Explosion.

* Chernobyl Meltdown - the nuclear plant in Soviet Union

* People's Demonstrations, 40 Years DDR, mass-exodus of DDR citizens into West Germany, DDR government declaring that DDR citizens now are free to travel, breaking down the Berlin Wall, German Reunification on 3rd October 1990

* the death of French president Francois Mitterand

* the terrorist bombings in France, especially in Paris Metro

* SF and Northridge Earthquakes, I also still remember Mexico City earthquakes and also the earthquake in Kobe/Osaka, Japan one year after Northridge

* Oklahoma bombing

* O.J. Simpson murders, and the jury declaring him innocent

* Deaf President Now protests (my best friend took part in it when she was in MSSD)

* sad wars such as Desert Storm, ethnic cleansing in Yugoslavia, etc...

* the brave lone Chinese man standing against the tanks in Tiananmen Square, Beijing

* Three Miles Island disaster

* Ethiopa famines, Africa Farm Aid concerts, raising money to help the famine in Africa

* 100 years anniversary of Statue of Liberty, helping to raise money for the renoviation of the statue, and watching the 4th of July celebrations in 1986 when I was lying alone in the hospital

* Quebec voting 50,5% NO against the referendum to secede from the Canadian confederation

* TWA Flight 800 disaster over Long Island, New York (1996), SwissAir crash over Nova Scotia

* many more...
 
When i was little i remmy the nixon regsination, Presely Died ( the King of rock n roll u know Elvis Presely ) Regan assinastion ( i just woke up a good half an hr ago so bare with my mistypes) Challenger explosion, Panama Canal Invasion ( norgiea's arrest at the time) Iran/ Iraq wars, and ofc, the quakes i was in the quake myself in the east bay at the CSDF school when it struck, then the northridge quake, the Japan Quake, umm, Persian Gulf war two of our teachers was sent overseas to serve 6 months one was to evacuate and one was in the front lines. let's see what else, ofc the Staute of liberty's birthday celebration and ofc yes the 50th anniversary of golden Gate bridge San Fransciso ( that bridge almost collasped due to SO many walking on the bridge this next 50th will have just party on the side no more poeple walking on there just ur standard pradae thats it) and ofc the last thing when i was in my teen was the actually 2 things, the san Fransciso 49ers winning the superbowl in 81 then again b ack to back later yrs, the last thing i also remember was the battle of the bay, Oakland A's and the San Fransciso Giants! thats what happened to me in the 80s and part of 70s i was born in 72 :)
 
Riots, Sharon Tate's murder by the followers of Charles Manson, Vietnam era, moon landing, scandal of Nixon, Patty Hearst kidnapped, long line to gas station
 
When I was a kid I remember the early space program (John Glenn, Alan Shephard), the Cuban missile crisis, the Civil Rights movement, the assassinations of JFK, MLK, and RFK, and the loss of the Thresher and Scorpion.
 
Kuifje beat me to it!

I was going to say that I remember the Challenger explosion, as well. OMG. That was just horrible. I remember being so upset, and thinking about the families of the astronauts that were killed aboard the shuttle.

I wasn't a kid when this happened, but I'll always remember 9-11-01. My kids were little...and I am pretty sure they'll be asking about that day when they're a little bit older and more able to comprehend the concept of terrorism.
 
Most of you have already said some of these, but here's my two cents:

*Chernobyl Explosure
*Challenger Explosure
* Invasion of Granada
*Invasion of Panama

I'm not exactly sure of the last two. I remember being at a church youth group and hearing about military action. If someone can clarify, feel free.

Also, for those that lived or were around Washington DC in the 80s, anybody remember the Elizabeth Morgan custody battle? That drug on for years.
 
The two events that are the hallmaks of my maturation are the JFK and MLK assassinations; I had a small part of both in these events......
 
Let's see what I remember... Desert Storm (my dad emailed his nephew, who was in the war, once a week so thats why I remmy that), Columbine High shootings, Oklahoma bombings, Y2K (I remember being so scared that new years eve night).... I think thats all I remember.
 
My childhood only ended a short time ago, so my events are pretty recent.

I remember Desert Storm. I remember it because I heard something about it on the radio. We had this giant map on the wall and my dad showed me where it was taking place. I didn't understand what it all meant, I was very young.

I also remember the fall of the Berlin Wall. I didn't understand that one either.

I remember the Columbine shooting. I had friends involved in that. I remember mothers calling our house, asking about people and letting the other families know whether their children were safe. That was a frightening day for me.

I remember the World Trade Center incident. My family had just moved back to Colorado from Tennessee and we'd been moving boxes in the previous day. That morning, the only furniture in the house was a sofa and the TV was sitting in the corner. I was in my brother's room, he, my other brother, and I were playing video games. Our parents called us upstairs I assumed we were in trouble for something. What a shock when I got upstairs. I actually watched the second building fall.
I had to work that day. I worked at a pizza place named Papa Murphy's and that was the most ominously silent day of my life. We had the radio playing in the back and we had customers come in saying they just weren't up to making food, and then they'd ask us to turn the radio up.

Those are the four events I remember...
 
I remember those in my life time:

Waco cult thing

Okla bombing (actually was kinda of part of that which is related to bomb threat same day at my college) and i came home found out about okla bombing.

Columbine High shootings

Challenger ( i was in middle school)

TWA Flight 800

Riots in Los Angeles

Earthquake in Northridge and also one time in San Francsico (cant remember exactly when)

Flood in midwest and also one in Austin that kill most of kids from camp trip.

Jessica (little girl that fell in pipe)

Micheal Landon, John Candy, John Belushi, Chris Farley, Phoenix, Jonathan Brandis, John Ritter, Sammy Davis jr, Lucy, and many more who passed away.

Recent Tsunami in asia

Tornados hit ft worth downtown

and all those memories most of you said which I do remmy from 80's to present.
 
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