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Stolen from facebook.
Where were you when these major events took place? What were you doing? What were you thinking? What are your thoughts on the events today?
Prohibition, 1920-1933
Not alive.. no comment
Wall Street Crash, October 29th 1929
Not alive.. no comment
Nuclear Bomb dropped on Hiroshima August 6, 1945
Not alive.. no comment
Segregation Ruled Illegal in U.S. 1954
Not alive, no comment.
The assassination of John F. Kennedy, November 22, 1963
Not alive, no comment.
The Beatles first time on the Ed Sullivan Show, February 9, 1964
Not alive, no comment.
Lyndon B. Johnson expands the Vietnam War, 1963–1969
Not alive, no comment.
Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. April 4, 1968
Not alive, no comment.
First Man To Walk on The Moon on July 20th 1969
Not alive, no comment.
Woodstock, August 15-18, 1969
Not alive, no comment.
Munich Olympics Massacre 5th September 1972
I was 0 years old. No comment. My birthday was on the 14th.
Elvis Presley dies on August 16, 1977
I was down the shore at Uncle Jay's place in Sea Isle. I knew Elvis was famous but I was more concerned about having been down the shore with no tv. We also witnessed the circus coming to town the same week.
John Lennon is murdered on December 8, 1980
Too young to know. My parents were splitting up that Christmas, so there must have been some at home drama.
Iran hostage crisis ends on January 20, 1981
Not aware of the crisis itself, but as it wore on, I did draw little men in Afganistan and Iran on the world map my mom had on the wall.
President Reagan is shot, March 30, 1981
I was 11. I recall seeing it on tv..that's about it.
The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, January 28, 1986
I was 12, in 7th grade. The class clown announced that the shuttle blew up. We heard this over lunch recess, and when we came inside, we saw it for real. We'd seen countless other successful launches and seeing two smoky trails that separated was definitely wrong. Right after "throttle up" it went pouf.
The Day The Berlin Wall Came Down, November 9, 1989
I was 15 years old, doing homework and then the news came out that the cold war was ending. I really didn't understand what that meant til it was explained in Social studies the next day.
The Persian Gulf War begins, January 16, 1991
Cable comes to my house for the first time. My sister wanted it installed in her room downstairs and I watched Nightmare on Elm Street 5 and We're No Angels interspersed with the greenish scuds from CNN covering the war starting.
Cult Compound in Waco, Texas Raided, April 19th, 1993
I was reasonably pregnant. We'd heard about the Branch Davidians taking over and holding cult members and children and finally go boom. Incidentally this is my first Niece's birthday.
The Oklahoma City bombing, on April 19, 1995
I was 23. It was announced on ddial about the bombing.
O.J. Simpson verdict October 3, 1995
I was working at Wampler Longacre in Franconia, PA, contemplating that my mom might actually be able to start talking to me again because I was hushed daily when she came home from work to watch this stupid thing.
Princess Diana Dies in Car Crash, on August 31, 1997
Delaware Valley College Security guard. I had see Diana and Charles married way back when.. but the Princess.. dead? The world stopped for her. She was the people's princess. Elton John modified a song for her. "Candle in the Wind".
The Columbine High School massacre, April 20, 1999
I actually did not hear about it until I attended a Head Start parent's meeting that night. Everybody was sad and somber and I missed it entirely. I'm like... whut? Kid's been watching the Matrix one too many times. And snapped.
Terrorist Attack on September 11, 2001
Funny how we missed this. Mark and I slept in a little comfortably after sending David off to school. I decided that we watched *way* too much television so I opted to leave the tv off. Mark leaves for Merck a little before 9am and heads off to Jersey. I was watching Crossing Over with John Edward, recording it even. In 20 minutes he calls me to say that something is terribly wrong and to turn on the tv. I see buildings in New York. Ok.. world trade centers and they are smoking. But I preferred the NJ 101.5 FM broadcast in studio for the news and Jim Gearhart announces that one of the towers had fallen. The unsinkable WTC? Mark was coming back home and spent the day on IRC getting the feeds from those who had access. Soon, all of the stations started showing messages that they were suspending broadcasting for that day. I had my dogs, Kerry and Shannon, from my mom who had gone to the shore for her birthday. I never gave them back. But I did wash and trim them while watching this.. it is a wonder I did not cut their ears off. We live near the Willow Grove Navy base so we had stripes across the skies from patrols for weeks following. And damn if you didn't have an American flag cause they were all gone in a day or two. I was still feeling bad for losing a window flag I bought for 25 cents after Labor day because on September 12th, all I could find was a teddy bear with a sweater that had an American flag on it.
Operation Iraqi Freedom begins, March 20, 2003
Working. Deep in March Burpee crazies.
President Obama is elected on November 4, 2008 as the 44th president of the United States
Sick to stomach, and everybody in the chat room cried.
Michael Jackson dies on June 25, 2009
Mark and I were at Chef Ted's Offshore cafe in Swainton/Avalon. Before we drove there, Mark noted that MJ was in the hospital. Maybe 5-10 minutes after being seated, we heard a lot of MJ music played.. "Maybe he died?" And he HAD officially been pronounced. OH SH*T!
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