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eyesroll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 03:05 PM Original message |
Your earliest "news" memory? (generational research thread) |
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Loonman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
1. Nixon resigns |
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Coventina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 03:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
20. Nixon for me also |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 03:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
54. Nixon here too |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 06:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
124. Yeah, Nixon. |
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bif (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
2. JFK being shot |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 03:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
22. Same here. |
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Scurrilous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 03:48 PM Response to Reply #22 |
55. Ditto... |
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onethatcares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 09:28 PM Response to Reply #55 |
161. fourth grade/catholic school, |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 04:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
77. I was 3 but I remember my Mom's reaction and seeing John Jr. |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 05:23 PM Response to Reply #2 |
99. That's Mine, As Well |
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curlyred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 05:35 PM Response to Reply #2 |
105. me, too |
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leyton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
3. I remember Clinton being elected. |
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HFishbine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 04:34 PM Response to Reply #3 |
84. Ignore |
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Fenris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
4. Event: Gulf War I; Birthdate: 1984 |
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Wwagsthedog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
5. VE Day |
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HFishbine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 04:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
86. Cool! |
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Another Bill C. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 07:26 PM Response to Reply #5 |
131. Me, too! |
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afraid_of_the_dark (724 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
6. Challenger explosion |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 07:02 PM Response to Reply #6 |
127. Good Lord, I was a freshman in college when that happened! |
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Mrs. Overall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
7. Martin Luther King being assassinated-- |
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slinkerwink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
8. okay, let's see..... |
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GOPisEvil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
9. Reagan being shot: 1968 |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 04:22 PM Response to Reply #9 |
76. I was a freshman in high school for that one... |
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GOPisEvil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 04:30 PM Response to Reply #76 |
80. I was in 7th grade...we kids were joking about "Carter's revenge"... |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
10. The Kennedy assassination coverage - that whole long weekend. |
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NuckinFutz (852 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
11. One small step for man... |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 03:14 PM Original message |
Hi there |
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NuckinFutz (852 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
58. I wouldn't say less scrambled. |
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PragMantisT (893 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 03:17 PM Response to Reply #11 |
30. Moon landing |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 03:21 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. Not me |
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CrownPrinceBandar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 05:32 PM Response to Reply #30 |
102. I remember watching it on TV... |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 08:03 PM Response to Reply #11 |
141. Moon landing for me too.... |
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noonwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-10-04 03:29 PM Response to Reply #11 |
217. The moon landing was right before I started kindergarten |
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eyesroll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
12. I was born in 1975 |
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Bluzmann57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
13. I was in first grade |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
14. This is a test.... |
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Snow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 09:53 PM Response to Reply #14 |
165. Oh, jeez, I'd forgotten about that...... |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
15. Sputnik |
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kodi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 04:33 PM Response to Reply #15 |
82. ditto |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
16. Off the top of my head, Challenger |
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bowens43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
17. JFK shot....... |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
18. The Apollo missions. Born in 1965. (nt) |
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tigerbeat (475 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
19. nixon resigning |
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Mandomaniac (57 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
21. Challenger Explosion |
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blackcat77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
23. JFK's inauguration -- DOB 1952 |
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jono (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
24. Challenger disaster |
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lucidmadman (551 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
25. It wasn't breaking news but... |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
26. Nixon resigning, then the space station (USSR/US) hookup. |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
27. Dr. King's Assassination -- born in 1959 |
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geniph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 03:22 PM Response to Reply #27 |
36. We're close to the same age, new_beawr |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
28. 3rd Grade: Iran Hostage crisis |
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skippysmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 05:02 PM Response to Reply #28 |
93. Same here |
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arcane1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
29. my great-grandmother watched this boring "tv show" when I was a kid |
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JitterbugPerfume (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 03:20 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Th earliest I can recall at this time is |
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geniph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
31. RFK's assassination |
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ThoughtCriminal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
33. George Wallace closing my big brother's |
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MuseRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
34. The first thing that comes to mind |
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JitterbugPerfume (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 03:26 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. I also remember |
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bobbieinok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 09:21 PM Response to Reply #39 |
159. remember Elizabeth's coronation - watched a friend's TV |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
37. Apollo 7 splashdown. |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 11:53 PM Response to Reply #37 |
174. I Remember That! |
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arwalden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
38. Kennedy Funeral |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
40. Born in 1966... |
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GOPisEvil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 03:32 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Oh yeah, Jonestown...I remember the Congressman killed by the plane. |
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Snow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 09:49 PM Response to Reply #43 |
164. This will chill you.... |
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arcane1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 03:34 PM Response to Reply #40 |
47. ah yes, you recall that boring tv show too |
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mantis49 (398 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
41. JFK assassination |
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Lindacooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 03:33 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. Yep, me too |
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WhoCountsTheVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
42. Reagan being shot |
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DrWeird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
44. Mt. St. Helens eruption. |
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PrestoChango (75 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
46. Challenger Explosion |
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ET Awful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
48. Born in '69, led a sheltered childhood . . . Iran Hostage Crisis |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
49. The 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich... |
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HawkerHurricane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
50. Apollo 11 |
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( posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
51. JFK being shot |
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CPschem (606 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
52. challenger explosion or iran contra |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
53. McKinley assassination |
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NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
56. I was born in 1956 |
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capriccio (306 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
57. Have you no decency? |
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Snow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 03:59 PM Response to Reply #57 |
64. So how did you hear about it? Radio? |
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Darwin2002 (335 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
59. sputnik |
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Snow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
60. We didn't have a tv yet for the earliest such event I remember - |
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cmf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
61. "Interrupting" news - Challenger, but… |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
62. Watergate/Nixon resignation |
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democracyindanger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
63. Mt. St. Helens |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
65. King's assassination - if you mean only "breaking" news |
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Westegg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
66. "War Is Over---Nixon" |
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smallprint (778 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
67. John Lennon shot -- born 1975 |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
68. The First One I Remember Actually Seeing on TV |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
69. With clarity? I would have to say the fall of Saigon. I was 5. |
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frebrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
70. "Japanese Bomb Pearl Harbor" |
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bmbmd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
71. Cuban Missile Crisis |
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elfwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
72. Jon Lennon Shot |
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dolgoruky (454 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 04:20 PM Response to Reply #72 |
73. Scotland Vs England at Wembley |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 04:36 PM Response to Reply #73 |
87. Tom Baker being replaced by Peter Davison on Doctor Who |
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Bertha Venation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
74. Nixon's Resignation. 1963. |
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chiburb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-10-04 03:45 PM Response to Reply #74 |
218. Resignation from what? n/t |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
75. 1960, Nixon-Kennedy election |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
78. Civil Rights marches--I was very young, but they packed a wallop. |
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carolinayellowdog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
79. John Glenn goes into orbit |
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HFishbine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
81. First Man on the Moon |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 04:36 PM Response to Reply #81 |
89. Heh. Same story, same age. |
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Bertha Venation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 05:01 PM Response to Reply #81 |
92. Same for my eldest sister |
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name not needed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
83. Oklahoma City |
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elfwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 04:36 PM Response to Reply #83 |
88. are you 12? |
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name not needed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 05:35 PM Response to Reply #88 |
106. 15. |
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beyurslf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-10-04 05:24 PM Response to Reply #106 |
225. WOW. It's great to see young people involved. Most of us here |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 08:16 PM Response to Reply #83 |
144. OK I feel REALLY REALLY old now |
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elfwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-10-04 03:08 PM Response to Reply #144 |
215. I was working at Citicorp at the time |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
85. Nixon's resignation. |
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theorist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
90. Challenger explosion. |
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wysimdnwyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
91. Elvis' death |
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scottcsmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
94. Elvis Presley's death |
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beyurslf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
95. Challenger explosion is the 1st I know I remember from tv |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
96. I recall when the Iran hostages were taken. |
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elfwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 05:12 PM Response to Reply #96 |
97. now that you mention it... |
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Kickin_Donkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
98. Born in 1962. |
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damnyankee2601 (293 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 05:33 PM Response to Reply #98 |
103. I'll second that. |
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damnyankee2601 (293 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
100. 1971 (2?) United Airlines crash at Midway in Chicago |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 06:43 PM Response to Reply #100 |
120. What is incredible is the picture that someone took of that flight. |
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pmbryant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-10-04 01:22 AM Response to Reply #120 |
179. You may be thinking of the 1979 O'Hare crash |
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CanuckAmok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
101. Neil Armstrong walking on the Moon... |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
104. Reagan shot. Born in 1972 |
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CBHagman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
107. Hearing radio report on JFK's assassination the morning after |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
108. May of 1961 |
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spinbaby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
109. John Glenn, I think |
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UrbScotty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
110. The 1996 Election |
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Whitacre D_WI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
111. Reagan getting shot. |
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flamingyouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
112. Nixon resigning, most of all |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
113. Sadat's assassination 1973 |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 06:44 PM Response to Reply #113 |
122. Are you sure it was 73? |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 08:16 PM Response to Reply #122 |
143. I think DS1 means born in 73. ;) |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 08:35 PM Response to Reply #143 |
149. Oh |
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VelmaD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
114. Carter's inauguration |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
115. Beirut barracks bombing |
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Bunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
116. JFK assassinated. |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
117. hmmm.... I'll say Mulroney brings in the GST |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
118. Gas Lines and the Hostage Crisis |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
119. I recall some hostage situation in 1980 |
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mohinoaklawnillinois (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 07:01 PM Response to Reply #119 |
125. 1960 election |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
121. Republican National Convention 1956.. 1949 |
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cedahlia (883 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
123. Here's mine |
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booradleyjr (44 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
126. Apollo 1 fire on the launch pad that killed 3 astronauts. Born 1960 n/t |
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LTR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
128. Probably Nixon resigning, most likely 1976 election |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
129. death of indira gandhi |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 07:59 PM Response to Reply #129 |
140. Were you living in India? |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 08:09 PM Response to Reply #140 |
142. nope lived in india at the time |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 08:23 PM Response to Reply #142 |
146. Didn't realize there was such bad rioting there |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 08:43 PM Response to Reply #146 |
151. after she died |
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RFKHumphreyObama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-10-04 07:30 AM Response to Reply #129 |
193. While I don't remember that event myself |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-10-04 10:16 AM Response to Reply #193 |
198. i dislike all the gandhis |
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HawkerTyphoon (79 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
130. A picture of Tojo |
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ronnykmarshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
132. Gemini launches |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
133. One of the Apollo landings |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
134. 1980 presidential results |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
135. Death of FDR. |
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bobbieinok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 09:14 PM Response to Reply #135 |
156. death of FDR here too |
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BigBigBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
136. Specific event |
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Adenoid_Hynkel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
137. john lennon being killed |
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bushh8ter (244 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
138. The war in the Falkland Islands |
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southerngirlwriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
139. Born: 1978 |
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camero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
145. Carter's election |
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Don_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
147. Born In '53 |
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b-ballgurl (64 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
148. when Bill Clinton was reelected |
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slinkerwink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 09:15 PM Response to Reply #148 |
157. wow! you're very young! |
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Snow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 10:07 PM Response to Reply #157 |
167. Heh! Hey Slinkerwink - I have |
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populistmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-10-04 10:41 AM Response to Reply #157 |
200. I spawn geniuses |
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WannaJumpMyScooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
150. Live coverage of the last dinosaur's last breath |
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LibInternationalist (861 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
152. Challenger Explosion - Born 1980 |
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Cat Atomic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
153. Carter's failed hostage rescue. I was born in '72. |
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nostamj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
154. born 1955 |
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Piltdown13 (829 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
155. The 1980 election, and Iranian hostage crisis...born in 1975 |
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sleipnir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
158. Born '79, the '84 Dem Convention (specifically Jesse Jackson's speech) |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
160. Three Mile Island |
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pinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
162. Eisenhower and Kennedy meeting b4 inauguration. DOB '52 |
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Hand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
163. Um... Army/McCarthy hearings... |
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BlackVelvetElvis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
166. Watergate hearings. DOB: 1966 |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
168. I remember hearing |
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Lisa0825 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 11:13 PM Response to Original message |
169. Born in '68... remember bits and pieces of Watergate... |
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solinvictus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
170. US forces leave Saigon |
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youngred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
171. The Coup in Soviet Russia |
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aQuArius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 11:43 PM Response to Original message |
172. Prince Charles & Diana get married! |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-09-04 11:49 PM Response to Original message |
173. Munich Olympics / Israeli Hostages 1972 |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-10-04 12:04 AM Response to Original message |
175. Presidential Debates -- Kennedy and Nixon |
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BlueStateGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-10-04 12:28 AM Response to Original message |
176. Elvis 's death. 1973 |
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fortyfeetunder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-10-04 12:33 AM Response to Original message |
177. JFK assassination |
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pmbryant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-10-04 01:17 AM Response to Original message |
178. Carter v Ford election in 1976. Born in 1968 |
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ButterflyBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-10-04 01:28 AM Response to Original message |
180. The Oklahoma City bombing - for events that interrerupted TV |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-10-04 01:45 AM Response to Original message |
181. Cuban Missile Crisis |
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TOhioLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-10-04 02:09 AM Response to Original message |
182. Watergate hearings... |
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dawn (876 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-10-04 02:12 AM Response to Original message |
183. John Lennon's death. I was born in 1970. |
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scarlet_owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-10-04 02:16 AM Response to Original message |
184. Challenger disaster. |
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corporatewhore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-10-04 02:19 AM Response to Original message |
185. Sorta rember end of first gulfwar clearly rembermom wanting tovote perot92 |
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AlGore-08.com (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-10-04 03:38 AM Response to Original message |
186. Born in 1963 - - The Watergate hearings |
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mouse7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-10-04 03:48 AM Response to Original message |
187. RFK being shot. |
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zwielicht (120 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-10-04 03:56 AM Response to Original message |
188. Chernobyl, 1986 |
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montana_hazeleyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-10-04 05:24 AM Response to Original message |
189. First thing came to mind |
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mykpart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-10-04 05:28 AM Response to Original message |
190. I was born in 1947. |
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RFKHumphreyObama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-10-04 06:08 AM Response to Original message |
191. I vaguely recollect the downfall of Ferdinand Marcos |
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tsakshaug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-10-04 06:42 AM Response to Original message |
192. dob 1961 |
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ChoralScholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-10-04 07:48 AM Response to Original message |
194. "Decision 1980" Coverage on KARK(NBC) - Little Rock |
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Jeff in Cincinnati (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-10-04 08:24 AM Response to Original message |
195. RFK Assassination |
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ncrainbowgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-10-04 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
196. Challenger Explosion |
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gator_in_Ontario (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-10-04 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
197. Kennedy Assassination |
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twistedliberal (299 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-10-04 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
199. Challenger explosion |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-10-04 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
201. A Vietnam special Report from Walter Cronkite - sometime in the late 60's |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-10-04 11:31 AM Response to Reply #201 |
205. I remember those reports too |
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arwalden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-10-04 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
202. I Vividly Recall The "Huntley-Brinkley" Theme Song On The TV News |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-10-04 11:16 AM Response to Reply #202 |
203. Kennedy assassination for me |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-10-04 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
204. Moon landing ; 1965 |
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Throckmorton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-10-04 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
206. Watts Riots, 1965 |
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zwielicht (120 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-10-04 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
207. i love this thread! |
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liberalitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-10-04 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
208. Moon landing 1968... |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-10-04 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
209. The McCarthy hearings. MacArthur firing. |
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LosinIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-10-04 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
210. Either John Glenn's flight or the Kennedy assassination -whichever earlier |
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ChoralScholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-10-04 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
211. Born 1978 |
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bobthedrummer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-10-04 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
212. I remember the McCarthy hearings, President Eisenhower's heart |
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tinnyguy1777 (222 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-10-04 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
213. When the Chinese Army came across |
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Gringo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-10-04 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
214. Cronkite talking about guerillas in Cambodia |
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catzies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-10-04 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
216. The Watergate hearings on TV the summer when I was 12. |
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NightTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-10-04 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
219. 1969 moon landing |
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trackfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-10-04 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
220. If you don't count the JFK assassination - |
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Barad Simith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-10-04 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
221. LBJ announces he won't seek another term (1968) |
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gyopsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-10-04 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
222. 1984... |
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cosmicdot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-10-04 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
223. JFK campaign visit to Norfolk, VA just days before the '60 election |
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voice of reason (161 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-10-04 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
224. Moon Landing |
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