What is your earliest childhood memory of a 'news' event?
For me it was Reagan getting shot. I was still in Grade school, but remember seeing it on TV when it happened. I still recall seeing the Secret Service guys pull what looked like Uzi's out from their jackets.
This happened in March, so I must have been home sick or something.
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July 30, 2017, 11:53 AM
mark123
I seem to remember the Watergate hearings pre-empting Sesame Street. I was a displeased young boy.
July 30, 2017, 11:54 AM
chellim1
Moon landing, walking on the moon, July 20, 1969:
I was 3 years old. I can remember sitting on my father's lap, watching the little black and white TV, and him telling me to remember this.
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July 30, 2017, 11:54 AM
Test1968
Cuban Missile crisis, and stupid duck and cover drills resulting from it.
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July 30, 2017, 11:57 AM
FN in MT
In October of 1954 I had just turned four. Hurricane Hazel hit NJ and I witnessed the huge waves hitting the jetties, eroding the beaches, etc. Went down to the coast with my Mom and Dad in my Dad's 1950, green Chevy pickup. I recall the huge waves vividly to this day.
Most likely because, even being in a safe spot, a distance away...it absolutely terrified me.
My beloved Grandfathers death and funeral when I was six also stuck with me.
July 30, 2017, 11:58 AM
qxsoup
Challenger explosion. I was in the 4th grade and watched it live in the cafeteria along with the rest of my elementary school.
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July 30, 2017, 12:00 PM
JALLEN
The Texas City explosion blew out the windows in our house. I remember that, and only later did I associate it with the event.
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July 30, 2017, 12:00 PM
walker77
quote:
Originally posted by qxsoup: Challenger explosion. I was in the 4th grade and watched it live in the cafeteria along with the rest of my elementary school.
Same here. I was in 3rd I think.
July 30, 2017, 12:01 PM
tatortodd
The first event I remember watching on the evening news was the release of the hostages from the 444 day Iran hostage crisis on Reagan's inauguration day. I still remember asking my Dad why they released them that day, and he said it was to thumb their nose at Jimmy Carter.
I also remember Reagan getting shot. I was in elementary school, and my classmates older brother knocked on our class room window. The teacher opened it and that is when we learned Reagan had been shot.
The first major news event I remember watching live was the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion. I was home sick and watched the launch live on TV. At first, I thought I had accidentally turned into a movie.
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July 30, 2017, 12:02 PM
fwbulldog
The shuttle explosion. I was home sick from school watching it live due to the educational tie-in.
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July 30, 2017, 12:04 PM
arfmel
JFK's assassination and funeral.
July 30, 2017, 12:04 PM
Todd Huffman
Although I was alive, I don't remember the first moon landing. The first historical event I can remember is Harry Truman's funeral.
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July 30, 2017, 12:06 PM
CoolRich59
The JFK assassination. I was 4 years old.
I remember hearing it on the TV. I walked into the kitchen and told my Mom: "The president is dead". She said "Don't talk like that; it's not funny." I told her to come in the living room and look at the TV. She did and broke into tears.
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July 30, 2017, 12:10 PM
Outnumbered
The Challenger explosion for me as well.
July 30, 2017, 12:13 PM
mikeyspizza
November 22, 1963. I was 10 and home for lunch from school when it happened.
July 30, 2017, 12:13 PM
greybeard9
JFK's assassination. I was a sophomore in high school and it was announced over the PA system.
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July 30, 2017, 12:15 PM
2012BOSS302
JFK assassination, and getting out of school early when it was announced on the school intercom. Although I think him being shot was the announcement and they sent us home. My father was stationed in MA at the time, it seemed like a big deal there. It was many years later I understood why for MA it was more than the president.
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July 30, 2017, 12:15 PM
olfuzzy
Watching Eisenhower's Inauguration on a neighbor's TV (we didn't have one yet).
July 30, 2017, 12:15 PM
Bytes
JFK's assassination. I was in second grade and my teacher came into the class room crying.
July 30, 2017, 12:16 PM
Johnny 3eagles
The Korean War. We lived under the flight path at Willow Grove NAS. The jets at night would wake me up, and I was afraid that the war was here.This message has been edited. Last edited by: Johnny 3eagles, July 30, 2017 01:48 PM
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