How many “where were you” events in American history exist?

In the 20th/21st Century

Manned Flight
Depression
Hitler Death
Man on Moon
JFK
Berlin Wall
9/11
COVID

You remember where you were when Covid happened? Where was that if I might ask?

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Did people ask, where were you when you heard about Pearl Harbor?

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Doubt there are any baws here who could tell you this, but I believe so.

These flashbulb memories will be unique to each individual, but collectively, 9/11 is probably the most common for those of us alive today.

Other candidates - and they’re usually tragedies - would be Columbine, OKC Bombing, Waco, and the Boston Marathon Manhunt.

Unfortunately, we’re so fractured as a people that I don’t believe we will have many unifying events like 9/11. Look at how divisive Covid was, most people can’t even agree about when that whole thing started - was it when Rudy Gobert touched the microphones? Was it when DJT tried for a travel ban? Or was it the first time you had to put on a mask to walk into Walmart?

All the real ones will be said, but the OJ chase and Columbine are low key WWY moments.

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You remember where you were when Covid happened? Where was that if I might ask?

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I know the point you think you're making. I don't think it's working.

When they declared a pandemic and everything shut down. March 11th. I was in a car driving to Louisiana from Idaho.

Right. There is no “moment” for Covid. Is there a natural disaster that I’m missing?

Hurricane Katrina, Rita, and Laura come to mind.

I was in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center when Nick Lou Saban was introduced to the school wearing a black jacket and a gold mock turtleneck and raised his fist in defiance of the rest of the conference, people in East Lansing and tall people everywhere.

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I know the point you think you're making. I don't think it's working.

When they declared a pandemic and everything shut down. March 11th. I was in a car driving to Louisiana from Idaho.

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For me it was St. Patrick's Day. We had been hearing rumblings about working from home, and testing our VPN all at the same time one night after work. That was announced the Thursday or Friday before. Monday afternoon on the 16th, they told us to take our laptops and don't come back until we get the all clear. So on March 17th I started working from home for what lasted about 20 months. Of course the only reason I remember the exact date is it was on St. Patrick's Day, but still that memory sticks out at me.

2016 election of Trump is the most recent one IMO covid too broad and not centered into one moment