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re: What is the first major news event you recall watching?
Posted on 11/11/25 at 8:52 pm to rpg37
Posted on 11/11/25 at 8:52 pm to rpg37
I’m a 1981 child here.
I may not recall the news coverage of it, but I do remember bits of going through Hurricane Juan in 1985. I remember having to go by boat to my home. Luckily it didn’t flood as it was elevated, but the air conditioner and some electrical access went under water.
As far as news coverage, I remember watching the RNC convention on a shrimp boat with my grandpa on a set of rabbit ears on channel 4.
I may not recall the news coverage of it, but I do remember bits of going through Hurricane Juan in 1985. I remember having to go by boat to my home. Luckily it didn’t flood as it was elevated, but the air conditioner and some electrical access went under water.
As far as news coverage, I remember watching the RNC convention on a shrimp boat with my grandpa on a set of rabbit ears on channel 4.
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Posted on 11/11/25 at 8:53 pm to kywildcatfanone
A hurricane, not sure which one. The man on TV said to stay inside. My mother ran over to the neighbors to borrow something and I was mad at her for breaking the rules.
This post was edited on 11/11/25 at 8:57 pm
Posted on 11/11/25 at 8:54 pm to rpg37
Baby Faye
Posted on 11/11/25 at 8:54 pm to SallysHuman
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42 here... this is probably the first one that caught my eye
Good lord, you would have been roughly 11 years old in 94. There wasn’t ANY notable event you were aware of prior to that?
For me it’s the Challenger explosion and, for whatever reason, baby Jessica
Posted on 11/11/25 at 8:55 pm to kywildcatfanone
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First I remember was probably the moon landing.
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Posted on 11/11/25 at 8:56 pm to Alt26
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Good lord, you would have been roughly 11 years old in 94. There wasn’t ANY notable event you were aware of prior to that?
I basically lived outside... there was only one tv in the house and I only watched it Saturday mornings.
Posted on 11/11/25 at 8:57 pm to rpg37
42 ... the fall of the Berlin Wall. I was six.
I more clearly remember the Persian Gulf War and the LA Riots.
I more clearly remember the Persian Gulf War and the LA Riots.
Posted on 11/11/25 at 8:59 pm to rpg37
Y2k hysteria
This post was edited on 11/11/25 at 9:00 pm
Posted on 11/11/25 at 8:59 pm to rpg37
The first news story I remember was the first moon landing. I distinctly remember Niel Armstrong’s first moonwalk.
Posted on 11/11/25 at 9:01 pm to rpg37
Kennedy assasination
This post was edited on 11/11/25 at 9:02 pm
Posted on 11/11/25 at 9:05 pm to rpg37
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I have a vivid memory of catching the breaking news in the living room that Elvis had died and ran to the kitchen to tell the family.
I also remember watching a documentary in the early 70s about the Austin sniper that happened years earlier.
I have a vivid memory of catching the breaking news in the living room that Elvis had died and ran to the kitchen to tell the family.
I also remember watching a documentary in the early 70s about the Austin sniper that happened years earlier.
This post was edited on 11/11/25 at 9:06 pm
Posted on 11/11/25 at 9:05 pm to doubleb
OKC bombing due to the face it interrupted my Power Ranger viewing
Posted on 11/11/25 at 9:07 pm to rpg37
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I am 38. The OJ Simpson bronco chase was the earliest news event I recall.
Same age and same event.
Posted on 11/11/25 at 9:07 pm to rpg37
Honestly, maybe Bear Bryant dying. I was a kid in Mississippi. Butterfly wings and I'm going to Bama a decade later.
Early 50s.
Early 50s.
This post was edited on 11/11/25 at 9:09 pm
Posted on 11/11/25 at 9:09 pm to rpg37
Nixon resigning
I was only about 5 but I remember being aware of how important it was, probably because it was all that blasted from the TV for a few days
Next was Jim Jones. I was a bit older by then and more more disturbed.
I was only about 5 but I remember being aware of how important it was, probably because it was all that blasted from the TV for a few days
Next was Jim Jones. I was a bit older by then and more more disturbed.
This post was edited on 11/11/25 at 9:11 pm
Posted on 11/11/25 at 9:12 pm to rpg37
I vaguely remember Reagan. But the first real major world event I remember witnessing and comprehending as a kid was the fall of the Soviet Union.
I also remember Bush Sr's election.
I also remember Bush Sr's election.
This post was edited on 11/11/25 at 9:18 pm
Posted on 11/11/25 at 9:13 pm to rpg37
9/11
Posted on 11/11/25 at 9:15 pm to rpg37
1980 Presidential election. Also remember the Rams-Steelers Super Bowl, Darth Vader being Luke Skywalker's father and some other pop culture events from 1980 but I'm not sure that qualifies as "news".
Posted on 11/11/25 at 9:16 pm to rpg37
I remember being on a school trip and my ag teacher told us the Challenger blew up. We thought he was joking till we went to Sears and it was on their wall of TVs they had
Posted on 11/11/25 at 9:16 pm to rpg37
OJ probably
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