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re: What is the oldest news story you can remember watching as a kid

Posted on 8/9/20 at 7:32 am to
Posted by OweO
Plaquemine, La
Member since Sep 2009
119864 posts
Posted on 8/9/20 at 7:32 am to
To be sure, this is the one a teacher was on right?
Posted by StanSmith
Member since May 2018
1058 posts
Posted on 8/9/20 at 7:34 am to
Apollo 17 launch. It was a night launch. Only night launch in the Apollo program. 5 year old me thought they had to launch at night so they could see the moon better.
Posted by Sayre
South Bend, Indiana
Member since Nov 2011
5754 posts
Posted on 8/9/20 at 7:36 am to
Nixon resigning is the earliest thing I remember. Then Jim Jones.
Posted by JudgeHolden
Gila River
Member since Jan 2008
18566 posts
Posted on 8/9/20 at 7:36 am to
Stock market crash of 29. Phil Farnsworth and I were pounding back a few. Only one channel back then.
Posted by VernonPLSUfan
Leesville, La.
Member since Sep 2007
17502 posts
Posted on 8/9/20 at 7:37 am to
All the above except the Korea war thingy.
Posted by Zarkinletch416
Deep in the Heart of Texas
Member since Jan 2020
8689 posts
Posted on 8/9/20 at 7:40 am to
Fighting in Korea.

This post was edited on 8/9/20 at 8:13 am
Posted by LuckySo-n-So
Member since Jul 2005
22425 posts
Posted on 8/9/20 at 7:40 am to
Vietnam war in general.

Beatles breakup and Watergate specifically.
Posted by TigrrrDad
Member since Oct 2016
7897 posts
Posted on 8/9/20 at 7:50 am to
The Howard Johnson sniper in N.O.
Posted by Wally Sparks
Atlanta
Member since Feb 2013
32361 posts
Posted on 8/9/20 at 7:52 am to
Berlin Wall falling (I was 3)
Posted by lsuhunt555
Teakwood Village Breh
Member since Nov 2008
38953 posts
Posted on 8/9/20 at 7:53 am to
Princess Di’s death.
Posted by CalicoJack
The Centennial State
Member since Jun 2020
204 posts
Posted on 8/9/20 at 7:54 am to
OKC Bombing
Posted by warlock1974
Prairieville
Member since Jan 2015
1812 posts
Posted on 8/9/20 at 7:54 am to
JFK

I was in the 7th grade.
Posted by PacoPicopiedra
1 Ft. Above Sea Level
Member since Apr 2012
1317 posts
Posted on 8/9/20 at 7:55 am to
I have some vague memories of Watergate and Nixon's resignation and the fall of Saigon. The first clear memory of a news event I have was the two planes crashing in the Canary Islands in 1977 that killed 583.

Tenerife Airport disaster

Posted by ELVIS U
Member since Feb 2007
11494 posts
Posted on 8/9/20 at 7:55 am to
JFK funeral
Posted by East Coast Band
Member since Nov 2010
66856 posts
Posted on 8/9/20 at 8:02 am to
The news of my own birth
Posted by DallasTiger
THE Capital City
Member since Jan 2004
4503 posts
Posted on 8/9/20 at 8:03 am to
The King assassination riots of 68 and the Apollo 11 moon landing in 69.
Posted by JudgeRoyBean
West of the Pecos
Member since Jun 2018
538 posts
Posted on 8/9/20 at 8:03 am to
Spring/Summer 1968.

MLK and RFK's assassinations.
Posted by Random LSU Hero
2014 NFL Survivor Champion (17-0)
Member since Aug 2011
9532 posts
Posted on 8/9/20 at 8:04 am to
quote:

I remember baby Jessica in the well in 1986. I was born in 83


Same
Posted by The Torch
DFW The Dub
Member since Aug 2014
27065 posts
Posted on 8/9/20 at 8:04 am to
Elvis's Death
Posted by McMillan
Member since Jul 2018
7106 posts
Posted on 8/9/20 at 8:06 am to
quote:

The fall of Saigon and the air lift of people off of the roof of the American Embassy in 1975.

Same.
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