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re: What’s the first major news story you remember as a child?
Posted on 8/4/22 at 8:38 am to CP3forMVP
Posted on 8/4/22 at 8:38 am to CP3forMVP
Probably OJ getting off. I don’t remember too much about it, but I do remember my mom and grandparents going back and forth in my childhood den absolutely enraged about it.
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Posted on 8/4/22 at 8:38 am to Loup
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I was like 10 before I realized that the lunar landing happened wayyyy before I was born and I had just seen a replay when I was 8 or so
I still watch replays in awe of it. I remember my dad and I looking up at the moon in the night sky and thinking how amazing it was that human beings were actually on that thing.
Posted on 8/4/22 at 8:39 am to meeple
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Baby Jessica
First thing that came to mind, I was 7
Posted on 8/4/22 at 8:39 am to CP3forMVP
The big California earthquake in the late 1980s. Or maybe early 90s, something like that. The one where the interstate collapsed.
This post was edited on 8/4/22 at 8:41 am
Posted on 8/4/22 at 8:42 am to CP3forMVP
I have a pretty clear memory of Elvis dying. I would've been four.
We set in the car in the driveway and mom finished listening to the radio before she killed the car. It seemed like a big deal to her
We set in the car in the driveway and mom finished listening to the radio before she killed the car. It seemed like a big deal to her
Posted on 8/4/22 at 8:42 am to SuperSaint
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Halley's Comet
Which visit?
This post was edited on 8/4/22 at 8:44 am
Posted on 8/4/22 at 8:43 am to CP3forMVP
I was 6 during the 1976 Presidential race so I remember Ford and Carter running but it didn't register.
I do remember the Iran Hostage Crisis though.
I do remember the Iran Hostage Crisis though.
Posted on 8/4/22 at 8:44 am to CP3forMVP
Spring/Summer 1968 MLK and RFK assassinations....
Posted on 8/4/22 at 8:45 am to Loup
quote:at what age did you realize that those replays were all create at mgm studio?
I was like 10 before I realized that the lunar landing happened wayyyy before I was born and I had just seen a replay when I was 8 or so
Posted on 8/4/22 at 8:45 am to Wraytex
86’ 
Posted on 8/4/22 at 8:49 am to CP3forMVP
As a kid, probably the first news thing that registered with me as a big deal was Elvis dying.
Posted on 8/4/22 at 8:50 am to CP3forMVP
Either the girl who got stuck down the well or the Iraqi invasion. Not sure which happened first.
Posted on 8/4/22 at 8:51 am to Saint Alfonzo
Hostages being taken in Iran.
Posted on 8/4/22 at 8:51 am to Saint Alfonzo
Cuban missile crisis.
This post was edited on 8/4/22 at 8:58 am
Posted on 8/4/22 at 8:51 am to meeple
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Baby Jessica
frick first post and I agree.
Just looked it up and that was 87 so that's my earliest for sure.
Posted on 8/4/22 at 8:52 am to CP3forMVP
Clinton being elected as president.
Posted on 8/4/22 at 8:52 am to CP3forMVP
JonBenet Ramsey
I remember the coverage and seeing all those tabloid magazines covers at Walmart when I would go with my mom
I remember the coverage and seeing all those tabloid magazines covers at Walmart when I would go with my mom
Posted on 8/4/22 at 8:53 am to CP3forMVP
Posted on 8/4/22 at 8:54 am to Wraytex
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Elvis passing.
same
News story that made me want to watch ABC nightly news was Iran Hostage Crisis. I found it fascinating for some reason. I didn't understand it, but I watched the news just for the updates.
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