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Posted on 6/3/21 at 9:33 pm to tgrbaitn08
moon landing
Posted on 6/3/21 at 9:34 pm to cardswinagain
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blight
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reagan being shot
A few other guys and I were in the Philadelphia airport just about to board our flight to go to basic training when the news that President Reagan had been shot came on the tvs in the waiting area. For the first week or so in basic, they wouldn't tell us shite. We had no idea what happened to President Reagan.
Posted on 6/3/21 at 9:37 pm to Pedro
Desert Storm
I was so young I had no clue what was going on but I was fascinated with the nightvision view of missiles launching.
My dad was over in Saudi at the time. I remember my grandparents buying the VHS set from CNN and I watched it repeatedly.
I was so young I had no clue what was going on but I was fascinated with the nightvision view of missiles launching.
My dad was over in Saudi at the time. I remember my grandparents buying the VHS set from CNN and I watched it repeatedly.
Posted on 6/3/21 at 9:37 pm to Pedro
3 mile island nuclear reactor meltdown
Posted on 6/3/21 at 9:39 pm to Pedro
I don’t think that I really understood at the time, but I remember seeing the Challenger explosion 
Posted on 6/3/21 at 9:39 pm to PSU2LSU
Columbine.
Visited a relative who lived near the school a few years back. The memorial is beautiful/haunting with the foothills of the Rockies in the background.
Visited a relative who lived near the school a few years back. The memorial is beautiful/haunting with the foothills of the Rockies in the background.
Posted on 6/3/21 at 9:39 pm to Pedro
JFK's election.
Posted on 6/3/21 at 9:40 pm to Pedro
Spring/Summer 1968
MLK and RFK assassinations.
MLK and RFK assassinations.
Posted on 6/3/21 at 9:43 pm to Captain Lafitte
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Tylenol murders.
Forgot about that. It was a huge deal at the time.
Posted on 6/3/21 at 9:43 pm to Darth_Vader
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Gulf war
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I fought in this war.
Damn I’m old.
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Darth_Vader
You were in a US tank in 1991. Our own tanks were a much bigger threat than the enemy. I've studied the information technology chasm of the Gulf War very well.
But thank you for your service... and your war/tank/weapon knowledge here.
This post was edited on 6/4/21 at 9:23 pm
Posted on 6/3/21 at 9:45 pm to BuckyCheese
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First major news would be the Iranian Hostages.
Watergate would be the first major one I can remember as a young boy.
This post was edited on 6/3/21 at 9:47 pm
Posted on 6/3/21 at 9:47 pm to LSUBoo
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I think I can speak for the bulk of late Gen X when I say the Challenger explosion.
Followed by Baby Jessica and the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Correct but it started with Reagan getting shot for me.
Posted on 6/3/21 at 9:49 pm to Pedro
Murrah bombing in OKC.
Posted on 6/3/21 at 9:51 pm to Pedro
Holy hell, I just remembered Jessica McClure, name and all, falling in the well. I was merely a young pup at 3 in 1987, but I somehow that story in ingrained in my memory.
Posted on 6/3/21 at 9:52 pm to Pedro
Munich Massacre - Terrorist murders of 11 Israeli Olympic team athletes/coaches and death of 1 West German police officer at the 1972 Munich Olympics. 5 of the 8 terrorists (3 too few) were also killed.
Locally the Howard Johnson shooter.
Locally the Howard Johnson shooter.
Posted on 6/3/21 at 9:53 pm to Circle G
Baby Jessica grown up
Posted on 6/3/21 at 9:53 pm to Pedro
President Dole meeting the alien ambassador.
Posted on 6/3/21 at 9:53 pm to Pedro
• TWA 847 - The first news event that I had any interest in.
• Challenger - The 1st event which impacted my future choices.
• Iran-Contra hearings - Like the 2016-2021 witch hunt, it reeked of a Soviet style show trial.
• Challenger - The 1st event which impacted my future choices.
• Iran-Contra hearings - Like the 2016-2021 witch hunt, it reeked of a Soviet style show trial.
Posted on 6/3/21 at 9:55 pm to Pedro
Baby Jessica in the well.
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