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1. one month before i was born...nt

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How old were you when JFK killed [View all] nmbluesky Nov 2012 OP

one month before i was born...nt barnabas63 Nov 2012 #1

same here! we might share a birthday! unblock Nov 2012 #35

me 3 - well, a little over 2 weeks before I was born OriginalGeek Nov 2012 #61

I was 20. That was an earthshattering event. It changed my life. JDPriestly Nov 2012 #2

Same here, the age and the profound effect. JohnnyLib2 Nov 2012 #47

College freshman too, went home that weekend with friend, for 'Thanksgiving.' so also went elleng Nov 2012 #3

Seven. eom tledford Nov 2012 #4

Me too, had just turned 7 Freddie Nov 2012 #20

I had just turned 7 too. LeftInTX Nov 2012 #106

7 also. redwitch Nov 2012 #152

7 also Historic NY Nov 2012 #174

Another 7... marlakay Nov 2012 #219

Decades away from ever being born. Drunken Irishman Nov 2012 #5

I wasn't born vilify Nov 2012 #6

Me either... 1985 here. n/t Agschmid Nov 2012 #167

I had turned 10 Flashmann Nov 2012 #7

I was 6. Control-Z Nov 2012 #8

Your Post Touched Me HangOnKids Nov 2012 #164

Thank you, HangOnKids. Control-Z Nov 2012 #214

Of Course It Is HangOnKids Nov 2012 #215

aw Control-Z Skittles Nov 2012 #204

I was 13 underthematrix Nov 2012 #9

I was born on the 22nd and would be 13 soon. freshwest Nov 2012 #118

Negative 13, exactly. ArcticFox Nov 2012 #10

9th grade Betsy Ross Nov 2012 #11

5 PoliticalBiker Nov 2012 #12

Me too. no_hypocrisy Nov 2012 #115

Same here Canuckistanian Nov 2012 #149

I was 5 also. dog_lovin_dem Nov 2012 #158

1958 baby here too. Matariki Nov 2012 #196

17 years old oldhippydude Nov 2012 #13

Same here. Was walking across the quad between classes. Every one just stood around in a LoisB Nov 2012 #40

was worse for me oldhippydude Nov 2012 #60

Me, too. Blue_In_AK Nov 2012 #111

18, almost 19. frogmarch Nov 2012 #14

My aunt wad watching too. Jazzgirl Nov 2012 #129

12-yrs old, in vocal music class. They put the radio announcements over the intercom. txwhitedove Nov 2012 #15

I was 14.....and in choir..... gblady Nov 2012 #22

A few days shy of 6 months old. n/t RomneyLies Nov 2012 #16

9th grade. Had everyone go outside to commiserate. Hoyt Nov 2012 #17

My mum was 17 and in Haiti---JFK meant nothing to her. She was living through Papa Doc. n/t vaberella Nov 2012 #18

I was 15 yrs old. I was in study hall at high school. The principal came on the loud speaker and southernyankeebelle Nov 2012 #19

Just turned 19yrs old a couple of week earlier. Stellar Nov 2012 #21

Had Just Turned 8 A Couple Of Weeks Before... WillyT Nov 2012 #23

< 1 year old etherealtruth Nov 2012 #24

I was 1 1/2 and twenty days. eom BlueCaliDem Nov 2012 #25

9 Love Bug Nov 2012 #26

I had just turned 19 three days earlier. DURHAM D Nov 2012 #27

14. greatauntoftriplets Nov 2012 #28

Just turned 19, college sophomore. Jackpine Radical Nov 2012 #29

22 On leave from the marines. Tierra_y_Libertad Nov 2012 #30

>conception Kalidurga Nov 2012 #31

About to turn 7. My earliest political memory was shaking JFK's hand at a rally in New Haven leveymg Nov 2012 #32

I was three Danmel Nov 2012 #33

I was 8 years old PrBelvr Nov 2012 #34

19 - was shooting pool byeya Nov 2012 #36

16. n/t rzemanfl Nov 2012 #37

Fifth grade. I remember our teacher Mrs. Murray breaking down in tears. Not Me Nov 2012 #38

Your Dad fuckng rocks. Contrast JFK (and the Kennedy family's tradition of coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #80

Not born yet nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #39

I was 4 Tx4obama Nov 2012 #41

Me too (4). I have no memories of it, naturally. But I do remember that coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #82

I remember watching the funeral procession with my grandmother... Tx4obama Nov 2012 #84

We had no TV at all when I was a child. I remember my Mom forced coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #95

8 catbyte Nov 2012 #42

My 15th Birthday HockeyMom Nov 2012 #43

It's my sister's birtday, too. Sugarcoated Nov 2012 #184

I was 26. northoftheborder Nov 2012 #44

wasn't born yet, but my parents were teenagers Panasonic Nov 2012 #45

Four, and his death is one of my earliest memories. City Lights Nov 2012 #46

Same with me. Kaleva Nov 2012 #89

I was in elementary school, but I remember that unusual day. Rhiannon12866 Nov 2012 #48

turned 10 ~3 weeks earlier magical thyme Nov 2012 #49

Same exactly with me & my birthday & grade, and we had a similar experience in class. We had just We People Nov 2012 #169

It was a Friday and I was 19 and hitch hiking home from college and got picked up by a trucker. PuppyBismark Nov 2012 #50

I had turned 18 earlier that month and was in the dentist chair dixiegrrrrl Nov 2012 #51

Your first paragraph reminds me of Don Delillo's "White Noise" for that coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #90

Well, thank you. dixiegrrrrl Nov 2012 #109

I wasn't born. nt aaaaaa5a Nov 2012 #52

I was 8 and have an indelible memory from that day whatchamacallit Nov 2012 #53

I was 19. I heard about it standing on a pier in San Diego. RC Nov 2012 #54

Fourteen. yellerpup Nov 2012 #55

I was 11 and remember that day like it was yesterday. LibDemAlways Nov 2012 #56

15 madamesilverspurs Nov 2012 #57

twenty -five. Cried for a week. watercolors Nov 2012 #58

14 longship Nov 2012 #59

Three months jberryhill Nov 2012 #62

5 yrs old. n/t ChazII Nov 2012 #63

19 1/2 years before I was born n/t NewsCenter28 Nov 2012 #64

This message was self-deleted by its author KatyAnn Nov 2012 #65

Wasn't born until 1970. n/t RiffRandell Nov 2012 #66

Me too NYFlip Nov 2012 #183

10 days old. Scruffy Rumbler Nov 2012 #67

I was fourteen. Went home at lunchtime, PDJane Nov 2012 #68

12 onethatcares Nov 2012 #69

12 here as well. Sitting in Mrs. Harris's 8th grade English class when we heard the news. 11 Bravo Nov 2012 #198

Eight years old Still Sensible Nov 2012 #70

I was 3 years old. UnrepentantLiberal Nov 2012 #71

5 greendog Nov 2012 #72

-7 ileus Nov 2012 #73

-6 dogknob Nov 2012 #211

I was 17 Silver Swan Nov 2012 #74

I was 23 years old. n/t RebelOne Nov 2012 #75

Sophomore at college. n/t RKP5637 Nov 2012 #76

One year, 10 months, give or take a few days. GoCubsGo Nov 2012 #77

20 HowHasItComeToThis Nov 2012 #78

I had just seen him live the day before. broiles Nov 2012 #79

Did you live in Houston? Blue_In_AK Nov 2012 #120

No San Antonio, Brooks AFB School of Aerospace Medicine. broiles Nov 2012 #209

10..... ProudProgressiveNow Nov 2012 #81

4 - my earliest memories are of his funeral liberal N proud Nov 2012 #83

12, and I remember every moment vividly. Faygo Kid Nov 2012 #85

I was 8 Mojorabbit Nov 2012 #86

10 flor-de-jasmim Nov 2012 #87

My birthday is November 21st, dinger130 Nov 2012 #88

Two months shy of 4 but Brewinblue Nov 2012 #91

I was 18 years old. Lugnut Nov 2012 #92

I was seven years old, and I will never forget the shock. John1956PA Nov 2012 #93

OT somewhat, but I'm not really sure that news was appropriate to put on coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #98

That's what they did back then. That's how I heard it. LeftInTX Nov 2012 #113

There was no such thing as grief counselors back then. Chemisse Nov 2012 #135

5 years old but I saw him MFM008 Nov 2012 #94

14 months Demonaut Nov 2012 #96

I voted for him. It was the first time I voted. lob1 Nov 2012 #97

I was 5 years old. Riley18 Nov 2012 #99

9 Douglas Carpenter Nov 2012 #100

I was 7, living in Mexico, and did not speak a word of English Xipe Totec Nov 2012 #101

He got shot 2 days after my 14th birthday graywarrior Nov 2012 #102

I was 11 in history class left is right Nov 2012 #103

Two and a half yo. madinmaryland Nov 2012 #104

I was five years old, a couple of weeks from my 6th birthday. Louisiana1976 Nov 2012 #105

4 months & 22 days? Eom liberalmuse Nov 2012 #107

Not even the proverbial twinkle in daddy's eye JHB Nov 2012 #108

I was 17, a senior in high school. Blue_In_AK Nov 2012 #110

I was 7, and this is what I heard and saw .... Trajan Nov 2012 #112

I was conceived the month JFK was killed. He was still a big ChisolmTrailDem Nov 2012 #114

I am a month older than you and learning about JFK and beac Nov 2012 #128

11½ MichaelSoE Nov 2012 #116

Two years old MrScorpio Nov 2012 #117

I was 4 cheriemedium59 Nov 2012 #119

I was 7. n/t arthritisR_US Nov 2012 #121

5 Years Old kevinmc Nov 2012 #122

9. I remember it vividly. Jazzgirl Nov 2012 #123

I was twenty three and at work. My roommate called me up to tell Cleita Nov 2012 #124

I was 4 and WOW there are alot of us baby boomers on D.U.! cheriemedium59 Nov 2012 #125

20 dipsydoodle Nov 2012 #126

I was 22. murray hill farm Nov 2012 #127

I was in the 4th grade. Walk away Nov 2012 #130

3 days before my 13th birthday.. It was tragic and devasting & I remember like it was yesterday. whathehell Nov 2012 #131

2 years 4 months nt LVdem Nov 2012 #132

I was 9. I remember my fourth grade teacher cried when she announced the news. Chemisse Nov 2012 #133

I was 8 and in 2nd greade. MarianJack Nov 2012 #134

16 newfie11 Nov 2012 #136

I was 29. I recall almost every thing that was on the news that day as though it happened ladjf Nov 2012 #137

My Daddy hadn't even met my Mommy yet, so I wasn't even a gleam in his eye. nt LaydeeBug Nov 2012 #138

I was 21 and home in our tiny apartment with my corneliamcgillicutty Nov 2012 #139

11 virgdem Nov 2012 #140

Me, too. DOB 9/18/52 louis c Nov 2012 #212

My Mom was pregnant with me get the red out Nov 2012 #141

10 Carolina Nov 2012 #142

Almost 14 union_maid Nov 2012 #143

9 n/t shanti Nov 2012 #144

13 SteveG Nov 2012 #145

About 11 months old. TXDemoGal Nov 2012 #146

19. In the barracks in San Antonio, ironing my dress blue shirts. nt Speck Tater Nov 2012 #147

I was fifteen. murielm99 Nov 2012 #148

Iwas 16 GeorgeGist Nov 2012 #150

14 and in 9th grade Drafting class.... jdadd Nov 2012 #151

Just turned 22. U.S. Army, Ft. Gordon, GA Graybeard Nov 2012 #153

born on this day (5 years afterwards) chloes1 Nov 2012 #154

16, in the crowded hallway at school. Not a funny joke, I thought. Went into chemistry class... Hekate Nov 2012 #155

Thanks, Hekate, for your lovely words. whathehell Nov 2012 #193

2.7829667032967033 BlueMan Votes Nov 2012 #156

Three. nt ncgrits Nov 2012 #157

12 pinto Nov 2012 #159

11. In sixth grade in Kansas. kaiden Nov 2012 #160

Five Zoeisright Nov 2012 #161

That's my exact memory as well. No cartoons. greendog Nov 2012 #199

11 in 5th grade Danville, CA (by SF) Montair Elementary PufPuf23 Nov 2012 #162

I Was 8 Years Old WiffenPoof Nov 2012 #163

A month from turning 7. HooptieWagon Nov 2012 #165

6 Months /nt demwing Nov 2012 #166

I was 14 living in Ft Worth 30 miles away from where it happened. DuckBurp Nov 2012 #168

1 year before was born. R. Daneel Olivaw Nov 2012 #170

13--I heard the news in eighth grade math class Lydia Leftcoast Nov 2012 #171

I was 7 in the second grade the principal announced it over the pa system. The sister told us to put kimbutgar Nov 2012 #172

12. Warren Stupidity Nov 2012 #173

I was 10 Irishonly Nov 2012 #175

Four month before I was born tandot Nov 2012 #176

8 Tumbulu Nov 2012 #177

Ten years old Neutrino_603 Nov 2012 #178

I was 8 Le Taz Hot Nov 2012 #179

I was -26.5 years and 9 days old when JFK was killed. Jamaal510 Nov 2012 #180

2. Iggo Nov 2012 #181

I had just turned 11 in Sept. 63 ashling Nov 2012 #182

"The President is dead." came over the loudspeaker in my elementary school class. Honeycombe8 Nov 2012 #185

1 Liberal_in_LA Nov 2012 #186

8 years old, fourth grade. Manifestor_of_Light Nov 2012 #187

My partner was being born in OKC. Behind the Aegis Nov 2012 #188

7 months me b zola Nov 2012 #189

15 in my PE locker room in SoCal DiehardLiberal Nov 2012 #190

22 years old and a brand new dad tularetom Nov 2012 #191

I have a slight birthday connection... susanna Nov 2012 #192

Nine years old susanr516 Nov 2012 #194

First grade, 5yo Matariki Nov 2012 #195

7. mmonk Nov 2012 #197

13. Paladin Nov 2012 #200

10 proud2BlibKansan Nov 2012 #201

I was 15 Sekhmets Daughter Nov 2012 #202

18 kskiska Nov 2012 #203

9 years old and in 5th grade, Mrs. Bertha Cahoon... MrMickeysMom Nov 2012 #205

11, and I knew LBJ DollarBillHines Nov 2012 #206

I was -4 cherish44 Nov 2012 #207

58 H2O Man Nov 2012 #208

I'm impressed. bluedigger Nov 2012 #217

Negative 3 years DearHeart Nov 2012 #210

I was minus 17 years and 4 months. nt Terra Alta Nov 2012 #213

I was 6 - I had seen him the day before in Houston TexasBushwhacker Nov 2012 #216

new to dallas johnsolaris Nov 2012 #218

If I remember right, I was 93 years old. Kablooie Nov 2012 #220

He was killed on my 9th birthday. Skidmore Nov 2012 #221

16 Months Old Science Geek Nov 2012 #222