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In reply to the discussion: It is November 22. [View all]Meowmee
(6,881 posts)49. I don't have any memory
Of it, I was too young to be aware. I have to ask my brother if he remembers it. We were not living in the US at the time. When we came here, I learned about it in school and I have some vague memory of asking my mother about it, but I cant remember what she said- something like it was a terrible time, etc. Tori Amos wrote a song which refers to it called Jackies Strength.
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