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Not quite an 'event,' but I remember rationing near the end of WW2. HUAJIAO May 2021 #1
Watergate and the Nixon resignation. Aristus May 2021 #2
Fuel shortage. GPV May 2021 #3
Parents had cars with both odd and even plates. Dad got gas daily Demovictory9 May 2021 #41
The Kennedy-Nixon debate. flor-de-jasmim May 2021 #4
I was in Japan..No TV LeftInTX May 2021 #45
JFK death. Cracklin Charlie May 2021 #5
Me too. I was too little to really understand but my Mom was glued to tv and crying. hlthe2b May 2021 #22
I remember that too TexasBushwhacker May 2021 #38
Yes. Cracklin Charlie May 2021 #39
My parents' reaction to Oswald getting shot baffled me LeftInTX May 2021 #68
this, for me too. they immediately sent us home from school. I understood that it was big news. IcyPeas May 2021 #80
Same here. Rhiannon12866 May 2021 #98
Hurricane Hazel, after that, I'd have to say polio vaccine when I was six Walleye May 2021 #6
Not really an event, but I recall asking my mother PoindexterOglethorpe May 2021 #7
JFK assassination and funeral Dream Girl May 2021 #8
That's what I remember, too. zanana1 May 2021 #47
Same. First time I recall seeing my mother cry MANative May 2021 #49
I remember the horses too Dream Girl May 2021 #62
It left an impression on my too. A few years later I told my mom I would have a little boy Dream Girl May 2021 #64
Same here Generic Brad May 2021 #57
Nixon's resignation. I remember my parents and their friends talking about it. East-A-Squared May 2021 #9
The Cuban missile crisis. Ocelot II May 2021 #10
That was mine too. multigraincracker May 2021 #58
I was in high school, & it was terrifying. O'ahu has many military bases, & my friends' dads... Hekate May 2021 #71
I was in elementary school in Central Florida csziggy May 2021 #99
Mine Too ProfessorGAC May 2021 #78
I was 13 and I did know what was going on, Ocelot II May 2021 #90
I was terrified - almost nonstop fighters, bombers and sonic booms jpak May 2021 #96
JFK Inauguration. kairos12 May 2021 #11
The assassination attempt on Reagan Docreed2003 May 2021 #12
JFK Assination. kacekwl May 2021 #13
I was only two at the time... IrishAfricanAmerican May 2021 #14
Watching the moon landing with my Dad Bayard May 2021 #15
We took pix of the lunar landing too :) CloudWatcher May 2021 #102
my late mom rembered peral harbor attack. AllaN01Bear May 2021 #16
Eisenhower defeats Stevenson. elleng May 2021 #17
This is the one that pops up when I think about Polly Hennessey May 2021 #28
Me too. Raven May 2021 #36
Cuban missile crisis. I recall the very real worry on my Mother's face JohnSJ May 2021 #18
Same here. Quemado May 2021 #61
Yes. Coming home from school, no one knew if this was going to be it JohnSJ May 2021 #63
Like for many, JFK's death. Tomconroy May 2021 #19
I remember his reddish hair too! TexasBushwhacker May 2021 #40
John Glenn orbiting the earth. I wanted to go outside and watch him! LeftInTX May 2021 #20
John Lennon being shot and killed happybird May 2021 #21
You are.a young one Demovictory9 May 2021 #42
I was feeling super young happybird May 2021 #52
God, I remember that too TexasBushwhacker May 2021 #43
I had a bad experience with that. Didn't get the full story until around 6 pm the next day. LeftInTX May 2021 #110
JFK election as president Dave in VA May 2021 #23
I remember nevergiveup May 2021 #24
1959 Yellowstone Earthquake. Delmette2.0 May 2021 #25
2 things Livluvgrow May 2021 #26
The turnpike bridgee collapse in Greenwich, CT in 1983 krispos42 May 2021 #27
At one time, I lived in Riverside - Exit 5 off the Thruway, Totally Tunsie May 2021 #65
The Chinese entering the Korean War in 1951. My 18-year-old brother Glorfindel May 2021 #29
Alan Shepard and Freedom 7. malthaussen May 2021 #30
sputnik, and the mercury astronauts. rampartc May 2021 #31
JFK defeating Trick Dick EYESORE 9001 May 2021 #32
My birth! Floyd R. Turbo May 2021 #33
Adlai MOMFUDSKI May 2021 #34
The Cuban Missile Crisis catbyte May 2021 #35
Nixon's resignation, because I was confused as a 5 year old. Coventina May 2021 #37
LOL LeftInTX May 2021 #46
9/11 vercetti2021 May 2021 #44
My kids were at school and it was kept from them... LeftInTX May 2021 #48
I wasn't traumatized vercetti2021 May 2021 #53
I Was In RobinA May 2021 #118
I was worried about Caroline and John too..(Mostly Caroline cuz John was my brother's age) LeftInTX May 2021 #124
The end of the Korean War. My uncle came home. Sneederbunk May 2021 #50
The baby Jessica who was trapped in a well. Elessar Zappa May 2021 #51
Jessica McClure liked to watch Rescue 911 (So did my kids) LeftInTX May 2021 #55
Interesting! Elessar Zappa May 2021 #56
at work ... we listened to the rescue on radio Demovictory9 May 2021 #82
me too. I was terrified about that happening to me. CTyankee May 2021 #131
The assassination of JFK. nt Laffy Kat May 2021 #54
Queen Elizabeth coronation. gibraltar72 May 2021 #59
Same here. lpbk2713 May 2021 #79
That's so cool! LeftInTX May 2021 #109
President Eisenhower ordering the National Guard to integrate schools... Hekate May 2021 #60
Not necessairliy "Major", but my first awareness of Eisenhower was when he gave a press Fla Dem May 2021 #66
Sputnik Totally Tunsie May 2021 #67
WWII. Before I was born, but it shaped my family and affected me for decades. Midnight Writer May 2021 #69
Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, 1948 sarge43 May 2021 #70
Vague memories of John Glenn's spaceflight Rastapopoulos May 2021 #72
Me too Auggie May 2021 #76
End of WWII Summer 1945 steventh May 2021 #73
The Challenger Disaster. Niagara May 2021 #74
big one!! it's interesting that the next Nasa disaster was big, but was't as big as challenger Demovictory9 May 2021 #83
Absolutely. Niagara May 2021 #104
Kennedy's Inauguration bikebloke May 2021 #75
Cuban Missile Crisis ProfessorGAC May 2021 #77
JFK assassination. Harker May 2021 #81
After Eisenhower defeats Stevenson, Army/McCarthy hearings. elleng May 2021 #84
The Iran hostage crisis marmar May 2021 #85
Polio vaccine - my parents were so relieved rurallib May 2021 #86
Watching Sputnik at night. 3catwoman3 May 2021 #87
that's a great memory Demovictory9 May 2021 #88
McCarthy Hearings, which were broadcast live in the daytime yellowdogintexas May 2021 #89
Looking back at other posts, I realized I should have said Polio Vaccine yellowdogintexas May 2021 #120
President Kennedy's death Tree Lady May 2021 #91
Sputnik in 1957. sinkingfeeling May 2021 #92
Amazing how much sputnik impacted usa..in 60s Demovictory9 May 2021 #111
Tet offensive n/t Shrek May 2021 #93
Landing on the moon. Not for the first time. I remember my parents applegrove May 2021 #94
Not a one time event, but a recurring one. Body counts on the evening news. Iggo May 2021 #95
Sputnik! We were living in a rental house near where my Dad was working csziggy May 2021 #97
October 4, 1957, memorable elleng May 2021 #103
hostage crisis jcgoldie May 2021 #100
That went on forever Demovictory9 May 2021 #127
Jonestown Withywindle May 2021 #101
I was 22 at the time. I bought that Time issue myself LeftInTX May 2021 #108
The Cuban Missile Crisis myccrider May 2021 #105
Oswald's assassination. AngryOldDem May 2021 #106
I remember JFK getting elected Marthe48 May 2021 #107
JFK on tv djm5971 May 2021 #112
Moon Landing Mad_Dem_X May 2021 #113
The RFK assassination. I was a little over 8yo. eppur_se_muova May 2021 #114
I can remember the car radio droning on and on with the Coronation of Elizabeth... Tikki May 2021 #115
Baby Jessica n/t deepthought42 May 2021 #116
Cuban Missile Crisis RobinA May 2021 #117
JFK assassination. BluesRunTheGame May 2021 #119
I was 4 years old in 1954. My mother was dusting wnylib May 2021 #121
This message was self-deleted by its author NNadir May 2021 #122
Washington crossing the Delaware. Damn it was cold. By the way... NNadir May 2021 #123
Probably Alan Shepard '61 - first American in space when I was 9 electric_blue68 May 2021 #125
the police beatings in Selma onethatcares May 2021 #126
... Demovictory9 May 2021 #128
Reagan beating Carter Polybius May 2021 #129
Dec. 7, 1941 - Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor. No Vested Interest May 2021 #130
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