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OJ trial verdict: Was still living at home, but working a night shift, so I was eating lunch in my parents' basement.

Princess Diana death: Was visiting my parents for the long weekend, again I was watching tv in my parents' basement.

9/11: Was waking up for work, had Forbes on the radio and they weren't being immature idiots, so I knew something serious was going on. Turned on the tv just after the second plane hit.

Canada hockey gold in Vancouver: Watching the game in my living room, probably posting on CP.

Gretzky trade: Sooooooooooo Happy. It was summer vacation and they were talking about it on the radio when I first heard. It was a very good day. I could watch him crying over and over again and never get sick of it.

Flames eliminating the Canucks in OT, game 7, 2004: Went to Monday Night Raw at the Saddledome and got home near the end of the 3rd just in time to see the tying goal. Wasn't happy until OT.

Challenger explosion: I was in Grade 7 and was at school for lunch. A few kids who had gone home for lunch were talking about it. I didn't see it on tv until that night on the news.

1st Iraq Gulf war: It was the day after the written portion of my English Diploma exam. I remember that one guy in my class was paranoid that we were all going to get drafted and sent to the war.

JFK assassination: Not yet born.

man on the moon: Not yet born for Apollo 11. Was a developing fetus the last time a man walked on the moon (Apollo 17).

Berlin wall: Construction: Not yet born. Destruction: Watching tv in my parents' basement, absolutely baffled by what I was seeing.