OJ trial verdict -I was in Grade 10 at St. Francis. We listened to the verdict come in over the radio.
Princess Diana death -My whole family and I were watching 'Dantes Peak' at home. When the movie finished the tv was on a channel that had gone live to the breaking news of her death.
9/11 -My mom woke me up saying a plane had flown into one of the World Trade Centre towers. I was training for my flight instructor rating at the time and thought something like "Some dumbass in a Cessna in bad weather must have hit it." I went upstairs and started watching CNN, quickly realizing that no light single engine aircraft could cause that kind of damage. Then as the tv feed was live from a helicopter I saw the second 767 come into the frame and strike the second tower. I'll never forget how my body just turned cold seeing that, and realizing that this was no accident. I was actually supposed to fly that day, after the towers fell I got cleaned up and headed over to the flight school at YYC. The fax notification of the closure of all Canadian and American airspace came through shortly afterwords (the SCATANA Plan, since renamed), I've kept a copy of it.
Canada hockey gold in Vancouver -I was watching the game at home with my wife and very young daughter. Jumped up screaming when we scored in OT and made my daughter cry.
Gretzky trade -I was only 7, but I remember it and the anguish of Oilers fans everywhere.
Flames eliminating the Canucks in OT, game 7, 2004 -I was at Woody's Taphouse down on Southland drive. The place went nuts. The beginning of some very good times.
Challenger explosion -I was only 4 but seem to vaguely recall seeing it on the TV.
1st Iraq Gulf war -Glued to CNN with my dad watching all the footage. I even collected the trading cards that Pro Set made for it.