Seeing the First Star Wars movie in 1977 remembering the opening scene with the Star Destroyer roaring overhead for about 5 minutes.
The move from our black and white to color T.V.
Rabbit Ear antennae
Getting the first T.V. remote control
When we played war it wasn't a video game and some kid always ran home crying with a gash in his head from a rock
Buying my first pack of smokes when they cost 3 dollars
Comic Books were a dime.
The fall of the Berlin Wall, and breathing a sigh of relief when I was in the military at the time.
The first Supersonic test flight
One small step for man one giant leap for mankind
The end of the Vietnam War, I was 5, and remember seeing the evacuation on the news
The bad clothing of the 70's and I still have the pictures of my white fro.
Watching the 1972 Summit Series, and hearing the neighbours erupt when Henderson scored the goal that shook the earth
The 1980 Miracle on ice.
One of the best presidential speech I've ever heard "Mr Gorbachev, tear this wall down"
One of the worst Presidential gaffs of all time "I'd like to announce that we've just outlawed Russia, the bombing starts in 5 minutes"
Nixon getting on the helicopter after his emotional resignation.
Seeing my first concert "April Wine"
Seeing my best concert "Heart"
Standing in the book repository where Oswald shot Kennedy alone
Scoring my first goal in hockey, to this day it was an end to end rush top corner(Long clear in goalie was picking his nose and waving at his mom)
Where were you when John Lennon died?
The first Space Shuttle explosion, I was studying for finals, and I looked up at the T.V. to see the two solid rocket boosters twisting off into space and saying, that dosen't look right.
My first school yard fight, she was tough and a biter.
Running into her 10 years later and asking her out, she was still a biter
My first car was a pinto, then the whole exploding gas tank news came out.
I think that covers it.
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