As for the first memorable news story... I'd say Pinochet overthrowing a communist president Allende. Still remember it as a huge story.
Although, come to think of it, there were bigger and more dramatic stories that I should have remembered better (i.e. PLO killing 11 athletes at Munich Olympics in 1972, or Nixon meeting Mao), but the Chile story is the one that came to my mind right away when I read the OP.
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