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Originally Posted by Minnie
The next one was the Tehran hostage crisis. Followed that very closely. Then Mt St Helens - before we moved to Canada, we lived in a few places affected by the eruption - Slide Creek, Abernathy, Longview, Kalama. So that had some impact on my folks, more than me, but the story had an impact. Oh, and the the Pope John Paul II assassination attempt because it happened on my birthday.
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I started making my own breakfast (peanut butter and jam sandwiches or cereal) when I was 8. I was always the first one up in the house and would turn on Canada AM while eating breakfast. The first major news story I remember is also the Iran hostage crisis, as well as the related energy crisis. Just remember Jimmy Carter being on the news all the time and footage of cars lining up for blocks for gasoline.