9/11 was the first major news event that I think I truly was able to comprehend. I was 7. I still remember coming downstairs and watching the footage of the planes hitting the towers.
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Challenger. I was 4, so the memories are vague, but I think that is the extremely painful/tragic experience that jolted me in the current stream of consciousness I live. Just like Louis C.K.'s poop.
I don't really remember anything before OJ, but I was in my teens at that point. I'm still how I always was, never understanding why all these people care about all these stupid stories.
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Apollo moon landing.
Yah I remember sitting around a tiny black and white TV at my aunt's place and watching the news, I didn't know what was going on but everyone else was excited.
Then I saw the cat and decided to chase it. Moon, schmoon.
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Yah I remember sitting around a tiny black and white TV at my aunt's place and watching the news, I didn't know what was going on but everyone else was excited.
Then I saw the cat and decided to chase it. Moon, schmoon.
Wait, what? Thats not what you told me! You said you were there, on the moon waiting for them to land. All you said was that they took their sweet time and your moon-pies got cold!
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I have a recollection of a plane crash from that time frame as well, but no way to know which one.
Glad you said this, as my head was going strictly non-sports news. But now I'm remembering it was probably the Gretzky trade in 1988. We were living in Edmonton at the time, so it was an especially huge story there. I remember the news showing a still shot of him in an Oilers uni, and then (badly, I'm sure) superimposed a yellow Kings uniform on him (think this was right before they unveiled the black & silvers).
First non-sports I recall was probably the Gulf War. I remember going to the outdoor rink with my dad in Calgary, and there were two spot lights flashing in the sky. My little kid brain interpreted this as search lights, looking for Iraqi fighter jets, kinda freaked me out. Haha better watch out for that feared early 90s Iraqi air force, especially in Canada in the middle of winter. They'll getcha
I remember VE Day (8th May, 1945) and everyone celebrating in Toronto. I was 7 at the time.
I also remember the Cuban Missile Crisis. I was sitting on a well as a young geologist, while my wife and kids, living in Rosscarrock, were scheduled to travel to Marysville BC in case of a nuclear attack.
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The fall of the Berlin Wall is my first big memory, I think. News coming out of the mideast during The Gulf War I remember much more vividly.
I remember much of the '88 Olympics, as my dad's company had a merchandising contract and we went to event after event after event (which was not fun when you're six-years-old.) But I don;t think that's really the same thing as remembering big news events, as I was immersed in the '88 games.
Moon landing July 20, 1969 when I was four. We were out camping in Jasper IIRC - we were listening on the radio. When my Dad passed away in 2002, I found that old radio in his stuff. I kept it, just because of that distinct memory.
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The Gulf War. I can vividly recall the images of those oilfields on fire, my 6 year old brain trying to understand what I was looking at and why it was happening.
I was at summer camp when the Challenger was destroyed. The news didn't reach us so when I returned days later, it was very strange to hear about it days after the fact. Everyone assumed we knew and all of us were just stunned
