Spin-off to Old Things - What is the first big historical event you remember?

I vividly remember the Challenger. I must have been in 4th grade ... my 3rd grade teacher was one of the finalists to be the teacher on board. They wheeled TVs into our classrooms to show the take-off ... so we all watched it as it happened.

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I totally remember the Challenger--I was in 7th grade. I also vaguely remember when President Reagan was shot...that's probably the earliest historical thing I can remember off the top of my head.

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Off the top of my head, the Challenger explosion came to mind. I also remember my Irish parents speaking a lot about the hunger strikers in Ireland in the early 80's.

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Definitely the challenger explosion. I remember watching it wtih my class.

I also rememeber the Mondale-Reagan election. It was such a big deal that Geraldine Ferraro (a woman) was a candidate for VP.

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The Challenger. I was in 1st grade.

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I remember:

-Being the first family in my neighborhood to get cable in 1975
-The Hostages in Iran
-When Begin and Sadat Shook Hands in peace
-Gas shortage of the 70s

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The fall of the Berlin Wall. I didn't really fully understand the significance of it at the time. I just remember watching it on TV with my parents. There was something about it - something about the way people were just tearing down that wall that made me think, even as a kid, that all things were possible.

I know that sounds cheesy, but it is totally true.

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definitely Challenger explosion....i was a kid when that happened--but remember it

i also remember the clarence thomas hearings...i hadn't known much about that kind of stuff before!

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The Vietnam War

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the challenger explosion

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the first moon landing

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The challenger explosion :( we were so excited about it, I was even in the Young Astronauts club . I remember watching it in class and being so shocked.

I also remember Bernard Goetz... I remember I had to start reading the newspaper for school and that was the big story.

I vaguely remember the Reagan Mondale election.

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I remember:

The BIG NYC snowstorm of 1977
The 1977 blackout
The freeing of the Iran hostages
The shooting of President Reagan

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I really don't remember the Challenger explosion. We didn't watch the launch in school. I'm sure if we had, I'd remember it. I was 7 then, so you think I would remember it.

I remember the Berlin Wall, Baby Jessica rescue, Desert Storm, etc.

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When Reagan was shot (1981). I was in 3rd grade. It was huge because his press secretary (??) James Brady was also shot. That was my dad's name, and well, as a 3rd grader, everyone thought it was my dad (I have to admit I thought so too because my dad was NYPD and I assumed he was protecting the President. Hey, I was 8 ).

The Challenger - I was in 8th grade and we were watching it on TV while we practiced typing on the Apple IIe's.

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I remember a Time magazine at my grandparent's that had Begin and Sadat sharing the cover- my brother and I used to laugh because we thought his name was Bacon

I remember watching Reagan's inaugaration in my 1st grade class.

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the hostages in iran
assassination attempt on ronald reagan
bernie geotz
challenger explosion

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Posted by Lisa

the first moon landing

Me too!

NO WAY Lisa! My mom was in labor with me!!!!

Well then does she remember this event??

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Posted by Phyl

Posted by MrsERod

Posted by Phyl

Posted by Lisa

the first moon landing

Me too!

NO WAY Lisa! My mom was in labor with me!!!!

Well then does she remember this event??

of course - she'd better!

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definitely the challenger - i was in 1st grade. they brought us all together in the cafeteria to watch it and everyone was so upset

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Iran hostage Crisis

The Bicentennial

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Reagan shooting would be the first. My dads death would be second and Challenger explosion would be third.