What historical event do you remember?

[Bereta_Eder]

[Alexander's Horse]

Man walking on the moon (1969/70, forget which)

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Ditto on the 1969 moon landing; I was almost 7 years old, and its a very, very clear memory.

After that, I can hazily remember news discussions of the Christmas bombing of Hanoi (1972) and clearly remember Nixon's televised resignation speech (1974).

[Az]

born in late 1984, I am 18.

I remember the Gulf War 1. rather vividly. I remember hearing about the fall of the SU. ( ). The Berlin Wall? I don't think so.

[Buck Birdseed]

Earliest memory of a historical event was the assassination of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme in 1986. I was 5 years old. The reason I remember it, of course, is that he was quite a close relative to us and someone from Sotckholm phoned my dad at the Embassy in Budapest (where we lived) and told him. I remember the confusion during the night and that he came and woke me up and told me. As far as I remember, I understood pretty much exactly what had happened.

Internationally, there was Chernobyl less than a month later (remember taking Iodine and drinking strange imported UHT milk, and being taught about radiation).

The only truly historical event I've been to witness first hand were the first democratic elections in Tanzania.

[Bereta_Eder]

I quite vividly remember east Berlin. We visited before the wall collapsed. West Berlin = Jungle. East Berlin = Paradise (but they didn't have cokes in restaurants).


I also remember Chernobyl and memebrs of the Communist Party eating vegetables in front of the TV camers to show that "there was no danger from radiation"

[rah]

Earliest was the Kennedy election (nuns at are school were estatic about a Catholic president) and subsequent assasination.

Man on the moon.

And all the rest.

RAH

[Willem]

I remember man's first steps on the moon. I was at my sister's house visiting and we all huddled around her little black & white TV.

Oh yeah, and I clearly remember the assassinations of both John and Robert Kennedy. Those were traumatic events for alot of people. I don't really recall the Cuban Missile Crisis that well, I guess here in Canada it wasn't as much of a concern. Either that or my parents tried to shield me from it.

And I also remember The Beatles first US performance on the Ed Sullivan show. I was just a wee tyke, but I was mesmorized by the whole thing.

[alva]

Man on the moon as I was a full 2 month old..
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The biggest one must be the berlin wall, anyone went to (abysmall) Pink floyd concert later?
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Oh, let's not forget OJ

[Az]

black & white TV.

TVs were segregated then? wow.

[Willem]

Originally posted by Azazel

black & white TV.

TVs were segregated then? wow.

My parents were one of the first in the neighbourhood to get a TV, it was considered a real luxury to own one back then. They were also one of the first to get a colour TV as well. My brother was working at Westinghouse and he was able to get them a discount. They were very expensive then!

[Proteus_MST]

Fall of the Berlin Wall (of course, as I am german )
The destruction of the Challenger (I sat before the TV, it was 18:30 and they brought it in the news)
Tschernobyl (and the hysterie afterwards, which things you still could eat. Especially mushrooms were suspicious. Germany is quite close to the USSSR [and therefore to the radioactive fallout] )

Of course also Perestroika and Glasnost and the failed coup by Alexandr Lebed and others in 1991 where they tried to topple Gorbachev and reinstate Communism in the USSSR.
Connected with this events (Glasnost and Perestoika) I also remember the End of the cold war.

The Massacre at Tian An Men, Gulfwar 1 and others I remember also

Although I was already well above 5 years old at this time, I don´t remember Viking or John Paul I (Albino Luciano), who was Pope only for a few days (til he died or as some people think, was murdered). But I am no Catholic, so the latter wouldn´t have much impact on my life

[Saras]

Originally posted by Proteus_MST
Of course also Perestroika and Glasnost and the failed coup by Alexandr Lebed and others in 1991 where they tried to topple Gorbachev and reinstate Communism in the USSSR.

Lebed had nothing to do with the coup.

I remember Chernobyl quite vividly. We actually didn't know about it until 4 days after; in the meantime, we walked under radioactive rain

[Proteus_MST]

Originally posted by Saras

Lebed had nothing to do with the coup.

Ooops, you are right.

He was on the other side and refused to support the generals who conducted the coup with his own troops (although they asked him to join the coup).

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

Originally posted by Osweld
Chernobyl and the Berlin Wall, I was born in 1984.

The Chernobyl meltdown was in 1986. Are you sure you remember it?