What historical event do you remember?

[Straybow]

I thought I remembered the first moon landing, but when I described it my dad said that was a later moon landing. The first historic event I really remember is the assassination attempt on McGovern. I didn't understand it.

[Lord Merciless]

Ford assassination attempts around 76/77.

[Kidlicious]

Born in 1968. Death of Elvis.

[Bereta_Eder]

Originally posted by Buck Birdseed
Strange that so many people mention sports events

Yeah I remember very clearly when Greece won the European Basketball Championship for the first time in history.

I was living in Belgium at the time and I was just zapping through the channels, completely oblivion to the fact that that day it was the euro basket finals.

Only by accident I turn on BRT, the flemish chanel which I couldn't understand since it was in dutch but oh miracles of miracles I see a basket ball game.... and the shirts pf the players looked suspiciously close to that of the national team of Greece and the other of the USSR.

It was the final seconds and the score was even with only a few seconds remaining. Time out. Turn volume to ten, listening to the curses shouted in greek of the national team coach to the players

then a faul, then two free shots...complete silence amongst the stadium in athens... one shot in.... explosion of cheers.... second in, second explosion.

Now ony a fraction of the secon remaining.... soviets get the ball.... pass it on with lighting speed, inhumane defence by the greeks.... a soviet clears... gets up makes the 3 points shot... OUT!!! Greece champion of Europe!!!! CHAOS, JOY!!!!


Unforgettable.

[TheStinger]

a few things stand out.

seb coe vs Steve Ovett in the 80 olympics.

The SAS storming the iranian embassy in London.

1st launch of the shuttle

The falklands war

[Saras]

For all practical purposes it was not USSR, but Lithuania.

And I admit Nikos Galis ruled and governed.

[Chemical Ollie]

Pinochet taking power in Chile. The early 70's energy crisis (every second street light was turned off on my street). Nixon resigning. The Social Democrats losing power in Sweden 1976 after 40+ years of rule. Poll on nuclear power in Sweden 1979. Iranian revolution and the American failure to rescue the embassy hostages. Sovjet invading Afghanistan. Gulf War 0 (Iran-Iraq).

And everything thereafter. I have never been on-site at any major historic event.

[MRT144]

i was born in 1983 and the most vivid early historical memory was the 1989 earth quake in san francisco mostly because i was involved in it. it was pretty solid.

[aaglo]

A couple of my first memories of historical events (born in 72):
- The handover of american hostages from iran (end of the 70's)
- summer (moscow) & winter (lake placid) olympics in 1980 (these I remember very well - propably because they are not-so-historical events)
- president Kekkonen's retirement in '82 (was the president of finland for 25 years)

[Aro]

I remember the death of Pope Pius XII in 1958 (he reigned for 20 years!). Not only is the first historical event I remember, but one of my first memories at all. I was only a 4 year boy.
Btw, Pius XII (Eugenio Pacelli) was the Pope during the WW2 and the Holocaust. His role in the WW2 and the the diplomatic relationships between the Vatican and the Nazis is being discussed today...

[Sten Sture]

Originally posted by Buck Birdseed
...Thern, Brolin, Dahlin, Brolin, top of the net.

Those infernal ball kickers tricked me into becoming a fanatic for your silly sport with their exploits in '94. (I do admit being confused about Martin Dahlin for a minute, the first time I saw him... )

[GePap]

I remember the 1986 World Cup and all the big games for Maradona, yet I do not remember the Challenger blast, The big "political" events were the riots and upheavals in Panama in 1987 and 1988. I remember well everything after that.

[TheStinger]

I remember 86 World cup with that cheating drug addict who robbed us.

[Adam Smith]

Born in 1956. I remember JFK's funeral (our parish priest was in it) but not his assasination.

Weirdest memory, in retrospect, was the Cuban Missile Crisis. Growing up just outside of Washington, DC, our new elementary school was one of the first in the country to have a fallout shelter. Each week we lined up on the playground according to whether we would stay at the fallout shelter, walk home, or have our parents pick us up in the event of a nuclear attack. As if it would have mattered worth a #$%*.

[Andemagne]

as allways, great thread, Stefu