What's the first major news story you remember?

[Dodgersrf]

Fired? Tricky Dick would have been but he peaced out. I remember his double peace signs from the plane.

I was 4...lol.
I wasn't hip to all the details at the time.

I know now, obviously. Lol

 

[Neil039]

Challenger Space Shuttle Exploding in 86. 13 year old. Then the Stock Market Crash 87. The the Berlin Wall coming down 89.

 

[1maGoh]

OKC bombing, was 6 at the time.

I almost thought this was mine to, until I looked up the date of the OJ Simpson car chase. That's mine.

 

[Selassie I]

Mine was a bad earthquake on the Big Island the caused warnings for tsunamis even on Oahu where we lived. I was like 7 or 8 years old and it was when I first really learned about tsunamis. The Locals called em tidal waves... but it was the same thing. It freaked me out and I think that's why I remember it well. 1975.


Reading some of the others listed is making me feel old af.

 

[Loyal]

I was 4...lol.
I wasn't hip to all the details at the time.

I know now, obviously. Lol

I was a little older, but couldn't figure out what the problem for the POTUS was in regard to a Water Park (Watergate)...lol

 

[Loyal]

Mine was a bad earthquake on the Big Island the caused warnings for tsunamis even on Oahu where we lived. I was like 7 or 8 years old and it was when I first really learned about tsunamis. The Locals called em tidal waves... but it was the same thing. It freaked me out and I think that's why I remember it well. 1975.


Reading some of the others listed is making me feel old af.

Selassie walking along the beach near Sharks Cove...

 

[Loyal]

And yes, I am wearing shoes almost as old as some of you....

 

[Raptorman]

I was 5. And I was pissed because there were no cartoons on Saturday. Some guy named Kennedy had been shot in Dallas.

 

[CGI_Ram]

Reagan being shot. I was 10 at the time and it was scary somebody so much larger than life getting shot. I remember the gas lines of Jimmy Carter but that wasn’t so much a single event as a period of turmoil.

That would be the one I remember watching closest as a youngster.

Although, the 1980 US Hockey win was quite the news story before then. I remember the significance of that. Watched games with family.

If I were to crank more vague memories... I remember election night TV coverage and my parents not happy Ford lost to Carter.

 

[CGI_Ram]

Iran hostage crisis.

Well, for me, this too.

This thread has made me realize... I seem to have started paying attention to things around 1980.

 

[Ramhusker]

JFK assassination. Matter of fact, it’s my first memory. I was only 3 and a half.

 

[den-the-coach]

Watergate hearings being seven in the summer of 73 at my Grandparent's lake house and watching the hearings with my Grandfather....My mother would tell me to head outside, which I did, but my Grandfather would take me fishing and catch me up to date. At that point my parents knew there was going to be a love of history.

The other tidbit I love about Watergate is that it's more relevant then a New York Knicks Championship.

 

[Juice]

Greensboro massacre - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

I was nine when this happened. I remember when Elvis died two years earlier, but this immediately came to mind. The Grand Dragon of the KKK lived across the street from my uncle. I didn't understand what was going on, but it was practically in my back yard.

 

[Faceplant]

Reagan assassination attempt is first I remember. Challenger disaster was worse though... Watched with my 8th grade shop class. Our shop teacher was a grizzled, mountain of a man. I was stunned when I saw him weeping. Rough day.

 

[Faceplant]

Forgot about the 3 mile island accident. That was a biggie in these parts.

 

[dieterbrock]

PANTHER, TROOPER SLAIN IN SHOOT‐OUT (Published 1973)

NJ State Trooper W Foerster and Black Panther information min J F Coston are killed and Black Liberation Army leader J D Chesimard is wounded and captured on May 2 in shoot-out and chase on NJ Turnpike near New Brunswick; Trooper J M Harper is also wounded; incident began when Trooper Harper...

www.nytimes.com

1973, I was only 5, but this was terrifying. Where the shooting took place was only a couple miles from my house. There was an extensive manhunt for one of the assailants, so the kids in the neighborhood were sent home from school. We were so scared that my mother had us all hide in our basement in a cedar closet which could double bolt from the inside. We stayed in there what seemed like for hours until my dad came home and told us it was safe to come out.

Thurman Munson was my idol as a kid and when he died in 1979 I cried inconsolably.

The Iran Hostage Crisis would then be next

 

[Dz1]

Just my imho History will tell you Everything in Your Future and understanding it, your children is the future.jmho

 

[-X-]

Just my imho History will tell you Everything in Your Future and understanding it, your children is the future.jmho

 

[bomebadeeda]

I was 5. And I was pissed because there were no cartoons on Saturday. Some guy named Kennedy had been shot in Dallas.

Watch out Raptor...... I was 4 when mine happened and I get grief (ouch, not so sure....) for sharing. It's a tough crowd.

 

[DR RAM]

This is a great question, @-X- . For me, it was Watergate, and the 1972 Olympics