Current Events > What's the first major news story you remember as a child?

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Atralis
10/30/17 8:59:52 PM
#151:


First gulf war.
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matteus70
10/30/17 9:00:03 PM
#152:


Kisai posted...
Unabomber bombing Oklahoma City.


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SlashmanSG
10/30/17 9:00:16 PM
#153:


Ic3Bullet posted...
I want to say Timothy McVeigh.

Well who doesn't?
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Charocks
10/30/17 9:00:39 PM
#154:


OJ then Columbine then 9/11.
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Blue_Target
10/30/17 9:07:51 PM
#155:


Princess Diana's death but Al Gore and George Bush's run for president was the first news i followed closely.
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_Rinku_
10/30/17 9:40:18 PM
#156:


Bad_Mojo posted...
_Rinku_ posted...
The 2000 election is probably the first big thing I really remember.

Bad_Mojo posted...
Why are so many people saying 9/11? I'm too fucking old

I used to work as a tutor for middle school kids. I brought up 9/11 to them once and many of them remarked, "Oh yeah, I was a baby when that happened," or, "My mom told me about that."

Of course, now most of those kids are in high school.


You just said your first memory is from 2000. What the hell are you talking about?

The girl I dated in high school has a kid in the middle school I work at

Not my first memory; the first major news story I remember. My first memory was probably when I was four.

I was alive during the Monica Lewinski scandal, Columbine, and OJ's car chase, but I don't remember hearing about them when they happened.
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Alex1976
10/30/17 9:41:41 PM
#157:


Challenger, easily.thelovefist posted...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disaster


I was in 4th grade when this happened. Still remember my teacher coming into the room and she was pretty upset.
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St0rmFury
10/30/17 9:42:42 PM
#158:


Mikablu posted...
The death of Princess Diana.

This
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Bad_Mojo
10/30/17 9:45:42 PM
#159:


_Rinku_ posted...
Bad_Mojo posted...
_Rinku_ posted...
The 2000 election is probably the first big thing I really remember.

Bad_Mojo posted...
Why are so many people saying 9/11? I'm too fucking old

I used to work as a tutor for middle school kids. I brought up 9/11 to them once and many of them remarked, "Oh yeah, I was a baby when that happened," or, "My mom told me about that."

Of course, now most of those kids are in high school.


You just said your first memory is from 2000. What the hell are you talking about?

The girl I dated in high school has a kid in the middle school I work at

Not my first memory; the first major news story I remember. My first memory was probably when I was four.

I was alive during the Monica Lewinski scandal, Columbine, and OJ's car chase, but I don't remember hearing about them when they happened.


The point is the same. How can that be your first major news story at your age? Better question - how old are you?
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sktgamer_13dude
10/30/17 9:45:54 PM
#160:


Wanted to say 9/11, but I kind of remember the 2000 election.
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donkeyjack
10/30/17 9:46:20 PM
#161:


KazumaKiryu posted...
IDK I guess OJ Simpson.

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sktgamer_13dude
10/30/17 9:48:23 PM
#162:


Bad_Mojo posted...
_Rinku_ posted...
Bad_Mojo posted...
_Rinku_ posted...
The 2000 election is probably the first big thing I really remember.

Bad_Mojo posted...
Why are so many people saying 9/11? I'm too fucking old

I used to work as a tutor for middle school kids. I brought up 9/11 to them once and many of them remarked, "Oh yeah, I was a baby when that happened," or, "My mom told me about that."

Of course, now most of those kids are in high school.


You just said your first memory is from 2000. What the hell are you talking about?

The girl I dated in high school has a kid in the middle school I work at

Not my first memory; the first major news story I remember. My first memory was probably when I was four.

I was alive during the Monica Lewinski scandal, Columbine, and OJ's car chase, but I don't remember hearing about them when they happened.


The point is the same. How can that be your first major news story at your age? Better question - how old are you?

Its what you remember as a child. Whats the first big news event you remember reading as a child.

Like he said, I was alive for a ton of these things, but I dont remember reading about them till I was older. The first one I can remember watching the news when it happened was the 2000 election, but only faintly. I remember pretty much my entire day during 9/11.
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_Rinku_
10/30/17 9:55:12 PM
#163:


Bad_Mojo posted...
The point is the same. How can that be your first major news story at your age? Better question - how old are you?


I guess I just didn't have my finger on the pulse of breaking news before I was eight.

sktgamer_13dude posted...

Its what you remember as a child. Whats the first big news event you remember reading as a child.

Like he said, I was alive for a ton of these things, but I dont remember reading about them till I was older. The first one I can remember watching the news when it happened was the 2000 election, but only faintly. I remember pretty much my entire day during 9/11.


This is almost exactly my experience. My memory of 9/11 is far more vivid, but I do remember what a big deal the 2000 election was.
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CarlGrimes
10/30/17 9:56:18 PM
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thelovefist posted...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disaster

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zado19
10/30/17 10:00:25 PM
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Chaze_the_chat posted...
9/11

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Medussa
10/30/17 10:03:38 PM
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I'm really surprised so many people remember the Challenger. I figured I was one of the oldest people here, but I wasn't even 3 when that happened.
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EyeWontBeFooled
10/30/17 10:10:36 PM
#168:


Antifar posted...
Columbine

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DD Divine
10/30/17 10:16:46 PM
#169:


Challenger exploding on takeoff
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BilalPowell
10/30/17 10:19:14 PM
#170:


Y2K
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Drizzlebow
10/30/17 11:04:45 PM
#171:


Funkydog posted...
Probably this

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_James_Bulger

Was still very young at the time, but do have vague recollections of it.

What the fuck?
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Bad_Mojo
10/30/17 11:10:40 PM
#172:


Drizzlebow posted...
Funkydog posted...
Probably this

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_James_Bulger

Was still very young at the time, but do have vague recollections of it.

What the fuck?


How have you not heard about this? I guess it's because I do listen/watch a lot of crime stuff on YouTube, but I've seen this story in videos and on websites like 20 times this year alone. I always hear about it
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Bad_Mojo
10/30/17 11:11:30 PM
#173:


Medussa posted...
I'm really surprised so many people remember the Challenger. I figured I was one of the oldest people here, but I wasn't even 3 when that happened.


I don't think I was a year

Nope, I was almost 3
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DreamwaIker
10/31/17 12:05:03 AM
#174:


I vaguely remember OJ and the Clinton Monica thing.

Somehow I dont remember the 1996 election at all.
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Sir Will
10/31/17 12:33:11 AM
#175:


There are some vaguer things before it, but probably the first big one was the death of Diana when I was 12. We'd moved away that year but were home visiting. We were staying at my aunt's house. She loved Diana. And I remember it coming on tv (I even vaguely recall they might have been watching Doctor Quinn Medicine Woman at the time, but I'm not sure. It was late at night.) Everyone was shocked and it was all over the news for days afterwards so I saw and heard about a lot of stuff. I don't remember it exactly.
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DreamwaIker
10/31/17 12:35:04 AM
#176:


Oh, yes. Death of Princess Diana. I definitely heard about that.
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Bad_Mojo
10/31/17 12:40:49 AM
#177:


Sir Will posted...
There are some vaguer things before it, but probably the first big one was the death of Diana when I was 12. We'd moved away that year but were home visiting. We were staying at my aunt's house. She loved Diana. And I remember it coming on tv (I even vaguely recall they might have been watching Doctor Quinn Medicine Woman at the time, but I'm not sure. It was late at night.) Everyone was shocked and it was all over the news for days afterwards so I saw and heard about a lot of stuff. I don't remember it exactly.


The lady at a local video rental place told us when we went to rent a movie or a game
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KILBOTz
10/31/17 12:53:18 AM
#178:


E32005 posted...
First gulf war


That, maybe when the berlin wall fell.
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Cocytus
10/31/17 7:56:48 AM
#179:


Darmik posted...
I was gonna say Princess Diana

Funkydog posted...
Probably this

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_James_Bulger

Was still very young at the time, but do have vague recollections of it.


But I remember this too. It was in the news for a long time.

I just read the whole article. Terrible.
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Garioshi
10/31/17 7:58:21 AM
#180:


obama getting elected i think
that or a new pope getting elected
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TheMikh
10/31/17 10:09:27 AM
#181:


FF_Redux posted...
Estonia ship sinking in 1994

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Estonia

852 people died, most from Sweden.


I'm surprised I've never heard of that before. That's awful.
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Cocytus
10/31/17 1:57:30 PM
#182:


TheMikh posted...
FF_Redux posted...
Estonia ship sinking in 1994

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Estonia

852 people died, most from Sweden.


I'm surprised I've never heard of that before. That's awful.

I barely remember the name. Weird.
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SuperExcitebike
10/31/17 2:00:32 PM
#183:


Nancy Kerrigan
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Vindris_SNH
10/31/17 2:05:10 PM
#184:


That I can think of right now, the Oklahoma City bombing. I was 8 at the time.
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masticatingman
10/31/17 2:11:23 PM
#185:


I really remember stuff like Biggie dying - that was all over the news. And the Monica Lewinski scandal with Clinton.
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_Rinku_
10/31/17 4:22:34 PM
#186:


Garioshi posted...
obama getting elected i think
that or a new pope getting elected

Okay, now I feel old haha.
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Cocytus
10/31/17 9:32:34 PM
#187:


_Rinku_ posted...
Garioshi posted...
obama getting elected i think
that or a new pope getting elected

Okay, now I feel old haha.

He has to be the youngest one.
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hollow_shrine
10/31/17 9:36:04 PM
#188:


The Mike Tyson rape scandal in 1992.
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Garioshi
10/31/17 10:08:19 PM
#189:


Cocytus posted...
_Rinku_ posted...
Garioshi posted...
obama getting elected i think
that or a new pope getting elected

Okay, now I feel old haha.

He has to be the youngest one.

i'm 17, just wasn't that culturally aware for a long time
the only reason i knew obama won was because i saw it as the headline on the newspaper that was on my driveway
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Cocytus
11/01/17 3:48:24 AM
#190:


Garioshi posted...
Cocytus posted...
_Rinku_ posted...
Garioshi posted...
obama getting elected i think
that or a new pope getting elected

Okay, now I feel old haha.

He has to be the youngest one.

i'm 17, just wasn't that culturally aware for a long time
the only reason i knew obama won was because i saw it as the headline on the newspaper that was on my driveway

I'm glad you posted though. Cool insight. Thanks.
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JOKR_bAd_habitz
11/01/17 4:00:09 AM
#191:


I vaguely remember parts of the Clinton scandal, but my most vivid news memory was the 2000 election and the Florida fiasco. My parents had the news on constantly, and '99-'00 was when I started actually paying attention to what they were saying. And then 9/11, naturally.
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Cocytus
11/01/17 1:44:43 PM
#192:


JOKR_bAd_habitz posted...
I vaguely remember parts of the Clinton scandal, but my most vivid news memory was the 2000 election and the Florida fiasco. My parents had the news on constantly, and '99-'00 was when I started actually paying attention to what they were saying. And then 9/11, naturally.

Who did they vote for?
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