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When the Berlin Wall came down
911
The assassination of prime minister Olof Palme.
That's what I was thinking as well but I looked it up and the Challenger explosion was actually shortly before that.
1986 was a strong news year for sure. I was 9 years old at the time.
edit: actually, it was the Pershing II protests of 1983, which my family joined.
Watched the Challenger explosion live in kindergarten.
The first major story where I thought "oh noes" was the Canary Wharf bombing in 1996ish. It was the first time I'd ever seen a "we interrupt this broadcast..." moment and it was so out of the ordinary that it sticks in my mind.
9/11 was a wild ride too. Getting home from school and my old man - who never watched the news - had Sky News on. At that point, the replays seemed... incredible, in the most literal sense of the word.
Mount St. Helens.
Although I lived through others I think I was to young to remember them or caring. So for me it was the OJ trial since they legit announced it overhead at our school which was weird thinking back on it. After that would be 911.
Why would such a think be announced at school?
- 93 Bombay bomb blasts
- Kargil war
- Attack on Taj Bombay
Internationally
- Princess Diana's death
- Gulf war
- 9/11
Challenger exploding, closely followed by Chernobyl exploding. I'm sure inbetween there were parts of London exploding. And after that, Pan Am 103 exploding. The 80s were a wild time.
l also had Chernobyl in mind at first. It was a big thing, as it affected life as a kid in Europe directly.
But then I remembered all the news stories surrounding the Anti-Pershing protests.
These were in 1983, the year in which humanity perhaps was closest to complete annihilation ever.
Yes, the 80s were wild.
Oh, right the protests against nuclear rearmament in Europe. I was actually part of the "human chain" demo, somewhere between Ulm and Neu-Ulm. Together with my teddy, which got us photographed for the regional newspaper.
The Challenger explosion
The inauguration of Barack Obama.
I actually remember seeing Haley's Comet. I want to live long enough to blah blah blah, but really I just wanna see that stupid thing again before I go. Feels like a decent bookend, ya know?
JFK assassination.
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Sack of Rome by Alaric and the Visigoths. All over the news.
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