First major news story that you remember

[VFR750]

call me another old fart............JFK for me.

[GregW]

Wow, I'm feeling almost young. The Space Shuttle Challenger explosion in 1986 (7 years old at the time)

Thats mine too. I was i 5th grade. They rolled the TV in on an AV cart so we could watch the news. It was crazy.

[Mark52]

John Glenn's first ride into space. As I remember, we got to stay home from school that morning to watch the launch (on B&W tv of course).


No, wait! It had to be the JFK/LBJ election win over Goldwater in '60! believe I was in first grade at the time.

[Jim m]

At the risk of sounding like Black Roadster, what was the first major news story that you remember?

I think mine was the Iranian hostage crisis.

I remember the Korean War starting and I have a vague recollection of WWII ending but we didn't have TV in those days.

[Sharpie]

Mt. St. Helens, Reagan election, Reagan shot.

[jrj512]

This is what got me to thinking about it. I had no idea this happened.

http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_ho.../27105542.html

http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2009.../harvey_082609

[sammm]

^What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.

[onething]

^What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.

Waht about Lake Tahoe?

Hard to believe they messed with that thing for 33 hours and then blew it up

[SixAce]

^What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.

But those folks in Tahoe can't keep a secret. http://youtu.be/73S2qDzJr6g


I was dealing Blackjack in Vegas when that happened. Word we got was that within an hour, someone was selling T-shirts on the street that said "I got bombed at Harvey's". Marketing wizards fer sure.


In the video I linked, you can hear the idiots cheering the explosion, not knowing if loss of life had occured or not. That part is the same as Vegas.

[danzo]

The first news story I can remember is Mount Saint Helen's, I was in second grade I think.

[OZMDD]

Umm, it says the building was evacuated, and they even brought all of the guests belongings to the shelter for them.

[CosmosMpower]

OJ Trial. Either I'm way younger than you old farts or my memory really sucks ass or I don't care about the news.

[FilthyMonkeyRacing]

OJ Trial. Either I'm way younger than you old farts or my memory really sucks or I don't care about the news.

+1. Thats the first i recall and couldnt remember the exact year and it was '94 when the murder happened so i would have been 10 yrs old, too busy being a kid i guess.

[SirHustlerEsq]

George Michael caught pleasuring another man in the men's room.

[OZMDD]

George Michael caught pleasuring another man in the men's room.

You'll need to be more specific, please...

[HudsonHawk]

It would have to be the gas shortages in the 70's for me.

[Titus]

Mount St Helens eruption and Reagan being shot were my oldest news memories, but I had to google them to find out which one happened first.

I am pretty surprised I had never heard about the Harvey's explosion. I spent the first 30 years of my life living 2-3 hrs from South Lake Tahoe, and even lived in the same city as the bomber (Fresno) for 3 years. I visited the new Harvey's 3 or 4 times in the early 90's, but didn't even know back then that it was "New".

[lostlorin]

Obuma's reelection. I remember it like it was yesterday.

[tailchaser]

Skylab

[Jiggerachi]

Must be a youngin too, all these were before I was born. First political memory was hearing my dad saying something about 'oh lord, Reagan stuck his foot in his mouth again" I was aware he was the president but for some reason couldn't reason why someone would want to stick their foot in their mouth. I still remember the mental pic was old guy in a presidential suit trying to fit his dress shoe in his mouth. I don't remember 90% of my childhood.

First news story was first WTC & OK City bombings, OJ trials, and Clinton being elected. I remember my dad was devastated about Clinton election haha.