I vaguely remember Watergate and Nixon resigning
I distinctly remember Elvis dying
I distinctly remember Elvis dying
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I remember hearing about the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the fall of the Berlin Wall.
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Iraq War
the queen dying in 2022
a special needs kid got stuck in a schoolbus and died from the heat
9/11
The Brexit referendum I think. (Might have been the 2015 election but I don't remember hearing too much about it)
Madrid train bombs on 2004
Don't remember
The 7/7 bombings, I think
Aurora Movie Theater
I remember John Lennon's assassination
Very very big news
Then a few weeks later Reagan got shot
Then someone shot the pope a few weeks after that
Very very big news
Then a few weeks later Reagan got shot
Then someone shot the pope a few weeks after that
Stuff about the upcoming 2007 presidential election
Israel and Lebanon hamassing each other
Something about tensions in Georgia (the country, not the US state)
I have earlier memories but it's the first "world news" things I remember
Israel and Lebanon hamassing each other
Something about tensions in Georgia (the country, not the US state)
I have earlier memories but it's the first "world news" things I remember
bin laden getting whacked
Didn’t know who tf he was but I was like “cool” and that was that
Didn’t know who tf he was but I was like “cool” and that was that
I do remember my local news filming a bunch of cars with dead bodies in them being pulled out of this lake
I tried to figure out what it was but I can’t find anything
Was around 2008
I tried to figure out what it was but I can’t find anything
Was around 2008
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I cannot remember any old news stories, never really watched/read the news as a child, still don't.
I remember watching DBZ when it happened. They interrupted it for about a month. Didn’t care about the attack at all, just pissed as hell that I couldn’t watch my show.
9/11
I'm braindead probably Russia invading Ukraine I can't remember much
This post made me feel old af tbh
Brutal man.
Michael Jackson's death.
Euromaidan 2013 and donbass war
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
Oldcel?
I think abu ghraib and a little bit of 9/11.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Nothing he did in particular just him in General. I can't think of anything else right now tbh.
Spain winning the eurocup of 2008
At least Stephen was better than Trudeau
I'd take almost anyone over JT.
The teacher telling us Hitler is bad, But now i see how bad europe is without him.
Iraq War insurgency, Obama’s first term in general
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Are you 50+?
2012 Christmas, when everyone was flocking to random places declared "safe" because they thought the world was going to end.
Yes 60 next year
Grand Old Incel
Brutal, I don't want if survive until 30, but maybe later I wouldn't be caring about anything I lost
Y2K
Ebola outbreak in africa
election of the pope in 2013
It was about some local basketball game, 2003
I remember,
the Alamo!
I remember Ozzy pissing on it
Bill Clinton’s reelection.
I killed him
bin laden dead, 2011 I think?
wait I think I remember the news showing people waiting in line for star wars episode 3
wait I think I remember the news showing people waiting in line for star wars episode 3
Besides War on Terror stuff, earliest I can remember was a tornado outbreak in my direct area when I was around 6. A close second was watching Saddam Hussein's execution live on some Arabic TV station. I never paid any attention to the news as a kid.
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