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newnumber61. When John F. Kennedy was shot (22/11/1963)
I wasn't born in this life. In my past life, I was about 60 in that time, a woman, widowed, living in New York in an apartment. Can't remember my specific actions that time, but I was probably pretty sad.
2. When Mt. St. Helens blew (18/5/1980)
I was 2 years old, and living in... Ottawa, I think? Wasn't even aware of it.
3. When the space shuttle Challenger exploded (28/1/1986)
I was 7, which puts me probably in Toronto, living at the first house we had there.
4. When the 7.1 earthquake hit San Francisco (7/10/1989)
9.. Remember watching the footage, but not where I was when it hit. I was living in our second house in Toronto though, just judging by ages.
5. When the Berlin Wall fell (7/11/1989)
Well, that's exactly one month later so I was probably in the same place. Don't really remember watching it.
6. When the Gulf War began (16/1/1991)
Hrm.. I was 12 then. Think I was living with my Grandma then, because that's probably right around the time my parents got divorced. Remember watching some of the footage, but not really too closely.
7. When OJ Simpson was chased in his White Bronco (17/6/1994)
I don't remember the chase (I probably watched it, I was a bit of a CNN junkie, but I don't recall the specifics as the footage was rerun so many times). I do however remember the verdict quite vividly. I was in high school, still living at my Grandmother's place, and I had an early day because of lunch and two free periods running to the end of class. I think I had English right before it, and I knew the verdict was getting out that day, and I was curious, so I ran home and caught just pretty much just the verdict without much of the preamble.
8. When the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City was bombed (19/4/1995)
Still in high school. I might be wrong, but I think I might have caught this on 'breaking news', and just sort of watched, stunned.
9. When Princess Di was killed (31/8/1997)
I remember waking up to this news. Living where i am now, I think. The news was everywhere, and I was just sort of thinking, "Huh. That's too bad." I was never really a Di fanatic. It was a shame she died, but it didn't really mean anything to me, and, although I was really angry at the papparazzi for getting things into that situation, I was also a bit perplexed at all the fuss.
10. When Bush was first announced President (7/11/2000)
Woke up to the news of the recount controversy, I think. Since elections are on tuesdays, this must have been a Wednesday, and I think I had no class, so I just sort of watched it while doing other things.
11. When the 6.8 earthquake hit Nisqually, WA (28/2/2001)
Don't even remember this.
12. When terrorists destroyed the World Trade Center (11/9/2001)
This I remember pretty vividly. I was in class, had an early class that day. It was onm y way to my second class that I first heard about a plane crashing into a building. I assumed they were talking about a movie or something. Then in my Artificial Intelligence class someone mentioned about a plane crashing into the World Trade Center, and my teacher, who was first hearing about it made some comment which, in retrospect, was pretty insensitive. I can't remember the specifics, but it was something along the lines of jokingly saying the US had it coming... this was before we really knew what was going on and probably thought it was an accident, and definately before the whole extent of thought it was an accident, and definately before the whole extent of the damage was known (we were probably thinking a very small plane, rather than a big passenger one).
Anyway, after that class, I rushed home and turned on the news and logged on to the net where everyone online was talking about it and relieved everyone new they heard from was okay.
13. When Columbia disintegrated during re-entry over Texas. (1/2/2003)
Woke up to the news, and was so, so disappointed. Both for the loss of life and how badly it would affect the space program.
And one or two more because these are ones that I actually remember something about...
14. Columbine Attacks: (20/4/1999)
I remember quite clearly that when this happened I had an exam, either late that night or the morning of the next day. So I was studying, and the news was on CNN wile I was studying. When the reports started in, I just started watching the news reports, transfixed, not really worrying about studying. It was just so... surreal, what with people calling from cell phones inside the school while it was going on, and so on.
15. Y2K hit (1/1/2000)
I was in my room, alone, walking on the ceiling (since my ceilings are low enough that when I stand on my hands, my feet touch the ceiling).
I wasn't born in this life. In my past life, I was about 60 in that time, a woman, widowed, living in New York in an apartment. Can't remember my specific actions that time, but I was probably pretty sad.
2. When Mt. St. Helens blew (18/5/1980)
I was 2 years old, and living in... Ottawa, I think? Wasn't even aware of it.
3. When the space shuttle Challenger exploded (28/1/1986)
I was 7, which puts me probably in Toronto, living at the first house we had there.
4. When the 7.1 earthquake hit San Francisco (7/10/1989)
9.. Remember watching the footage, but not where I was when it hit. I was living in our second house in Toronto though, just judging by ages.
5. When the Berlin Wall fell (7/11/1989)
Well, that's exactly one month later so I was probably in the same place. Don't really remember watching it.
6. When the Gulf War began (16/1/1991)
Hrm.. I was 12 then. Think I was living with my Grandma then, because that's probably right around the time my parents got divorced. Remember watching some of the footage, but not really too closely.
7. When OJ Simpson was chased in his White Bronco (17/6/1994)
I don't remember the chase (I probably watched it, I was a bit of a CNN junkie, but I don't recall the specifics as the footage was rerun so many times). I do however remember the verdict quite vividly. I was in high school, still living at my Grandmother's place, and I had an early day because of lunch and two free periods running to the end of class. I think I had English right before it, and I knew the verdict was getting out that day, and I was curious, so I ran home and caught just pretty much just the verdict without much of the preamble.
8. When the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City was bombed (19/4/1995)
Still in high school. I might be wrong, but I think I might have caught this on 'breaking news', and just sort of watched, stunned.
9. When Princess Di was killed (31/8/1997)
I remember waking up to this news. Living where i am now, I think. The news was everywhere, and I was just sort of thinking, "Huh. That's too bad." I was never really a Di fanatic. It was a shame she died, but it didn't really mean anything to me, and, although I was really angry at the papparazzi for getting things into that situation, I was also a bit perplexed at all the fuss.
10. When Bush was first announced President (7/11/2000)
Woke up to the news of the recount controversy, I think. Since elections are on tuesdays, this must have been a Wednesday, and I think I had no class, so I just sort of watched it while doing other things.
11. When the 6.8 earthquake hit Nisqually, WA (28/2/2001)
Don't even remember this.
12. When terrorists destroyed the World Trade Center (11/9/2001)
This I remember pretty vividly. I was in class, had an early class that day. It was onm y way to my second class that I first heard about a plane crashing into a building. I assumed they were talking about a movie or something. Then in my Artificial Intelligence class someone mentioned about a plane crashing into the World Trade Center, and my teacher, who was first hearing about it made some comment which, in retrospect, was pretty insensitive. I can't remember the specifics, but it was something along the lines of jokingly saying the US had it coming... this was before we really knew what was going on and probably thought it was an accident, and definately before the whole extent of thought it was an accident, and definately before the whole extent of the damage was known (we were probably thinking a very small plane, rather than a big passenger one).
Anyway, after that class, I rushed home and turned on the news and logged on to the net where everyone online was talking about it and relieved everyone new they heard from was okay.
13. When Columbia disintegrated during re-entry over Texas. (1/2/2003)
Woke up to the news, and was so, so disappointed. Both for the loss of life and how badly it would affect the space program.
And one or two more because these are ones that I actually remember something about...
14. Columbine Attacks: (20/4/1999)
I remember quite clearly that when this happened I had an exam, either late that night or the morning of the next day. So I was studying, and the news was on CNN wile I was studying. When the reports started in, I just started watching the news reports, transfixed, not really worrying about studying. It was just so... surreal, what with people calling from cell phones inside the school while it was going on, and so on.
15. Y2K hit (1/1/2000)
I was in my room, alone, walking on the ceiling (since my ceilings are low enough that when I stand on my hands, my feet touch the ceiling).
