karohemd: by LJ user gothindulgence (Default)
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What is the first item on the news you can consciously remember?

For me, two events: The Falkland War and Elvis' death.
[livejournal.com profile] robinbloke, he was born in '35 so he'd be 69 today.

(Sparked by Bubba Ho-tep and the recent where were you when x died meme)

Um...

Date: 15/6/04 07:31 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] k-lioness.livejournal.com
I think I might remember something about President Reagan being shot... but I'm not sure if I actually remember it or if I remember being told about it years later.

The one news story I'm sure I remember, since I watched it live, was the explosion of the Challenger space shuttle in 1986.

Date: 15/6/04 08:06 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] vyvyan.livejournal.com
Maggie being elected (I think). Other quite early news memories are: Lennon being shot and my mother being inconsolable, Falklands, Charles and Di, miners' strike, "3 million on the dole"...

Date: 15/6/04 08:13 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] davywavy.livejournal.com
I'm not sure, tbh. Possibly the failed coup in Spain after Franco died.

Date: 16/6/04 10:15 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] whiskeylover.livejournal.com
Helmut Kohl being elected

Date: 16/6/04 08:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] karohemd.livejournal.com
What a horrible memory. Same as Maggie for [livejournal.com profile] vyvyan, I guess.

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