Significant History You Have Lived

Marp · ‎03-09-2010

Has anyone else given thought to how much history the posters on these boards have lived regardless of age?

The first significant event I remember is Sputnik. I was young and don't really remember if I was impressed by Sputnik or my parent's, along with other adult family members reaction to it.

I do remember feeling bad for Able and Miss Baker but that was a couple of years later and I was more in tune with what was going on in the world.

So many significant events--some good, some not at all good--all life changing in some way.

The more I learn the more I realize how little I know.
Are you setting an example or being an example?

deepwaterdotter · ‎03-09-2010

I believe that I will witness some of the most significant history in my life during the years to come.

lgfan · ‎10-19-2012

I was five years old when the first man on the moon mission was televised in 1969. I also remember the AIDS pandemic of the early 1980's. At first people didn't know what was causing it so people were really paranoid about public contact.

On It · ‎03-15-2021

I remember the first telephone being installed in our house. My grandparents, aunts and uncles got theirs about the same time. It meant not having to drive to their homes to communicate.

Edited to add: First historical event was the Korean War. My cousin returned from serving there. We had a huge family welcome back party.

SilleeMee · ‎05-22-2016

When the VN War was over in 1975, my Army dad came home...alive.

TexasMom1 · ‎03-09-2010

Cuba Missle Crisis October 16-29 1962
November 22, 1963

sugar plum · ‎07-06-2016

I distinctly remember The Challenger explosion in 1986. I was at my first job out of college when the news broke. We all ran to the one TV located in a conference room to watch the news.

I was stunned and couldn't speak. It was a tragic and horrific event. I'll never forget it. Many of us cried, including myself. Many others had tears in their eyes, even the men.

All 7 crew members perished, including Christa McAuliff, the first teacher in the space shuttle program.

Carmie · ‎10-25-2010

I have witnessed a lot of history...some good and some bad.

I feel that the time period as of right now is history in the making. Our society is troubling. I wonder what history will make of it. It won't be good.

COVID19 was definitely history making. I hope we as humans, learned from it and all of our mistakes.

LindaSal · ‎05-15-2014

I was 3 years old when JFK was assasinated. I was 9 when the first man walked on the moon. I remember my dad making us all sit in front of the black and white TV making sure we paid attention so we would remember the event. When our kids were in elementary school we took them to see one of the space shuttles take off in Florida.

There are so many experiences I have been blessed with or saddened by as many of you. It would be impossible to list them all but I appreciate your thoughtful question .

@Marp

ajsidney12 · ‎02-10-2013

9/11 ...I was only in my very early 20s, moved to one of the big cities where the planes left from. And was just trying to read the news online (which was hardly sophisticated as now) and the information was trickling in...Once it was confirmed a terrorist attack I became a child again. I was alone away from my family hundreds of miles away, no one could call anyone on cell phones because lines were jammed, every tv channel was overloaded with crazy theories and actual info, streets were closed in the City or turned one way, and the silence of living on a flight path for those long weeks following was deafening. That was the most tragic piece of history I lived through, and it is haunting to this day. To all those that were lost that day, or from illnesses (invisible, mental, or otherwise) I pray you rest easy always.

To the person who mentioned The Challenger, I watched that tragedy live on TV like hundreds of school children. I remember the explosion and our fourth grade teacher flipping off the TV so quickly. I don't think any kid in that room understood what happened because our brain could not understand it immediately, I am sure adults could not either, but thinking back it was incredibly horrifying we witnessed those poor souls perishing.

Also the Boston Marathon bombing. I worked in that City, but that day is typically a holiday for Boston. We lived just outside in an immediate suburb next to where they were caught. Being in a "recommended lockdown" situation, until they could catch the bombers was unimaginable. They asked us to stay home while police patrolled our neighborhoods, just unfathomable . I will never forget Boston Strong.