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A trip down memory lane, if you wish.<br><br><br><br>
(for those of you who are old enough to remember)<br><br>
1. The JFK assassination (November 1963)<br><br>
2. Malcolm X? (February 1965)<br><br>
3. Martin Luther King? (April 1968)<br><br>
4. Bobby Kennedy? (June 1968)<br><br>
5. The murder of John Lennon? (December 1980)<br><br><br><br>
6. September 11, 2001?<br><br><br><br>
As for me, I don't actually remember those events of the 1960's). I was too young to remember the earliest assassinations (I was probably in nursery school having a snack when the JFK assassination occurred), but I also don't remember the ones from 1968, when I was eight.<br><br><br><br>
As for John Lennon, I had turned on CBS at 9 pm to watch an episode of M*A*S*H (I've always been a hardcore fan!) and there was a newsbreak which announced that Lennon had been murdered. I was so stunned and shocked (and hoping against hope that the news guy was wrong) that my mind immediately went into a fog. I watched that episode of M*A*S*H, but I have absolutely no recollection of which episode it was. All I remember were characters running around on screen yelling dialogue.<br><br><br><br>
As for 9/11, I was getting dressed for work that morning while watching reruns of - you guessed it - M*A*S*H! - when the episode I was watching was interrupted with footage of the plane hitting the second tower, and then the second tower falling. I just couldn't believe my eyes. I was late to work because I was glued to the TV watching coverage of the events.
(for those of you who are old enough to remember)<br><br>
1. The JFK assassination (November 1963)<br><br>
2. Malcolm X? (February 1965)<br><br>
3. Martin Luther King? (April 1968)<br><br>
4. Bobby Kennedy? (June 1968)<br><br>
5. The murder of John Lennon? (December 1980)<br><br><br><br>
6. September 11, 2001?<br><br><br><br>
As for me, I don't actually remember those events of the 1960's). I was too young to remember the earliest assassinations (I was probably in nursery school having a snack when the JFK assassination occurred), but I also don't remember the ones from 1968, when I was eight.<br><br><br><br>
As for John Lennon, I had turned on CBS at 9 pm to watch an episode of M*A*S*H (I've always been a hardcore fan!) and there was a newsbreak which announced that Lennon had been murdered. I was so stunned and shocked (and hoping against hope that the news guy was wrong) that my mind immediately went into a fog. I watched that episode of M*A*S*H, but I have absolutely no recollection of which episode it was. All I remember were characters running around on screen yelling dialogue.<br><br><br><br>
As for 9/11, I was getting dressed for work that morning while watching reruns of - you guessed it - M*A*S*H! - when the episode I was watching was interrupted with footage of the plane hitting the second tower, and then the second tower falling. I just couldn't believe my eyes. I was late to work because I was glued to the TV watching coverage of the events.