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A trip down memory lane, if you wish.
(for those of you who are old enough to remember)
1. The JFK assassination (November 1963)
2. Malcolm X? (February 1965)
3. Martin Luther King? (April 1968)
4. Bobby Kennedy? (June 1968)
5. The murder of John Lennon? (December 1980)
6. September 11, 2001?
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.
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.
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)
1. The JFK assassination (November 1963)
2. Malcolm X? (February 1965)
3. Martin Luther King? (April 1968)
4. Bobby Kennedy? (June 1968)
5. The murder of John Lennon? (December 1980)
6. September 11, 2001?
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.
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.
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.