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Today is History. Sometimes things happen, and you think 'I need to remember this moment, this is history'. Where were you, who were you with. Like today 40 years ago, I was still a toddler, but it was a historical day. Nixon resigned.
This is not an invite for political talks, but to remind each other of historical moments, for sharing the biggies and the smaller ones. In science, arts, sports, politics, or personal life. The Chronicles of Android Forums ;)
 
08/08/74...I was more than a toddler, and I remember it well. It was really a profound moment in time.

Interestingly, the Manson family murders also happened on this date, sort of. The killings started on the night of August 8-9, 1969. I was more than a toddler then, too.
 
Na-a-ah :rolleyes:
Today in 2003 Ekaterina Dmitriev and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko were married. Malenchenko was about 240 miles above the earth in the international space station. It was the first-ever marriage from space.
 
9/11 I was at high school, junior year (yeah I'm one of those youngins :p). Recall just watching the tv all day and finally getting home seeing my mom all distressed since my brother worked (and still) does at the Navy Yard here in DC. He was fine, just quite some time to get home from work (Navy Yard isn't too far from the Pentagon).
 
Way too young for this.

I'm even too young for 9/11. I don't remember a thing, all I remember is learning about it in school, history class.

Nobody told me what was going on, so, I didn't learn until it was history.
 
I don't really remember the Nixon resignation, although I was more than a toddler as well. Funny the things that do stick with you. I remember JFK's funeral, I remember the lunar landing, Elvis' death and Kurt Cobain's as well. Columbine and 9/11 are two events that i wish i could forget (as in wish they never happened).
 
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I don't really remember the Nixon resignation, although I was more than a toddler as well. Funny the things that do stick with you. I remember JFK's funeral, I remember the lunar landing, Elvis' death and Kurt Cobain's as well.
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I have ZERO recollection of anything that happened the day JFK was assassinated, yet I have crystal clear memories [verified by my mother before her death] about other things dating back to three years old. I do remember the funeral procession, particularly the riderless horse with the backward-pointing boots, but zip as far as the day of the assassination.

Columbine and 9/11 are two events that i wish i could forget (as in wish they never happened).
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You're not alone.
 
I was in grade school when JFK was assassinated. I remember it vividly. They let out school early and we all ran home crying.... our President was dead.

I have a vivid memory of the Cuban missile crisis as well. I remember huddling in church that Sunday as all of the elders prayed it was not the last day of the world. I was scared.

I remember the Bay of pigs and my father's anger.

I remember when JFK was elected and my family in shock that a Catholic family of such tainted history had one of it's own as our leader.

I remember Eisenhower, pledging our allegiance to the flag, and opening our school day with a prayer. Proud that I was an American and snug and secure in a perfect world.

I remember Alaska and Hawaii becoming states.

I remember my father getting papers to fill out placing him in a possible position to go to Korea after serving in WWII and my mother crying with fear. I remember this well and yet I was two. It must have been quite a scene.

Old men remember a lot you young tykes missed out on. Some good... some bad.
 
And the Soviets begin building the Berlin Wall!! :eek: It's a conspiracy date!

And Cleopatra committed suicide in 30 B.C. :(
 
(Not pointing finger at anyone else in the room);)

I try not to ever look down upon "youngsters" that weren't around for event X/Y/Z , or lord my experience over them.........A lot of interesting stuff happened before the world was blessed with my presence, I only know about it because someone presented it to me as "history".
And I always try to remember that my "Fractured Fairy Tales" version of those historical events I did witness first hand, are little more than my own entertaining rendition of the story; And even that story evolves over time. I'm just a man, not a paid professional journalist; And most professional journalists are just men and women.

Gather 'round kids; I'll never actively steer you in the wrong direction, but my stories are littered with personal impressions; They are entertainment, designed to pique your curiosity and make you want to do more (careful) investigation on your own.
I'm not that darn old, but have definitely been around long enough to have seen how "history" evolves over time. From the "This just in, (and we have a lot of airtime to fill)" scattered accounts of the unfolding tragedy, which often sets much of the conventional wisdom in stone; To the early understanding of the event; On and on, through the weeks and years, until finally, something as monumental as 9/11 is being taught to kids as a "unit" within a history class; And occasionally even used as a punchline in a comedy routine. In just a few years, such things become ancient events, condensed to a few paragraphs, tied up with a neat little bow.
But still subject to ongoing revision.
I'm confident that the accounts of our revolutionary war (for instance) while fundamentally the same, would have "felt" very different to grade school kids from 1800, 1840, 1880, 1920, and 1960 respectively. Even once the account is "settled", there is always room to be curious, skeptical, and fascinated by how "history" evolves along with the society telling the story. History is often subtly, sometimes grossly tweeked and revised as political movements ebb and flow, alliances come and go.

As Winston Churchill said: "History is written by the victors."
And sometimes, not even by the winners.........
They were old maps by the time I saw them in grade school history class, and someone had to point out the consistent anomaly to me.......Quite a few of the maps of North America shared something in common. The "legend" panel which included the reference scale, and all printing and publishing data, was conveniently "floating in the Gulf of Mexico"........Neatly covering the entire island of Cuba. Thanks for the beautifully printed maps, Rand McNally.........but......!
And while healthy skepticism is OK, and I support exploring alternate interpretations of events, even I have my limits; There will always be a few, who will continue to insist that the earth is flat, and we never landed a man on the moon.o_O
(More than) enough blah blah for now.:rolleyes:
 
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