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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 10:09 PM Original message |
What was your personally most impactful "I remember it clearly" moment? |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
1. For me: Challenger |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 11:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
31. It's actually one of my first memories |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 11:02 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Dude, that's horrible. |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 11:26 PM Response to Reply #32 |
39. Yeah, actually, it became a bath toy |
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Ratty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 11:13 AM Response to Reply #1 |
99. The reaction to that at Berkeley |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
2. Do you mean on a historic level? Something others would have heard of? It was when I heard |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 10:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. I have to say that your post jogged my heart and my memory about that sad sad |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 10:28 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. I didn't watch much of the coverage -- my mom called me, near tears, said, "I'm so sorry" and I |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 02:18 PM Response to Reply #17 |
77. See my response under this one - the response didn't |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 02:11 PM Response to Reply #11 |
75. Where is the Memorial Located? |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 03:01 PM Response to Reply #75 |
78. It's at the crash site. |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 08:23 PM Response to Reply #2 |
93. October 18th, 1977. Being a kid and watching Reggie Jackson smash 3 against |
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SharonAnn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 08:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
94. Nixon resigning, Moon landing, MLK assasination, Kent State killlings, |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
3. Much the same. Challenger, Berlin Wall, 911 |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
4. I remember VIVIDLY |
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Still Sensible (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
5. JFK. n/t |
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Mojeoux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
6. Kennedy's assassination. |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
7. Watching a 17 yr old get gunned down by a gang member right in front of me |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 08:39 AM Response to Reply #7 |
58. OMG, that's awful! |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
8. when three astronauts died on launchpad |
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Morning Dew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 10:28 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. You bet. - Grissom, White and Chaffee |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 10:37 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. in the seventies I was in the Air Force |
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Morning Dew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 10:52 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Oh, man. |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 10:34 PM Response to Reply #23 |
97. I knew a court reporter in Houston named Marilyn See. |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 10:55 AM Response to Reply #8 |
73. That space stuff was indeed, exciting. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
9. Detroit riots, Munich Olympics, Challenger, Tiananmin Square, 2000 Selection, 9/11 |
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Autumn Colors (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
10. John Lennon being killed (nt) |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 07:45 AM Response to Reply #10 |
49. Me too |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 08:16 PM Response to Reply #10 |
91. I was woken up by my mother crying. It spread through NYC so fast--within minutes |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
12. Besides those events you mentioned |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 11:38 PM Response to Reply #12 |
41. Flying over the oil spill from Exxon Valdez was also memorable |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 11:48 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. I took a trip to Prince William Sound about 4 years after the spill |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 08:40 AM Response to Reply #12 |
59. That crying man, his name was Iron Eyes Cody |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 10:32 AM Response to Reply #59 |
68. Iron Eyes Cody |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
13. I remember that weird scene on Election Night 2004 |
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Morning Dew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
14. I distinctly remember the days after the Kennedy assassination |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 11:39 PM Response to Reply #14 |
42. I know which TREE I was standing next to when I heard Jerry died |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 07:41 AM Response to Reply #42 |
48. "The Dead on Armed Forces Radio Europe?" |
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Morning Dew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 08:07 AM Response to Reply #42 |
53. In a way, I don't know that I've completely recovered.. funny, ain't that? |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
16. The days up to and after the supreme court Bush V. Gore decision. |
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Terra Alta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
18. Columbine |
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nevergiveup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
19. The Cuban Missle Crisis 1962 |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 03:53 AM Response to Reply #19 |
46. Me too, I was a really little kid but |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
20. JFK, Mandela's election, 911, Lucky Dube's death, Obama win. |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
21. JFK |
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HipChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
22. Princess Di Death..Flight being delayed, I didn't make it to someone dying |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 10:57 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Were those connected? |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
24. Election night 2000... |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 10:55 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Yup, everything has gone downhill since then. |
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Ramulux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 11:00 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. So glad I was only 11 |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
28. I have to add 911 as well. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
30. My first one is the day Castro rolled into Havana. |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
33. Chenobyl |
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madamesilverspurs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
34. JFK, MLK, RFK -- the end of my youth. |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
35. I well up reading the first 3 |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
36. Nixon resigning is my first clear memory of a political/historic act. |
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Dawson Leery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
37. The 2000 Election. |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
38. 911, invasion of Iraq, fall of the Berlin wall. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
40. Mine's far more personal. First dog I ever stole. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 11:42 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. . |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 03:23 AM Response to Original message |
45. I will never forget walking into the family room at about 7 in the morning |
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Dr Morbius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 04:34 AM Response to Original message |
47. I've thought about this. |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 07:49 AM Response to Original message |
50. The first time I saw George Bush on the TV |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 07:55 AM Response to Original message |
51. Personal, not historic. Watching Ms O sail over the handlebars |
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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 08:04 AM Response to Original message |
52. May 19th 1968 |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 09:44 AM Response to Reply #52 |
67. You're in my thoughts. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
54. Historic: 9/11 Personal: stepdad's death, friend telling me she'd been raped. |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
55. Kent State |
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GreenEyedLefty (708 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 08:28 AM Response to Original message |
56. The hostages in Iran |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
57. Probably when Gary Coleman died because it was so recent. |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
60. The Challenger explosion. |
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11 Bravo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
61. Eighth grade, Mrs. Harris's English class, November 22, 1963 ... |
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unhappycamper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
62. 1/31/1968 - the Tet offensive |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
63. 9/11 |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
64. Sitting in a basement holding a frightened toddler with a 6 year old huddled close to |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
65. What can be more deeply felt than the death of a child... |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 09:39 AM Response to Reply #65 |
66. Oh, so sorry for such a deep loss for you. I watched my brother |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 04:30 PM Response to Reply #65 |
80. .. |
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Populist_Prole (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
69. Very interesting stories here |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
70. 9/11, live on TV. Also Challenger... nt |
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Mad_Dem_X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
71. 9/11, and two deaths - one person I knew and one I didn't |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
72. when poppy/neo cons murdered John Kennedy |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
74. I couldn't take any more of my girlfriend's crap, so I jumped out of her car. |
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Prisoner_Number_Six (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
76. The Cuban missile crisis |
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StarlightGold (72 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
79. The Princess of Wales |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
81. Jan. 29, 1970 |
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localroger (663 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
82. Katrina |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
83. April 26th, 1992 - the LA riots. |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
84. Three Mile Island - China Syndrome had just been released, I had the mumps, and was |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
85. The Theft Of Our Presidential Election 2000 & 2004. |
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cameozalaznick (624 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
86. The televised Watergate hearings... |
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gleaner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
87. I would have to say this oil spill on a big scale .... |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
88. when i found out my two sisters were dead. before that i had been told they were in a car accidnet |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 08:11 PM Response to Reply #88 |
89. I'm so sorry for your loss |
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AsahinaKimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
90. San Francisco Earthquake 1989 |
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Carolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
92. JFK's assassination |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
95. Two near the same moment in my life, personal and historical |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
96. Wrong thread |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
98. The Cuban missile Crisis... |
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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
100. Challenger, Iraq war start, Columbia |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
101. The moment I watched the second tower collapse on 9/11 and realized both |
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