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August 12, 2007 3:18:06 PM from JoeUser ForumsJoeUser Forums
I was.....

23 years old at the time of the 9-11 attack on America
21 years old on the first day of Y2K
19 years old when I got married
17 years old at the time of Oklahoma City bombing
16 years old when O. J. Simpson was charged with murder
15 years old at the time of the 93 bombing of the World Trade Center
13 years old when Operation Desert Storm began
11 years old during the fall of the Berlin Wall
8 years old when the space shuttle Challenger exploded
6 years old when Apple introduced the Macintosh
5 years old during Sally Ride's travel in space
3 years old when Pres. Reagan was shot by John Hinckley, Jr.
3 years old whe MTV made its debut
1 year old at the time the Iran hostage crisis began


and a certain guy I know was.....
31 years old at the time of the 9-11 attack on America
30 years old on the first day of Y2K
27 when he married me
25 years old at the time of Oklahoma City bombing
24 years old when O. J. Simpson was charged with murder
23 years old at the time of the 93 bombing of the World Trade Center
21 years old when Operation Desert Storm began
20 years old during the fall of the Berlin Wall
16 years old when the space shuttle Challenger exploded
14 years old when Apple introduced the Macintosh
13 years old during Sally Ride's travel in space
11 years old when Pres. Reagan was shot by John Hinckley, Jr.
10 years old at the time the Iran hostage crisis began
6 years old on the U.S.'s bicentennial Fourth of July
4 years old when President Nixon left office
2 years old when Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace was shot

His dad was....
54 years old at the time of the 9-11 attack on America
52 years old on the first day of Y2K
50 years old when we got hitched.
48 years old at the time of Oklahoma City bombing
47 years old when O. J. Simpson was charged with murder
46 years old at the time of the 93 bombing of the World Trade Center
43 years old when Operation Desert Storm began
42 years old during the fall of the Berlin Wall
39 years old when the space shuttle Challenger exploded
37 years old when Apple introduced the Macintosh
36 years old during Sally Ride's travel in space
34 years old when Pres. Reagan was shot by John Hinckley, Jr.
32 years old at the time the Iran hostage crisis began
29 years old on the U.S.'s bicentennial Fourth of July
27 years old when President Nixon left office
25 years old when Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace was shot
22 years old at the time the first man stepped on the moon
21 years old when Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated
18 years old during the Watts riot
16 years old at the time President Kennedy was assassinated
12 years old when Hawaii was admitted as 50th of the United States
10 years old when the Soviet satellite Sputnik 1 was launched
6 years old at the end of the Korean War


When I feel old and I start looking at some dates, I am sometime surprized. It's not that I didn't know when they occured, but I never thought of certain people as being old enough to remember them...I may have to ask some people about what they remember...

so JUers....what events were you around for? What sticks in your head as "I remember when...."?
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Reply #1 August 12, 2007 3:32:03 PM
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Looks like I'm the same age as your hubby, so there's your list.
Interesting list, to say the least.

Historically, I like to say I grew up during the climax of the Cold War. When I was young, in school at Ft. Hood Texas, we still did air raid drills. I remember being devastated when Spinks beat Ali, seeing Star Wars in its first run at a drive in movie theater, the tense moments in January '86 when the Challenger exploded, a year that was bookended by the December round the world solo flight of the Voyager (incidentally, I got to speak with Dick Rutan personally a few years back. He's been a hero since that historic flight).
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Reply #2 August 12, 2007 4:30:50 PM
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61 years old when I read this article.

 

 

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Reply #3 August 12, 2007 6:03:37 PM
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20 years old at the time of the 9-11 attack on America ~I remember this one, was on my way to a college class
18 years old on the first day of Y2K ~ remember this too and never understood why it was such a big deal...
16 years old when Princess Diana was killed in a car crash ~ Mom woke me up that Sunday to tell me what happened and I was like "Who is Princess Di?"
13 years old at the time of Oklahoma City bombing ~ Don't really remember, but later lived in OKC and learned about it
12 years old when O. J. Simpson was charged with murder ~ my family was on a trip and my dad was trying to catch some sports game on the radio but all he could find were reports about the car chase...
11 years old at the time of the 93 bombing of the World Trade Center ~ Don't remember (maybe I was really sheltered)
9 years old when Operation Desert Storm began ~ I remember
8 years old during the fall of the Berlin Wall ~ Don't remember
4 years old when the space shuttle Challenger exploded
2 years old when Apple introduced the Macintosh
a 1 year old during Sally Ride's travel in space

Some things they left out that I remember quite clearly:
April 19, 1993 Branch Davidian Massacre This was all everyone was talking about in Texas at the time. I had not heard about it leading up to the showdown, but we were all glued to the TV in the end.
February 1, 2003 Space Shuttle Columbia disintigrates while re-entering the atmosphere. I was in a car with my mom and several aunts. We were driving across Texas and suddenly all our cell phones started ringing. We probably would have seen it had we been looking.
March 2003 "Shock and Awe" Beginning of the "war with Iraq" We were on a spring break mission trip in Mexico when it went down. We watched it on TV at Chilli's in Spanish and worried if we would have trouble coming back into the US.

Anyway, now you more a little about me. Oops, I forgot a lady is never supposed to reveal her age...
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Reply #4 August 13, 2007 12:57:14 AM
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Thanks, LH...I wasn't feeling quite old enough when I got up this morning...

1 year old when Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in Glamorous Glennis

2 years old when Isreal became a nation and MamaCharlie was born

ahh...I can't remember
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Reply #5 August 13, 2007 9:45:19 AM
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Thanks, LH...I wasn't feeling quite old enough when I got up this morning...


sorry about that. *snicker snicker*
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Reply #6 August 13, 2007 9:59:28 AM
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I was:

16 years old when Roy Orbison Died
12 years old when Michael Jackson was caught on fire (hehe)
8 years old when John Lennon was killed
5 years old When Elvis died

There...that was my musical remembrances

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Reply #7 August 13, 2007 12:42:34 PM
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16 years old when Roy Orbison Died


I was 17 and dating the daughter of his nurse the night he died.
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Reply #8 August 13, 2007 4:05:38 PM
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44 When I read this article

38 years old at the time of the 9-11 attack on America
36 years old on the first day of Y2K
23 years old when I got married
32 years old at the time of Oklahoma City bombing
31 years old when O. J. Simpson was charged with murder
30 years old at the time of the 93 bombing of the World Trade Center
28 years old when Operation Desert Storm began

29 years old when I returned home from Desert Storm
26 years old during the fall of the Berlin Wall
23 years old when the space shuttle Challenger exploded
21 years old when Apple introduced the Macintosh
20 years old during Sally Ride's travel in space
17 years old when Pres. Reagan was shot by John Hinckley, Jr.
18 years old whe MTV made its debut
16 years old at the time the Iran hostage crisis began

12 years old when the U.S. pulled out of Vietnam

9 years old during the Watergate break in

6 years old during Woodstock

6 years old when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon

7 months old when Prs. Kennedy was assassinated... Nope, I just can't seem to remember what I was doing at the time. ;~D

 

 

 

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Reply #9 August 14, 2007 7:59:32 AM
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I was graduating from College the year you were born.
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