What major historical events do you remember?
- RFK funeral -only thing on TV
2. Neil Armstrong landing and walking on the moon. Watched from our apt in Minnesota and looking up on the balcony.
3 Vietnam war and wearing POW bracelets. Serious business in middle school.
4. The exit from Vietnam
5. Watergate Scandal
6. Abortion made legal
7. Elvis Presley dies- I was fortunate enough to see him in early 1974 in Las Vegas.
8. First test tube baby born
9. Jonestown Massacre
10. Three Mile Island
11. Mount St Helen’s eruption
12. John Lennon’s murder and Reagan shot
13. Black Monday October 1987- Our first home lost about 30% of its value.
14. Desert Storm- delayed our move
15. Berlin Wall torn down (I had gone through Checkpoint Charlie in 1978). Poland and Lech Wałęsa
16. Oklahoma City Bombing-My grandma called because her house shook
17.Princess Diana dies in a car crash and her funeral. My daughters are about the same age as William and Harry. I sobbed the entire way through.
18. Columbine shootings- called my friend who had middle school students in that school district.
19. 9/11- My husband was a captain for American Airlines walking out the door when I yelled at him to come back. And our friend was sitting on the tarmac waiting to take off at Newark. Obviously neither of them flew that day.
20. Tsunami in Asia- terrifying and so sad.
21. Plane in Hudson- thinking all experienced pilots would have done the same thing
22. Sandy Hook massacre- there are no words to express the sorrow and anger
23. William and Catherine Royal Wedding- gave hope for joy
24. Osama bin Laden killed- hoped the nightmare would end but it didn’t.
25. Missing Malaysia flight-so mysterious
26.ALS Ice Bucket Challenge- hoping for an end to this horrible disease.
27. Malala Yousafzai shot in the face- again girls/women targeted just for being a female.
28. Robin Williams’s suicide- as someone who has fought depression for a very long time this one hit close to home.
29. Legalized same gender marriage
30. Queen Elizabeth surpasses Queen Victoria as longest reigning monarch
31. Brexit referendum
32. Donald Trump becomes president ugh
33. Women’s march and the #metoo movement
34. Esptein scandal -still waiting on the list
I am sure I have forgotten many but after looking over a list these are the ones I remember.
My life on an unexpected path 