Here is an incomplete list of significant events. Check the ones where you remember where you were when you first heard of them:

The shooting of Ronald Reagan. 4% (104 votes)
The first space shuttle launch. 2% (60 votes)
The explosion of the space shuttle Challenger. 10% (275 votes)
The Tiananmen Square protests and their bloody end. 4% (103 votes)
The fall of the Berlin Wall. 5% (129 votes)
The start of the first Gulf War. 7% (204 votes)
The attack on the Branch Davidian compound in Waco. 3% (86 votes)
Kurt Cobain's suicide. 3% (69 votes)
The Oklahoma City bombing. 6% (160 votes)
The Columbine school shootings. 6% (163 votes)
The September 11 terrorist attacks. 16% (452 votes)
The start of the war in Afghanistan. 4% (115 votes)
The start of the second Iraq war. 6% (163 votes)
The space shuttle Columbia disaster. 9% (241 votes)
The election of Barack Obama. 14% (375 votes)
Other 2% 56 votes

Total Votes: 2,755

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1 Comment

Amber - 15 years ago

The election of Barack Obama: Sick, in my apartment in DC...the California polls closed and we went to the bar for taquilla shots followed by partying in front of the white house in the rain. Perfect.

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