What oldest major event do you remember ?

[Anonymous]

Margaret Thatcher becoming the first ever female Prime Minister in the Uk (where I lived then) when I was just turning 3... my dad had her at the house a couple of weeks earlier as she was a friend of the family.

[Anonymous]

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@Anonymous wrote:
Geez, I am old - I clearly remember the Sputnik launch. That was in 1957.

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Hi JimB,

Wow... that had to be very memorable. Did you see it on TV at the time or just read or hear about it? 

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I probably saw it on our black & white TV (almost no one had color then). What I most clearly remember is talking about it during our daily current events discussion in my 3rd grade class. Everyone was afraid that (1) we were falling behind the Soviets & (2) they would use Sputnik to drop nuclear bombs on us. 

 

[Anonymous]

Hi JimB,

I have read about exactly what you mention the primary concerns were at the time. It started a whole new era in history.

I clearly remember black and white TV only for many years. Although I am not so sure they were not around as much as I remember our family had very little money as my Dad was in the Navy for 25 years and we simply could not afford one even if they were.

[MattH]

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@Anonymous wrote:

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@Anonymous wrote:

 

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@Anonymous wrote:
Geez, I am old - I clearly remember the Sputnik launch. That was in 1957.

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Hi JimB,

Wow... that had to be very memorable. Did you see it on TV at the time or just read or hear about it? 

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I probably saw it on our black & white TV (almost no one had color then). What I most clearly remember is talking about it during our daily current events discussion in my 3rd grade class. Everyone was afraid that (1) we were falling behind the Soviets & (2) they would use Sputnik to drop nuclear bombs on us. 

 

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Strangely enough, decades later it was revealed: the true reason the Soviets were ahead of the US in rockets at that time was because they were behind the US in nuclear technology.  Their bombs were heavier, forcing them to make bigger rockets in order to keep up with the ICBM race.

And now, in a truly bizarre twist caused by our own poor planning, after the shuttles stop operating for some years NASA will be entirely dependent on buying Russian rockets for getting people to and from the space station.

[MattH]

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@Anonymous wrote:

Hi JimB,

I have read about exactly what you mention the primary concerns were at the time. It started a whole new era in history.

I clearly remember black and white TV only for many years. Although I am not so sure they were not around as much as I remember our family had very little money as my Dad was in the Navy for 25 years and we simply could not afford one even if they were.

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When I was a kid everybody had black-and-white TV, but only some people had color TV.  During something like the Rose Bowl Parade the announcers would say, "for those of you with black-and-white sets, the top of this float is yellow and the sides are blue..."

[Anonymous]

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@MattH wrote:

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@Anonymous wrote:

Hi JimB,

I have read about exactly what you mention the primary concerns were at the time. It started a whole new era in history.

I clearly remember black and white TV only for many years. Although I am not so sure they were not around as much as I remember our family had very little money as my Dad was in the Navy for 25 years and we simply could not afford one even if they were.

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When I was a kid everybody had black-and-white TV, but only some people had color TV.  During something like the Rose Bowl Parade the announcers would say, "for those of you with black-and-white sets, the top of this float is yellow and the sides are blue..."

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Now that you mention it, I do now remember announcers describing the colors for those with B&W  TV's. Wow, thanks for reminding me I had forgotten. 

[Anonymous]

Hell I remember sitting in the living room on Sat. night and watching the radio.

[Anonymous]

LOL

You are too funny!

ETA: Thanks for the laugh...the truth is always more humorous than fiction!

Message Edited by plasticman on 08-29-2009 02:24 PM

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When I was a kid, there was NO tv......