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I was too young for JFK but remember where I was

Posted on: March 30, 2021 at 10:34:04 CT

Spanky KU

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when Elvis (allegedly..haha) died (mopping the floors in a Woolworths in a summer job)

John Lennon was killed (in my apt in college),

Reagan was shot (Wescoe Hall cafeteria at KU)

News of the Challenger explosion (on the DMZ in Korea just returning from a morning PT run).

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Reagan assaassination attempt 40 years ago today - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 3/30 10:01:30

I was heading back to Schurz Hall when I heard that - raskolnikov MU - 3/30 14:01:02

Brady got shot basically point blank in the head and lived(nm) - tigerNkc MU

- 3/30 11:41:49

It is remarkable indeed(nm) - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 3/30 14:01:13

Al Haig was an idiot and the Dems seized the event - Spanky KU - 3/30 10:23:44

Emotional reactions are too often not conducive to making - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 3/30 10:25:39

Never let a crisis go to waste(nm) - Spanky KU - 3/30 10:27:06

And haven't we lived that one for one year - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 3/30 10:27:50

RE: Reagan assaassination attempt 40 years ago today - scan MU - 3/30 10:18:26

Isn't it amazing how information used to flow? - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 3/30 10:19:14

I was in 7th grade. My English teacher actually turned on - SparkyStalcup MU - 3/30 10:10:29

I too was in 7th grade & remember the announcement - Tigerfish MU - 3/30 14:00:23

Good grief. He shot someone, and to you it's "unhealthy"? - RHAYWORTH MU - 3/30 11:57:56

Yep, he was trying to impress her - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 3/30 10:15:05

If it happened today part of his likely defense would be - Tigerfish MU - 3/30 14:04:54

You mean prunes aren't a normal part of your diet? Lots - SparkyStalcup MU - 3/30 10:05:48

I was home sick that day(nm) - meatiger MU - 3/30 10:04:18

Watched it at the office - mu7176grad MU - 3/30 10:21:04

I was too young for JFK but remember where I was - Spanky KU - 3/30 10:34:04

yeah...I did not realize until years later - meatiger MU - 3/30 10:32:30

One of those days you remember where you were(nm) - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 3/30 10:14:35

If I had not been home sick, probably not - meatiger MU - 3/30 10:15:38

Was dat the day your mental illness mushroomed nm - yy4u MU - 3/30 10:06:30