I vaguely remember my mom pointing out tanks on the TV during Desert Storm, but have stronger memories from the 92 Presidential election. - ThreadSky

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I vaguely remember my mom pointing out tanks on the TV during Desert Storm, but have stronger memories from the 92 Presidential election.

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What’s the first major news story your remember as a child?

Mine is OJ Simpson

Challenger explosion for me.

The US coup in Nicaragua.

Do you remember it being framed that way? If so your parents are awesome.

Reagan getting shot

The Great Flood of 1993

I have very vague memories of the Berlin Wall falling, possibly because my gradparents were German. Next is sort-of knowing about the US-Iraq war.

A newspaper article about US aid to Somalia during a famine in the early 90s during the Clinton(?) administration. Mostly just the photograph.

Also, these posts making me feel real old.

1980 election. My parents laughed at me when I said I wanted Jimmy Carter to win.

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