How many "Where were you When" events in your life so far?

[LoveFall]

Somewhat inspired by the 9/11 thread. You can probably estimate my age from this.

I remember:

The Cuban missile crisis
JFK assassination
Apollo 13
Princess Diana's wedding and her death
9/11
Robin William's death
The first time I read about Covid. My heart sank.

I can tell you where I was for each one.

What about you?

Diana's death
911
Covid
Are the big ones I guess for me

Oh god yes the millennium. I was off my tits at a rave

Moon landing
Elvis's death
John Lennon's death
Kings Cross fire
Bradford City fire (my uncle was there, and was injured)
Herald of Free Enterprise
Hillsborough disaster
Dunblane massacre
Princess Diana's death
9/11
Columbine shootings
7/7
David Bowie's death

The only proper, stamped on my memory, I’ll never forget where I was/ what I was doing that the time moments are Princess Diana’s death, the millennium, 9/11 and 7/7. I remember some of the other events mentioned but not in the same way.

Oh, and Lockerbie. I was at home, just having had a miscarriage the previous day when it came on the news.
Bataclan
Manchester bombing

Diana
9/11
7/7
Dunblane and one with a machete in the Midlands
Good Friday agreement
Terry Waite
Berlin Wall down
Saddam Hussain death
Tsunami

Hillsborough disaster
Dunblane
Diana wedding and death
Challenger disaster
9/11
7/7
Bataclan
Manchester arena
Boris first lockdown speech

All these major news events etched on my brain - where I was when I heard, how the events played out 🥲🥲🥲

Falklands conflict
Heysel Stadium
Hungerford Shootings

London Storm 1988
Dianas death
9/11
7/7
Trump being voted President
Trump leaving The White House
Tower Bridge Terror Attack
London Streatham Terror Attack
London Tram Crash
Duke of Edinburgh death announcement
Covid - Boris Announcement - Locked down

I remember where I was for Princess Diana's death and 9/11. Not a clue for the other two, I don't even remember when that was.

I remember 7/7 as I was heavily pregnant and overdue, and we lived in London. No idea exactly when Dunblane, Lockerbie, Hungerford, Hillsborough etc were, or even Bataclan or Manchester Arena more recently, though remember them in the news. The Herald of Free Enterprise sinking I can date fairly accurately as my lovely grandma died just afterwards.

I clearly remember where I was for:

Diana's death (driving home from a rave!)
Dunblane
911
7/7
Grenfelll

I vaguely remember Lockerbie and a few others mentioned.

Hillsborough- I vividly remember watching this with my Granpa and him being so upset.
Lockerbie
Dunblane - we live not far from Dunblane and I remember watching it on the news, when I came home from school.
Diana
9/11
The attempted terror attack at Glasgow Airport- these things just don't happen here!
The Clutha vaults helicopter crash
Covid stay home announcement
The Duke of Edinburgh death announcement

Remember lots of these to add:
River Phoenix’s death
Berlin Wall coming down
John McCarthys release

John Lennon's murder
Princess Diana's death Sadly, I was cross and thought, "Dang, does the news have to go into a frenzy every time this woman has a fender bender?", only to realize that it was far worse than that.
9/11 I work on a New York State campus--lots of students frantically trying to call home that day
Tom Petty

God loads

Zeebrugge
Dunblane
Princess Diana
9/11
Manchester bombing
Piper Alpha
Warrington bombing
Tsunami
River Phoenix
Michael Jackson
Kings Cross fire
Chillean miners
the poor boys who got stuck in the cave

I can remember..

Dunblane..

tony Blair becoming pm...

Newcastle united throwing away a 12 point lead at the top of the premiership..(I was only young and football was my huge interest! I hope it doesn't sound superficial!)

Princess Diana dying

Jill dando getting shot

September 11th..

The Iraq war (and then Afghanistan)

The tories being voted back in (the year I could vote for the first time)

The London Underground bombings..(I'd been in London the year before, the same time, same station on a trip with my politics class and it gave me chills).

Brexit (was sat breastfeeding my baby and horrified...)

Oh yeah. jill Dando big time.
Tony Blair became Pm the same week we won Eurovision. Was massively pissed that week.

@LadyCatStark

The only proper, stamped on my memory, I’ll never forget where I was/ what I was doing that the time moments are Princess Diana’s death, the millennium, 9/11 and 7/7. I remember some of the other events mentioned but not in the same way.

Same. I remember the others that have people have mentioned but not in that visceral, remember the moment I was told it was happening kind of way. 7/7 I was on the tube network at the time so obviously a different set of memories to being told about it.

Most of the above, also when they found Jamie Bulgers body and when the two girls from Soham went missing. Awful times :(

light bulb moments in my life. Why is it that for so many, (inc me) these involve death and disaster?
9/11 obviously
Grenfell
Pacific tsunami
Micheal Buerk's report on famine /Live aid concert (still brings me out in goosebumps) That event stopped me spending so much on food at Christmas for years. (for ever really!)
Royal weddings and the sense of optimism they bring
Diana's wedding, life and death. Her funeral (service esp)
Death of Elvis, John Lennon, JFK
1999/2000 where I was - enjoying stupendous firework display abroad
Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris/Windsor castle
Death of Lord Mountbatten
First walk on the moon/eclipse of 1999 - a bit of a washout here though. Too many clouds
Trump's election (regrettably) and him losing the election and the aftermath.
Finally of course - Covid - breaking news, lockdown and the sight of totally empty roads for weeks Like scenes from a dystopian film

oh..and the 2012 Olympics in London. A moment to be cheerful

The only ones where I can actually remember exactly where I was/what I was doing are Princess Diana's death, 9/11, boxing day tsunami, and Michael Jackson's death. Obviously I remember other events, but not what I was doing at the time.

Diana's death

9/11

Milennium

7/7

Michael Jackson's death (not sure why!)

Moon landing
Mountbatten assassination
Manchester IRA
Harrods bombing
Diana wedding/death/funeral
9/11
London bombings
Berlin Wall
Nelson Mandela release.

Various earthquakes due to where I live. I can remember various famous people dying but the only "where were you when" would be Diana. The Millennium was probably the biggest anticlimax of its namesake tbh.