What was the first major news story you remember as a kid?

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Mine was the disappearance of Madeline Mccann in 2007 - I was 10

The start of the Falklands War.

The Aberfan disaster. I remember my mother crying.

Strikes in the 70s and queuing for bread etc.

Elvis dying is the first thing where I remember where I was when I heard the news.

Elvis dying in 1977. I remember asking my Mam why she was so upset ss she didn't know him. She bawled at me "I loved him!!!!"

Hills borough

President Kennedy being shot. I was 6. I remember the funeral too. Had to sit through it all.

I remember Lorraine Kelly reporting from the scene of the Lockerbie bombing, I was 7.

Assassination of JFK .

My parents had been to an event at Brownies , and as we were getting out of the car at home our neighbour ( the village policeman) came running out with the news .

I remember our neighbour and Dad saying this could be really serious , and Mum shushing them and taking me indoors .

Princess Diana dying. I was 9.

Actually no. Really it was the Dunblane massacre because we had loads of keycode locks fitted at my school afterwards. I remember we were told the codes but told not to tell anyone else!

John Lennon being shot.

Technically Dunblane in 1996 but I do have my timeline muddled and for years had the Omagh bombing in my head as being before Dunblane, rather than after.
So for a long time I would have said Omagh in answer to your question

9/11 2001 ☹️ I was 9

Aeroplane crash East Midlands on the embankment- I was 9. For some reason I remember thinking- 'oh they'll stop all flying from now on then because it was such a disaster.'

Elvis dying

The Falklands war

The Gulf War and endless coverage of famine.

Madeline Mccann here too. I was 6. I still periodically google it, off to do so now. Haven’t heard anything since that woman who made friends with a fortune teller and got a lot of press claimed to be MM.

Moon Landing - I remember watching it on bnb our B&W TV

When the Shah of Iran was executed. Also, the death of Elvis.

zebrugge ferry disaster

Princess Diana, King Charles wedding, I was 9. Born in a commonwealth country, very small town and news heavily edited to show what the president had been doing each day. But this was a big story. We even had a special event at school where we all watched a recording of the ceremony

I'm 46. I remember, quite close together, Piper Alpha, Zeebrugge and Lockerbie when I was in primary school.

moon landing for me...all the neighbours getting together in one house and watching it with endless cups of tea

I think Princess Diana dying, though I don't remember it all that well as it didn't really mean anything to me at the time. The first news item I remember really strongly is 9/11.

Murder of James Bulger 1993, I was 6 or 7. I remember reading it from the front of a newspaper on the dining table.