What is the first news story you remember?

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I think for me it was the 1999 champions league final

Lockerbie. I was 7. Still have nightmares about a plane crashing into my house. Needless to say I'm very careful about what my 7 year olds see on the news!

The start of the Gulf War in 1990. I remember I was off school sick watching the news.

Vaguely remember
The murder of Susan Maxwell
John Lennon
The Falklands war.
Miners strike.
Prince Charles and Diana’s wedding. I vaguely remember having a street party.

First ones I properly remember
The Bradford fire 11 May 1985
The Manchester Air disaster 22 August 1985.

Great thread. I was going to say Hillsborough or the King's Cross fire. I (embarrassingly) has to look up which was first. I was almost 6 when the Fire happened. But then I realised I remember Prince Andrew and Fergie getting married. I looked it up and it was summer 1986. I would have been 4.5

Fall of the Berlin Wall. I would have been 6 at the time.

Actually I lie, it was Pan Am Lockerbie in 1988

Elvis dying.

Freddie Mercury dying

Either dunblain or lockerby, I'm not sure which was first but both emotionally affected me.

moon landings

Franco dying. I was very little but my mother had lived in Spain in the 50s and was very excited.

The next one I remember after that was Jimmy Carter bearing Gerald Ford in the US election. We talked about it at school - I’d have been 6.

Carter beating Ford.

Miner strikes

Wonder what or how kids under say 6 will remember of this whole crazy year.
This thread has made me think that because I clearly don’t remember all sort of mega news stories from that age int moon landings. I just don’t think I was even aware of stuff beyond me and my immediate experiences until around that age.
But Covid has been different and I wonder if memories Of it will be of a different type for them.

Miners strikes and the Royal Wedding (Charles and Diana)

The first thing I remember was something about the Gulf War (coming up as breaking news in the middle of watching pretty woman on TV, it was winter/Christmas season, fuck knows why I was watching it as I was really really young then).

Also remember IRA stuff on the news although I didn't understand it at the time.

I used to call the news "the bad news" when I was little apparently!!

I very clearly remember Diana's death, the beginning of the Iraq War and 9/11.

Grenfell, although recently, is another one that sticks in my mind.

@GrapeSodas I had a family friend who was pulled in by the police as a suspect, he wasn't the only one pulled in as a suspect for questioning but he had a solid alibi

My parents pulled me out of bed (Australia) to watch the Berlin Wall come down

Kings Cross fire. And really huge memories of AIDS pandemic.

Was going to say Yorkshire ripper but was Carter earlier?

Berlin Wall. I was 5.

Like @BluebellCockleshell123 I think it was probably Challenger. Possibly the famine in Ethiopia and Live Aid, but Challenger sticks in my mind.

The miners strike in I think 1971.

9/11

Although I do remember the royal wedding of Charles and Di. I don’t consider it a news story as I watched the thing itself.