Maybe you remember these, maybe your folks told you about it — either way it’s quite an experience to view live breaking news coverage of the “where were you when?” moments of the last half century. Here are links to “breaking news” video clips of the ones that burned themselves into my memory. What have I missed?
UNFORGETTABLE MOMENTS
- ASSASSINATION OF JOHN F. KENNEDY–1963
- BEATLES APPEAR ON ED SULLIVAN–1964
- ASSASSINATION OF MARTIN LUTHER KING–1968
- ASSASSINATION OF ROBERT KENNEDY–1968
- DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION RIOTS–1968
- LUNAR LANDING — WALK ON THE MOON–1969
- KENT STATE MASSACRE–1970
- MUNICH OLYMPICS TERROR ATTACK–1972
- RESIGNATION OF RICHARD NIXON–1974
- FALL OF SAIGON–1975
- IRANIAN HOSTAGE CRISIS–1979
- MIRACLE ON ICE–US DEFEATS USSR–1980
- ASSASSINATION OF JOHN LENNON–1980
- CHALLENGER DISASTER–1986
- BERLIN WALL COMES DOWN–1989
- DEATH OF PRINCESS DIANA–1997
- 9/11 ATTACKS ON AMERICA–2001
