SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 No date spring of 2003? but I was living in Allen TX when the space shuttle blew up and I could see the smoke trail west to east. February We heard a loud boom and ran out the front door to see this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 7 hours ago, DC Tom said: September 7, 1939. Battle of Radom, where a Polish operational group was wiped out by the Germans. Only Radom date I know. Were you there? 1 hour ago, Gray Beard said: On 7/7/77 I bought a pipe for smoking that cost $13.13. True story. If it was a pipe for plumbing, I doubt you’d remember that, though that might seem counter-intuitive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbb Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 1 hour ago, CowgirlsFan said: November 22,1963. President John F Kennedy assassinated in Dallas,Texas. I lived in Fort Worth,Texas at that time. I was 10 years old. It was the only time my Mother ever let my sister and I skip school. To go to the parade? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 December 7, 1941. A date which will live in infamy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fadingpain Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 2 hours ago, ShadyBillsFan said: No date spring of 2003? but I was living in Allen TX when the space shuttle blew up and I could see the smoke trail west to east. February We heard a loud boom and ran out the front door to see this. I remember this as an event, not a date. In fairness, this just didn't get the coverage or have the sense of national tragedy as the Challenger explosion, for whatever reason. Maybe b/c we had already gone through one of these by the time Columbia happened. The image I have from this event is the astronaut helmet found in some farmer's field. Here...thought I could find it and I did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 5 minutes ago, KD in CA said: December 7, 1941. A date which will live in infamy. That (largely because of the speach - almost impossible to forget) and 9/11. We had a trip to NYC planned a couple month later, but didn’t know what to do. It was crazy! Nobody knew what to think. We went and I’m so glad we did.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misterbluesky Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 17 minutes ago, KD in CA said: December 7, 1941. A date which will live in infamy. My mom's birthday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 13 minutes ago, Augie said: That (largely because of the speach - almost impossible to forget) and 9/11. We had a trip to NYC planned a couple month later, but didn’t know what to do. It was crazy! Nobody knew what to think. We went and I’m so glad we did.... I had a trip to Oregon planned for the following weekend and couldn't go when the flights were grounded! I still haven't been to Oregon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 45 minutes ago, KD in CA said: I had a trip to Oregon planned for the following weekend and couldn't go when the flights were grounded! I still haven't been to Oregon. Portland? Trust me, you wouldn't be impressed with that liberal utopia freak show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 1 minute ago, ExiledInIllinois said: Portland? Trust me, you wouldn't be impressed with that liberal utopia freak show. I'm sure. But I do need to get up to Ashland one of these days. My grandmother's first cousins were the D'Autremont brothers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CowgirlsFan Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 (edited) 4 hours ago, ShadyBillsFan said: No date spring of 2003? but I was living in Allen TX when the space shuttle blew up and I could see the smoke trail west to east. February We heard a loud boom and ran out the front door to see this. I had no clue you'd spent time in Texas. I lived in Arlington then. I heard the sonic boom from the shower. While dressing,I heard they'd lost communication. Terribly sad.? I hated having to work that day. I now live in Granbury,Texas. It was February 1st. Edited April 19, 2018 by CowgirlsFan Spelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Brown Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 4 hours ago, Gray Beard said: I remember events, but not dates. I remember feeling sad when this happened, in contrast to how good I felt when the first space shuttle flight of Columbia was a success. i also remember other events... assassinations of JFK, MLK, RFK. Moon landing. Evacuation from Vietnam Nam,... etc., other major events that I instantly knew were significant. Not even 9/11? For me it was definitely November 5, 1955. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 3/14 pi day but more importantly steak and blow job day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbb Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 17 hours ago, Gugny said: December 8, 1980. The day John Lennon was assassinated. Actually ... the 9th, which is when I found out. I was a month away from turning 10-years-old and the news of his death (gently delivered by my mom) devastated me. That whole weekend I remember every year. Dec. 4th was a Thursday. I was a frosh at Bonas and was able to get a ride up to meet my friends for my first Springsteen concert - out of 27 so far - at the Aud............December 7th was one of the most fun Bills game ever - we stayed after the Bills beat the NFC Champion Rams and were rewarded with the Bills and Jills coming out and dancing forever to Talking Proud..............And, then got back to Bonas, and kept getting updates at the library about who was winning MNF between the Pats-Dolphins (we needed the Pats to lose) - and when I heard the Dolphins scored, I decided to go back to the dorm. I go into the only room with a TV, where all my friends were watching the game, and they said Did you hear what happened? I said Yeah, the Dolphins scored! They said No, John Lennon got killed! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 (edited) 9 hours ago, Fadingpain said: I remember this as an event, not a date. In fairness, this just didn't get the coverage or have the sense of national tragedy as the Challenger explosion, for whatever reason. Maybe b/c we had already gone through one of these by the time Columbia happened. The image I have from this event is the astronaut helmet found in some farmer's field. Here...thought I could find it and I did. Date - February 1, 2003. Saturday morning around 9 AM. It got a lot of coverage in Texas. @CowgirlsFan about the amount of coverage there was. - Do Not Pick Up Any Debris You Find. Call the local authorities. 7 hours ago, CowgirlsFan said: I had no clue you'd spent time in Texas. I lived in Arlington then. I heard the sonic boom from the shower. While dressing,I heard they'd lost communication. Terribly sad.? I hated having to work that day. I now live in Granbury,Texas. It was February 1st. It was short lived. Nortel relocated an office from Boca Raton to Richardson in the summer of 2002. I sold my house in Florida and bought a house in Allen. By Oct 2002 I was laid off. Thanks to ENRON scandal and the Telecom Crash jobs were hard to find and I had no way to pay the mortgage. I returned to Florida in 2003. Edited April 19, 2018 by ShadyBillsFan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherpa Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 9-11. I left New York on a 767 the day prior, and was flying back from San Francisco when it happened. We had taken off at 6AM Pacific time. Started getting frantic messages from the company on the cockpit printer. I turned around and diverted back to San Francisco. I had flown AA 77, Dulles to LA, almost continuously for the two years prior and took a check captain job a few months earlier. I knew I would know the crew that hit the Pentagon, and I had worked with all of them. Just an atrocious day. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 7 hours ago, bbb said: That whole weekend I remember every year. Dec. 4th was a Thursday. I was a frosh at Bonas and was able to get a ride up to meet my friends for my first Springsteen concert - out of 27 so far - at the Aud............December 7th was one of the most fun Bills game ever - we stayed after the Bills beat the NFC Champion Rams and were rewarded with the Bills and Jills coming out and dancing forever to Talking Proud..............And, then got back to Bonas, and kept getting updates at the library about who was winning MNF between the Pats-Dolphins (we needed the Pats to lose) - and when I heard the Dolphins scored, I decided to go back to the dorm. I go into the only room with a TV, where all my friends were watching the game, and they said Did you hear what happened? I said Yeah, the Dolphins scored! They said No, John Lennon got killed! I miss what could have been John's role in our world as he turned 78 this year.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CowgirlsFan Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 13 hours ago, bbb said: To go to the parade? No... we watched on TV in our bedroom ...it was selfish reasons of hers....she was painting the bathroom and because of the occasion she didn't want to stop and go pick us up from school. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeviF Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 Looked at the calendar today and it jarred some of my earliest memories. April 19, 1995, truck bomb explodes outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CowgirlsFan Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 Also .....the Waco ordeal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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