Reagan and the Challenger

[ravenclawlady]

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From: ravenclawlady
Subject: Reagan and the Challenger
Reply To: [Yahoo! #2630] Re: More with the lists of 70's and 80's
Date: 6/22/00 8:11 pm  (ET)

<You remember where you were when Reagan was shot and the Challenger
exploded. (6th grade, playground, & 11th grade bio, standing over a
fetal pig)>

I was actually going to mention the Challenger in a future post (it
occurred to me on the way home from the DMV).

Sounds like you and I are about the same age.

Reagan: 7th grade, coming into my first class after lunch (home ec). We
spent the entire period watching TV for updates.

Challenger: Senior year of high school (2 days after my 18th birthday,
in fact). We were in the middle of finals and didn't have access to the
news, so I heard about it after the fact--on the radio on the way home
from school.


OK, to show myself further as a tweener:

JOHN Kennedy: Wouldn't be conceived for another three and a half years.

ROBERT Kennedy: I don't remember. I was alive, but still in diapers.

Martin Luther King Jr: ditto.


Melanie