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Daughter-Type called me at work today to ask for help with her Psych 101 homework.  She needed to list several memorable things that had occurred (current event stuff) during her ages 1 - 12.  My immediate reaction was, how do I know what you remember? but then the brain cells kicked in and I started to recall things that happened during that time that were memorable to me that she might remember.  This started me thinking about what was big news when I was that age and I came up with this list.  Mind you, I have the whole '60s decade to pull from, so it's almost like cheating.

The Cuban Missile Crisis
Two Kennedys were assassinated
Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated
THE VIETNAM WAR
Apollo 1 disaster
Apollo moon landing
Woodstock
The Civil Rights Movement
Womens' Rights Movement
Kent State Massacre
James Bond hit the screen
The Beatles broke up

There was lots of unpleasantness in the world at that time.

Date: 2012-03-22 04:47 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hsv-fangirl.livejournal.com
I was a child, but I remember the day Martin Luther King was killed. It was on the news and I remember asking my mom why he was killed. That stands out in my mind to this day.
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Edited Date: 2012-03-22 04:47 pm (UTC)

Date: 2012-03-22 05:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] redhedlvr.livejournal.com
I know. I remember, even being a kid, how horrifying that was. Things like that weren't supposed to be happening.

Date: 2012-03-22 04:58 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mutive.livejournal.com
Well, lots of good stuff, too. It was an exciting decade. ;)

Date: 2012-03-22 05:09 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] redhedlvr.livejournal.com
Now I'll have to come up with a list of happier memories from that decade. A lot of what I remember from that time were of my mother being terrified that somebody was going to slip LSD into my milk at school. So I may not have the best perspective going in. UGH.

Date: 2012-03-23 12:00 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] perclexed.livejournal.com
Is it wrong that I'm giggling about James Bond being included in that list? I mean HUGE EVENTS and a movie character.

Date: 2012-03-23 11:22 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] redhedlvr.livejournal.com
James Bond is a huge character! Lol! I just remember my mother going nuts whenever a new JB movie came out. And try as I might, I cannot remember anything else from that time. My father is a big (huge?) current events kind of guy still, so the news was/is always on in some form or other where ever he is. Plus I was like 4 - 12 years old so there really isn't much I remember other than the biggies.

Washing DC area had a flu epidemic in like 65-ish and I had to stay home from school for 2 weeks. More news from the darkside, I know.

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