Generation Gap

[bcholmes]

Where were you when:

1. King George VI died (1952)?
2. Sputnik 1 was launched (1957)?
3. Aguero fled Cuba, allowing Castro to take power (1959)?
4. the attempted assassination of Charles de Gaulle took place (1962)?
5. the Profumo Affair broke (1963)?
6. the Six Day War involving Israel and its Arab neighbours happened (1967)?
7. the October Crisis took place (1970)?
8. Idi Amin ordered the invasion of Tanzania (1978)?
9. Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands (1982)?
10. Indira Ghandi was assassinated (1984)?
11. Bhopal disaster (1984)?
12. Chernobyl disaster (1986)?
13. Ayatollah Khomeini declares a fatwa against Salman Rushdie (1989)?
14. the Berlin Wall came down (1989)?
15. Nelson Mandela was released from jail (1990)?
16. a Russian Coup attempt places Gorbachev under house arrest (1991)?
17. Yugoslavia is broken up into Slovenia and Croatia (1992)?
18. the Ariane 5 self-destructed (1996)?
19. the Netherlands becomes the first country in the world to allow same-sex marriage (2001)?

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

At last, a Canadian version, not that I'm Canadian, but the version going around was rather US-centric. Ahem.

King George VI died (1952)?

I'd have been 3 and ignorant.

Sputnik 1 was launched (1957)?

In Buffalo. There is a vague recollection of alarm on the part of the adults.

Aguero fled Cuba, allowing Castro to take power (1959)?

Wasn't that Batista? Fulgencio Batista? Anyway, it was talked about for days...

the attempted assassination of Charles de Gaulle took place (1962)?

If it was in October, I was undergoing a tonsillectomy. Otherwise, I missed it.

the Profumo Affair broke (1963)?

living in Queens. Didn't understand it.

the Six Day War involving Israel and its Arab neighbours happened (1967)?

Graduating from high school. Enjoying the music. It was probably the last time Israel was not perceived as a bully. ;)

the October Crisis took place (1970)?

Got me there.

Idi Amin ordered the invasion of Tanzania (1978)?

Living in New York. (Wasn't this the beginning of the end for Idi Amin?)

Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands (1982)?

Still in New York. I remember my reaction being "Oh, for Pete's sakes!"

Indira Ghandi was assassinated (1984)?
Bhopal disaster (1984)?

New York; heard both announcements on the radio, I think in the morning.

Chernobyl disaster (1986)?

I must have heard something...

Ayatollah Khomeini declares a fatwa against Salman Rushdie (1989)?
the Berlin Wall came down (1989)?
Nelson Mandela was released from jail (1990)?
a Russian Coup attempt places Gorbachev under house arrest (1991)?
Yugoslavia is broken up into Slovenia and Croatia (1992)?

Heard on the radio, usually in the morning, in New York. What a boring life.

the Ariane 5 self-destructed (1996)?

er, what?

the Netherlands becomes the first country in the world to allow same-sex marriage (2001)?

Living in Oakland. Grinned.

Interesting questions. (Hey, does hearing the Blue Jays win their second World Series count?) It's very odd what you remember when you only hear about it after the fact and before caffeine...

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D