So where were you when:

1) Kennedy was shot - 22nd November 1963
2) The Argentinians took the Faulklands - April 1982
3) Princess Diana died - 31st August 1997
4) The Twin Towers fell - 9th September 2001
5) Operation Shock and Awe - US against Iraq - 22nd March 2003

Feel free to add your own significant dates.

1) Kennedy was shot - 22nd November 1963
I wasn't born but my mum was preparing for a ballet exam.
2) The Argentinians took the Faulklands - April 1982
I was 9, in school an we were told what had happened by our teachers.
3) Princess Diana died - 31st August 1997
I had finished a busy night shift as Special Constable and decided to put the TV on at 3am to unwind!
4) The Twin Towers fell - 9th September 2001
I had just finished watching 'Enemy at the Gates' on video as the tape ended the second plane hit.
5) Operation Shock and Awe - US against Iraq - 22nd March 2003
It was the day before the Oscars and I was in LA......

1) Kennedy was shot - 22nd November 1963
I wasn't born yet

2) The Argentinians took the Faulklands - April 1982
I was in France on a school exchange trip and was scared that when I got home my Dad would have been called up!

3) Princess Diana died - 31st August 1997
I was driving through the Dartford tunnel on my way home from Turkey after a 23 hour delay with two virtual stangers in the back who had also been delayed but had no way of getting home so I was giving them a lift

4) The Twin Towers fell - 9th September 2001
I was in Comet with my ex who was taking his camera in to be fixed

5) Operation Shock and Awe - US against Iraq - 22nd March 2003
I can't remember!

what a good thread Coastie!

1) Kennedy was shot - 22nd November 1963
I wasn't born!

2) The Argentinians took the Faulklands - April 1982
I was two so probably doing what two year olds typically do eating/sleeping or causing general havoc!!

3) Princess Diana died - 31st August 1997

I can remember I had been out the night before and I was sleeping in late and my mum came into the room and told me....still do not get the whole nation mourning that followed...

4) The Twin Towers fell - 9th September 2001
I was working in my Summer job and was actually on my break and on in an Internet cafe with friends, i saw the headline on yahoo in the news section and thought a plane had accidently crashed into the tower... i think that was the first immediate thought when the news broke

5) Operation Shock and Awe - US against Iraq - 22nd March 2003
i cant remember that, that was march two years ago... i would have been in work i guess!

1) Kennedy was shot - 22nd November 1963
I wasn't born yet.

2) The Argentinians took the Faulklands - April 1982
I'd be 13, and can't really remember exactly.

3) Princess Diana died - 31st August 1997
I remember this one, I was living in Florida at the time, had been to a party in Miami and we were in a diner at 4am having supper/breakfast and it was on the TV.

4) The Twin Towers fell - 9th September 2001
Remember this one too. At home, hubby had gone for a haircut, for some reason he wasn't at work. And saw it all happening on TV. Just sat watching with my mouth agape as it all unfolded. I have been up one of the towers.

5) Operation Shock and Awe - US against Iraq - 22nd March 2003
I'd be somewhere round here with two kids under 4 so can't really remember exactly.

Good Thread, Coastie!

1. 22nd November 1963 - Kennedy shot.

Wsn't born until 1968 - must ask my parents where they were.

2. The Argentians taking the Falklands - April 1982

Can't really remember where I was, at school or home. One thing I do remember about that though is that one of neighbour's sons was aboard one of the ships and she was sick with worry until he returned.

3. Princess Diana - 31st August 1997

I had just found out I was pregnant and we went to my cousins in the Lake District for the weekend. We got up in the morning and my cousin turned on the TV to get the Lottery numbers, and there on Teletext is huge writing Princess Diana killed in car crash. At first we thought, no but then went to the TV stations and they were all reporting on it. My cousin shouted up to her husband that Diana was dead, his reply.............Good!!! We went to IKEA in Warrington that day.

4. Twin Towers - 9/11

We were at a friends and her sister phoned to say that a plane had crashed into one of the Twin Towers. She turned on the news, by that time the other plane had crashed and there were reports of a plane crashing into the Pentagon. When I got home, I switched on the TV to see the towers crashing to the ground.

5.Operation Shock and Awe - US against Iraq - 22nd March 2003

Can't really remember where exactly, probably at home but the whole thing had been impending for days, so it wasn't really any big surprise.

Here's another two:

Where were you when John Lennon got shot? - 8th December 1980

I remember it being cold and close to Christmas and I got up in the morning and my dad had the radio on and he told me that there was one less Beatle as one had been killed, I thought he had killed a beetle!!

Where were you when Elvis died - 16th August 1977

I don't exactly remember where I was, again probably at home with my parents. I do remember writing about it in my news jotter the next day and drawing a picture of Elvis on stage!!

Edited to say: I like your new avatar, Andrea - very you complete with red hair!!

Where were you when John Lennon got shot? - 8th December 1980

Gosh erm....would have been at school if it wasn't a weekend...I was 7...I can remember being sad about it because 'Imagine' was my fave song at the time!

Where were you when Elvis died - 16th August 1977
Oh gosh I was 4...seriously can't remember...I know I didn't like him much...oh and I was actually 8 for the Faulklands...eek!

1) Kennedy was shot - 22nd November 1963 - Can't remember. It was too long ago even for me!

2) The Argentinians took the Faulklands - April 1982 Learning to spell 'Falklands' :wink2: I can't remember the specific moment when the Argentinian flag was raised over Stanley, but I do remember reading about it, hearing about it on the news, and talking about it on the train.

3) Princess Diana died - 31st August 1997 Probably asleep because it was a Sunday morning wasn't it? I think I flicked the tv on for no specific reason other than to set the video at about 10.30 and it was being reported on every channel.

4) The Twin Towers fell - 9th September 2001. I was definitely at work, in fact I remember quite specifically that I didn't have much to do and was browsing the this MB when I saw the news which is when I switched on the radio and discovered the awful reality of it.

5) Operation Shock and Awe - US against Iraq - 22nd March 2003 - Asleep again I think. But I remember watching the news avidly that day and for weeks afterwards.

I wasn't born on the day JFK got shot.
I don't remember clearly where I was for any other event (rumblings but not exact where and when) except Diana because I was working in a hospital in London in my nursing days and I broke the news to the staff early (just before 7). Afterwards (a day of disbelief) I remember seeing her picture plastered to a rotating stand in a garage and that summed up for me the absurdity as well as the shock and pervasiveness of it all.
Twin towers I was working in a hospital again and it seemed so surreal.
John Lennon - I heard in the middle of a school exam.
It is funny what is recalled in detail and what is vague.
I tend to shy away from war events because I hate the reality of them.

So where were you when:

1) Kennedy was shot - 22nd November 1963
2) The Argentinians took the Faulklands - April 1982
3) Princess Diana died - 31st August 1997
4) The Twin Towers fell - 9th September 2001
5) Operation Shock and Awe - US against Iraq - 22nd March 2003

1. Kennedy _ I wasn't born
2. At home, I was convinced it was a bizarre April Fools prank :blink:

3. Diana - In my flat, sleeping the sleep of the very drunk - I had no idea till about 6.00pm that evening when my mum rang me.

4. At work in central London, next to a very high office block - it was the most surreal day.

5. Don't really remember this one as I was jetting off to the caribbean to get married - i was probably swathed in chiffon and sparkly stuff :cool2:

So where were you when:

1) Kennedy was shot - 22nd November 1963
Wasn't born.

2) The Argentinians took the Faulklands - April 1982
I was in school too, can't really remember who told us?

3) Princess Diana died - 31st August 1997
I had just arrived at my brothers house to take my nephews out for the day and my brother told me, I remember not believing him till he switched on the TV.

4) The Twin Towers fell - 9th September 2001
I was at work, a courier came in with a delivery for us, he told us, then we switched on the radio, I remember getting in from work around 6pm and we watched it all night, every channel we switched on there it was.

5) Operation Shock and Awe - US against Iraq - 22nd March 2003
We were in Dublin, we always go to Dublin on the 19th March for our anniversary, I remember being in the hotel room watching it on the TV.

6) Where were you when John Lennon got shot? - 8th December 1980
Can't remember, I was 10, so probably out playing somewhere.

7) Where were you when Elvis died - 16th August 1977
I remember I was in bed, when my mum came through and told me.

1. I wasnt born

2. I wasnt born

3. I was asleep (still in school @ the time) When I woke up I went downstairs and put on the television.....it said that the princess of wales had been confirmed dead. I shouted to mum & dad who was in the kitchen that Diana had died. They told me not to talk so stupid! I said well its on every tv channel and it says shes been killed. They rushed into the room and couldnt believe it! In the village where I live you didnt see anyone outside all day. It was like a ghost town

4. I was just getting ready to go meet a friend @ the pub and put the tv on whilst I was getting ready.The 2nd plane had just hit....Couldnt quite believe it. I listened to it on the radio on the way to the pub in disbelief. When me & my mate got to the pub we was mesmerised by what we was seeing on the television.

5.Cant really remember.... saw it on the television again

So where were you when:

1) Kennedy was shot - 22nd November 1963
n/a

2) The Argentinians took the Faulklands - April 1982
I was telling me dad I wanted to paint a rainbow effect on my wall rather than have him paste wallpaper over it. "YMCA" was playing on the radio and then some news reports came on declaring that Britain was at war with Argentina. I then asked dad "whose side are we on?....."

3) Princess Diana died - 31st August 1997
I had just arrived home from worky-poo's and noticed the news network had commandeered all channels. Difficult to miss really.

4) The Twin Towers fell - 9th September 2001
I was sat at home playing a football managerial game on the PS when I think I had just lost my 18th consecutive match, and through extreme annoyance I decided to watch "Neighbours" instead. However.......Neighbours wasn't on.....there was a live image of two towers with smoke bellowing out from them. I could immediately tell the broadcast was American 'cos it was that kind of picture that you can get only from America. From that moment on my eyes were glued to the tv set for a further 6-7 days at least. All rather surreal.

5) Operation Shock and Awe - US against Iraq - 22nd March 2
Well, it was kind of like waiting for a live broadcast of a heavyweight boxing bout to begin. Counting down the hours until the Master of Ceremonies grabs the mic and starts proceedings. We knew it was coming, it was a question of when?, and would it be so shocking?, and would it be so awesome?. In fact it was so terrifying and tangible, that I even ducked myself on more than one occasion, as the bombs rained down on Baghdad live on tv.

Suggestion:

Where was you when Boris "Boom-Boom" Becker was diving around on the grass on his way to a first Wimbledon title?