What Was The First Major News Event That You Can Recall As A Child And How...

[Dr. §hambo]

...Did It Affect You? Mine was the Falklands war when I was told that Argentina were going to bomb us. If affected me because as a kid we used to visit a place called Argentinny and I assumed that the war was going to be near us.

[Flossie]

John Major becoming prime minister in 1990, I would have been 5. Just hope conservatives come into power at the next elections aswell.

[asseenfromoutside]

The bread delivery man came and told my mother that the king had died. I didn't understand why my mother cried.

[Ms Mat Urity]

Suez Canal crisis.......yes I am 59!!! I was born 4 yrs after World War 2 finished but all the stories were still around and I remember on hearing this I was absolutely terrified there was going to be another World War.

[Kimmi M]

The Space Shuttle Challenger explosion. I don't remember it affecting me at all. I felt kind of bad about that.

[Lady Carole]

My family were on a coach on our way home after touring Europe, when it came on the radio "England have beaten Germany 4 - 2 to win the football world cup" I remember asking my mum what that meant, she said Englands football players, Bobby Charlton etc had won the best football prize. Well I was only 8 ! We were just going through a border crossing at the time, YES you`ve guessed it, just trying to leave Germany, the guards held us up for hours !!

[alogicthinker]

I am 16 now, but my first major news event was sadly the impeachment of Bill Clinton. At the time I obviously didn't know what he had done and how hilarious because i was 5. It didn't affect me at all that much because it was such a trivial event. My second major news event was 9/11 when i was in fourth grade and as you can imagine that affected me big time because I live 20 minutes from NYC. After 9/11 my entire perspective on the world, and what being American was about changed that day.

[steph j]

Grand Hotel Brighton being blown up by the IRA.

It was the only time I remember my dad taking a day off work and that was only because he couldnt get there, due to the road closures.

[seekn2know]

3rd grade. Standing at the chalk board in front of the class when the principles speaker came on, and announced that President Kennedy had been shot and had died everyone was stunned....... then we all broke out crying............