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Post by JKLever Wed 03 Oct 2007, 01:10

remember the 1977 silver jubilee as a 4yr old clearly as we had to dress up.

Also remember Elvis dying a month or so later.

Whats yours?
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Post by Geoffrey Trueman Wed 03 Oct 2007, 01:32

Mine's visiting my Grandfather on his death bed in a loony bin and showing him a toy I'd been given by my parents to relieve the obvious boredom. It was a Mexican bandit type character riding a horse made from a rubber like substance shaped around a wire frame.

To be honest I've never given it much thought. But on reflection it makes me feel quite sad.
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Post by JKLever Wed 03 Oct 2007, 02:11

Geoffrey Trueman wrote:Mine's visiting my Grandfather on his death bed in a loony bin and showing him a toy I'd been given by my parents to relieve the obvious boredom. It was a Mexican bandit type character riding a horse made from a rubber like substance shaped around a wire frame.

To be honest I've never given it much thought. But on reflection it makes me feel quite sad.

It probably means a lot to you but as per the thread title it's hardly a 'world event' :|
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Post by LeFromage Wed 03 Oct 2007, 03:23

When did the Challenger shuttle explode? 1986. No, I must remember something before that...
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Post by HH_pink Wed 03 Oct 2007, 04:04

Gulf war - late 1990-91, Rajiv Gandhi's assasination - 1991.
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Post by furriner Wed 03 Oct 2007, 04:08

Assasination of Mujibur Rahman.

Death of PG Wodehouse (Years later I thought it was a global event, anyway).
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Post by Henry Wed 03 Oct 2007, 04:12

Mine would probably be the Lockerbie plane crash in 1988.
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Post by furriner Wed 03 Oct 2007, 04:20

Except for JKL's first example, every single early childhood memory of a global event, including mine, seems to be a death or a disaster.

Says something, dunno what.
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Post by embee Wed 03 Oct 2007, 04:23

1972 Olympics ...the achievements of Shane Gould and Mark Spitz ...but not the Israelis
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Post by Henry Wed 03 Oct 2007, 04:26

Typical that an Aussie only remembers the 1972 olympics for a few gold medals that the Aussie's won.
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Post by embee Wed 03 Oct 2007, 04:29

Trev

Can you imagine the media coverage in 1972?

They only basically show Ozzie events now ...I think Spitz was lucky to even get a mention back then ...lucky he won 7 Gold Medals or we would never have heard of him
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Post by The One Wed 03 Oct 2007, 04:33

my birth. its a bit hazy though

after that gandhi's assassination

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Post by embee Wed 03 Oct 2007, 04:34

The One wrote:my birth. its a bit hazy though

after that gandhi's assassination

Oh My God!!!

You killed Gandhi!

You bastard!
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Post by furriner Wed 03 Oct 2007, 04:34

Very Happy
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Post by JGK Wed 03 Oct 2007, 05:24

JKLever wrote:remember the 1977 silver jubilee as a 4yr old clearly as we had to dress up.

Also remember Elvis dying a month or so later.

Whats yours?


Mine is Cyclone Tracy which destroyed my home town of Darwin in Christmas 1974 (just before my 3rd birthday).

Other than that, the silver jubilee (I recall the special 50c coin in Oz) and Elvis are other early memories (with a vague recollection that the Montreal Olympics were on).

Not quite global - but nevertheless significant - but I do have a strong recollection of the sacking of the Whitlman government and my mum and uncle taking me to a "Shame Fraser Shame" rally.

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Post by doremi Wed 03 Oct 2007, 05:39

Brazil winning the WC in 1994.
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Post by embee Wed 03 Oct 2007, 05:43

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Mine is Cyclone Tracy which destroyed my home town of Darwin in Christmas 1974 (just before my 3rd birthday).

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Dubber in "Getting blown by a girl" shock .
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Post by JGK Wed 03 Oct 2007, 05:58

embee wrote:
JGK wrote:


Mine is Cyclone Tracy which destroyed my home town of Darwin in Christmas 1974 (just before my 3rd birthday).

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Dubber in "Getting blown by a girl" shock .


Twit. If it wasn't for Cyclone Tracy, Marto would never have been a Wozzie crab.

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Post by HH_pink Wed 03 Oct 2007, 06:17

The One wrote:my birth. its a bit hazy though

after that gandhi's assassination

You mean Rajiv, surely? Or atleast Indira? Wink
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Post by embee Wed 03 Oct 2007, 06:24

JGK wrote:
embee wrote:
JGK wrote:


Mine is Cyclone Tracy which destroyed my home town of Darwin in Christmas 1974 (just before my 3rd birthday).

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Dubber in "Getting blown by a girl" shock .


Twit. If it wasn't for Cyclone Tracy, Marto would never have been a Wozzie ...he was always going to be a crab.

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Post by Guest Wed 03 Oct 2007, 06:50

I thought I remembered the 'Torrey Canyon' oil tanker disaster but I just read that I would only have been three so now I'm confused.

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Post by taipan Wed 03 Oct 2007, 07:04

JFK
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Post by embee Wed 03 Oct 2007, 07:10

taipan wrote:JFK

Old Cnut
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Post by taipan Wed 03 Oct 2007, 07:13

embee wrote:
taipan wrote:JFK

Old Cnut

That the best the youth of today can come up with?
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Post by LeFromage Wed 03 Oct 2007, 07:17

taipan wrote:
embee wrote:
taipan wrote:JFK

Old Cnut

That the best the youth of today can come up with?

He was going to shoot you in the head, but it seemed an impossible shot from his position in the book repository, so he settled for a predictable put-down.
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