Where were you when the historical previous event occurred?

[Dr. Cynic]

Wasn't alive (unless you're referring to JP2?)

Canada beating the US for Olympic gold in ice hockey at the 2010 Olympics.

Watching it, exceptionally pissed off.

The Pittsburgh Pirates win 81 games for the first time since 1992.

[free my dawg]

Probably in my dorm, chilling with my friends.

Patriots win their first Super Bowl, 2001.

[Mr. Morden]

Patriots win their first Super Bowl, 2001.

I was in grad school, watching the game at the apartment of a friend of mine.

Ross Perot drops out of the 1992 presidential race.

[Wake Me Up When The Hard Border Ends]

No memory whatsoever, as I was only 1 at the time.

John Howard loses his seat of Bennelong.

[badgate]

^In Oklahoma City University, at my first semester of undergraduate studies.

Considering the date I was probably working on the art song that was my major project for that first semester.


Where were you when... Janet Jackson had her Super Bowl Halftime wardrobe malfunction?

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Wasn't watching, but my mom and dad were and they say they didn't see it. My dad was at the Miami concert when Jim Morrison exposed himself, and he didn't see that either.

The Oklahoma City Bombing

[TDAS04]

In first grade, at class.

The bombings of the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

NICU.

Mohamed Bouazizi setting himself on fire.

[Hamster]

Probably at home (my parents house, since I was in high school at the time). That would have been Christmas Break. I wasn't aware of any of that until people started massing in Tahrir Square.

Zinedine Zidane headbutts Materazzi.

[Wake Me Up When The Hard Border Ends]

At home, not sure if it was school holidays or not, I was in the 10th grade at the time.

Hurricane Katrina makes landfall in Louisiana.

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

In my room at the University of Illinois

... reports that JFK Jr's plane was missing.

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

Vacationing in New Hampshire with my parents.

John Denver is killed in a plane accident.

[Oldiesfreak1854]

Vacationing in New Hampshire with my parents.

John Denver is killed in a plane accident.

Can't remember, but I was only about six years old, so probably not doing much.  I guess at home or in school.

Michael Jackson's death.

[Hamster]

Vacationing in New Hampshire with my parents.

John Denver is killed in a plane accident.

Can't remember, but I was only about six years old, so probably not doing much.  I guess at home or in school.

Michael Jackson's death.
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At a Braves game.

Creation of The Atlas.

[Wake Me Up When The Hard Border Ends]

By Creation of the Atlas, do you mean the creation of the Atlas itself, or when it went live on the Internet?

The former: I was only 1-2 (1992-93), so no memory.
The latter: I would have been at school or home (1997, I was in the first grade)

Source on dates: https://uselectionatlas.org/BOTTOM/about.php

Julia Gillard becomes Australian PM.

[Hash]

It was the day of the Earthquake of the Century in Ottawa (=stuff shook around for a bit) and the day before my HS graduation, so I remember it very well.

Obama's first inauguration (Jan. 09)

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

In my 7th grade history class.

Assassination of Franz Ferdinand

[windjammer]

In my 7th grade history class.

Assassination of Franz Ferdinand

Franz Ferdinand isn't assassinated yet, but I guess it can happen if the GM wants to replace him.
So if it happens, I would be on this forum .

The victory of the far-right in France for the EP elections.

[🦀🎂🦀🎂]

Franz Ferdinand isn't assassinated yet, but I guess it can happen if the GM wants to replace him.
So if it happens, I would be on this forum .

The victory of the far-right in France for the EP elections.

Revising the history of wetlands and forests in the British Isles, occasionally refreshing this forum to check updates.

death of gadaffi

[TDAS04]

On my couch, alone, watching the news unfold.

Assassination of Benazir Bhutto.   

[Bandit3 the Worker]

I’ll start with an easy one to remember: The 9/11 attacks.

I was in bed recovering from a leg injury after being run off the road a week earlier.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

Saddam Hussein's hanging.

I was at a hotel in Quincy, Illinois, and went to a Mexican restaurant for dinner. The spicy food cleared up a bad case of bronchitis.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

OKC bombing

I was at a food mart and heard reports on the radio of suspected terrorists being pulled over somewhere. I didn't know there was more to the story until the following day when I had a doctor appointment and heard it on the car radio.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

Boston Marathon bombing

I had just gotten home from an Occupy protest against the Tea Party's lawsuit against the local library.

[PiMp DaDdy FitzGerald]

On my couch, alone, watching the news unfold.

Assassination of Benazir Bhutto.   

At school.

Russian invasion of the Crimea