Greatest news stories of your lifetime?

[tikay]

Greatest news stories?

The Bible
The Quran
The Tanakh

Or are we not including works of fiction?

In my lifetime my top 3 would be -

9/11
The death of Diana
The SAS ending the Iranian Embassy siege  

All of those kept me rivetted to the TV for hours

Unbelievable drama, & right in the middle of the World Snooker Final on Telly on Sunday night. Alex Higgins & Thorburn?

[Ironside]

For me the greatest news stories in MY life time all centre around the time i was in the Army

1) Russia pulling out of Afghanistan as a teenager i always thought i would be Rambo (not a nerdy, drunk my army life turned into)
2) The Berlin Wall coming down, Night Rider David Hasselhoff standing on top of it, Nov 89. I was Based in a garrison called Osnabrück,
the whole country was buzzing at the time and the months after. I got confirmation that was going to be able to tun the Berlin marathon
1990 the first one to run both sides of the old border. Unfortunely i lost an argument with my mate's bike and i was not fit enough to run it.
3) Iraq invaded Kuwait. Was just back to Scotland for rehab.

[bookiebasher]

One of the best headlines  , believe it was the Sun newspaper …

Paddy pantsdown

[Kev B]

Chilean trapped miners, that was a big story with an amazing outcome.

[RED-DOG]

Salisbury novichok murders.

Bhopal disaster.

Yorkshire ripper.

[Karabiner]

One of the best headlines  , believe it was the Sun newspaper …

Paddy pantsdown

Like the Sam Fox leaving headline.

Thanks for the Mammories

[Knottikay]

1) The death of Elvis (The 1st and only time I saw my Dad cry)

2) 911

3) Covid (more the aftermath, rather the actually period during)

[GreekStein]

My lifetime:

- Death of Princess Diana

- 9/11


Asked my dad the same question. He said:

- Moon landing

- JFK assassination

- Churchill's funeral.

- 9/11

- Fall of the Soviet Union

[GreekStein]

Blatchgate

[Kev B]

1) The death of Elvis (The 1st and only time I saw my Dad cry)

2) 911

3) Covid (more the aftermath, rather the actually period during)

Elvis dying was very sad day. I was going on 19, came in from the pub to find my Mum and sister in tears. Luxembourg 208 played Elvis songs all night.

[Karabiner]

Boldie's trip to Vegas

[Pokerpops]

1) The death of Elvis (The 1st and only time I saw my Dad cry)

2) 911

3) Covid (more the aftermath, rather the actually period during)

Elvis dying was very sad day. I was going on 19, came in from the pub to find my Mum and sister in tears. Luxembourg 208 played Elvis songs all night.

Elvis was a spent force when he died. I was far more affected by Hendrix going and he had so much more to give.

[booder]

Boldie's trip to Vegas

 

[Kev B]

1) The death of Elvis (The 1st and only time I saw my Dad cry)

2) 911

3) Covid (more the aftermath, rather the actually period during)

Elvis dying was very sad day. I was going on 19, came in from the pub to find my Mum and sister in tears. Luxembourg 208 played Elvis songs all night.

Elvis was a spent force when he died. I was far more affected by Hendrix going and he had so much more to give.

I was weened on Elvis, Mum was a huge fan. That's why it was a sad time in our household.

[Pokerpops]

1) The death of Elvis (The 1st and only time I saw my Dad cry)

2) 911

3) Covid (more the aftermath, rather the actually period during)

Elvis dying was very sad day. I was going on 19, came in from the pub to find my Mum and sister in tears. Luxembourg 208 played Elvis songs all night.

Elvis was a spent force when he died. I was far more affected by Hendrix going and he had so much more to give.

I was weened on Elvis, Mum was a huge fan. That's why it was a sad time in our household.

Yeah, I get that.