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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was born in mid 1964.  I do not feel apart of either generation. JFK was shot before I was born. I don't remember Viet Nam. I have a vague memory of the moon shot, ("watch THIS, you will remember it the rest of your life!!!!!" is what I remember).  I was just becoming aware when Nixon was nearly impeached - mid-ES.  Carter's election is the first one I remember. I remember John Anderson.

I remember when John Lennon was shot mainly because it was the first banner headline I had ever seen in the newspaper and that shocked me.  I really wasn't aware of the Beatles until that point. Same for Elvis's death.

I remember when Reagan was shot, I know who shot JR, I remember the Iranian hostages coming home - these were when I was in HS.

I remember Challenger in college, same for Thriller - I was never really a Michael Jackson fan.  Madonna was huge.  Purple Rain came out in college.  U2 was on my radar then. Live Aid.....

I remember Lockerbie- two students from my HS were on the plane.  I remember Tiananmen square- a mom from church was in a hotel just off the square.  I remember the hijacked plane that went to Beirut- a neighbor was on that plane.  (I don't remember the chronology of those events).

I remember when the wall came down and Perestroika- I was living in DC and working.  I did not know of Kurt Cobain until after his death. [/quote]

I was born in 1964 and have all these memories too, but I consider myself Gen X.[/quote]

I’m probably 4-5 months older than you and it sounds more like you were sheltered from the news and pop culture more than an age thing. I remember hearing about the Vietnam War on the TV every night. There was a ticker at the bottom of the screen w/ number of soldiers killed. I remember the moon landing. I impersonated Nixon at 4th grade sleepovers. I was in math class when Elvis died and was very aware of who he was. Poor Lisa Marie! [/quote]

Nope. I remember seeing Vietnam on TV. Also saw the Yom Kippur war on TV, and my mom told me to stay away from the local synagogue, LMAO, like the Arabs were going to attack it next. I watched the moon landing on TV. I remember being in school when they announced Nixon's resignation. I remember SNL mocking Jerry Ford's clumsiness. I'm still Gen X.[/quote]

What state did you live in where school started the first week of August in 1974? Didn’t most schools back then start in September or the last week of August at the earliest?
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