Memorable events in your lifetime.

Grandeeod

Okay so, I'm not talking about personal events. I'm talking about sports, wars, politics, weather, Irish and international etc. Memorable events that you were old enough to actually witness live or reported on TV/Media and understand. Here's my list in no particular order, though its probably far from complete.

Popes visit to Ireland 1979.
Ireland qualifying for Euro 88.
Ireland qualifying for Italia 90.
Gulf wars.
John Lennon assassination.
Assassination attempts on Ronald Reagan and the Pope.
Band Aid.
Live Aid.
Self Aid
and AIDS itself.
Invention of the CD/DVD.
Mad electrical storms in Ireland in 1985/6.
Hurricane Charlie 1986.
The big snow of 1982.
Mobile phone.
Laptop.
The Herald of Free Enterprise disaster.
Fall of the Berlin Wall.
The breakup of the Soviet Union.
Hillsborough disaster.
Hysel stadium disaster.
The start of the Simpsons.
Launch of the Space Shuttle.
The internet.
911
Channel tunnel.

bear1

Iraqi invasion by Bush Jr.
Rise of ISIS
Brexit
11/9
Malaysian Airlines (both of them).
The birth of my little girl

kfallon

The shíte I had during half time of Brazil v Holland, USA '94! Took 20 minutes to get out, boy was it a biggy. Took 3 flushes to get rid of. Really was a 'King Kongs finger'. Say I was beetroot after it....at both ends

Jimbob1977

Here goes. Born in 1977, so I would only remember from 1985 onwards.

o Famine in Ethiopia. Live Aid concerts
o Challenger space shuttle disaster
o Herald of Free Enterprise ferry disaster (Zeebrugge, Belgium)
o Chernobyl Nuclear accident
o Fall of the Berlin Wall
o Hillsborough Stadium disaster
o Mandela freed. Apartheid collapses.
o Iraq invades Kuwait. Gulf Storm liberation
o Collapse of Soviet Union
o David Koresh and the Waco siege
o Rwanda genocide and pathetic UN/Western response
o Yugoslav disintegration and ethnic cleansing
o Oklahoma City bombing
o Death of Diana, Princess of Wales
o The Monica Lewinsky scandal
o Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland
o Omagh bombing
o Bill Clinton authorises bombing of Bin Laden bases after US embassies bombed in Kenya and Tanzania
o September 11th 2001 attacks
o Invasion of Iraq
o Madrid bombed by Al Qaeda
o Indian Ocean tsunami
o London bombed by Al Qaeda
o Election of Barack Obama
o Celtic Tiger crashes. Global economy crashes
o Haitian earthquake
o Japanese tsunami and Fukashima nuclear reactor
o Regular terrorist attacks on European and North African soil. France, Belgium, Germany, Tunisia, Egypt
o Syrian War and associated migrant crisis
o Brexit. Britain opts out

kfallon

Jimbob1977 wrote: »

Here goes. Born in 1977, so I would only remember from 1985 onwards.

o Famine in Ethiopia. Live Aid concerts
o Challenger space shuttle disaster
o Herald of Free Enterprise ferry disaster (Zeebrugge, Belgium)
o Chernobyl Nuclear accident
o Fall of the Berlin Wall
o Hillsborough Stadium disaster
o Mandela freed. Apartheid collapses.
o Iraq invades Kuwait. Gulf Storm liberation
o Collapse of Soviet Union
o David Koresh and the Waco siege
o Rwanda genocide and pathetic UN/Western response
o Yugoslav disintegration and ethnic cleansing
o Oklahoma City bombing
o Death of Diana, Princess of Wales
o The Monica Lewinsky scandal
o Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland
o Omagh bombing
o Bill Clinton authorises bombing of Bin Laden bases after US embassies bombed in Kenya and Tanzania
o September 11th 2001 attacks
o Invasion of Iraq
o Madrid bombed by Al Qaeda
o Indian Ocean tsunami
o London bombed by Al Qaeda
o Election of Barack Obama
o Celtic Tiger crashes. Global economy crashes
o Haitian earthquake
o Japanese tsunami and Fukashima nuclear reactor
o Regular terrorist attacks on European and North African soil. France, Belgium, Germany, Tunisia, Egypt
o Syrian War and associated migrant crisis
o Brexit. Britain opts out

So you only remember the good things then...... :pac:

Sam Kade

Grandeeod wrote: »

Okay so, I'm not talking about personal events. I'm talking about sports, wars, politics, weather, Irish and international etc. Memorable events that you were old enough to actually witness live or reported on TV/Media and understand. Here's my list in no particular order, though its probably far from complete.

Popes visit to Ireland 1979.
Ireland qualifying for Euro 88.
Ireland qualifying for Italia 90.
Gulf wars.
John Lennon assassination.
Assassination attempts on Ronald Reagan and the Pope.
Band Aid.
Live Aid.
Self Aid
and AIDS itself.
Invention of the CD/DVD.
Mad electrical storms in Ireland in 1985/6.
Hurricane Charlie 1986.
The big snow of 1982.
Mobile phone.
Laptop.
The Herald of Free Enterprise disaster.
Fall of the Berlin Wall.
The breakup of the Soviet Union.
Hillsborough disaster.
Hysel stadium disaster.
The start of the Simpsons.
Launch of the Space Shuttle.
The internet.
911
Channel tunnel.

1986 you were also around for Halley's comet surely a bigger event than hurricane Charlie. It only comes round every 75 years.

Grandeeod

Sam Kade wrote: »

1986 you were also around for Halley's comet surely a bigger event than hurricane Charlie. It only comes round every 75 years.

I remember Halley's comet alright. As I said the list isnt complete. Hurricane Charlie had, lets say, a more direct impact on my memory.

First kiss.

Nerdlingr

Jimbob1977 wrote: »

Here goes. Born in 1977, so I would only remember from 1985 onwards.

o Famine in Ethiopia. Live Aid concerts
o Challenger space shuttle disaster
o Herald of Free Enterprise ferry disaster (Zeebrugge, Belgium)
o Chernobyl Nuclear accident
o Fall of the Berlin Wall
o Hillsborough Stadium disaster
o Mandela freed. Apartheid collapses.
o Iraq invades Kuwait. Gulf Storm liberation
o Collapse of Soviet Union
o David Koresh and the Waco siege
o Rwanda genocide and pathetic UN/Western response
o Yugoslav disintegration and ethnic cleansing
o Oklahoma City bombing
o Death of Diana, Princess of Wales
o The Monica Lewinsky scandal
o Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland
o Omagh bombing
o Bill Clinton authorises bombing of Bin Laden bases after US embassies bombed in Kenya and Tanzania
o September 11th 2001 attacks
o Invasion of Iraq
o Madrid bombed by Al Qaeda
o Indian Ocean tsunami
o London bombed by Al Qaeda
o Election of Barack Obama
o Celtic Tiger crashes. Global economy crashes
o Haitian earthquake
o Japanese tsunami and Fukashima nuclear reactor
o Regular terrorist attacks on European and North African soil. France, Belgium, Germany, Tunisia, Egypt
o Syrian War and associated migrant crisis
o Brexit. Britain opts out

Good list...I'd add to it
The release of Brian Keenan, Guldiford 4, Birmingham 6
Lockerbie bombing
Boxing day Tsunami

Dyr

Nerdlingr wrote: »

Boxing day Tsunami

Your cover is blown

ScumLord

I was alive at the same time as previous posters. So ditto on what they said.

valoren

From a Sports perspective;

Michael Johnson breaking the 200m world record at Atlanta 20 years ago.
Stayed up until after 2am for 19.32 seconds. The silence before the gun and after thousands of camera's flashing as they went around the bend.

Also in Golf. The Miracle at Medinah Ryder Cup in 2012.
One of the best comebacks in all of Sport for me.

Winterlong

J.R. got shot by Kristen (she was Sue Ellen's sister).

Alf Stewart.

The evening Packie Bonner saved that penalty in 1990.

Alf Stewart.

Winterlong wrote: »

J.R. got shot by Kristen (she was Sue Ellen's sister).

eh

Sam Kade

My grandfater was 3 years old when Custer was killed at the battle of the little big horn.

dslamjack

Don't forget Bobby Ewing getting out of the shower and saying to Pam she must have been dreaming,cause she saw him on Tv as ''The Man from Atlantis'' ,me world was never the same after that.

Wibbs

Sam Kade wrote: »

My grandfater was 3 years old when Custer was killed at the battle of the little big horn.

:eek:

I remember the last moon landing. Elvis dying. Later on John Lennon.

dslamjack

Being backstage and in the wing's at the first Slane Castle gig - Thin Lizzy and U2 head lining ,meeting Philo off the helicopter.

whiskeyman

My gold medal in the 1989 school sports day egg and spoon race.

Some things will never be beaten...

dslamjack

Sally O'Brien and the way she might look at ye,met her in Gibney's of Malahide ,and NO I did't try to fry an egg ,cause it's impossible with 2 pint's of Harp in yere hands.

spurious

Moon landing
Bloody Sunday
The assassination of Aldo Moro - for some reason that sticks in my head
The Monasterevin Siege
Abba in Concert in Dublin
Almost everything else mentioned

Watching my odometer changing to 100,000km AND 200,000km

Several toots of the horn were made to announce that triumph.








Only 70,000 to go till the next memorable moment.

Galwayguy35

Shergar stolen by the Ra
Ronald Regan visit
Band Aid song being played to death xmas 1984
Aids dominating the news
New car number plates coming out in 1987
Galway winning hurling in 1987/88 (and nothing since)
Barry McGuigan becoming world champion
World Cup 1990

pawrick

Some of the things which stick out in my mind rather than things I just happened to be alive for

Fall of the Berlin Wall - this sticks out more than anything else as something I watched with my parents on TV
Tiananmen Square Massacre
Break up of the Soviet Union and attempted coup v Yeltsin
Overthrowing of the Communist/dictator led states in Europe
Nicolae Ceausescu being executed
German unification
Nelson Mandela being freed
End of apartheid
Balken War / Break up of Yugoslavia
The Mir station decommissioned eventually and International Space station coming together
Changeover to the Euro
Gulf War Part 1
Gulf War Part Deux
9/11 attacks
US led invasion of Afghanistan
Princess Dianna getting killed
Italia 90 & Euro 88
Croke Park being opened to rugby
The cult in Wako
Mad Cow Disease and Foot and Mouth Disease
Cheap travel to Europe

A Little Pony

Brexit is at the top politically.

9/11

Sam Kade

Sam Kade wrote: »

My grandfater was 3 years old when Custer was killed at the battle of the little big horn.

About six years ago, I had the privilege of attending a talk by this man on the battle of LBH. His step-grandfather was a scout for Custer, and he was one of - perhaps the - last living people/person to have heard first hand testimony of it until his death earlier this year.

He was an incredible character in his own right, if you read that page. I tell a lot of people about him, I was lucky to have been there.

Widdershins

Hurricane Darwin, the only hurricane I have seen, and the big freeze of..2010?

Grandeeod

I'll add Michael Conlon being robbed at Rio Olympics.:D

wakka12

Why is everyone just naming big news stories? Surely your first kiss, your first date, first day in secondary school , graduation , etc etc would be bigger events in your lifetime than some terrorist attack or natural disaster??

Grandeeod

wakka12 wrote: »

Why is everyone just naming big news stories? Surely your first kiss, your first date, first day in secondary school , graduation , etc etc would be bigger events in your lifetime than some terrorist attack or natural disaster??

Because if you read the first post, it says the following.

I'm not talking about personal events. I'm talking about sports, wars, politics, weather, Irish and international etc. Memorable events that you were old enough to actually witness live or reported on TV/Media and understand.