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Bush bombing NYC.
Can't forget the L.A riots.
This was one of the most tense moments in terms of race relations in the he U.S. other cities we're afraid it would spread to them.
The fear of it happening again is still there as most recently seen in Ferguson, MO
O.J. And the white Bronco.
For me, it was one of those events where you always remember where you were when you heard the news kind of thing.
The moon landing (I was 4, and it was televised in my school hall).
In the 70s I clearly remember Elvis's death and Nixon's impeachment.
From the 80s:
The miners' strike.
The Iran embassy siege with the SAS.
The Falklands war.
Liveaid.
Tiananmen Square
From the 90s:
The fall of the wall and the USSR (began in 1989).
The gulf war
Princess Diana's death
Monica Lewinsky
2000s:
September 11th
SARs
The 2nd gulf war