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Candice A. Donofrio
Next Wave RE Investments LLC Bullhead City AZ Commercial RE Broker - Fort Mohave, AZ
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JFK shooting. And death of Marilyn Monroe.

Jul 20, 2019 11:00 AM
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Raj Taj
RE/MAX - Lake Bluff, IL
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When Abe Lincoln was killed, it was years after of course in primary school. I remember one girl in particular who cried a little.

Jul 20, 2019 12:33 PM
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Carol Williams
Although I'm retired, I love sharing my knowledge and learning from other real estate industry professionals. - Wenatchee, WA
Retired Agent / Broker / Prop. Mgr, Wenatchee, WA

In the news? The assassination of JFK.   But that wasn't the first major event I remember.

Jul 20, 2019 11:16 AM
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Barbara Todaro
RE/MAX Executive Realty - Happily Retired - Franklin, MA
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When I was 10, 1956, I remember  the slogan on radio "I like Ike".... 

Jul 20, 2019 11:03 AM
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Bob Crane
Woodland Management Service / Woodland Real Estate, KW Diversified - Stevens Point, WI
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Big news items, Tet, Kent State.

 

As far as big projects like the moon landing

Unfortunate that visionaries are no longer in demand, and visions have been replaced with division.

Jul 20, 2019 01:04 PM
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Raymond E. Camp
Ontario, NY

JFK winning the Presidency.

Jul 20, 2019 11:15 AM
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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I do remember a teacher in elementary school coming in and telling us JFK had been shot.  

Jul 20, 2019 01:33 PM
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
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Well, 50 years ago I was finishing college, so I'd have to go back much further than that... we didn't have a TV till I was 8 or 9 so wasn't all that clued into major news events. Probably the one major event that left an indelible impression on my mind was the assassination of JFK... even though I was in high school then. Although I do also remember the Kennedy-Nixon TV debate and the election of Kennedy... that was big when it happened. And like Candice A. Donofrio I clearly remember the headlines announcing Marilyn Monroe's death... that was a real shocker. I also remember Krushchev banging his shoe at the UN in 1960.

Jul 20, 2019 12:48 PM
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Diana Dahlberg
1 Month Realty - Pleasant Prairie, WI
Real Estate in Kenosha, WI since 1994 262-308-3563

I remember 50 years ago the Moon Landing and I was watching TV when JFK was shot and Harvey Oswald shot Jack Ruby

Jul 20, 2019 12:43 PM
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Napa Consultants - Carpinteria, CA
Luxury Real Estate Branding, Marketing & Strategy

Tammy,

So many,  the Berlin Wall coming down!  A

Jul 20, 2019 11:41 AM
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Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

Long before the moon landing.

Jul 20, 2019 11:26 AM
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Thomas J. Nelson, REALTOR ® e-Pro CRS RCS-D Vets
Big Block Realty 858.232.8722 - La Jolla, CA
CEO of Vision Drive Realty - Coastal San Diego

Evil Kenevil jumping the Grand Canyon

Jul 20, 2019 02:58 PM
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Peter Mohylsky, Beach Expert
PMI. Destin - Miramar Beach, FL
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JFK being shot.  I was playing in the front yard and my mom called me in.

Jul 20, 2019 01:04 PM
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Ward County Notary Services - Minot, ND
Owner of Ward Co Notary Services retired RE Broker

I clearly remember the JFK assisination when I was in the 6th grade Tammy Lankford, . Our home was very strongly Republican yet I remember the horror we all felt that a US President was murdered. OH HOW THINGS HAVE CHANGED! Today hate runs so strong that the party not in power wishes for the death of our President daily and without shame.

Jul 20, 2019 05:57 PM
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Steve Higgins
RE/MAX Kelowna - Kelowna, BC

It was the assassination of JFK. 

Jul 20, 2019 05:37 PM
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Peter Testa
Nationwide Homes - Danbury, CT
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Ayatollah Khomeini & the Iranian hostage crisis. 1979-1981

Jul 20, 2019 04:48 PM
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Jeff Dowler, CRS
eXp Realty of California, Inc. - Carlsbad, CA
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JFK assassination, and a few years later Martin Luther King

Jul 20, 2019 03:23 PM
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Savvy + Company (704) 491-3310 - Charlotte, NC
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Big two - easy! 

The assisination of JFK and the moon landing!

Jul 20, 2019 02:01 PM
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Ryan Huggins - Thousand Oaks, CA
https://HugginsHomes.com - Thousand Oaks, CA
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That's because we learned it wasn't made of cheese, so there was no point going out and getting further disappointed!

 

Mine was when we landed on the moon.  My second memory is my mom telling me we were moving to Earth instead to blend in with the humans.

 

 

Oh and the Iran Contra Hearings w/Ollie.

Jul 20, 2019 04:40 PM
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Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
Real Estate Broker Retired

Kennedy, Moon Launch, Beetles.

I wish they would spend time 'fixing' things at home instead of craping up the entire universe. I say that because all those astronauts left 90+ lbs of dung on the moon. We polute everywhere we go. It's disgusting.

Jul 20, 2019 04:40 PM
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Greg Large
ERA Real Solutions - Grove City, OH
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JFK election

Jul 20, 2019 04:27 PM
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Buzz Mackintosh
Mackintosh REALTORS - Frederick, MD
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Assassination of JFK & LBJ taking the oath of office

Jul 20, 2019 04:21 PM
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Anna "Banana" Kruchten
HomeSmart Real Estate - Phoenix, AZ
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I think that would be the JFK murder in grade school. Shocked us all.

Jul 21, 2019 11:25 AM
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Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist
KD Realty - 408.972.1822 - San Jose, CA
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The shooting of JFK. It may not be the first but the one that I remember as the first.

Jul 21, 2019 10:17 AM
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Wayne Zuhl
Remax First Realty II - Cranford, NJ
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Definitely the moon landing is my earliest memory of major news. And my grandfather dying, a few months earlier. I was 4.

Jul 21, 2019 05:32 AM
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Richard Weeks
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The trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg.  I was sad for those children living without parents.

Jul 21, 2019 04:59 AM
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Wayne Martin
Wayne M Martin - Chicago, IL
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So long ago. Ike being re-elected in 1956!

Jul 21, 2019 04:51 AM
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Joe Pryor
The Virtual Real Estate Team - Oklahoma City, OK
REALTOR® - Oklahoma Investment Properties

Probably came from The Weekly Reader.

Jul 20, 2019 11:27 PM
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Rose Mary Justice
Synergy Realty Pros - Dandridge, TN
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JFK  News. This sticks out more than anything else as my teacher broke the news in 5th grade and  tears were streaming as she spoke.  Then the television news after I got home.  So many people were so sad of the news.

Jul 20, 2019 06:18 PM
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Joan Cox
House to Home, Inc. - Denver Real Estate - 720-231-6373 - Denver, CO
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JFK murder, that was horrible 

Aug 06, 2019 08:38 AM
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Valeria Mola
SIB Realty - Miami, Sunny Isles Beach - Sunny Isles Beach, FL
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I was not born at that time. :)

Jul 24, 2019 08:09 PM
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Tony Lewis
Summit Real Estate Group - Valencia, CA
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Nixon is running the country as vice president.

Jul 22, 2019 02:42 PM
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Will Hamm
Hamm Homes - Aurora, CO
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That is a hard one, maybe JFK being shot or landing on the moon.

 

Jul 22, 2019 10:14 AM
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John Juarez
The Medford Real Estate Team - Fremont, CA
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I remember the Eisenhower/Stevenson presidential race being in the news.

Jul 22, 2019 07:32 AM
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Peter den Boer
Atlanta Communities - Woodstock, GA
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Yep, like everyone else...JFK.

Jul 22, 2019 07:07 AM