Where were you moments

[Non_Comformist]

I was thinking lately about moments in history that I can recall exactly where I was

#1. When Magic announced he had HIV. I was on the bus on the way home from middle school, He was my all time favorite player on my favorite team. I was devastated.

#2. The OJ verdict. I was in the Army serving in Korea. MY roommate and I woke up at 3:00AM to watch it live. I still remember the feeling of tension and excitment waiting. It came he was innocent, we were stunned. A roar was heard through the barracks, we weren't the only ones up. Then we went back to bed to try to get some sleep before PT.

[jdl22]

Sounds like you're a few years older than me. Here are the first few that come to mind:

1. September 11. I was in a summer Economics math prep course at the University of Oregon (GO DUCKS!!!). Just before it started a guy I knew in the class from Hong Kong told me what happened. He basically said "Two planes ran into the World Trade Center and the buildings got knocked down." Despite this guys fluency in English I simply could not and did not believe what he was telling me. After the first hour of the class we got a break and I went to the bookstore to see the footage and get that feeling in the pit of my stomach that we all had.

2. OJ verdict. I was in my freshman or sophomore year in high school. We were supposed to go to Social Studies class but our class and a couple others went to a classroom with a tv where they showed the verdict. Then we spent the whole social studies class discussing the verdict.

Sadly that's all I can think of as far as historical events. I think for our generation these are by far the two biggest events. I'm a little too young for things like the Berlin wall coming down and Reagan getting shot to remember those this specifically.

Here are some sports related memories of mine though:

3. Oregon - Washington 1994: I was in section 12 row 5 seat 17 of Autzen stadium when Kenny Wheaton stepped in front of Damon Huard's pass and ran 99 yards for an Oregon touchdown. Actually I was standing in front of that seat when the play started and was generally running around and jumping up and down in the surrounding area after he made the pick.

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4. 2000 LA - Portland game 7 of Western Conference finals: I was watching the earlier part of the game from my dorm room. Either at halftime or in the third quarter I walked 2 blocks to my sisters' apartment to watch the rest of the game. Portland proceeded to blow a 15 point (?) lead in the worst quarter any team at any level has ever played in the history of basketball. Portland had a damn good team then and if they had won that game would still probably be one of the 2 or 3 dominant teams in the league and still likely would have Jermaine Oneill.

5. November 1999 Oregon - Oregon State: For the first and last time I watched a football game at the only high school football stadium located on a college campus and named for a frozen burrito company. The weather was awful. My seat was awful. The OSU fans were awful and somehow thought they were good. The announcer a few times during the game said over the loudspeaker "twelth man time!" come on buddy everyone screaming their heads off in that stadium isn't going to generate enough noise to do anything. Worst of all Joey was awful. I think his leading receiver was wearing a black jersey. It was a horrible, miserable experience that I will never forget.

6. Sevilla qualifies for UEFA cup: Sadly I was sitting alone in my apartment listening to a broadcast of the game over the internet. It was very exciting Sevilla had to win and have Villarreal not win in order to qualify. Villarreal were getting crushed but Sevilla didn't manage to score by halftime. In the 55th minute Julio Cesar Baptista scored a goal which had me jumping up and down and screaming (keep in mind I was in my apartment alone). Things got close near the end and I continued to jump up and down and swing my Sevilla scarf over my head. It was sad and amazing at the same time.

[Non_Comformist]

I can't believe I left out 9/11

I was getting ready for class (Go OSU)in my living room when I turned on the TV. I didn't see the planes hit but watched as both towers came down and I called my dad.

I remember watching the Bush- Gore election results, staying up until 3:00AM when Bush was finally announced as the winner. Going to bed and then waking up to find out nothing had been decided.

[tyfromm]

I remember the moment I discovered that Greg Raymer won the WSOP. I woke up that morning, logged into the 2+2 forums, and BAM.... there it was posted on a thread. Still gives me goosebumps.

[SossMan]

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I remember the moment I discovered that Greg Raymer won the WSOP. I woke up that morning, logged into the 2+2 forums, and BAM.... there it was posted on a thread. Still gives me goosebumps.

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That's funny, I was in Spain, and the internet costs about 3 euros for 15 min. So, my girlfried is sitting the checking email, chatting w/ friends, and I'm like, goddammit, don't you know the WSOP results are up??? Actually, I just sat there like a little bitch until she was done. I was stunned when i saw greg won.

[Rushmore]

In addition to those mentioned:

--When John Lennon died (Frank Gifford told me).

--When Kurt Cobain died (Kurt Loder told me).

--When the space shuttle blew up (I was sitting at Houlihan's in Friendship Heights, DC, drinking a gin and tonic; I saw it happen live on TV).

9/11 is, of course, the Big One. That was the moment the world changed, and watching it live on TV was fairly terrifying and disgusting and devastating. This is not something one shakes off easily.

[juanez]

In no particular order...

Space Shuttle Challenger Explosion: 8th grade science class, watched that live.

Space Shuttle Columbia Explosion: sitting at my computer working away. Wierd thing...I couldn't sleep that night and was up at like 4:00 AM MST, so decided to get some work done and put Fox News on. Saw that live too.

OJ Verdict: sitting in rush hour traffic, stopped in swealtering heat, heard it on the radio. It was pretty funny to see the reactions of the folks in the cars around me.

Spetember 11: I just got a cup of coffee and was beginning to paint my girlfriends basement. I turned on the local FM rock station for some tunes and heard what sounded like AM news. After 30 seconds, I dropped the paintbrush and was running upstairs to the TV. I'm originally from NY and that day was the worst of my entire life. I actually saw the second plane hit and then watched both towers fall live on TV....I still get all tense thinking about those poor souls jumping.....very, very sad.

[John Cole]

You're serious about the Magic Johnson HIV announcement when you call it a "moment in history"?

PS. Don't mind me, I'm being irrascible right now. The sports cliches warped my mind.

[M2d]

Being from hawaii, I have a little different take on these moments than many people. Lenin shot, Reagan shot, Space Shuttle blown up (take one)...I woke up to all of these, and a sad (ish) face on my dad as he told me the events of the "night" before.

magic announicing was a big one for this laker fan. I skipped class and watched the press conference. Gore-Bush verdict was observed in a business motel in vegas.

The big ones for my life were
Magic (huge laker fan because of Magic)
Lenin (my dad and mom are huge beatle fans)
Space Shuttle (for kids in Hawaii, this was the tragedy of a lifetime. Hawaii's first astronaut was on that ship).

Oddly, I can't quite recall where I was when I first got confirmation that Milli Vanilli didn't really sing.

[daryn]

strange... magic came onto your school bus to announce he had aids?