What major historical events do you remember?

This question almost feels like it could be interpreted a couple of different ways. Are we talking about events we remember learning about, or events we remember happening in our lifetime?

For me it’s the latter. My initial reaction when I read this question was to recall the memory of where I was on September 11th, 2001. Being 13 years old at the time, I was in school. I was early, the first bell hadn’t rung yet, and I was in the library. A friend’s older brother was there helping part time for credit or something and we had been talking with a teacher when a tv in the corner switched over to playing the initial broadcast of the news coverage. All conversation immediately stopped and everyone watched in silence as they replayed footage of the second plane colliding with the tower…