Originally Posted by patentcad

JFK - in the library of Woodrow Wilson Elementary School in Weehawken, NJ. We were in 1st Grade. We could tell it was a big deal because all the grown-ups were in utter shock.

J. Lennon - Watching Monday Night Football and H. Cosell told America Lennon was dead.

Challenger - getting ready to leave my bosses' ski house in Aspen CO, I couldn't believe they were talking about the Space Shuttle friggin exploding.

MJ - can't recall.