i remember it well

The death of Princess Diana in 1997 was the earliest for me. Everybody mourned her death, and I do mean everybody.

...9/11...

Not Hurricane Katrina for me. I only remember Hurricane Wilma.

The transferring of Macau's sovereignty to China, and then the independence of East Timor, if those count. Other than that, probably 9/11.

The 2008 election, probably. Not so much the election itself, but more the local events surrounding it. My school had a mock voting for president and even though I didn't know what Obama stood for, I really didn't want Obama to be president. Also or some reason, I really cared about the gas prices going over the $2.30-2.40 range around that time.

I remember watching the first inauguration of George W. Bush.

the news report of Diana's death which was on every channel.

I can still vaguely remember watching an announcement/speech telling about the end of the Gulf War.

(I even remember the detail of watching it while I was over at my grandparents' place!)

Diana's death. I remember that I was at a family friend's house, spending a week of holidays, when suddenly it was all there was on the news.

I probably didn't even know she existed prior to her death so I can't really say I got to know her at all.

Hurricane Andrew in 1992. It's really vague, but I remember the panic.

Election 2000. Never realized how close the election was back then but I always heard Al Gore's name thrown around.

Rahul Dravid and Vvs Laxman playing a full day in a kolkatta test against the mighty aussies.

Probably the 2000 Olympics. Anything else I can recall before that are just personal events.

OJ Simpson's car chase in '94. Pretty intense stuff for a 7 year old

Probably Y2K or 9/11. I was 7 years old when Y2K happened and I was 8 years old when 9/11 happened lol.

I was pretty young at about the time of all the major events going on, so I can't really say I got to see or go through much, be it good or bad. Earliest big news story I recall was hearing about and seeing stuff from Hurricane Katrina. :pink_blush:

9/11. I'm not even sorry.