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Do you remember what you where doing 50 years ago?
It was a sunny day but cold in Ottawa. I was working at Canada Post HQ.
My Dad picked me up at work mid morning with the family car, a 1958 Chevvy. I drove him back to work and proceeded to the dentist in Hull. On my way back, the car radio was tuned to CKOY 1310 AM when they announced the death of JFK. We spent the rest of the day at work listening on a portable radio the developing events and once at home were glued to the LARGE 21 inch black and white Hallicrafter tv. How time have changed, none of the above even exists today except for the memories. Bob C.
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I was only 7 so I don't remember much except the talk from adults. It was still another 9 years until we got our first TV.
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50 Years
Fifty years ago I was not born. I wasn't even an idea.
But I've ALWAYS known about the JFK assassination. It's not something that we studied at school, it simply has always been talked about, The shots that rang out in Texas 50 years ago were heard in every corner of every continent, it seems. H
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It is funny when that question is asked, because I can vividly remember, I would have been about 12 and was at Boy Scouts night. My Dad came to collect me and he told the Scoutmasters the news that had just come in.
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It really was a significant event. An "untouchable" American president being assassinated shocked the world (although he was not the first).
I was in Fremantle unloading a truck on the dock and there was an American submarine alongside. Interesting talking to the sailors. Of course there was shock that their President was shot but signs of distress were little. Most of those I talked to were of Republican leaning and although there was huge affront that the leader of their nation had been killed, Kennedy personally was not particularly liked and even then they realised his public relations machine outstripped reality - the John and Jaquie show. He did have really good speech writers. I thought it was interesting that these American servicemen would freely talk critically of Kennedy only hours after the reports came in. They claimed his real achievements were few, even civil rights reforms were forced on him by public outcry far ahead of his plans and his atomic brinkmanship and support of foul dictators around the world were brought up. His death was seen as some sort of attack on the free world at a time when the fate of the planet rested in the hands of two men and gained much more significance internationally than it would today. It certainly shocked and even panicked a lot of people. |
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1963
I had turned 8 the month before and I can remember hearing the news reports and being told about it by my mother, pretty sure it was before we had a TV too, as I remember seeing the newspapers the next day. It was big.
Mum had a 1956 FE Holden and dad still had his mother's old black 1949 Rover 5 light with the red primer showing through.
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50 yrs ago
Mum was luxing the carpet in the sitting room,I was 10 yrs old,and the radio made an important broadcast telling us that JFK had been shot,very sad it was.No TV in those days as well.He was well liked at home then.
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50 years ago ?.
I have trouble remembering what I did yesterday half the time, let alone when I was five.
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Dad had joined the air force two days prior.
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