"I Remember!"
Dates in the 60s
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- 1961: I remember saving cans in the basement during the Cuban Missile crisis. Vin Broderick
- 1962: In the fall of 1962 I was in Columbus GA. as a young Infantry lieutenant going to school to learn something about the military. There was a major conflict with Cuba that fall and I (and all my other fellow trainees) was put on alert (as it was described to me at the time) to go to southern Florida in case Cuba invaded. Richard Baker-fac
- 1962: One important date in my life that I will never forget was October 22, 1962 the Cuban Missile Crisis. It was my birthday, and I recall being with my family, watching television, and being interrupted by an announcement by President
Kennedy telling of the "serious Soviet threat" in the Caribbean. The president then announced the formation of a US naval blockade and the whole nation stood at the ready for a nuclear war. I think the event was considered one of the high points of the Kennedy administration and a US foreign policy victory. Christine Cambria-par
- 1962: Hogan's Heroes was on (for the first time) My sister remembers this because she had to get her schoolwork done in order to watch it. She was in the fifth grade. Betsy Espe, sister of Barbara Sawhill
- 1962: I remember as a student during the Cuban missile crisis practicing for air raid drills by crawling under our school desks. Karen McKoy (par)
- 1963 We were stunned when we heard of John Kennedy's assassination during my PE class; later that day our school continued with a football game, but we in the marching band wore black arm bands and played "Hail To The Chief" at halftime in a cold drizzling rain. Karen McKoy (par)
- 1963: (Nov. 22) The way we think about life changed. Donald Allard
- 1963: JFK shot. My sister remembers hearing about it on the school bus ride home. Betsy Espe, sister of Barbara Sawhill
- 1963: We were stunned when we heard of John Kennedy's assassination during my PE class; later that day our school continued with a football game, but we in the marching band wore black arm bands and played "Hail To The Chief" at halftime in a cold drizzling rain. Karen McKoy (par)
- 1963: That was the year John Kennedy was killed -on November 22nd. I was 16 and living in Italy but I remember that I thought the world (and life) would never be the same again. I think it was a pivotal point for my generation. I know it was for my life.
Isa Schaff
- 1965 : The ORIGINAL Batman series was on TV (with Adam West and Julie Newmar and Frank Gorshin and Burgess Meredith....) I was a charter member of the Batman fan club and even had a badge to certify my membership, but then lost it in kindergarten one day. Boy was I crushed. Barbara Sawhill
- 1965: My sister remembers this to be the year that the Princess phone came out. Cool colors, lighted dial. Very mod. Betsy Espe, sister of Barbara Sawhill
- 1965: I remember my freshman year 1964-65 at Duke in Durham, NC. A classmate and friend of mine was Dave Minor, who was, I think, the first black basketball player in the ACC. Schools had freshman teams then, and the other ACC schools were not sure they would play our team because Dave was a member. UNC was the most adamant and almost boycotted the game. There were not many blacks at Duke then, and Dave left after his freshman year, I believe. I also remember that year as my bio prof, Peter Klopfer, was arrested at a Sit In at a diner in Chapel Hill that would not serve blacks. One lady was so agitated, she stood over him as he sat on the ground and urinated on him. Peter Klopfer is still at Duke today. Obviously, UNC and the other ACC schools now do not discriminate. Gretchen Fish (par)
- 1965: In 1965 I went down to Montgomery on the last day of the Salem-Montgomery March. A day I shall never forget especially as I listened to Martin Luther King speak from the steps of the Statehouse there at the end of the day. John Paine
- 1965: In the fall, Seeing the pope in Yankee Stadium during his first visit to the US. Vin Broderick
- 1965. The association: my involvement in the police action which the US was involved in the Dominican Republic. A footnote to history, but a metaphor for American political and military action, and more than a footnote in my own life. Richard Baker
- 1965: New York City blackout. I was 6 and I was stuck in an elevator on 82nd and East End Avenue between the 5th and 6th floor with my mother for 8 hours. I thought it was pretty cool. My mom did not. Mark Sheeran-fac
- 1965: I remember the impact of the end of graduate student draft deferments and the almost simultaneous escalation of the Vietnam war by LBJ in early 1965, when the first large (250,000) American contingent was committed. I was a sophomore in college at the time, and I believe that the real possibility of being drafted, more than anything else, was what impelled students to take an interest in, and to oppose, the war. Maurice Hamilburg, Nobles Trustee
- 1986: RED SOX!! The team that gave new definition to the phrase "Agony of
Defeat." Jeffrey R. Ginsburg, Jeffrey.Ginsburg@mail.trincoll.edu
- 1967: I remember The Tet Offensive on television and President Johnson calling up emergency troops in February to support the Battle of Hue. 48 hours later I found myself in Hue as a young second lieutenant (same Army unit that Mr. Baker served in). George Bird '62, Nobles Trustee
- 1968: February 14th, 1968 - Chu Lai, Vietnam: I received word from the Red Cross, while in the midst of the aftermath of the Tet offensive, that my son was born. Chris Mabley-fac
- 1968: I remember best, April 4th 1968. It happens to be my birthday, and I had invited friends over for dinner. One of them approached the door, and when I gave him a big hello, he brushed by me and muttered in an angry tone something to the effect that ML King had been assassinated. That is all I recall about that birthday. Tim Carey
- 1968: May 1968. I went on an field trip to the Capitol Building in Sacramento, Ca. I was in Seventh grade and our history class went to hear Bobby Kennedy speak on the steps of the Capitol on a primary election campaign stop. He was a very magnetic speaker and I would have voted for him had I been old enough. Tom Mumme
- 1968: Tigers won the World Series. Ben Snyder
- 1968: I remember the TET offensive in Vietnam because I was a junior in high school. Kate Coon
- 1968: I remember the assassination of Martin Luther King in April (?) of that same year. Kate Coon
- 1968: Standing in line for four hours in June 1968 to pass the body of Robert Kennedy, but never getting the chance to even get close to St. Patrick's before we had to leave. The line was 26 blocks long. Vin Broderick
- 1968: April, 1968: Martin Luther King's assassination. My father, who was Secretary of the Army, received the phone call during dinner with me, my mother, and my younger brother. Tom Resor
- June 5, 1968: Bobby Kennedy's assassination in LA and one of my classmate's birthday. Bobby's son, Michael, was also our classmate. Tom Resor
- 1969 (a personal date): August (7th?) 1969. I was 2 1/2 years old and my parents sat me down in front of a black and white television set with only three channels to watch man land on the moon. I vaguely remember the event but have a vivid memory of my father telling me to "pay attention because this is very important." I remember being in my pajamas and seeing the lunar module on the moon against a black sky. This is one of the second oldest memory I have. (the only one that I remember before that is of my parents beginning construction of our house a few months before) ... Michelle Townsend
- 1969: The year men first walked on the moon, as well as the year the Mets won their first World Series (after 7 years of utter ineptitude) and the year of Woodstock. All of these events made strong impressions on me as a 16-year-old space, baseball, and rock music fan! Bill Kehlenbeck