What's the first major/headline news story you can remember?

[zukai12_]

Iraq invasion

 

[verreauxi]

I remember that day vividly. I was just unhitching my horse from the post outside the apothecary when I hobbadehoy rode up and took some blotting paper out of his mochilla. He read the late-breaking news that President Lincoln had been assassinated four days ago. Honor-bright, I first took him for a goosecap. But as the news sunk in I felt dauncy and wanted to immediately take to the Laudanum I had purchased with a sutler token, but opted for some hardtack. It was a floorer.

 

[cronullasharks]

Gulf war, can remember being fascinated by the night vision showing missiles being fired

 

[royalblue66]

End of WW 2

 

[Cels]

Not the first headline I remember but certainly the first that came to mind was the Challenger Space Shuttle exploding.

 

[bluenotred]

JFK assassination for me. I was living in North Wales at that time but that really upset me.

 

[Dancing Pat]

I remember the headline in the Echo that Alan Ball was signing for Arsenal

 

[roydo]

Remember watching some Apollo stuff on the neighbours colour TV, but no idea which mission. Cant recall the Apollo 13 rescue at all, but other than football and sport stuff, I reckon the first headline/story I followed was Elvis dying. When was that, 1977? I would have been 12.

 

[Goat]

Probably John Lennon getting shot.

 

[Nightman]

James Bulger.
Stephen Lawrence.

Both '93, but not sure which was first

 

[DualityNSNO]

I remember the commotion of the Videnov winter, but I was too young to remember/know what the hell was happening.

Vividly remember the newsday for 9/11

 

[The binman chronicles]

Charles and Diana's wedding, but there was a lot of build up leading to that which probably helped cement it into mind even beforehand. Probably the Falklands war if we are talking about breaking news.

 

[Micky_T]

Boris Johnson giving evidence in the Covid-19 enquiry this morning.

My memory isn't the best.

 

[kev]

Charles and Diana's wedding, but there was a lot of build up leading to that which probably helped cement it into mind even beforehand. Probably the Falklands war if we are talking about breaking news.

I remember when Princess Anne got married (1973) The next day every single newspaper had it splashed all over the front page, with many also having 10 page colour supplements.
The Morning Star had one sentence on page 7
"Traffic was disrupted in Westminster yesterday when Anne Windsor married Mark Philips"
lol lol

 

[anjelikaferrett]

Aberfan disaster 1966.

Same here.