What Events Stopped You in Your Tracks!

[zabadak]

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In how short a period did they die.

Moon who is he.


For me freddy mercury and kenny everett both of the same disease and so young.

Keith Moon of The 'Oo - they actually didn't die that close but, to my young mind, they seemed to die in quick succession, at mid-'77 to late '78... :cry:

Elvis - August 16, 1977
Bolan - 16 September 1977
Moon - 7 September 1978

[Richard1978]

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I remember one of my teachers describing the leadership vote as "history in the making".

[marc]

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22nd November 1990. Margaret Thatcher resigned. There had been ripples of discontent in the Conservative Party for a while. When it happened, it was so sudden. Even her staunch followers were shocked how fast she went. I well remember stepping outside the office where I worked, the sun was shining, and everybody was walking around has if an almighty weight had been taken off their shoulders.

[80sChav]

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The one thing that stopped me in my path more than any other was learning of Princes Diana's passing - it just seems like yesterday, not nearly 20 years since (and to think too the Internet was "only just" being known about then) in 1997

Upon hearing about poor Jill Dando being shot dead was another event that stopped me in my tracks in 1999 and Linda McCartney dying in 1999 also too

80sChav

[darren]

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In how short a period did they die.

Moon who is he.


For me freddy mercury and kenny everett both of the same disease and so young.

bolan, elvis and moon all dying in quick succession! :cry:

[zabadak]

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Bolan, Elvis and Moon all dying in quick succession! :cry:

[Twocky61]

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Live Aid in 1985

[staffslad]

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I can't recall anything really stopping me in my tracks exactly, but the murder of Lord Mountbatten, his grandson and two other people shocked me. I was at work and a co-worker told me the news. Shortly afterwards, he again told me that 18 British soldiers had been killed and he heard both reports on the radio. I can't say exactly why, but those two events, coming so close together, have really stuck in my mind.

[zabadak]

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Munich '72 was the first such event I can recall...

[lemonlime]

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September 11th obviously, but as this website is about remembering the 70s, 80s and 90s it perhaps is outside the scope.

Deaths of Lennon, Freddie Mercury and Phil Lynott.

The Challenger disaster I remember. Sadly, it soon turned into a slew of sick jokes at school. Such is human nature.

Mt St Helens disaster. AT the time I lived only about 100 miles from it and I remember feeling a tremor shake our house although at the time we had no idea what it was.

Princess Diana of course, but it was a strange one. Of course it was shocking, but come on face it the mass "grieving" was all a sham. Mass hysteria. To most people she was simply the good looking wife of an annoying upper class twit. She seemed, in public more likeable than the usually haughty royals but I never met anyone who ever said "Wow, Diana is a super human being and I'm a big fan" Days after the accident most people I knew were saying things like "I'm not that upset, are you upset?" and everyone shakes their head. Sorry if that sounds callous, but fake sympathy is something I can't stand.

[Richard1978]

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I remember hearing about Piper Alpha when I was at a friendn't house, his parents often used to leave their radio tuned into Radio 4.

[darren]

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the truth is out there.
it stunned you but in a different way to other posts in this thread.

when i heard of the terrible disaster of piper alpha oil rig in the north sea.

The thing that stopped me in my tracks was reading in the local paper on 31 July 1997 and a mates name came leaping out. He had been on a stag night and a prank had backfired. The next morning he was found by a police helicopter completely butt naked! in a field miles away from home. He was very very embarrassed by the press coverage. I still believe he was abducted by aliens and the "stag night prank" was a cover up.

[Richard1978]

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I remember the Titanic being found, some people had been expecting to be more intact that it was.

[escorteclipse1990]

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When they found the Titanic in 1985. Something i remember people saying it could not be found and that the guy was chasing a dream. My grandad was 11 years old when the Titanic sank and i remember him telling me that the sinking of the Titanic stunned the world, something i think on a par of 9/11 to us. He remembered the sinking like it was yesterday even in his 90s he had a really good memory. No he was not on the Titanic.

[escorteclipse1990]

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The thing that stopped me in my tracks was reading in the local paper on 31 July 1997 and a mates name came leaping out. He had been on a stag night and a prank had backfired. The next morning he was found by a police helicopter completely butt naked! in a field miles away from home. He was very very embarrassed by the press coverage. I still believe he was abducted by aliens and the "stag night prank" was a cover up.