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That should read Elvis. Spell check some times !!!!!!!

Was able to watch as man first set foot on the moon, were lucky enough to be able to stop putting up hay to watch it, and my grandfather thought it was really exciting since when he was born airplanes were still to come in the future.

The BP Oil leak, oddly enough. The initial months sent me into damn near a panic frenzy.  
 
Then I realized that the source material I was reading was either non-credible or bogus and that I need to be more careful when it comes to what I take as gospel. No matter who of my cherished friends are sharing it.  
 
A trying and somewhat expensive summer. But it didn't go to waste. What are bad experiences if not for learning.  
 
 
One amusing memory from this period . . . when stockpiling for who knows what, I accidentally purchased 10 cans of (then) Harmony pineapples (mistaking them for soup).  
 
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I think the most disturbing event that really shook me was the Sandy Hook shootings in 2012. It was hard to grasp the thinking behind shooting 20 innocent children plus six adults at a school. 911 was also very hard to fathom. My youngest son was born about 6 weeks after and the concern I had about the world at that time was very real.  
 
The summit hockey series. Canada vs Russia. Henderson's goal was very memorable. We watched it in class at Earl Oxford. Also, seeing the Beatles on Ed Sullivan in 1964 was huge at the time. I was four but I can still remember it well.

That was a terrible sight to see. Took my breath away seeing the planes fly into the towers. So heartbreaking. The start of all the problems going on today with terrorists...

I don't know if 9-11 was life changing for me, but certainly a shocking event to watch live. It is a reminder to be thankful for the relatively peaceful place we live.  
 
World events don't really affect me a whole lot directly as there are so many and they are usually far enough away that there are no tangible ripple effects.  
 
My life changes more with more personal events, such as:  
 
A kid jumping off a dock onto my head when I was in the water changed my love of water into a huge fear of my head being under. I haven't been excited to go to a beach since then.  
 
Getting married...yes, having kids...yes, having had cancer...certainly. Deaths of those I respect is life changing. Being mistreated or rejected and then choosing to proceed with a positive attitude and determination to be a better person is life changing. Watching others go through hard times can be life changing. Seeing how they chose to handle those personal "events" can be either disheartening or inspiring...certainly teaching me things as I continue trudging along in this life.  
 
I consider each person that I encounter...family, friends...to be life changing. Each one has a place in my life story...good, bad or indifferent.

The death of Princess Diana and then Mother Theresa.

When we are young we are sometimes very naive of the world and some of the things that are happening, most of us tend to believe that the world is good and in every person there is good. All of that came to an end for me while watching the late evening new in 1968, can't remember the month, but will never forget what I saw. A film crew captured the execution of a Vietnamese communist soldier, and it was played on the news the evening it happened.  
Growing up on a farm I had seen things killed, but never imagined how a person could take the life of another so easily. I know that I didn't sleep that night and had problems sleeping for a while because of that image.

fly-by of Pluto in 2015, and seeing all of the pictures of this unique world. It showed many feature that you would see on any of the rocky planets and moons. It't truly the leader of the dwarf planets. It finally showed what it really looks like, prior to that it was just artist's interpretations of what it MIGHT look like.