Most momentous International event in your lifetime?

[Snape]

I was at university during the O.J. Simpson white Bronco car chase and following trial. It was wall to wall media and it was all that we watched and talked about. It was the first time that we had rolling 24 hour news.

 

[horlock_was_super]

The Miners strike (it's taught as fucking history in schools now!)
Diana
93:20
The Queen
First (and so far only) time I followed through - I was in Tenerife so that's classed as International.

 

[The Stockport Iniesta]

For me it was being at York away.

The scenes were of biblical proportions.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

I'm so surprised no one has mentioned the dramatic event much closer to our homes that changed our local landscape. The bombing of the Mcr Arndale centre. I recall placing my ITV 7 on that Saturday morning and being in a local bookies when that bomb went off. Though I was about a couple of miles away the sound of the blast always remained with me.

I think had folk been killed by the bomb - as in the MEN Arena bombing - then it would have been more in people's memories.
I personally think that because it was an IRA bomb, we (those of us growing up in the 70's / 80's) had just become accustomed to such events. Watching the news back then bombings were headline news but then became 2nd or 3rd item.... some barely receiving a passing comment at the end. We had (in most cases) become immune to being shocked anymore at what was happening on our doorstep.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

First Gulf war in 1990 was the most memorable event for me. I think it was the first time they covered a war in depth with actual boots on the ground film crews etc. It was riveting late night Tv coming in from the pub…

I was well fucked off the night it started.
I was watching the highlights of an FA Cup game on TV. Everton v someone.
Halfway through the programme was cut and CNN replaced it showing the shelling of Baghdad. I turned on the other 3 channels and all of them were showing the same footage.
I went back to ITV in the hope the game would come back on - they could have said "for continued viewing of this please turn to C4" but they didn't.
An hour later I gave up and went to bed pissed off.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Elvis dying

Wait! what? When?

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

9/11. Watching it in real time was horrific.

 

[ancoats]

Strangeways rooftop riots 1990,1st April and 25 days later the whole story began to be uncovered

 

[Dogtanian]

Live Aid and the falling of the Berlin Wall are ones I remember the most from being young

 

[BLUEYESTU]

Invention of the internet for me - I’d never have a got a woman without internet dating ;)