It sounds like I’m just a few months older than you. I remember all of the assassinations of MLK, RFK, Wallace getting shot, and the Chicago Democratic Convention riots and Kent State National Guard shooting.
I was in a 6th grade spring camp when J. Edgar Hoover died. Then there was the coverage of plane crashes of sports teams and celebrities like Lynyrd Skynrd and Jim Croce.
My mom took a polaroid of the TV when Armstrong first stepped on the moon.
Then there were the seemingly endless Watergate hearings (remember we only had network TV), then there was the Vietnam War on TV every night. For those young folks here this was full graphic warfare on every news channel every night followed by the scrolling list of names of fallen warriors.
Then Elvis died and I was in HS working at a brand new Sears store that was preparing for the grand opening.
Yes.... I remember all of those.
I also remember watching the 1972 Republican Convention... hours upon hours of speeches.
Laugh-In! Red Skelton... always funny.
Never forget the scenes of helicopters leaving Saigon.
Joe Namath wearing a boa, and beating the Colts.
We’ve lived in interesting times.