What Were You Doing 57 Years Ago Today?

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[JBW1949]

November 22, 1963

[wardaddy]

I was in first grade and we got out an hour later

General mood in white Mississippi was not one of sadness

[JBW1949]

Ah, Jim...That person left his sense of humor in the closet when they got dressed this morning...LOL

[sauropod]

Math is hard!

[Vendome]

LOL!

[Dr. Ursus]

The first comment was great. Have a good day.

[mowowie]

I imagine that 75 yrs ago i compromised bits and pieces of Deoxyribonucleic acid floating around inside the bodies of two people that i hold dear..

[Bonemaker]

[madison10]

To answer what was mesnt by the question:

I was not in school yet, only 4 1/2. My little sister had only been home from the hospital about a month. My dad was trying to get a handle on what career path to take as small farms were quickly disappearing, and he needed a new way to support the family.

One of his teachers at the business school told him to try a new idea called “computer programming.”

[MrHead]

Mrs. Martin’s 4th grade class,
Williamson-Kennedy Grade School,
Poplar Bluff, Missouri.

[mowowie]

JB made a mistake ....it happens to all of us.

[GOYAKLA]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqjhCC4sP4Q
According to Comedian Jeff Allen, we all ran a race against hundreds of thousands and won.
Congratulations!

[basalt]

watching the “Real McCoys” with my mother....WWJ channel 4 in Detroit....

[pfflier]

later in life I stood directly under “the window” of the School Book Depository, looked at the marker down the street, and thought “this was just NOT a tough shot”, especially with a scope,

Me too. I have been through the 6th floor museum and looked at the angles and distances. Pretty easy.

Everyone should see that geometry, in person, before they opinion up on the issue. My first impression was you could have hit him with a rock if your timing was right.

[Jimmy The Snake]

I was in First Grade. They announced JFK shooting and sent us home early

[dfwgator]

Watching FDR on TV, oh wait, that was Joe Biden.

[pigsmith]

On 11-22-63 The lunchtime recess bell rang earlier than usual for us second graders at Hawthorne Elementary. When we got back to class the teacher was crying and told us President Kennedy had been shot dead. (obviously way before today's touchy-feely mush method of 'he passed...'). Then we were sent home early.

Seemed so strange to be hearing he was shot, since just before that, JFK had come through ABQ to visit the Lab. We were standing on the corner of Central and Wyoming and my daddy hoisted me up on his shoulders so I could see his car go by.

[dfwgator]

Dyslexics of the world UNTIE!

[DCPatriot]

Was a sophomore in high school. Father Gordian on the Public Address system:

1) The Chess Club will meet in Room 320 at 3PM.
2)The President was shot and killed in Dallas, Texas early this afternoon.

I kid you not...

[Dawgreg]

Dang...I meant 57 years ago...I’ve asked moderator for title change...

Hey, we all knew what you meant.......don’t sweat it:) I was 15 years old and will never forget that day or that weekend. I’d never wish that on anyone......;(

[MayflowerMadam]

In study hall, not sad, ‘cause I was thinking about how hard Mom cried the night when JFK stole that election.