for me the major news events that stick in my memory are the 1st Space shuttle launch we got to watch it at school! but the launch was delayed i later saw one take off from Florida later in life, the declaration of war over the Falklands and watching the task force set sail, the Bombing of Baghdad in the first gulf war Shock and Awe, Strangeways prison riot, Princess Diana's crash, 911, the Tsunami, Concord Air Crash, the falling of the Berlin wall and the release of Nelson Mandela!
not in chronological order but these are the events that stuck in my mind.
