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My big events:
1) November 4, 1995: Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin of Israel (big news at the time). Just got back from work at a local shop, late at night, turned on the telly for some movie, only to see the news. I was shocked, of course.
2) May 13th, 2000; huuuuge explosion in a fireworks storage facility in the Dutch city of Enschede. dozens dead, and a big hole in the middle of a residential area. I was having dinner with friends, watching some stupid music show, when the news broke. On the bright side, the show was cancelled.
3) September 11th, 2001; terror attacks in New York. I was at work, checking CNN.com. I couldn't get in. BBC was also down, Dutch newspaper sites too... Worried, I checked Fark.com, where I saw two big headlines. I started reading, and couldn't belief it. The rest of the day was *very* weird. On the way home everyone was talking about it.
4) May 6th, 2002; assassination of Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn (big news here). I was at my friend's house (other friends), again for dinner. We turned on the TV, and saw the news. It went downhill from there.
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