Which news worthy events do you remember from your life time?

A news worthy event in my life time was when England won the rugby world cup. It changed the rest of my school year and the whole energy in the country was increased. The second was when the twin towers were attack, it effected the whole world. Even though I was in a different country it was plastered every were. Another news worthy event was when the tsunami hit Asia. It was important and effected a lot of people, I lived in Asia when the tsunami and it was everywhere. 

A news worthy event event for my mom also when the twin towers were hit. The towers falling was the most important news story in the world in 2001. Another news worthy event was Vietnam war/cold war, it was effecting everyone and was so important during the 60's-70's. The final news worthy event was the Iraq war. It has been effected a lot of people and all over the news.