Do you remember where you were and what you were doing on November 22nd, 1963?

Question

I wasn't born yet.

Answer 1

I remember it very well, I came home from school and my mother told me that President Kennedy had been shot, I got to my bed and cried the whole night.We did not know before the next morning that he was dead (I live in Finland) and that made it worse.In those days Kennedy was a hero for us young ones.At school everyone was sad and the head master held a speech in honour of Kennedy.Of course we found out he was not that much of a hero as we had thought,but he a good impact on the cold war (could handle pres. Chrutsjov of Russia very well).All of us was thinking what will happen in the world now and terrible things happened and are happening as you know.But the killing of Kennedy, the catastrophe in 911 and the death of Princess Diana are something you never forget.Of course there are terrible things happening in the world all the time.But those 3 chatastrophes have stayed in my mind perhaps they haven´t been solved yet and I quess never will be. A good day to you and it felt relieving to tell this to you. Good question.

Answer 2

Most people on Yahoo! Answers probably weren't even born yet. As for myself, I was 2 years, 10 months, and 1 day old at the time. Of course, I have no idea what I was doing when Kennedy was shot.

Answer 3

I was in the 8th grade, it was a Friday, the Friday before Thanksgiving and it was around 11 am PST. We were in class and the intercom came on. It was shocking, doubly so because my mother had died in September. We heard about the shooting first and minutes later the announcement came from the hospital that the President was dead.
Girls screamed and cried, boys cussed a bit, the teacher was just stunned. I said, "My God think of Jackie." before that I had paid little attention to the role of First Lady, that day changed my perception. I was really sad for the children.
They let us go home after lunch. Most parents wanted their kids close because we-being society as a whole-didn't know who, why or what would happen next. There was real fear we were on the brink of nuclear war. (with USSR).

I think we had time off school until after the Thanksgiving break
When we returned it was 'business as usual' and we still had to turn in homework we owed.

Answer 4

Walking through Grosvenor Square in London. I noticed a small group of people on the steps of the American Embassy who were listening to a radio broadcasting the news direct from Dallas.

Answer 5

I was in the 1st grade. When we got the word of President Kennedy, the school closed and we were sent home for the day. I had to ask my Dad, why I got to go home from school. After he told me, I became really confused. I didn't understand why someone would do that. If I remember right, we didn't go to school for two weeks.

Answer 6

I was 11 and at home watching the news on BBC when a newsflash interrupted the regular broadcast to say that President Kennedy had been shot. That would have been around 6.20pm here.

Answer 7

I was going to university in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Wasn't that the day that Kennedy was shot? I was walking into the student union and heard people talking about it. I didn't believe them, at first, when they told me what had happened.

Answer 8

I was waiting for my parents to get older than 15 and to meet and get married so I could be born.

Answer 9

My mom was probably in school and my dad was in Vietnam.

Answer 10

um...well my mom was three and my dad was 2.