"DaveW" wrote in message
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Oh, and for the record, I recall very vividly, watching the first man on
the moon at my friend Charlie's house, on the floor in front of a Zenith
console B&W television. His parents still live in the same house, with
some of the same furniture (now recovered).

I also remember watching Nixon being inaugurated, (1969) in class in 3rd
grade. This was the first time we ever had a television in class.

Best Regards,

David

I never got to see the moon landing (at least not live). We didn't own a
television for a lot of my childhood. When Kennedy was shot, it was during
my lunch hour (I lived at the time in Butte, MT). I first heard the news at
a newsstand between my house and the school on the way back to school. When
everyone was back from lunch, they called us all to the auditorium where
they had three 21" B/W TV's on the stage. The principal made an
announcement, then turned on the TV's and we watched the news for the rest
of the hour, then everyone was sent home.

For some of the early launches (Mercury, Gemini) the older grades in my
elementary school in Salt Lake were called out of class into the large
hallway to watch either the launch or the splashdown/recovery, depending
upon the time of day and which one was happening.