Flashback Friday

It's been a while, but Flashback Friday has returned.

For the occasion, I've created a meme.  (I don't chain them, but feel free to copy to your own blog, if you'd like.  Be sure to leave me a comment to let me know you did, so I can go check out your answers!)

If it's possible for you to remember the following events, in 15 words or fewer, describe your experience with them.

1. The assassination of Robert Kennedy.
   Playing on the floor at Grandma's. She was crying while she ironed.
2. The stroke of midnight on the first day of Year 2000.
   Watched on TV all the people who had traveled so far to celebrate. Wondered why.
3. You first saw/heard your mother cry.
   My heart sank. I thought the world was ending.
4. A teacher falsely accused you of something.
   4th grade. Mrs. Dimmit said I swore, but I didn't...dammit! 500-words, please.
5. The Challenger space shuttle tragedy.
   My voice lesson interrupted by phone call from teacher's wife. He went pale. Lesson canceled.
6. You bought your first piece of designer anything.
   A lavender, Polo Ralph Lauren oxford cloth button-down shirt. Mmmhmm.
7. The first time you heard a) Little Red Corvette, b) Billie Jean, or c) Material Girl.
   LRC -- at Zippers, a gay nightclub in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
8. You first fell in love.
   Arrived home; found person I was dating wearing only an apron, cooking my birthday dinner.
9. You walked out of a movie.
   300 -- okay, I shut down the DVD player, but I would have walked out anyway.
10. The Chernobyl disaster.
    Too self-absorbed during college, but rekindled memories of high-school protests following Three Mile Island accident.
11. A beloved idol disappointed you.
    Heard Fleetwood Mac live, and regretted it. One word for you, Stevie: intonation!
12. You first questioned the truth behind whatever religion you were brought up with.
    Looking at the propagandistic illustrations of black stains on one's soul in my catechism text.
13. The first time anyone asked you to dance.
    At Zippers, while Little Red Corvette was playing. I said yes.
14. You suffered your first broken bone.
    Around five years ago; caught little toe on Roger's dog crate while rushing to rehearsal.
15. The first time you heard the word "blog".
    From Homer, some years ago while hanging out with him during my Tucson days.

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Oops.  I forgot yesterday.  Here are the answers to Tuesday's puzzles:

The lines are parallel.  Something about white boxes next to black ones creating an optical illusion...eh, I don't know.

Dane stain
snail trail
heart smart
party hardy
Gromit vomit
Lean queen-zine