I vaguely remember the Berlin Wall falling and Yeltsin speaking from a tank, but these are the five earliest newsworthy items that I remember vividly (as in, I remember everything that was going on) in order:
1) Ross Perot being a viable candidate and visiting my state at the time; I saw him in person
2) Vladimir Zhirinovsky throwing rocks at Jews from over a fence shortly after his party took plurality control in the Duma elections. I vividly remember my social studies teacher being scared shitless at the possibility of Zhirinovsky overtaking Yeltsin for control of Russia.
3) Kerri Strug sticking that landing on one foot
4) JOHN STOCKTON SENDS THE UTAH JAZZ TO THE NBA FINALS - I was a huge Stockton fan
5) 9/11 - "And they will follow that path all the way, to where it ends: in history's unmarked grave of discarded lies"
1) Ross Perot being a viable candidate and visiting my state at the time; I saw him in person
2) Vladimir Zhirinovsky throwing rocks at Jews from over a fence shortly after his party took plurality control in the Duma elections. I vividly remember my social studies teacher being scared shitless at the possibility of Zhirinovsky overtaking Yeltsin for control of Russia.
3) Kerri Strug sticking that landing on one foot
4) JOHN STOCKTON SENDS THE UTAH JAZZ TO THE NBA FINALS - I was a huge Stockton fan
5) 9/11 - "And they will follow that path all the way, to where it ends: in history's unmarked grave of discarded lies"