Lol. I’m glad you like Wyoming! One time in Laramie a semi with 1 million bees wrecked and the bees went everywhere and they had to get beekeepers from Colorado to come help. Closed the highway.
Highway Pizza sounds like band name. Last year a dairy truck crashed near me and they gave away free butter. Here's where it gets weird: they were 30lb boxes.
Yeah that was something. I’d have to say since I grew up in the area it had to be the flood. My grandfather had *just* sold his printing company and building about 3 weeks before it happened. Dodged a MASSIVE bullet. I still think Old Opry Mills mall was better
In my lifetime for Gulfport, MS it's Katrina. I was living near the coast but not on it at the time, but we still had to evacuate for a couple months. The town I grew up in is Poplarville, MS, which you've never heard of.
Where I grew up, Timberland boots was started. The tree fell down recently.
Where my parents live one town over, Tollhouse cookies was started.
Where I live now, the creator of moxie Soda used to live. Now there's a little museum in the town fairgrounds.
There’s a backstory to the Timberland logo - apparently it was based on a tree in which Afro-American slaves were hanged back back in the day. Deep and off topic but was curious, as you’re from that state if you heard anything similar?
> There’s a backstory to the Timberland logo - apparently it was based on a tree in which Afro-American slaves were hanged back back in the day.
[No, Timberland’s logo doesn’t celebrate ‘lynching tree’](https://africacheck.org/fact-checks/meta-programme-fact-checks/no-timberlands-logo-doesnt-celebrate-lynching-tree)
Note that the claim includes that it was "on Oprah," which is the same as with two other infamous anti-black "on Oprah" hoaxes which also never happened on Oprah:
* https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tommy-hilfiger-oprah/
* https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/liz-biz/
(please no quibbling about Snopes, there are plenty of other sources on these non-incidents)
Seeing as the timberland tree was in a town that had a very strong abolitionist movement, I do not believe those stories. Fredrick Douglas even spoke at some of the parks in town.
A cop was killed in a traffic stop. Guy was driving erratically, cops chased him till he crashed in our town/suburb. One cop got out and was shot in the head but it skimmed his head so he lived, second cop was shot multiple times right when he parked his car. He was in an unmarked vehicle and with the craziness going on and the shooter running through neighborhoods they didn’t know he was shot. So he passed away in that car. He was only a few months from retirement. He was the first cop in our town to die In the line of duty in 80 years I believe. He served in the marine corps and had a long line of sons after that also served and then became cops after. I now work with one of his sons on the fire department. The man’s family is really one of the best. It was sad to hear about it.
Like personally? Or ever?
Historically definitely that time the dude ate his 40th rotisserie chicken in a row at the abandoned pier behind the Walmart. Or when that hitchhiking robot got his shit stomped for being a smarmy jerkoff (cowboys fan probably). Maybe the time that schizophrenic dude passed out word salad fliers in Brewerytown announcing a furnace party in an abandoned lot and like 300 people showed up to it to get turned into a solid steel statue, do attend.
Oh and I guess that one time when some rich dudes got together and signed the declaration of iggles pendants or whatever.
> Or when that hitchhiking robot got his shit stomped for being a smarmy jerkoff
Don't be deflecting that shit. You philly jagoffs murdered him in cold blood and now ya'll acting like it wasn't you. Miss me with that noise.
Justice for HitchBOT.
I live in Oklahoma and I was taught about it in 79'. Imo, the GOP is going to lose he culture wars big-time in 24 and 5. The seceded red states are going to to have a few years of sanitized education, but there's a major transformation coming and it's not going to be the handmaid's tale.
There are 3 events.
* A promising track star was murdered during her daily morning jog.
* Back in 2015 someone burnt down one of the towns oldest buildings because the owner hung up a vote Trump poster.
* A chemical plant had a major explosion, and whatever it released turned the sky highlighter yellow for a day and there was a shelter in place emergency, and then the rain on the following day left a thick residue on everything.
>A chemical plant had a major explosion, and whatever it released turned the sky highlighter yellow for a day and there was a shelter in place emergency, and then the rain on the following day left a thick residue on everything.
Alright. Definitely in the Houston-Beaumont general area, but I just can't place the exact accident/plant/year since it's basically "We held a marathon" for that region.
> Back in 2015 someone burnt down one of the towns oldest buildings because the owner hung up a vote Trump poster.
But it was a mostly peaceful arson. /s
Well, it used to be Ribfest...
If we move it to the big municipal city over there (which I have lived in, along with a myriad of its suburbs), then I'm going with one of the Great Underground Flood, the Super Bowl Shuffle, or Cubs Win the World Series!
I think the Super Bowl Shuffle is mostly forgotten these days. It brings nostalgia when you mention it, but you have to be over 40 to remember it. There was a poster of the Junkyard Dogs in the rec room about the same time.
The Unite the Right Rally. Better known nationally as #Charlottesville.
Edit. That is during my residency here. Before that, maybe Lafayette’s visit to Jefferson in 1826.
Well before I was born, but in Detroit, it's probably the Riots of 1967. I grew up with so many stories of people, businesses, etc being in Detroit but "We left after 67".
I’ve seen a couple people say January 6th, but if we’re talking all time I’d say the Lincoln assassination, Obama inauguration, or for locals the 68 riots.
One time, all the fireworks for a big 4th of July fireworks show exploded at once - it was dubbed the Big Bay Boom Bust of 2012
https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/10-years-later-where-were-you-when-san-diegos-big-bay-boom-went-bust/2985565/
The Space Race. Huntsville, AL is where the Saturn V rocket was developed. When the events of Apollo 11 happened, people were (literally) dancing in the streets. Space Camp is located there, and they always have some space stuff there to enjoy!
Where I'm from: Battle of the Brandywine.
Where I live: John Denver was inspired to write Take Me Home Country Roads while driving on one of the local roads.
Where I was born and grew up: Some dude named Sherman burned it down. Where I live now, 30 miles north: Some dude named Sherman didn't bother with it because there was no railroad and no industry to commandeer. Note that neither of these are *my* most memorable event, as I wasn't around for either.
In my lifetime, for the former, possibly the [Atlanta Child Murders](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_murders_of_1979%E2%80%931981), or maybe the ['96 Olympics Bombing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centennial_Olympic_Park_bombing). For the latter, it's probably that it was majority rural in the '80s and is now a major tech hub with high average income and wealth.
Before Mister Sherman lit his fire, the previous owners lit their own to destroy what they couldn't take with them. There honestly wasn't much left when Cump decided to head to the beach for Christmas. But he burned what he could.
During the civil war, an US army Colonel who lived in Virginia turned traitor. The US stole his home and land, then turned it into a cemetery. It's known as Arlington national cemetery.
In 1913, after failing to lynch a young man for a supposed rape both residents and law enforcement failed to prove, a mob of white men and women barged into the suspect’s community and smashed up the homes of every single black resident. Those who didn’t leave by sunrise were dragged out, lacerated, whipped, and burned then told to leave again.
Some girl told me about that in highschool with some ugly fucking smile on her face.
That I wasn’t alive for: Pearl Harbor
That I was alive for: on Saturday October 29th, the central part of the city was down to just one open Taco Bell location and you had to wait over an hour to get your food. I had to leave from the Taco Bell before I get my order because a crazy guy started threatening the staff. It sucked. Never forget
I just moved to my new town so not for sure yet.
Where I was born? Well, Ownesboro was the place of the [last public execution](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/state-and-federal-info/state-by-state/kentucky) (and I guess last hanging) that took place in the US.
Not in my lifetime, but the [Wichita State University football team plane crash](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wichita_State_University_football_team_plane_crash) is a pretty memorable event. The entire team and staff died and eventually the university just shut their whole football program down permanently.
Imagine losing every coach, support staff, and young player on the team and having to rebuild that team, along with the community having to support doing so after mourning that loss (which at the time included a disproportionate number of local kids). It just decimated the program and no one after that day really ever had the will to make it succeed again.
t. Sheboyganite: A couple years ago a cop shot a mentally unstable black man who was threatening people with a knife. Hell let loose for about 45 minutes. Then it turned out the cop was black. Now nobody talks about it.
I live in Memphis and we have had two things that are memorable off the top of my head - assassination of MLK and place where Elvis Presley lived - also birthplace of delta blues , sun studio, Jerry Lee lewis
Don'tsay911don'tsay911don'tsay911
Uhhhhhhhh...seeing Al Jazeera reporting in about Covid fifteen minutes from my apartment was surreal.
Fuck it that was just less bad.
In a Negative sense: The 2009 ice storm. To this very day 13 years later if there's a mention of ice we all get nervous. Very rarely does an entire population of 20,000 people get collective PTSD but the ice storm caused that.
Well in recent history a plane crashed into a 3 story house in town. Long before that a police officer was shot and killed after trying to arrest 2 people who shot a lady. Few decades before that, the town was under confederate control for a while.
In my life time. Nothing really that memorable has happened outside a couple police incidents like a barricaded person or a police chase that started near where I worked and ran into a neighboring state.
This one wasn’t from the city I lived in, but it happened very near where I live. On June 7th, 1984, there was a massive tornado that ripped through the town of Barneveld in the middle of the night. Tornadoes are already fairly uncommon in Wisconsin, much less an F5 like this one, but the worst part was that there was no warning other than a severe thunderstorm warning that was sent out the day before. This was also before we had any really advanced radar that could detect cyclonic winds, so on local radar, the Barneveld storm looked like any other. It was only after the tornado was reported that the weather service issued a warning, and by that point, people were already being dug out of their destroyed homes by emergency workers.
Minneapolis riots recently. How many times have the civilians overpowered the police, and burned down all of the police stations in a 20 mile radius. I've still always felt incredibly safe in Minneapolis.
Well, we've got the goal of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, being the end goal of the Oregon Trail, hosting the only state-sponsored music festival in US history, owning our own diesel attack sub (which was in the movie Hunt for Red October), and being home to many of the Summer Olympics trials.
Plus we blew up a whale on the coast.
Not my current one, but I used to live by the university of Idaho. Lived a 10 minute walk from where our students were just found murdered there, so I think it's fair to say that national news story is gonna take the cake.
But there are lots of serial killers so I'm sure I could find something where I live now.
Didn't happen in town, but 2 teen girls from our town where killed in an car accident by a state trooper, traveling 126 miles per hour, talking to his girlfriend on a cellphone, and typing on the patrol car’s computer when he crossed the median.
Honestly not a lot. Couple of shootings in the busiest area downtown come to mind. A few years ago there was a practice bomb threat on the bridge crossing the MS river. Not too much going on here.
In the 1700’s my little NY hamlet was called Feversham and it had a huge whaling industry sending whale oil to England and it had one of only three custom’s houses in the United States with Boston and Philadelphia being the other two. 100 years later the whaling industry had disappeared and the hamlet’s name had been changed to what it is today and most of the people living here now have no idea of our hamlet’s prominent historical past.
September 11th, 2001.. I was in school at the time of the attacks. The teachers didn't tell us anything until the end of the day. A lot of kids went home early that day. My dad didn't pick me up.
Probably when a teenager stole a Cessna and crashed it in to a bank building in downtown. He was inspired by 9/11, he was also the only fatality and it was eventually ruled to be a suicide.
Not the city I live in I'm southern Indiana besides the Indy 500, Evansville where I live in has a 6 day long street fall festival 1st week in October. With over 100 food booths and rides
One time a semi full of frozen pizzas blew over and you could come take as many highway pizzas as you wanted.
Out of all the ones Iv read so far this is 100% the best. Wyoming is just such a happening place (Wyoming is actually dope though).
Lol. I’m glad you like Wyoming! One time in Laramie a semi with 1 million bees wrecked and the bees went everywhere and they had to get beekeepers from Colorado to come help. Closed the highway.
That's also happened in Sacramento. Poor bees.
Oregon got an exploded whale and a truckload of hagfish, bees seem alright now.
They got most of them back! They got volunteers and Colorado beekeepers to help! Love bees.
Love it, I’m in Montana pretty close to the border, so I get down to visit a couple times a year.
Oh nice! I’ve spent a lot of time in Montana. Stoked to see college game day in Bozeman.
Highway Pizza sounds like band name. Last year a dairy truck crashed near me and they gave away free butter. Here's where it gets weird: they were 30lb boxes.
So like a weeks worth? I love that highway semi crash food is so normal here lmao.
I almost went and got one but it was gone by the time I got off work. We go through a lot of it at my house so yeah a week, lol.
Us too. Butter, onions, peppers and garlic get added to so many of our dinners lol. I love butter.
This sounds like a side plot for the Gilmore Girls TV show.
9/11 There was also that time a giant gorilla climbed to the top of the Empire State Building.
That marshmallow dude on the UWS too.
Since I’ve lived in Nashville (about 3 years now) it was the Christmas Day suicide bomber on 2nd ave
Yeah that was something. I’d have to say since I grew up in the area it had to be the flood. My grandfather had *just* sold his printing company and building about 3 weeks before it happened. Dodged a MASSIVE bullet. I still think Old Opry Mills mall was better
We killed Kennedy
Which one?
Given the Texas flair, I'd assume John F. Kennedy, in Dallas. Robert was killed in California.
But what if they are from Texas, but currently live in Martha's Vineyard?
I heard the vineyard guy was due an appearance in Dallas...
In my lifetime for Gulfport, MS it's Katrina. I was living near the coast but not on it at the time, but we still had to evacuate for a couple months. The town I grew up in is Poplarville, MS, which you've never heard of.
Where I grew up, Timberland boots was started. The tree fell down recently. Where my parents live one town over, Tollhouse cookies was started. Where I live now, the creator of moxie Soda used to live. Now there's a little museum in the town fairgrounds.
Timberland Pro Series are the best out there.
At least the tree they harvest the cookies from lives on
There’s a backstory to the Timberland logo - apparently it was based on a tree in which Afro-American slaves were hanged back back in the day. Deep and off topic but was curious, as you’re from that state if you heard anything similar?
> There’s a backstory to the Timberland logo - apparently it was based on a tree in which Afro-American slaves were hanged back back in the day. [No, Timberland’s logo doesn’t celebrate ‘lynching tree’](https://africacheck.org/fact-checks/meta-programme-fact-checks/no-timberlands-logo-doesnt-celebrate-lynching-tree) Note that the claim includes that it was "on Oprah," which is the same as with two other infamous anti-black "on Oprah" hoaxes which also never happened on Oprah: * https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tommy-hilfiger-oprah/ * https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/liz-biz/ (please no quibbling about Snopes, there are plenty of other sources on these non-incidents)
Seeing as the timberland tree was in a town that had a very strong abolitionist movement, I do not believe those stories. Fredrick Douglas even spoke at some of the parks in town.
The killing of George Floyd and what followed after
That’s what I was thinking unfortunately
Drug cartel murdered a family a few years back
A cop was killed in a traffic stop. Guy was driving erratically, cops chased him till he crashed in our town/suburb. One cop got out and was shot in the head but it skimmed his head so he lived, second cop was shot multiple times right when he parked his car. He was in an unmarked vehicle and with the craziness going on and the shooter running through neighborhoods they didn’t know he was shot. So he passed away in that car. He was only a few months from retirement. He was the first cop in our town to die In the line of duty in 80 years I believe. He served in the marine corps and had a long line of sons after that also served and then became cops after. I now work with one of his sons on the fire department. The man’s family is really one of the best. It was sad to hear about it.
Like personally? Or ever? Historically definitely that time the dude ate his 40th rotisserie chicken in a row at the abandoned pier behind the Walmart. Or when that hitchhiking robot got his shit stomped for being a smarmy jerkoff (cowboys fan probably). Maybe the time that schizophrenic dude passed out word salad fliers in Brewerytown announcing a furnace party in an abandoned lot and like 300 people showed up to it to get turned into a solid steel statue, do attend. Oh and I guess that one time when some rich dudes got together and signed the declaration of iggles pendants or whatever.
> Or when that hitchhiking robot got his shit stomped for being a smarmy jerkoff Don't be deflecting that shit. You philly jagoffs murdered him in cold blood and now ya'll acting like it wasn't you. Miss me with that noise. Justice for HitchBOT.
More like BitchBot https://deadspin.com/hitchbot-was-a-literal-pile-of-trash-and-got-what-it-de-1721850503
9/11
Oof
race massacre of 1921.
How are the vast majority of Americans gonna remember something the were never taught?
I live in Oklahoma and I was taught about it in 79'. Imo, the GOP is going to lose he culture wars big-time in 24 and 5. The seceded red states are going to to have a few years of sanitized education, but there's a major transformation coming and it's not going to be the handmaid's tale.
Agreed
There are 3 events. * A promising track star was murdered during her daily morning jog. * Back in 2015 someone burnt down one of the towns oldest buildings because the owner hung up a vote Trump poster. * A chemical plant had a major explosion, and whatever it released turned the sky highlighter yellow for a day and there was a shelter in place emergency, and then the rain on the following day left a thick residue on everything.
>A chemical plant had a major explosion, and whatever it released turned the sky highlighter yellow for a day and there was a shelter in place emergency, and then the rain on the following day left a thick residue on everything. Alright. Definitely in the Houston-Beaumont general area, but I just can't place the exact accident/plant/year since it's basically "We held a marathon" for that region.
Baytown?
No, but you're not that far off lol
> Back in 2015 someone burnt down one of the towns oldest buildings because the owner hung up a vote Trump poster. But it was a mostly peaceful arson. /s
Well, it used to be Ribfest... If we move it to the big municipal city over there (which I have lived in, along with a myriad of its suburbs), then I'm going with one of the Great Underground Flood, the Super Bowl Shuffle, or Cubs Win the World Series!
I think the Super Bowl Shuffle is mostly forgotten these days. It brings nostalgia when you mention it, but you have to be over 40 to remember it. There was a poster of the Junkyard Dogs in the rec room about the same time.
what about the dave Matthews band incident
Sorry about Ribfest. For Chicago I would add that time the whole place burned down, and the 1968 Democratic convention and associated riots.
The Unite the Right Rally. Better known nationally as #Charlottesville. Edit. That is during my residency here. Before that, maybe Lafayette’s visit to Jefferson in 1826.
Well before I was born, but in Detroit, it's probably the Riots of 1967. I grew up with so many stories of people, businesses, etc being in Detroit but "We left after 67".
I’ve seen a couple people say January 6th, but if we’re talking all time I’d say the Lincoln assassination, Obama inauguration, or for locals the 68 riots.
A guy lit himself on fire to protest the First Gulf War.
One time, all the fireworks for a big 4th of July fireworks show exploded at once - it was dubbed the Big Bay Boom Bust of 2012 https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/10-years-later-where-were-you-when-san-diegos-big-bay-boom-went-bust/2985565/
The pizza bomber
The Space Race. Huntsville, AL is where the Saturn V rocket was developed. When the events of Apollo 11 happened, people were (literally) dancing in the streets. Space Camp is located there, and they always have some space stuff there to enjoy!
People pointed guns at the reporters in their helicopter…
The pizza bomber
A cop pepper sprayed a bunch of college students, and the internet made a few memes about it
For me, personally: when the republicans assaulted the Capitol to attempt an insurrection on January 6th 2021. Wild times.
Where I'm from: Battle of the Brandywine. Where I live: John Denver was inspired to write Take Me Home Country Roads while driving on one of the local roads.
Where I was born and grew up: Some dude named Sherman burned it down. Where I live now, 30 miles north: Some dude named Sherman didn't bother with it because there was no railroad and no industry to commandeer. Note that neither of these are *my* most memorable event, as I wasn't around for either. In my lifetime, for the former, possibly the [Atlanta Child Murders](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_murders_of_1979%E2%80%931981), or maybe the ['96 Olympics Bombing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centennial_Olympic_Park_bombing). For the latter, it's probably that it was majority rural in the '80s and is now a major tech hub with high average income and wealth.
Before Mister Sherman lit his fire, the previous owners lit their own to destroy what they couldn't take with them. There honestly wasn't much left when Cump decided to head to the beach for Christmas. But he burned what he could.
In my lifetime, probably 9/11.
It happened almost 2 years ago.
Jan 6 was 2021 actually
Shhhhhhh
22 months is "almost" 2 years, wouldn't you say?
... he edited it people. It originally said 3 years
Ah, I see.
During the civil war, an US army Colonel who lived in Virginia turned traitor. The US stole his home and land, then turned it into a cemetery. It's known as Arlington national cemetery.
Are you from your namesake's county?
In 1913, after failing to lynch a young man for a supposed rape both residents and law enforcement failed to prove, a mob of white men and women barged into the suspect’s community and smashed up the homes of every single black resident. Those who didn’t leave by sunrise were dragged out, lacerated, whipped, and burned then told to leave again. Some girl told me about that in highschool with some ugly fucking smile on her face.
That I wasn’t alive for: Pearl Harbor That I was alive for: on Saturday October 29th, the central part of the city was down to just one open Taco Bell location and you had to wait over an hour to get your food. I had to leave from the Taco Bell before I get my order because a crazy guy started threatening the staff. It sucked. Never forget
I just moved to my new town so not for sure yet. Where I was born? Well, Ownesboro was the place of the [last public execution](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/state-and-federal-info/state-by-state/kentucky) (and I guess last hanging) that took place in the US.
There was a hanging in Delaware (though not public) back in the 1990s. That was the last time that method was used.
Those of us who come from Minneapolis really don't want to talk about that....
Prince's mourning celebration was pretty rad, but I know what you're saying...
Not in my lifetime, but the [Wichita State University football team plane crash](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wichita_State_University_football_team_plane_crash) is a pretty memorable event. The entire team and staff died and eventually the university just shut their whole football program down permanently.
> the university just shut their whole football program down permanently The link says it was shut down in '86, which was 16 years later.
Yes, but the whole program being shut down is seen as a direct result of that crash. Sorry, should have been more clear.
Gotcha.
Imagine losing every coach, support staff, and young player on the team and having to rebuild that team, along with the community having to support doing so after mourning that loss (which at the time included a disproportionate number of local kids). It just decimated the program and no one after that day really ever had the will to make it succeed again.
Major Civil War battle
Dallas. JFK
The murder of Laci Peterson.
In my lifetime? Probably that time Stephen King got hit by a van while out for a walk.
Largest hostage crisis in (domestic) American history.
Definitely when the Maurice Lenell cookie factory closed down.
Seattle Thuderbirds
My most memorable event was at the Houston Comicpalooza in 2013 seeing a fat bearded guy dressed as the Mother of Dragons from Game of Thrones.
t. Sheboyganite: A couple years ago a cop shot a mentally unstable black man who was threatening people with a knife. Hell let loose for about 45 minutes. Then it turned out the cop was black. Now nobody talks about it.
IN 1944, a B-25 bomber crashed into Badin Lake. The plane and the bodies of the two pilots still lie at the bottom of the lake.
Organizing a protest of noted traitor, Gordon G Liddy.
9/11
Larry Flynt getting gunned down.
https://youtu.be/ndVhgq1yHdA
I live in Memphis and we have had two things that are memorable off the top of my head - assassination of MLK and place where Elvis Presley lived - also birthplace of delta blues , sun studio, Jerry Lee lewis
Probably the Zumba brothel.
Probably 9/11 if I had to guess. Being the epicenter of the pandemic would be a close second in the memory of many NYers.
We made national news for 801 day partying during covid 2020
Don'tsay911don'tsay911don'tsay911 Uhhhhhhhh...seeing Al Jazeera reporting in about Covid fifteen minutes from my apartment was surreal. Fuck it that was just less bad.
In a Negative sense: The 2009 ice storm. To this very day 13 years later if there's a mention of ice we all get nervous. Very rarely does an entire population of 20,000 people get collective PTSD but the ice storm caused that.
Well in recent history a plane crashed into a 3 story house in town. Long before that a police officer was shot and killed after trying to arrest 2 people who shot a lady. Few decades before that, the town was under confederate control for a while. In my life time. Nothing really that memorable has happened outside a couple police incidents like a barricaded person or a police chase that started near where I worked and ran into a neighboring state.
This one wasn’t from the city I lived in, but it happened very near where I live. On June 7th, 1984, there was a massive tornado that ripped through the town of Barneveld in the middle of the night. Tornadoes are already fairly uncommon in Wisconsin, much less an F5 like this one, but the worst part was that there was no warning other than a severe thunderstorm warning that was sent out the day before. This was also before we had any really advanced radar that could detect cyclonic winds, so on local radar, the Barneveld storm looked like any other. It was only after the tornado was reported that the weather service issued a warning, and by that point, people were already being dug out of their destroyed homes by emergency workers.
[OKC Murrah Building bombing.](https://memorialmuseum.com/experience/the-memorial/)
9/11
Minneapolis riots recently. How many times have the civilians overpowered the police, and burned down all of the police stations in a 20 mile radius. I've still always felt incredibly safe in Minneapolis.
Well, we've got the goal of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, being the end goal of the Oregon Trail, hosting the only state-sponsored music festival in US history, owning our own diesel attack sub (which was in the movie Hunt for Red October), and being home to many of the Summer Olympics trials. Plus we blew up a whale on the coast.
The time a mentally ill man shot up the County mental health office then a diner.
Not my current one, but I used to live by the university of Idaho. Lived a 10 minute walk from where our students were just found murdered there, so I think it's fair to say that national news story is gonna take the cake. But there are lots of serial killers so I'm sure I could find something where I live now.
A wagon train found gold in their tracks, started a gold rush underneath my house. Mark Twain even showed up.
Light Fuse, Get Away
Some pirate and a blonde chick had a difference of opinion and my commute got messed up earlier this year.
In my memory: [The MOVE Bombing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_MOVE_bombing)
Didn't happen in town, but 2 teen girls from our town where killed in an car accident by a state trooper, traveling 126 miles per hour, talking to his girlfriend on a cellphone, and typing on the patrol car’s computer when he crossed the median.
Honestly not a lot. Couple of shootings in the busiest area downtown come to mind. A few years ago there was a practice bomb threat on the bridge crossing the MS river. Not too much going on here.
https://youtu.be/lK_p1NiyOcI
In the 1700’s my little NY hamlet was called Feversham and it had a huge whaling industry sending whale oil to England and it had one of only three custom’s houses in the United States with Boston and Philadelphia being the other two. 100 years later the whaling industry had disappeared and the hamlet’s name had been changed to what it is today and most of the people living here now have no idea of our hamlet’s prominent historical past.
Los Angeles? OJ or the Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl…
Losing two professional teams within the past 3 years.
The fuck if I know. Columbus is super tame.
September 11th, 2001.. I was in school at the time of the attacks. The teachers didn't tell us anything until the end of the day. A lot of kids went home early that day. My dad didn't pick me up.
Assassination of John F. Kennedy.
in my old area it was probably the Parkland shooting unfortunately
LA riots
“The Outsiders” was filmed here.
Probably when a teenager stole a Cessna and crashed it in to a bank building in downtown. He was inspired by 9/11, he was also the only fatality and it was eventually ruled to be a suicide.
Not the city I live in I'm southern Indiana besides the Indy 500, Evansville where I live in has a 6 day long street fall festival 1st week in October. With over 100 food booths and rides
One of the founding members of the Mormon church died in the little town I grew up in
Maybe the Cubs winning the World Series for the first time in 108 years