On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 17:29:09 +0000, Steven P. McNicoll wrote:


"Big John" wrote in message
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40 years ago today I was ferrying a F-89J from the Maine Air Guard at
Bangor, ME to the Oregon Air Guard at Portland OR. Chugging along at
20K, keeping under the big jet stream blowing east, I was about 150
out of Oklahoma City, my next refueling stop, when ATC came up on
frequency and announced that President Kennedy had been shot in Dallas
and was dead.

May he rest in peace.


Today is November 14, 2003. JFK was shot and killed on November 22, 1963.

Yeah. On November 22, 1963, I was happily celebrating my 8th birthday.
The announcement kind of ruined the whole day for me. The worse part is
that I get reminded of it every year by the media...