Challenger disaster was 38 years ago today. Even though I was only 8 years old when it happened, I remember it because I was very much into astronomy and space. Hard to believe it's been that long now.
I was a freshman in high school and we had a snow day that day. We were all hanging in the basement and a friend came over and said that the space shuttle blew up. We said, "No. It blasts off idiot."
He said, "No, IT BLEW UP!" We all went upstairs to the TV and well, we all know rest.