What historical events have you and your family lived through?

Many of us living have either experienced or known folks and relatives who remember those events.For example, my grandmother, on my father’s side of the family was born a month before the Titanic sank.Then when World War One occurred shennwas a toddler. My parents were both born a few months before World War 2 started and when that ended,they were children. I was born days before Martin Luther King was assassinated. What events in these past times have those older than you been affected by?