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"We Interrupt This Broadcast" - Wherever we may happen to be, our lives stop for a moment, and we experience those few seconds of anxiety between the interruption and the actual announcement of what has happened."

submitted by paul_neri to books 8 monthsAug 17, 2023 20:35:28 ago (+2/-3)     (en.wikipedia.org)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Interrupt_This_Broadcast

"The Hindenburg Explodes" (May 6, 1937)
"Pearl Harbor Under Attack" (December 7, 1941)
"D-Day: The Normandy Invasion" (June 6, 1944)
"President Roosevelt Dies" (April 12, 1945)
"V-E Day: War in Europe Ends" (May 7, 1945)
"Atomic Bomb Destroys Hiroshima" (August 6, 1945)
"Japan Surrenders: WWII Ends" (August 15, 1945)
"Truman Defeats Dewey" (November 3, 1948)
"General MacArthur Fired" (April 11, 1951)
"Sputnik Launched by Soviets" (October 4, 1957)
"John Glenn Orbits Earth" (February 20, 1962)
"Marilyn Monroe Dies" (August 4, 1962)
"Cuban Missile Crisis: Nuclear War Threatened" (October 22, 1962)
"President Kennedy Assassinated" (November 22, 1963)
"Lee Harvey Oswald Assassinated" (November 24, 1963)
"President Johnson Declines Re-election Bid" (March 31, 1968)
"Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated" (April 4, 1968)
"Robert Kennedy Assassinated" (June 4, 1968)
"Apollo 11: Man Walks on Moon" (July 20, 1969)
"Apollo 13: Astronauts Escape Disaster" (April 13, 1970)
"Kent State Massacre" (May 4, 1970)
"Munich Olympics Tragedy" (September 5, 1972)
"Nixon Resigns" (August 8, 1974)
"Saigon Falls" (April 30, 1975)
"Elvis Dies" (August 16, 1977)
"Iran Hostage Crisis" (November 4, 1979)
"John Lennon Murdered" (December 8, 1980)
"President Reagan Shot" (March 30, 1981)
"The Challenger Explodes" (January 28, 1986)
"Berlin Wall Crumbles" (November 9, 1989)
"Operation Desert Storm Begins" (January 29, 1991)
"Rodney King Verdict Incites Riots" (April 29, 1992)
"Waco Standoff Ends in Disaster" (April 19, 1993)
"O.J. Simpson Saga" (June 13, 1994 to February 4, 1997)
"Oklahoma City Bombing" (April 19, 1995)
"Flight 800 Explodes Over Atlantic" (July 17, 1996)
"Atlanta Olympics Bombing" (July 27, 1996)
"Princess Diana Dies" (August 31, 1997)
The second edition, released in 2000, features the above events, plus...

"The Impeachment of President Clinton" (December 19, 1998)
"Tragedy at Columbine High School" (April 20, 1999)
"John F. Kennedy Jr. Dies" (July 16, 1999)
The third edition, released in 2002, features the above events, plus...

"The 2000 Election" (November 7, 2000)
"America Under Attack" (September 11, 2001)
In 2008, a fourth edition was released. This most recent version was released with 3 CD's, featuring the above events, plus...

"Operation Iraqi Freedom Begins" (March 20, 2003)
"Hurricane Katrina Floods New Orleans" (August 29, 2005)
"The Virginia Tech Massacre" (April 16, 2007)


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What I'm searching for is the form of words that tends to come next:

to advise
to inform
to tell you
to bring you the news etc