23 What world events had the most impact on you when you were growing up?

The cold war was in full force. We lived in fear of a nuclear attack. At school- we'd have "Bomb drills" - where an alarm would go off and we'd dive under our desks- great protection against nuclear holocaust. 

I remember the Cuban Missile Crisis and Khrushchev banging on the table with his shoe. I also remember him saying "we will bury you".

It was a scary time and I had a lot of sleepless nights. I also wrote John Kennedy a letter asking "are we going to have a war". I have it around here someplace.