It was one of those seminal moments in history when people, in the oft-repeated phrase, “remember where they were” at the time.
Dec. 7, 1941 — Pearl Harbor. Nov. 22, 1963 — the death of President John F. Kennedy. July 20, 1969 — men walk on the moon. Sept. 11, 2001 — terrorist attacks on the U.S.
April 4, 1968 — the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Editorial: King guided Americans into the light
Civil right leader's life and death showed stark contrast between nonviolence, brutality