Originally posted by Curious_Agnostic
1986 sounds about right to me. I was born in 1980 and I remember it happening sometime around when I was in kindergarten or first grade.

Me too

January 28th, 1986. Period, guys, I know this for a fact..without going into detail, my cousin was onboard..a cousin I didn't meet until 1985, so 1983 is out of the question, because, he was alive when I met him, believe me

I too thought it happened earlier than it did. I dismissed it, till I stumbled upon this thread.
not sure what to think?

here's an interesting idea! Lets go with the time line theory here. That time is river and each choice we make splits it into smaller rivers, all moving in the same direction. maybe even in the same space. Now imagine that there were multiple timelines differentiated only by a single person memories. In other words each choice we make splits the time river but some choices are larger than others. In one timeline "You" are differentiated by the current "You" only by the difference of a few memories. Is it possible that if the difference between timelines is SO small that small errors can occur between them. Like a shuffling of identities. Maybe the "You" are not the same "You" that wa meant to be in THIS timeline and the one "You" that is is now in the other timeline. Switching places. So in that timeline the shuttle accident happened in 83 or 89, but in this one it happened in 86. Hmmm...

Well this is really freaky. I specifically remember being at Central Junior High School and watching it in the school cafeteria.

The freaky part is I graduated from junior high in 78.