| If you're around my age, then you probably remember exactly where you were when you heard the news in November 1963 that President Kennedy had been shot. The first lunar landing in July 1969 is another such time marker for my generation, as is Sept. 11, 2001.
Jan. 21, 1980, on the other hand, is probably notable only to the extreme financial market aficionados among us. That's the day the price of silver peaked at an intraday high of a record $50.35 per ounce, or about $140 an ounce in today's (inflation-adjusted) dollars -- more than four times the current price...............................................Full Article: Source
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