I remember the Cuban Missle Crisis only too well and I was just a little girl at the time. We lived in north Texas and they were pointed directly at us. I remember having stuff in the trunk (boot for you Brits!) of the car, wrapped in foil, like they told us to(LOTS of good that would do against radiation, but hey...) so that we'd be ready to hightail it out when the missles were launched. I also remember the day JFK was shot...mom still has the newspaper.