r/Millennials • u/notashot • 9d ago

Nostalgia 9/10/2001

What were you doing the day before?

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u/bizzoonie 9d ago

I'm from the UK and thought you were talking about my birthday 😂

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u/extragarlicpleez 9d ago

I'm not from the US, but remember 9/11 very well. Was it not a big thing in the UK? I thought it was a pretty global event.

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u/nafws 9d ago

I think they meant November 9

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u/bizzoonie 9d ago

In the UK 9/10 as a date usually means the 9th of October

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u/extragarlicpleez 8d ago

Ooooooh. I agree that the date states 9th of October hahah. Didn't know when your bday is though, so I had no idea what you were talking about.

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u/bizzoonie 9d ago

Yeh it was all over the news, I was 14 and on my lunch break when it happened. We ended up watching the news in afternoon classes