A seminal event in the silent generation that can still elicit comments today is the question:
1. "Where were you when John F. Kennedy was shot?"
2. "Do you remember Pearl Harbor?"
3. "What were you doing on September 11, 2001?"
4. "How did the Challenger tragedy affect you?"
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Explanation: 1. The Boomer generation was at high school and elementary school age when Kennedy was assassinated. This event in their history was followed by a time of social upheaval.
2. Pearl Harbor was the event heralding the U.S. involvement in World War II. The generations that remember it are in their 70s and older, the Silent Generation.
3. 9/11 was a pivotal event in many people's lives, and not restricted to one generation.
4. The explosion of the Challenger space shuttle is a seminal event in the lives of Generation X, as it occurred in 1986.
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