Wow @gailcalled, You beat me. I was alive when Roosevelt died, but barely over 1 year old.
The outbreak of the Korean war on June 25, 1950 is the first newsworthy event I still recall. The first news event I ever saw on TV was the inaugural parade for President Eisenhower in 1953. We had a TV, but the first broadcast station in Norfolk, VA was still under construction at the time. Fortunately, we visited my aunt in Atlanta, and their station was on the air. I was fascinated by the new medium, so the memory is vivid even today.