They're called flashbulb memories.Those events in history where you can remember exactly what you were doing at the time they happened.
From the election of President Obama to the announcement of the Covid-19 pandemic and even Take That splitting up – all belong to a part of psychology where personal memories of significant events are somehow imprinted in our brains in a different way to everyday ones.
One such event, at least for soap fans old enough to remember it, is the late 1980s wedding of Neighbours favourites Scott and Charlene, played by Jason Donovan and Kylie Minogue.
It was the TV wedding of the year, possibly even the decade, which saw Charlene walked up the aisle to be given away by her brother Henry (Craig McLachlan) and then married to Scott in front of Ramsay Street residents including Paul (Stefan Dennis), Madge (Anne Charleston), Harold (Ian Bishop) and Mike (Guy Pearce).
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