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Top 20 all-time TV moments Reuters reports that a new survey shows the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks are by far the most memorable TV moment shared by viewers in the past 50 years.
No. 1: Sept. 11, 2001, attacks
The twin towers of the World Trade Center burn behind the Empire State Building in New York. The attacks are by far the most memorable moment shared by television viewers in the past 50 years, according to the survey released Wednesday by Sony Electronics and the Nielsen television research company.
Marty Lederhandler
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No. 2: Hurricane Katrina — the levees break (2005)
Floodwaters pour through a levee along the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal, also known as the Industrial Canal in New Orleans after the Hurricane Katrina ravaged the city.
Vincent Laforet
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No. 3: O.J. Simpson murder verdict (1995)
O.J. Simpson clenches his fists in victory after a Los Angeles jury delivered its not guilty verdict in the murders of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman. Lead defense attorney Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. stands directly behind Simpson as lawyers F. Lee Bailey, far left, and Robert Kardashian, second from left, listen to the verdict.
Myung Chun
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No. 4: Challenger space shuttle disaster (1986)
The space shuttle Challenger explodes over Cape Canaveral, Fla., killing seven crew members, including schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe. The disaster aired live on television.
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No. 5: Death of Osama bin Laden (2011)
In a late-Sunday appearance in the White House's East Room in May, President Obama announced the news of Osama bin Laden’s death.
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No. 6: The O.J. Simpson high-speed car chase (1994)
A white Ford Bronco, driven by Al Cowlings and carrying O.J. Simpson, is trailed by police cars as it travels on a Los Angeles freeway. Cowlings and Simpson led authorities on a chase after Simpson was charged with two counts of murder in the deaths of his ex-wife and her friend.
Joseph R. Villarin
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No. 7: Earthquake and tsunami in Japan (2011)
Volunteers and rescue workers clear debris to search for bodies in Rikuzentakata after Japan's 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami.
Paula Bronstein
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No. 8: Columbine school shooting (1999)
Children head to a library near Littleton, Colo.'s Columbine High School, from which students and faculty members were evacuated after two students went on a shooting rampage.
Kevin Higley
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No. 9: BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico (2010)
The Deepwater Horizon oil rig burns in the Gulf of Mexico, off the southeast tip of Louisiana.
Gerald Herbert
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No. 10: Funeral of Princess Diana (1997)
A gun carriage bears the coffin of the Princess Diana, draped in the Royal Standard, as it leaves London's Kensington Palace en route for the funeral service at London's Westminster Abbey. The princess was killed in a car crash in Paris on Aug. 31.
Ben Curtis
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No. 11: Death of Whitney Houston (2012)
Singer Whitney Houston died Feb. 11 in Beverly Hills, Calif., at age 48. Coroner's officials said that the Grammy Award winner drowned but that her death was also caused by heart disease and cocaine use.
Dan Steinberg
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AP
No. 12: Capture and execution of Saddam Hussein (2006)
Saddam Hussein looks across the court during Day 3 of the Anfal campaign trial in Baghdad. The former Iraqi leader was hanged for crimes against humanity on Dec. 30.
Daniel Berehulak
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AP
No. 13: Obama acceptance speech (2008)
President-elect Barack Obama gives his acceptance speech at Grant Park in Chicago after defeating Republican candidate John McCain.
Morry Gash
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AP
No. 14: Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middelton (2011)
From left, Prince Harry, Prince William, Kate Middleton and her father, Michael Middleton, during the royal wedding at Westminster Abbey in London.
Dominic Lipinski
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No. 15: Assassination of John F. Kennedy (1963)
The limousine carrying mortally wounded President John F. Kennedy races toward the hospital after he was shot in Dallas. With Secret Service agent Clinton Hill riding on the back of the car, Nellie Connally, wife of Texas's governor, John Connally, bends over her wounded husband, while Jacqueline Kennedy leans over her husband.
Justin Newman
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No. 16: Oklahoma City bombing (1995)
Rescue crews search the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City for victims after the deadly car-bomb attack.
Lacy Atkins
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No. 17: Bush/Gore election results (2000)
Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush, left, greets Democratic contender Vice President Al Gore before their third and final debate at Washington University in St. Louis. The U.S. Supreme Court’s Bush v. Gore decision handed Bush a victory.
Laura Rauch
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No. 18: Los Angeles riots/Rodney King beating (1992)
People move in on a liquor store during a second day of riots and looting after the Rodney King decision in Los Angeles.
Charles Kelly
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No. 19: Casey Anthony murder trial verdict (2011)
Casey Anthony holds hands with her defense attorney, Jose Baez, as they listen to the verdict — not guilty on murder charges — at the Orange County Courthouse in Orlando, Fla. The jury acquitted Anthony of murdering her daughter, Caylee.
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No. 20: Funeral of John F. Kennedy (1963)
John F. Kennedy Jr., 3, salutes his father's casket in Washington, three days after the president was assassinated in Dallas. Widow Jacqueline Kennedy, center, and daughter, Caroline Kennedy, are accompanied by the late president's brothers, Edward M. Kennedy, left, and Robert Kennedy.
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