Top 20 Television Moments List Released

It's always a hazard to release any list titled 'all-time top 20' because it's subject to interpretation.

However, a survey released Wednesday by Sony Electronics and the Nielsen television research company shows the top 20 answers when people were asked "what are your most memorable television moments?"

Some who are middle aged and older will scratch their heads at some of the answers, and wonder why some historic events didn't end up higher on the list, like the Cuban missle crisis or even the tearing down of the Berlin Wall.

However if you weren't born before the lunar landing of Apollo 11 or the Fall of Saigon, you can't call it very memorable, can you?

So without further ado, here's the list:

1. September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks
2. Hurricane Katrina/levee breaks (2005)
3. O.J. Simpson murder trial verdict (1995)
4. Challenger space shuttle disaster (1986)
5. Death of Osama bin Laden (2011)
6. O.J. Simpson car chase (1994)
7. Earthquake and tsunami in Japan (2011)
8. Columbine school shooting (1999)
9. BP oil spill (2010)
10. Princess Diana's funeral (1997)
11. Death of Whitney Houston
12. Capture & execution of Saddam Hussein (2006)
13. Barack Obama acceptance speech (2008)
14. Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton (2011)
15. Assasination of John F. Kennedy (1963)
16. Oklahoma City bombing (1995)
17. Bush/Gore election results (2000)
18. Rodney King verdict/riots (1992)
19. Casey Anthony murder trial verdict (2011)
20. Funeral of John F. Kennedy (1963)