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* Any time this exchange takes place:
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'''Person B:''' Sure, what channel?
'''Person A:''' Any channel! }}
* For the NBA, "Derrick Rose tore ALC in knee. Will miss the rest of the playoffs."
* For those ''not'' watching television at the time: "[[The War
** [[It Got Worse|"The second tower's been hit!"]]
** Also, once the Pentagon was hit. It was at that point that ''anywhere'' within the U.S. could be a potential target, not just NYC.
** Whatever was whispered into then-President Bush's ear when he was in that elementary school classroom.
* [[Who Shot JFK?|"The president's been shot!"]]
** More specifically, Walter Cronkite's report: "From Dallas, Texas, the flash apparently official: President Kennedy died at 1 p.m. Central Standard Time, 2:00 Eastern Standard Time, some 38 minutes ago."
* [[Lyndon B Johnson|"I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your president."]]
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** "You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore, because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference and it will be one in which I have welcomed the opportunity to test wits with you."
** During the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings:
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** "Therefore, I shall resign the Presidency effective at noon tomorrow. Vice President Ford will be sworn in as President at that hour in this office."
* AIR RAID ** PEARL HARBOR ** THIS IS NOT A DRILL
** [[Franklin D. Roosevelt|"Yesterday, December 7, 1941 — a date which will live in infamy — the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan."]]
* [[Beam Me Up, Scotty|While not quite the lines]] [[Apollo
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'''CAPCOM Jack Lousma (CC):''' This is Houston. Say again, please.
'''Lovell (CDR):''' Uh, Houston, we've had a problem. }}
* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4JOjcDFtBE Obviously there has been a major malfunction]"
* During the pregame show of Game 3 of the 1989 world Series:
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'''Al Michaels''': I tell you what, we're having an earth- }}
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXX_3y5jqhs&feature=related I wonder if I was ever or still was considered a suspect in her murder], because I think sometimes I should've been.
* [[The American Civil War|"General Lee, I have no division."]]
* "[
* [[World War
* For Augustus of [[Ancient Rome]], whoever delivered the news that Varus and his three legions had been annihilated in the Teutoburger Wald.
** While on the subject of Ancient Rome, I believe "The die is cast," is probably the premier example of an ancient historical wham line. Julius Caesar uttered it as he violated Roman law, bringing his legion across the Rubicon and into Rome...and thus died the Roman Republic.
* In [[World War II]], when France was being invaded by Germany, [[Winston Churchill]] went to Paris and on a meeting with the commanders, asked the leading general, Gamelin: "Where is the strategic reserve?" Gamelin answered: "There is none." Churchill described hearing this later as the single most shocking moment in his life.
* 1972 Olympic games in Munich: "They’ve now said that there were eleven hostages. Two were killed in their rooms yesterday morning. Nine...were killed at the airport tonight. They’re all gone." What's so chilling is the way Jim Mckay emphasizes and pauses after the word "nine." The world knew they were all dead a second before he actually said they were. If ever there was a Wham Word, it was Jim Mckay's "nine."
* "Today, June 22th 1941, without declaring war, [[Nazi Germany|Hitlerite Germany]] invaded the Soviet Union."
** "I have to tell you now that no such action has been taken and consequently, this country is at war with Germany".
* Monday Night Football on Dec. 8th, 1980. Just another game until right at the end, when Howard Cosell [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gcdz1IRVoM dropped a bombshell on the audience]:
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* "As of the 21st of this month, I signed Proclamation Number 1081 placing the entire Philippines under Martial Law" from [
* "Seit 5.45 wird zurückgeschossen!" (Since 5.45 we have been shooting back!) Spoken by [[Adolf Hitler]] just as the invasion of Poland began.
* [[Famous Last Words|"Vancouver! Vancouver!]] [
** "Gentlemen, the uh, camper and the car sitting over to the south of me is covered. It's gonna get me, too. I can't get out of here ..."
* [
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* [
* "The chain reaction is self-sustaining." After the building of the first atomic reactor.
* From a [http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/07/manning-lamo-logs/ chat log] between Bradley Manning and the man who blew the whistle on him.
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4x_WUb68RQo "Snape killed Dumbledore!"]
* [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/11/japan-earthquake-tsunami_n_834380.html "An earthquake of magnitude 8.9 has struck the northeast region of Japan this Friday..."]
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* On an interview for CNN, Falcon Henne, "the Balloon Boy," when asked by his father why he didn't come when he called, "[[Saying Too Much|Because you guys said that, um, we did this for a show]]."
* Supposedly when Hitler announced his plan to conquer the rest of Europe, multiple people in the room had heart attacks. We don't know what exactly was said, but we know it was a whammy.
* "My fellow citizens, in the difficult circumstances our country is experiencing, President Muhammad Hosni Mubarak has decided to give up the office of the president of the republic and instructed the supreme council of the armed forces to manage the affairs of the country." {{spoiler|[[
* [
* [[Barack Obama|"Tonight, I can report to the American people and to the world]] that the United States had conducted an operation that [[And There Was Much Rejoicing|killed]] [[Osama Bin Laden]], the leader of Al Qaeda."
* A positive one: [[Two Words: Obvious Trope|"I'm back."]] [[And the Fandom Rejoiced|Cue fans buying]] more [[Michael Jordan]] jerseys in a week than that of Shaquille O'Neal, Anthony Hardaway and Grant Hill in a month.
* A low-key example, but one which definitely a wham for logic and mathematics: [
** And similarly, [
* "Det är mord på Sveavägen", or in English "there's a murder on Sveavägen", from the phone call after Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme was shot after seeing a film with his wife. And later than night in the radio (in a time before news where sent during the night) "Sveriges statsminister Olof Palme är död." or "Sweden's Prime Minister Olof Palme is dead."
* On a more personal scale, being told that you have a life-threatening or terminal illness or that a close relative or friend has died.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130101193354/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2108014,00.html?xid=fblike "Nature Is Over"]
* You can hear the shocked reaction in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCRQLWp9KoM this video (at 2:20)] to Dianne Feinstein's announcement: "As President of the Board of Supervisors, it's my duty to make this announcement. Both Mayor Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk have been shot and killed. The suspect is Supervisor Dan White."
* A positive one: after asked when unrestricted travel between the DDR and the BRD <ref>East Germany and West Germany</ref> would be allowed again: "er, from this moment on, I think..."
* [http://articles.latimes.com/1993-10-02/news/mn-41450_1_erik-menendez The greatest Perry Mason moment from a real trial]:
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* [http://scripturetext.com/luke/2-11.htm Luke 2:11]: "''Fear not. For unto you this day in the City of David a Savior is born.''"<ref>The reader already knows this, but the shepherds didn't</ref>
* From the history of information technology:
** "What hath God wrought?" Telecommunication is born
** "Mr. Watson, come here. I want to see you." And voice telephony is born.
** "Hello World". C is born, as well as [
* From seminal decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court:
** "[https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/60/393/case.html ... by the laws of the State, the plaintiff was a slave, and not a citizen]"
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** Tom Paine said it first; ''"Tis time to part"''.
* "[http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/1/newsid_3571000/3571497.stm The German radio has just announced that Hitler is dead...I repeat that, the German radio has just announced that Hitler is dead.]"
* On the opening night of [[
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* "We got him" after Saddam Hussein's capture.
* The "Portillo Moment" in the 1997 UK general election: "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVvWE6V9ulE Portillo, Michael Denzil Xavier, Conservative Party, 19,137...Twigg, Stephen, Labour Party, 20,570. I declare that Stephen Twigg is duly elected Member of Parliament for the constituency!]"
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