Describe a dinner that you enjoyed

news connected with social events:
My friend told me that:
my favourite football (or basketball, baseball team) had won an important match
some taxes had been abolished
a useful law had been adopted
my favourite band would perform a concert in my city
favourite shop would have sales
When did you hear it?
sentence starters:
this happened...
this took place...
this must have been...
I don't remember exactly when this happened, but it seems to me it was...
when:
recently
just a while ago
a couple of months ago
while I was surfing the
in my childhood
when I was a child (a school student, a student)
when I studied at school (college, university)
X days (weeks, months, years) ago
just a couple of days (weeks, months) ago
several days (weeks, months) ago
last week (month, year)