~ 54 Events that intersected my life ~
1.

October 4, 1957 ... Sputnik launched by Soviets

Ike
Dwight Eisenhower
2.

April 25, 1959 ... Alaska and Hawaii become states

3.

August 12,1959 ... Black students integrate Little Rock school

4.

May 26, 1960 ... U-2 spy plane shot down over Russia

5.

February 20, 1962 ... John Glenn orbits earth

Jack
John Kennedy
6.

October 22, 1962 ... Cuban Missle Crisis

7.

November 22, 1963 ... President Kennedy assassinated

8.

November 24, 1963 ... Lee Harvey Oswald killed

LBJ
Lyndon Johnson
9.

January 20, 1964 ... Beatles arrive in America

10.

July 1, 1965 ... Riots break out in Watts

11.

June 28, 1966 ... Israel wages war against Arabs

12.

March 31, 1968 ... President Johnson declines re-election bid

13.

April 4, 1968 ... Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated

14.

June 4, 1968 ... Robert Kennedy Assassinated

15.

July 20, 1969 ... Apollo 13: Man walks on the moon

Tricky
Dick

Richard Nixon
16.

August 17,1969 ... Thousands celebrate at Woodstock festival

17.

May 4, 1970 ... Kent State Massacre

18.

January 27, 1973 ... U.S. ends war in Viet Nam

19.

October 6, 1973 ... Agnew resigns as Vice President

20.

February 5, 1974 ... Patty Hearst kidnapped

21.

August 8, 1974 ... Nixon resigns

22.

April 30, 1975 ... Saigon falls

Gerry
Gerald Ford
23.

July 4, 1976 ... Nation celebrates bi-centennial

24.

August 16, 1978 ... John Paul named 1st Polish Pope

Jimmy
Jimmy Carter
25.

September 17, 1978 ... Massacre at Jonestown

26.

November 4, 1979 ... Iran hostage crisis begins

27.

May 18, 1980 ... Mount Saint Helens explodes

28.

December 8, 1980 ... John Lennon killed

29.

March 30, 1981 ... President Reagan shot

Ronnie
Ronald Reagan
30.

January 28, 1986 ... The Challenger explodes

31.

October 10, 1989 ... Earthquake rocks San Francisco

George
the 1st

George Bush
32.

November 9, 1989 ... Berlin wall crumbles

33.

January 29, 1991 ... Desert Storm begins

34.

April 29, 1992 ... Rodney King verdict incites Riots

35.

April 19, 1993 ... Waco standoff ends in disaster

Bill
Bill Clinton
36.

June 19, 1994 ... O.J. Simpson saga begins

37.

April 19, 1995 ... Oklahoma City bombing

38.

August 31, 1997 ... Princess Diana dies

39.

August 7, 1998 ... Bill Clinton admits affair with Monica

40.

February 7, 1999 ... Clinton is impeached, but not removed

41.

January 1, 2000 ... Y2K goes bust

42.

December 12, 2000 ... Al Gore concedes election

43.

September 11, 2001 ..Terror Strikes USA

George W.
George W. Bush
44.

October 14, 2001 ... U.S. attacks Taliban

45.

October 16, 2001 ... Anthrax scare widens

46.

February 1, 2003 ... Space Shuttle Columbia is lost on
re-entry

47.

March 19, 2003 ... War against Saddam in Iraq

48.

October 7, 2003 ... California Recall Election

49.

May 17, 2004 ... Same-sex Marriage legal in USA

50.

November 2, 2004 ... Bush defeat Kerry in election of a lifetime

51.

April 2-19, 2005 ... Pope Benedict XVI replaces JPII

52.

September 1, 2005 ... Hurricane Katrina smashes New Orleans

53.

November 7, 2006 ... Democrats take over Congress

54.

April 16, 2007 ... Massacre at Virginia Tech



Remembering my Presidents
~ Truman to G.W. Bush ~