Moments

Moments in history that have served as bookmarks in my life:

1. March 30, 1981, President Ronald Reagan was shot

2. May 13, 1981, Pope John Paul II was shot

3. 1984 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles

4. September 19, 1985, Mexico City Earthquake Magnitude 8.1

5. January 28, 1986, Space Shuttle Challenger explodes

6. December 21, 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 explodes

7. March 24, 1989, Exxon Valdez oil spill

8. June 4, 1989, Massacre in Tiananmen Square

9. November 9, 1989, Berlin Wall falls

10. Riot at my high school, racial problems

11. 1990, World Cup - Italy

12. January 16, 1991, Operation Desert Storm

13. April 29, 1992, Los Angeles Riots

14. My brother runs away from home

15. April 19, 1993, Waco compound burns

16. January 17, 1994, Northridge earthquake

17. April 19, 1995, Oklahoma City Bombing

18. My uncle commits suicide

19. My brother is in a serious car accident

20. July 16, 1999, John F. Kennedy Jr. dies

21. My mother is diagnosed with kidney failure

22. September 11, 2001, World Trade Center, Pentagon, Pennsylvania

23. February 1, 2003, Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates

24. May 8, 2003, Tornado hits Oklahoma City (blocks from my parents' home)

25. January 2004, Discovered blogging ;)

26. November 2004, Presidential Election

27. December 26, 2004, Tsunami

28. Today, Pope John Paul II dies