Timeline

I am born.

Gorbachev begins Star Wars research; Moscow will permit space-weapons research.

Beach Boys perform live at LaRonde in Montreal.

Laugh hysterically for the first time.

5 billionth person living on the planet born at some point during the day.

Try to walk, but get pushed down by mom.

Hollywood’s 100^th birthday—the date on which Harvey Wilcox filed to subdivide his ranch land.

First words: “duck, quack quack” from the story The McGooses Grocery.

State of emergency declared in New Brunswick and New England as heavy rain falls on higher than normal snow cover. Railway bridges are swept away in Perth while in New England canoes float across streets and a 233-year old British fort is swept away.

Decidedly prefer clothes as gifts over toys!

Hackers, or computer buffs, tap into NASA computer. Don’t get any sensitive information.

West Island fire officials worried by drought.

Birth control pill linked to higher rates of AIDS in women—may be related to decreased use of barrier contraceptives like condoms.

Learn to roller skate.

Gunmen kill nine aboard Greek tourist ship after two car bombs explode in the Athens suburb where the ship was to dock. No one had claimed responsibility for either incident.

Learn to ride tricycle.

After 13 years of civil war, Mozambique rebels enter into discussions for a negotiated peace settlement with presidents of Kenya and Zimbabwe, acting on behalf of the Mozambique government.

Start Mud Puddle

Lawsuit against archbishop of Roman Catholic Church in Newfoundland for negligence in response to sex scandal.

Dad dislocates my elbow while playing the spinning game.

Canada struggles to get provinces to agree on Meech Lake accord. Manitoba and New Brunswick have yet to ratify the accord which would recognize Quebec as a distinct society. Quebec’s absence from the confederation would be a national disaster.

Martial–law lifted, troops withdraw from Tiananmen Square after shooting their way into the capital and barricading it in June of the last year.

Learn to swim without water-wings.

Alan Gold met natives behind their barricades to jumpstart bargaining between Mohawks and provincial and federal authorities to put an end to the Oka standoff.

Go into Tyrannosaurus’ mouth at the Smithsonian in Washington D.C.

All but four MUC municipalities set to start blue-box waste recycling program.

Milk a cow for the first time at Upper Canada Village.

The Soviet Union’s new national government formally recognized the independence of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.

Win art lessons at Stewart Hall for first place Penguin ice sculpture.

After NASA announces the first space mission including a husband and wife, scheduled to fly in September, NASA is forced to deal with the topic of SEX IN SPACE.”Sex is a normal part of human behaviour. … It happens wherever you have males and females together. Celestial sex could be a great experience: lots of freedom of movement when weightless”. (p.A7).

Dad locks keys in car at Florida Zoo in Miami.

Hurricane Andrew hits south Florida at Category 5 strength.

Paint the playroom walls.

Montreal receives a dumping of 41 cm of snow from the Storm of the Century, which came with hurricane force winds and snow as far south as Florida, where is was accompanied by tornadoes.

Christmas dinner, and too much candy, at Auntie Heather’s.

The first accurate photos are taken from the Hubble Telescope after a mirror was readjusted.

First English class at school, in grade three with Mrs. Wilson.

Russia and China finally agree to de-target their nuclear weapons against each other. They had been aimed since the Cold War.

My papier maché raccoon performs perfectly in Mme. Ruest’s puppet show.

The Rwandan Genocide follows the assassination of president Juvénal Habyarimana. Tutsi rebels slaughter at least 800,000 Hutus.

Finally reach the top of a five story card house.

The Supreme Court of Canada rules that discrimination based on sexual orientation is prohibited under section 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in the Eagan v. Canada case.

Quebec referendum—go to sleep wondering if I am still Canadian.

Quebec remains a part of Canada, after a vote of 49.44% Yes to 50.56% No to separation.

Construction begins: my forest is slowly replaced by houses over the summer.

Yasser Arafat succeeds in convincing the Palestinian Liberation Organization to drop its clause for the removal of Israel. The Israeli government follows suit, dropping a clause on the existence of Palestine.

Ride world longest steel roller coaster—by myself!—at Marineland.

NASA finds evidence of primitive life-forms in the meteorite ALH 84001, thought to be from Mars.

Sprain ankle sliding down a snow hill: tear tendon and ligament.

Hydro Quebec set to expand to South Korea.

Cut off all my hair.

The Confederation Bridge opens. Spanning the 13-kilometer stretch between PEI and NB, it is the world’s longest bridge.

Sleep next to the fireplace after the power goes off—and stays off for the next eight days!

El Niño produces a storm that dumps up to 120 mm of freezing rain over the Eastern Sea Board, leaving thousands without power for days and leading to 30 deaths.

Find out that I have gotten into the FLM (Français Langue Maternelle) program.

Humans are one step closer to becoming robots as the first RFID human implantation is tested in the UK.

Band Camp

City of Montreal grinds to a halt as over 20% of the city’s busses have to be pulled for safety checks. The New NOVA buses have had complaints of sticking gas pedals and malfunctioning brakes.

Meet the Governor General at a school UNICEF rally.

Morning-after pill, the “emergency contraceptive” will be carried at Quebec pharmacies.

Trip to Maritimes.

Ottawa takes a step towards legalizing marijuana when a judge strikes down an anti-possession law for people with serious illnesses on the grounds that it makes sick people choose between health and imprisonment.

Dye my hair blue.

The last day during which there is no human presence in space. As of the next day, the International Space Station has been continuously occupied.

Get my braces off.

Act allowing same-sex couples can legally marry in the Netherlands is the first in the world since the reign of Nero, AD 68.

Laugh at morning announcement: “Planes crash into buildings” before finding out the severity of this event.

Planes crash into twin towers, leading to collapse of buildings. Nearly 3000 are killed.

Band trip to Nova Scotia.

The Mars Odyssey finds evidence of significant water/ice deposits beneath the surface on Mars.

First job: Christmas Elf at Dorval Gardens mall.

The Chrétien government approves stem cell research.

Pierce eyebrow.

People all over the world will raise a pint at 9 p.m. to celebrate Tolkien’s eleventy-first (111^th) birthday. The event is planned by online fan clubs—the leading of which is based in Montreal.

First full time job at Académie ABC

Two more die in Toronto as SARS continues its devastating course, bringing the total number of SARS-related deaths to 33.

Start skeleton project in Forensic Anthropology class—decide what I want to continue studying.

The first hurricane to ever be reported in the South Atlantic makes landfall in Brazil. The hurricane is named Hurricane Catarina after the city where it makes landfall.

Legally allowed to go to bars!

Scientists successfully transferred physical characteristics between atoms. The quantum teleportation was achieved through a process of entanglement, or creating a relationship between tiny particles.

Start dating Jordan.

Tens of thousands of students march on McGill College Ave., below Premier Jean Charest’s office, protesting $103 million in financial cuts to student aid.

Decide that BIO 200, molecular biology, is not for me—withdraw.

Habs may have lost 4-2 to the Sens, but hockey fans were nonetheless ecstatic that hockey was back after going 529 nights without hockey during the NHL lockout.

Boson trip with Jordan

The International Astronomical Union defines what a planet entails, and Pluto is demoted to the status of dwarf planet.

Find a new subject that I love: Geology

Quebec daycares cut back activities in response to being forced to charge no more than $7 a day, including snack and lunch.

Get the Jackal, my 1994 Civic.

Gliese 581 c, a potentially habitable earth-like planet, is discovered in the constellation Libra.

Move into my apartment.

The final book in the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, is released and sells over 11 million copies in its first day, making it the fastest selling book in history.

Start a semester of assembling a watusi skeleton.

The price of petroleum hits $100 per barrel.

Get on plane, tour London, Italy then live in a castle during a month of fieldwork.

Bill Gates steps down as president of Microsoft to concentrate on philanthropy.

Have strep throat for 3 months. Worst time of life.

Barrack Obama becomes the first African American President of the United States.

First of many backcountry hiking trips: Frontenac

Michael Jackson dies.

Osheaga with Metric AND Snoop Dogg!

Wikileaks leaks over 90,000 internal reports about US involvement in the war in Afghanistan from 2004 to 2010 to the public.

Climb four mountains in one day.

The World Health Organization declares the H1N1 influenza pandemic over and the world returns to health.

A 9.0 magnitude earthquake hits Japan, followed by a tsunami. Thousands die and the subsequent problems with cooling at nuclear power plants lead to radioactive leaks.