The events of my life, the events of the world: what has brought me to today?<\/p>\n
| JUNE 17th<\/sup> <\/strong><\/p>\n I am born.<\/td>\n 1986<\/strong><\/td>\n | JUNE 17th<\/sup> <\/strong><\/p>\n | Gorbachev begins Star Wars research; Moscow will permit space-weapons research.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n JUNE 26th<\/sup><\/strong> | \n5 days old: my first outing to Rockland Shopping center.<\/strong><\/td>\n JUNE 26th<\/sup><\/strong><\/p>\n | Beach Boys perform live at LaRonde in Montreal.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Laugh hysterically for the first time.<\/strong><\/td>\n 5 billionth person living on the planet born at some point during the day.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Try to walk, but get pushed down by mom.<\/em><\/td>\n Hollywood\u2019s 100th<\/sup> birthday\u2014the date on which Harvey Wilcox filed to subdivide his ranch land.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n First words: \u201cduck, quack quack\u201d from the story The McGooses Grocery.<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n 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.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Decidedly prefer clothes as gifts over toys!<\/td>\n Hackers, or computer buffs, tap into NASA computer. Don\u2019t get any sensitive information.<\/p>\n West Island fire officials worried by drought.<\/p>\n Birth control pill linked to higher rates of AIDS in women\u2014may be related to decreased use of barrier contraceptives like condoms.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Learn to roller skate.<\/strong><\/td>\n 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.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Learn to ride tricycle.<\/td>\n 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.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Start Mud Puddle<\/strong><\/td>\n Lawsuit against archbishop of Roman Catholic Church in Newfoundland for negligence in response to sex scandal.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Dad dislocates my elbow while playing the spinning game.<\/td>\n 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\u2019s absence from the confederation would be a national disaster.<\/p>\n Martial\u2013law lifted, troops withdraw from Tiananmen Square after shooting their way into the capital and barricading it in June of the last year.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Learn to swim without water-wings.<\/strong><\/td>\n 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.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Go into Tyrannosaurus\u2019 mouth at the Smithsonian in Washington D.C.<\/td>\n All but four MUC municipalities set to start blue-box waste recycling program.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Milk a cow for the first time at Upper Canada Village.<\/strong><\/td>\n The Soviet Union\u2019s new national government formally recognized the independence of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Win art lessons at Stewart Hall for first place Penguin ice sculpture.<\/td>\n 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.\u201dSex 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\u201d. (p.A7).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Dad locks keys in car at Florida Zoo in Miami.<\/strong><\/td>\n Hurricane Andrew hits south Florida at Category 5 strength.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Paint the playroom walls.<\/td>\n 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.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Christmas dinner, and too much candy, at Auntie Heather\u2019s.<\/strong><\/td>\n The first accurate photos are taken from the Hubble Telescope after a mirror was readjusted.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n First English class at school, in grade three with Mrs. Wilson.<\/td>\n Russia and China finally agree to de-target their nuclear weapons against each other. They had been aimed since the Cold War.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n My papier mach\u00e9 raccoon performs perfectly in Mme. Ruest\u2019s puppet show.<\/strong><\/td>\n The Rwandan Genocide follows the assassination of president Juv\u00e9nal Habyarimana. Tutsi rebels slaughter at least 800,000 Hutus.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Finally reach the top of a five story card house.<\/td>\n 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.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Quebec referendum\u2014go to sleep wondering if I am still Canadian.<\/strong><\/td>\n Quebec remains a part of Canada, after a vote of 49.44% Yes to 50.56% No to separation.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Construction begins: my forest is slowly replaced by houses over the summer.<\/td>\n 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.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Ride world longest steel roller coaster\u2014by myself!\u2014at Marineland.<\/strong><\/td>\n NASA finds evidence of primitive life-forms in the meteorite ALH 84001, thought to be from Mars.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Sprain ankle sliding down a snow hill: tear tendon and ligament.<\/td>\n Hydro Quebec set to expand to South Korea.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Cut off all my hair.<\/strong><\/td>\n The Confederation Bridge opens. Spanning the 13-kilometer stretch between PEI and NB, it is the world\u2019s longest bridge.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Sleep next to the fireplace after the power goes off\u2014and stays off for the next eight days!<\/td>\n |