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Trujillo forces his way into the presidency by killing everyone who dares to oppose him. Since all his appoinents were afraid or dead, he won by a landslide.
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Gahndi starts a movement against British rule in India. His peaceful rebellion inspired a lot of people.
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A hurricane devestates the Dominican Republic. Trujillo uses it to impose martial law and call a state of emergency.
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Trujillo worries that the race will "get darker" so he orders the massacure of about 20,000 Haitians.
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Minerva meets Sinita who tells her the truth about Trujillo's presidency. It causes Minerva to realize how corrupt the government is for the very first time.
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The "Agreement on Migration" stated that Hatians born in the Dominican Republic are still considered Hatians.
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Germany under Hitler invades Poland. This marks the beginning of World War 2.
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Japanese planes bomb Pearl Harbor, causing the United States to join World War 2.
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Papa tells all the Mirabal girls their future.
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Dede feels like her future is really beginning to start. Papa's fortune for her was the only accurate one.
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Minerva, Sinita, Elsa, and Lourdes meet Trujillo at their 2nd play performance. Sinita uses it as a chance to get back at Trujillo.
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Maria Teresa learns that Minerva is against the regime. She helps hide the fact that Minerva is meeting with Don Horacio, a man totally against the government.
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Communist problems in China cause the country to go into civil war. Eventually Communist ideas spread to the Dominican Republic.
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Mate has to burry her diary because it has evidence against the group meeting at Don Horacio. Specifically Hilda who is wanted by the police.
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When Patria looses her 3rd child, she also looses her faith. She struggles a long time with the vaccancy her baby left.
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Patria gets married to Pedrito at the age of 16. This goes against her former wishes to join the convent.
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Virgilo Morales, or Lio, meets the Mirabal family. Everyone loves his political views, which are Communist. When Mama finds out, she isn't too happy about it.
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Dede burns the letter Lio ment to give to Minerva because she is upset. The letter would have asked Minerva to leave with Lio since he is going to leave the country.
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Minerva realizes that Papa has been spending a lot of time with another woman. He has three kids by this other lady.
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Trujillo dances with Minerva and makes some pretty disgusting advances. Minerva gets mad and slaps him right in the face!
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Minerva Bernardino becomes the appointed Dominican Republic representitive for the United Nations. She was one of only 4 women.
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Papa dies after his horrible prision experience. Mate keeps having dreams where she sees Papa's face in a coffin.
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Trujillo makes a new law that tells everyone to hang a plaque up in their house. The plaque read "In this house, Trujillo is cheif."
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The first satellite orbited the Earth. It was from the USSR
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Maria Teresa falls in love. This isn't one of her crushes, she actually agrees to marry Leandro. He is actually how she gets into the revolution.
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Patria is worried about Nelson, her firstborn son, and his growing interest in the revolution. So, she sends him off to Seminary School to get him away from the action.
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The Dominican Republic broke relations with Cuba shortly after Fidel Castro took power. Trujillo did not want his power to come to an end.
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After getting bombed on her religious retreat, Patria begins to see the revolution as God's comeback to all that is happening. She finds her own way to help out.
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Around 1,300 Japanese got to the Dominican Republic to settle on the land promised to them by Trujillo. They later sued because they got "bad land".
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Dede and Jamito both try to divorce one another. The family suggests that they go on a honeymoon. That honeymoon saves their marriage.
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All the husbands except Jamito get arrested. Shortly after, Minerva and Mate get arrested too.
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One of the other Mirabals, Margarita, helps Patria smuggle things to the girls in prison.
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Nelson is given a pardon and is released from prison. Patria convinced Pena to get Trujillo to release her son.
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Trujillo sends men to murder Betancourt over in Venesuela. They fail and Betancourt complains. The OAS finally get involved.
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Trujillo was ambussed in his car and gunned down by some revolutionaries and some of his own men. The Trujillo Era ends.
