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Trujillo was born
This was theday that the dictator General Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina was born. -
Trujillo becomes a general
After being trained by the American army Trujillo work in the Dominican's army and eventually becomes the rankof general. -
General Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina
Trujillo establishes a dictatorship in the Dominican Republic when the president is overthrown. -
Overthrow of President Vasquez
A goup of rebels decide to kill the president, and Trujillo being the general of the army, deceides t olet it happen so his plan to become dictator may fall into place. -
Santo Domingo virtually destroyed
A hurricane rips through the capitol city, destroying and killing roughly 2,000 people. Trujillo uses this as an excuse to put all the citizens into martial law. -
Massacre
The Dominican Repulic army under the rule of Trujillo massacred 20,000 Haitins living int he Dominican Republic areas. -
Patricia and MInervia
Patricia and Minervia are allowed to go to catholic school, so they start school. -
school girl
A girl at the catholic school Minervia and Patricia are attending becomes one of trujillo's girlfriends, and when his wife finds outthat she is pregnant she tries to kill her. after his wif's failed attempt to kill her she is sent to Miami for her safty. -
Start of World War Two
This was the date that Hitler and the Axis powers invaded Poland -
Dominican Republic goes to war
the Dominican Republic goes to war agains the axis powers in World War two -
Hitler declairs total war
hitler declaired total war meaning any weapons that anyone wanted to use for the war were alowed, no more weapon restrictions. -
Hitler's death
This was the date that Adolf HItler killed himself so avoid being capturedby the Allied armys. -
Heilda, enough said
Minervia starts hanging out with Heilda, but when Maria Terresa finds ou tabout it she doesnt approve of their friendship -
Maria Terresa strts school
after Maria Terresa starts school her sister Minerva bought her a diary, which she holds dear to her heart and starts to write in. -
Patricia becoming a nun
Patricia is going to school to become a nun, but she doesn't believe that she is being called to become a nun when she returns home and meets her future husband. -
Patricia has a family
When Patricia drops out of becoming a nun and moves away with her husband, She starts having children, But when she has the third child, it is born a stillborn, so it was dead on the womb. This utterly devistates Patricia and she starts loosing her faith in God. -
The problem
The problems for the family started when the girls started talking with the revolutionary LIo Morales. -
Dad and Minervia
Minervia's father wont let her go to college, for his own weird disturbing reasons... -
Minervia and Trujillo
Minerva and her sisiters go to a party for Trojilo, but when he gets sexually agressive and Minervia slaps him. -
The Korean war starts
The Korean War begins with the North Koreans army pouring across the border into South Korea. -
Father dies
Maria Teresa turns 18 and her father dies, this is the first time she sees her fathers other family. -
Viatnam War starts
This is the date that the Viatnam war officially started -
Maria Teresa falls in love
Maria Terese finds a boy that she really likes, delivering ammunation, they later talk about getting married. -
Trujillo calls a state of emergency
Trujilllo sees all the rebelions and makes sure to put a stop to them. -
Cuba is free
MInervia gets wor that Cuba has been freed by Castro. -
Dede stays
When everone was getting arrested Dede was not because she didn't join the resistance. So she starts to take care of everyone's children. -
Patricia and Trujillo
Patricia starts to pray to Trojillo in hopes that he will change his heart. -
Thanking God*
Patria drops on her knees to thank God when Nelson is released; but appears on the newspaper that she's thanking Trujillo. -
Mate in prison
Mate gets a journal to keep herself sane in prison -
Arrests
A lot of people are being arrested, those people include Minervia, Mate, Nelson, Pedrito, Leandro, and Manolo. -
Political prisinors to leaving prison
All the political prisinors are allowed to leave the prison, the girls are reluctant to leave their new friends they made in prison. -
The begining of the end
The story begins and openly states how Dede's sisters will die in a car crash on this date. -
Trujillo's dictatorship
Even though Trujillo claimed that he made his brother the new presidnet of the Dominican republic, he still remained in total control of the government for 31 years. -
Trujillo asassination
Trujillo was finally assasinated by a group of seven people, some of which were in his military. -
US invasion
The United States realizes what has happened in the Dominican Republic and decides that they need to do something about it. -
Dede is interviewed
Dede is intervieved by a reporter to tell all fo the events leading up to her sister's death -
Dede traces back to where the problem begins.
During the interview, Dede remembers back to when the problems started and starts to tell that part of the stoy.
