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Trujillo becomes the President of the Dominican Republic, but elections were rigged.
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Haile Selassie becomes emperor of Ethiopia.
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Nazis repudiate Versailles Treaty, introduce compulsory military service.
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Trujillo orders a massacre of Hairians in the Dominitcan Republic
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Minerva and Patrica persuaded there father to go to Inmaulada Conception, they would start in the fall. Dede would start in the January.
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When Minerva got to the school she made friends with a youg girl who didnt have much named Sinita.
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Trujillo was ruling the Dominican Republic when World War II broke out.
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Trujillo and the Dominican Republic declares war on Japan, Germany and Italy.
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Trujillo repays all foreign debt to the United States.
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The Girls' father was very generous and wealthy and gave it to their neighbors.
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On the way back home the girls were followed by a young man and kept saying Minerva was the most beautiful woman ever.
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People began to believe that Patria has a higher calling to serve God since she is so spiritual.
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Minerva fears because she feels like the eyes of the picture is following her around. She sees a guardia and fears them.
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She buries her baby.
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Lio and Mario are teacher of medicine at the university and come to the store. Dede likes Lio, but him and Minerva hit it off.
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The girls are not allowed to see Lio anymore because of his protest of the government in the papers. But the girls meet him secretly.
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Minerva finds four girls that have her father eyes and look like him. And she confronts him at his lovers house and he slaps her.
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The family goes to Trujillos party, and Minerva dances with him and tells him she knows Lio. Also she tells him she wants to be a lawyer.
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Britain announced its development of atomic weapons.
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Maria Teresa cooks and meets Minerva's new boyfriend, Manolo.
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Trujillo orders a plaque in everyones house reading, "In this house, trujillo is chief."
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The Dominican intelligence and the secret police joined forces to create the State Security Secretariat for surveillance and to control the population.
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Maria Teresa falls in love with Leandro, a man who delivers ammunition.
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Minerva gives her child to Patria to take care of while she gets more involved in the resistance.
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The exiled dominicans tried to invade oppsoing Trujillo's regime.
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The church in Constanza on the first day of retreat gets bombed.
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Minerva and Manolo suggest that Dede and Jaimito go on another Honeymoon.
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Leandro, Nelson, Pedrito, Manolo and Minerva all get arrested.
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She prays to Trujillo thinking that he will began to act decently.
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Margarita comes to the house and brings them a note from the imprised sisters.
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Government agents ordered by Trujillo kill Patria Minerva, and Maria Teresa Mirabal.
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Rafael Trujillo Dies
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India suffers the worst famine in 20 years; Lyndon Johnson asked for 1 billion dollars to help the country.
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US Troops invade Cambodia in the Vietnam War.
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Dede waits to answer questions about her sister, as she waits for the interviewer.
