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My Personal Timeline by Jillian Lopez

  • Personal Event: My Birth

    Personal Event: My Birth
    I was born on June 15, 2000 in Havana, Cuba
  • World Event: Israel withdraws from Lebanon

    World Event: Israel withdraws from Lebanon
    Israel complies with UN Security Council Resolution 425 after 22 years, which calls on Israel to completely withdraw from Lebanon. Israel withdraws from all of Lebanon, except the disputed Sheba Farms.
  • World Event: Russian Space Station Disposal

    World Event: Russian Space Station Disposal
    The Russian Mir space station is disposed of, breaking up in the atmosphere before falling into the southern Pacific Ocean near Fiji.
  • Personal Event: My first steps

    Personal Event: My first steps
  • World Event: US crew detained

    World Event: US crew detained
    The detained crew of a United States EP-3E aircraft that landed in Hainan, People's Republic of China after a collision with an J-8 fighter is released.
  • Personal Event: My first word

    Personal Event: My first word
    I spoke my first word; mama
  • Personal Event: My sister is born

    Personal Event: My sister is born
    My younger siser Jayela is born
  • World Event: Plane crash in Iran

    World Event: Plane crash in Iran
    An Iran Air Tupolev Tu-154 crashes prior to landing in Khorramabad, Iran, killing 119.
  • World Event: Terrorist attack on Spain

    World Event: Terrorist attack on Spain
    Islamist terrorists involved in the 11 March 2004 Madrid attacks attempt to bomb the Spanish high-speed train AVE near Madrid. Their attack is thwarted.
  • Personal Event: I leave Cuba

    Personal Event: I leave Cuba
    My family and I move from Cuba to the US
  • World Event: Mandela on fight against aids

    World Event: Mandela on fight against aids
    Former South African President Nelson Mandela calls for commitment by the world to take action against Aids
  • Personal Event: I go to visit my grandmother

    Personal Event: I go to visit my grandmother
    I go to visit my paternal grandmother in Dakar. It was the first and last time I saw her.
  • Personal Event: I get U.S. citizenship

    Personal Event: I get U.S. citizenship
    Afetr being in the states for 8 months, I got my citizenship
  • World Event: Ukrainian Presidential Election

    World Event: Ukrainian Presidential Election
    The second round of the Ukrainian presidential election is held, unleashing massive protests and controversy over the election's integrity.
  • World Event: Scotland Yards Prevents a Terrorist Attack

    World Event: Scotland Yards Prevents a Terrorist Attack
    Scotland Yard disrupts major terrorist plot to destroy aircraft travelling from the United Kingdom to the United States. All toiletries are banned from commercial airplanes.
  • Personal Event: I leave the U.S.

    Personal Event: I leave the U.S.
    After living in the U.S. for 2 years, I move to Santiago, Chile
  • World Event: Finland falls into Recession

    World Event: Finland falls into Recession
    Finland falls back into a state of recession after GDP contracted 0.4% in Q1 2010 and 0.2% in Q4 2009
  • Personal Event: I move from Chile to Colombia

    Personal Event: I move from Chile to Colombia
    I leave Chile, and move to Colombia
  • Personal Event: I go to Hawaii

    Personal Event: I go to Hawaii
    For summer vacation, I went to Hawaii with my family for the first time
  • World Event: Whitey Bulger Arrested

    World Event: Whitey Bulger Arrested
    After hiding for 16 years, Boston gangster Whitey Bulger is arrested outside an apartment in Santa Monica, California
  • World Event: Suicide Bombing in Lebanon

    World Event: Suicide Bombing in Lebanon
    23 people are killed by a suicide bombing attack on the Iranian Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon
  • Personal Event: I go to the Dominican Republic

    Personal Event: I go to the Dominican Republic
    For Thanksgiving Break, my family and I went to the Domincan Republic
  • World Cup Begins

    World Cup Begins
    The 20th FIFA World Cup begins
  • Personal Event: I leave Colombia

    Personal Event: I leave Colombia
    After living in Colombia for 4 years, I leave and go back to the U.S and get ready to move to Mexico