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Kilree Lee was born.
Kilree Lee was born in a village south of Incheon, Korea. She had four older sisters at the time of her birth. By 1960, she had a younger sister and brother as well. Her father worked as a mechanic -
Warren Pearson was born.
Warren Pearson was born in Chicago, Illinois. He is the youngest of three brothers. He also has one older sister. His father, who was previously a medic in the army, took up a full time job as a pharmacist working for the Walgreens company. Warren's family moved around the country, from Illinois, to Kentucky, and settled in central Florida. Warren's father refused to allow him to serve in the military or to assist him by funding his pursual of a college degree. -
Kilree Lee's father passes away.
Kilree's father had always had a habitual drinking issue, and when being driven home by a drunk friend on the back of a motorcycle, a vehicular accident took place that left Kilree's family without a steady source of income. Due to this event, Kilree never considered education as her top priority. -
Black Monday stock market crash.
Despite the stock market thriving for the first half of the year, quickly after a crash in Wall Street, the entire world suffered enormous losses. The crash was caused by previously untested and totally new processed being carried out by computer programs. During this time, the US government was estimated to have lost one trillion USD. However, Australia was hit hard as well, which spurred Warren Pearson to go to Seoul, a newly modern city. -
Seoul, Summer Olympics
Warren and Kilree met during the 1988 Summer Olympics when working at the Marriott hotel, He was a chef and she was a server. After being introduced by mutual friends, their relationship slowly took off. -
Dale Pearson was born.
Dale Pearson was born in Perth, Australia. At the time, she was an only child, but she is currently oldest out of the two children born into the Pearson-Lee household.
