Life of Frank Sopousek By bmcatee Nov 13, 1931 I was born Mar 5, 1939 WW11 begins Mar 5, 1941 Pearl Harbor Mar 5, 1941 D-Day Mar 5, 1945 Germans surrender, Hitler commits suicide Mar 5, 1945 Atomic Bomb Aug 5, 1947 I enlist into the Air Force Mar 5, 1950 Korean war begins Mar 5, 1951 WW11 ends May 11, 1952 I marry Carol Watt Feb 11, 1953 My first daughter, Mary, was born Mar 5, 1955 Rosa Parks refuses to give up bus seat Jan 4, 1957 My middle daughter, Cathi, was born Mar 5, 1958 NASA founded Mar 5, 1962 Cuban Missle Crisis Mar 6, 1963 MLKJ gives "I Have A Dream" speech Nov 22, 1963 JFK assassinated Mar 6, 1968 MLKJ assassinated Mar 6, 1968 Robert Kennedy assassinated Jun 5, 1968 I move to Greece for Air Force Mar 6, 1969 Neil Armstrong first man on the moon Jun 2, 1970 My 3rd daughter, Lisa, was born Mar 5, 1971 I move back to America, Virginia Mar 5, 1972 I move to Iowa, the house I am in now Mar 6, 1972 M*A*S*H* premires Aug 5, 1972 I retire from the Air Force Mar 6, 1973 U.S. pulls out of Vietnam Mar 6, 1977 Elvis Found Dead Mar 6, 1980 John Lennon Assassinated Mar 6, 1982 Michael Jackson releases "Thriller" Mar 6, 1987 Black Monday Mar 8, 1987 My grandaughter, Ellen, born May 12, 1989 My grandson, Patrick, born Mar 6, 1990 Hubble Telescope launched Mar 6, 1991 Operation Desert Storm Jul 26, 1991 My grandson, Bobby, born Mar 6, 1992 Official end of the Cold War Mar 16, 1992 My grandson, Chris, born Mar 6, 1996 Princess Diana dies in car accident Mar 7, 1997 My youngest grandaughter, Brianna, born Mar 6, 1999 JFK jr. dies in plane crash Mar 6, 1999 killing spree in Columbine High School Sep 11, 2001 9-11 Oct 7, 2001 first attack in the War on Terrorism on the Taliban and Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan. Mar 19, 2003 The War in Iraq begins Aug 19, 2005 Hurricain Katrina Nov 4, 2008 Obama elected President, first African American President May 1, 2011 Osama Bin Ladin Killed Oct 10, 2011 My wife dies