Mirabel Sisters

Trujillo Born

Oct 24, 1891

WWI

Jul 28, 1914

World War 1 starts in Europe

Army

Jan 1, 1919

Trujillo joins the U.S. Marines and gains military training

Promoted

Apr 23, 1925

Trujillo gets promoted to commander in chief.

Overthrow

Jan 1, 1930

Trujillo leads a group of rebels to overthrow the government

Hurricane

Aug 28, 1930

A Hurricane destroys alot of Sandto Domingo while Trujillo was in charge. He put the place under martial law, and then rebuilt the city

Treaty

Jan 1, 1936

Trujillo makes a treaty with Haiti. He then changes the Capitol city to Ciudad Trujillo

Massacre

Oct 1, 1937

Trujillo order the death of over 20,00 Haitians

School

Sep 1, 1938

Minerva and Patria start school at Inmaculada Concepcion. Dede started in January

WWII

Jun 23, 1939

When WWII break out, Trujillo sides with the allies

Patria's Wedding

Jan 1, 1940

Patria gets married to Pedrito Gonzalez

Battle of Stalingrad

Apr 23, 1942

The batlle of stalingrad happens during WWII

"Fortunes"

Jan 1, 1943

Enrique Mirabel tells the "fortunes" of his 4 daughters

Performance

Jan 1, 1944

The quadruplets (Minerva, Sinita, Elsa, and Lourdes) create a play and perform it for the school and for Trujillo

The Dear Little Book

Dec 7, 1945

Maria Teresa recieves her "Dear Little Book," a diary, from her sister Minerva.

Pilgrimage

Jan 1, 1946

The ladies in the Mirabel household go on a pilgrimage to Higuey

Patria's Boy Dies

Jul 20, 1946

Patria's second child, a boy, was born dead

Dede meets Virgilio

Jan 1, 1948

While Dede and Minerva are taking inventory, Mario, one of the distributors, brings a friend named Virgilio Morales, who is a known revolutionary

Dede gets engaged

Dec 1, 1948

Jaimito asks Dede to marry him, and at the same time, discovers that Lio was hiding in the Mirabels car

Minerva Discovers the other Mirabels

Jan 1, 1949

While driving her fathers Jeep, Minerva sees a yellow house with 4 young girls. Eventually she figures out that they are her steps sisters

The Slap

Oct 12, 1949

At a dance, Minerva is dancing with Trujillo and when he makes an inappropriate gesture, she slaps him

Release from Prison

Nov 1, 1949

Enrique Mirabel gets released from prison. He had a heart attaqck while inside.

Still in Power

Apr 23, 1952

Trujillo passes the title of president on to his brother, but remains in absolute power

Funeral for Enrique Mirabel

Dec 15, 1953

Enrique Mirabel died and his funeral occured on this date. His children from the other woman were there

Maria Teresa Joins the Underground

Oct 14, 1957

Maria Teresa discovers that Minerva and her husband, Manolo, are part of a national underground. She decideds to join.

Cuba Liberated

Jan 1, 1959

Fidel Castro liberates Cuba.

Spiritual Journey

May 1, 1959

Patria goes on another spiritual journey. The leader is Padre de Jesus.

Invasion

Jun 14, 1959

While Patria was in the mountains, an invasion occured. She and the other people with her survived, but the people invading were taken out.

Arrested

Jan 1, 1960

All of the Mirabel sisters husbands get arrested: Pedrito, Manolo, Leandro, an Nelson (Patria's son)

The Church

Jan 5, 1960

While at church, Patria heres a message that let everyone know that the church had joined with the people. The SIM started a small war against the church

Arrested #2

Feb 1, 1960

Minerva and Maria Teresa are arrested

Nelson Released

Apr 7, 1960

Since he was only barely 18 years old, Nelson was released from prison

Trujillo Dies

May 30, 1961

He was assassinated by 7 men. Some of them were his own men

Interview

Nov 25, 1994

The interviewer arrives and starts to interview Dede. This is how the story starts