My Life and Times

By ap7701
  • Olga

    Olga
    My little sister Olga was born.
  • Huygens probe Launch

    Huygens probe Launch
    The Huygens probe was launched from Earth to Titan, one of Saturn’s moons, as a mission.The voyage took seven years, and made use of successive gravity boosts from Venus, Earth and Jupiter.
  • Near Shoemaker launch

    Near Shoemaker launch
    NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft was launched in 1996 and made history's first landing on an asteroid (The Asteroid Eros), bringing a spectacular finale to a year of scientific discovery
  • Coming to America

    My family and I came to Sacramento California on September 11 2001.
  • 9-11

    9-11
    September 11 2001
    The World Trade Center was attacked by al Qaeda (Osama bin Ladin was the leader of this group) and fifteen of the nineteen were from Saudi Arabia. John O'Neill, a former deputy director of the FBI, was killed in those buildings on that day. Also a plane was hijacked and crashed into the twin towers killing 2700 people.
  • Valerie

    My little sister Valerie was born on December 18 2001.
  • kindergarten

    I went to kindergarten in Feburary 2002.
  • India's worst Hindu-Muslim violence

    India's worst Hindu-Muslim violence
    In February after a Muslim mob fire-bombed a train, killing Hindu activists. It became India's worst Hindu-Muslim violence in a decade. Then in March Hindus retaliated, and more than 1,000 people died.
  • Cassini–Huygens spacecraft landing

    Cassini–Huygens spacecraft landing
    The combined Cassini–Huygens spacecraft landed on Titan near the Xanadu region. This was the first landing ever accomplished in the outer solar system. Huygens descent towards Titan lasted almost three weeks after seperating from the Cassini mother-craft.
  • Piano Lessons

    Sometime in 2005 I started getting piano lessons that I would go to for four years.
  • Africa's first woman of state

    Africa's first woman of state
    Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf becomes Africa's first woman elected head of state. She defeated former soccer star George Weah after a runoff.
  • A Wedding

    My aunt Gina got married in November 2005.
  • new Israeli prime minister

    new Israeli prime minister
    Ehud Olmert is put as acting prime minister, after Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon suffers a massive stroke.
  • Muslim drama

    Muslim drama
    A Danish newspaper writes and illustrations against Muhammad by printing several negative cartoons about him. After the Muslims see it they become angry and start to smash windows, set fires, and burn flags of Denmark and other nations whose newspapers reprint the cartoons.
  • Moving Day

    We moved to our first house before our grandparents came to live with us on December 1 2006.
  • Moving In

    My grandma and grandpa from my mothers’ side came to America to live with us on December 30 2006.
  • Vacation

    My family and I went to San Diego for the first time on July 17 2008.
  • A new President for America

    A new President for America
    Democratic senator Barack Obama wins the presidential election against Sen. John McCain, he becomes the first African American to be elected president of the United States.
  • Moving day...Again

    We bought our first our first house in Feburary 2011.
  • Japan Earthquake/ tsunami

    Japan Earthquake/ tsunami
    There was a major earthquake followed by huge tsunami in Japan. Four nuclear reactors were damaged which made wide spread radioactive emissions.
  • Osama killed

    Osama killed
    Osama bin Laden was killed in Pakistan by a United States special forces military unit. The operation was ordered by President Barack Obama and carried out in the U.S. Then the U.S. forces took his body to Afghanistan for identification, then buried it at sea.
  • R.I.P

    My uncle in Germany died on July 20 2011.