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The Killer Clown ( John Wayne Gacy Jr ) sentenced to death for the murder of 33 boys and young men. -
Zlatas Birthday
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New Plague Identified as AIDS -
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Falkland Islands Invaded by Argentina -
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Soviets Shoot Down a Korean Airliner -
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Indira Gandhi, India's Prime Minister, Killed by Two Bodyguards -
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Hole in the Ozone Layer Discovered -
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Halley's Comet Passes By -
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DNA First Used to Convict Criminals -
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U.S. Shoots Down Iranian Airliner -
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Collapse of the Soviet Union -
back to school
Zlata is exited to go back to school after summer. She is going into the fifth grade and is happy to see her friends again. -
Zlata's father was called up by the police service
Zlata and her family were supposed to go Jahorina ( the most beautiful mountain in the world) for the weekend but instead she found out that her father had to leave. She came home to her mother in tears and her father in a uniform. -
Zlata's father returns
Zlatas father returns. He will be on duty from now on every two days for ten hours at a time. -
First entry about Dubrovnik
Zlata realizes that there is a real war going on close by. The people are in shelters, they have no electricity, no water, and there phones are not working. Her and her family are especially worried about there friend who lives there. -
Dubrovnik getting worse
Her parents learn there friend is still alive. The T.V shows pictures of starving people. They want to send there friend a package. Zlatas dad is still on duty and she wonders when it will stop -
Jahorina
They get to go to the mountain and have fun. Her father is off duty. -
Zlata sees pictures of the war in Dubrovnik
She sees all the pictures of the destruction and is worried about the people who live there. She also wanders why it is happening. -
Sarajevo helps the children of Dubrovnik
Sarajevo launches appeal on T.V to help the children of Dubrovnik. They make a package of sweets, chocolates, books, pencils, vitamins, and a doll to send. Zlata hopes it will make whoever gets it happy and hopes the war will end soon. -
Christmas
They get to talk to there friend in Dubrovnik on the phone on Christmas. Zlata has hope that things will get better soon. -
No new years party
Zlata finds it weird that her parents have no plans for a party on new years eve. She wonders if it is because of the war. -
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Official End of the Cold War -
Things are heating up in Sarajevo
She saw ( heard) a small group of armed civilians kill a Serbian wedding guest and wound the priest on T.V. a day later there were baraccades everywhere. There were attacks in the parliment building. -
back to normal
Zlata writes that things are back to normal in Sarajevo -
Trouble all around
No more trouble in Sarajevo but all around them. Zlata is not aloud to watch T.V when the news is on anymore -
homework and gunfire
Zlata writes about how she is trying to concentrate on her homework but can't because she can hear gun shots down the hill -
no school in sarajevo
danger in the hills -
People are leaving Sarajevo
People are shown leaving Sarajevo on T.V. Airports, Train, and bus stations are packed. Zlatas Parents are in the kitchen and her mother is crying. -
The celler
The start staying nights in there neighbors celler for safety from the war. -
hiding in the celler
Shooting started around noon and they had to go and hide in a corner in the cellar. Zlata writes about the pounding noise, the shots,the thundering sounds, and the glass breaking overhead coming from her street. -
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World Trade Center Bombed