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1985- SIka Stevens steps down from power
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1985- Major General Joseph Saidu takes over and becomes president
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Ishmael Beah is born in Sierra Leone
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1991 End of the Cold War
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March 1991- The RUF is established under a formal corporal
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August 16 1992- Hurricane Andrew strikes
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January 1993-Ishmael Beah Village is attacked when he is on a trip
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January 1993- Mattru Jong is later attacked as well
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January 20 1993-Clinton becomes president
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1933- Ismael gets taken away by rebels
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1993- Ishmael and his friends are on a trip to escape the rebels
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1993- Rebels are selecting people to recruit and train for war
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1995- The RUF holds much of the country
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July 12-16 1995- Heatwave strikes Chicago and kills many people
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1996- Valentine Strasser is ousted and replaced by Brigadier General
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September 1996-Ishmael is selected to travel to NYC to speak to the united nations
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November 1996- Ishmael moves in with his remaining family in freetown
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May 1997- Rebels takeover freetown
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May 1997- Kabah is overthrown by the armed forces revolutionary council
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1998- Ismael is attending high school in NYC.
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March 1998- THe AFRC is ousted by ECOMOG
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January 1999- The RUF plans to overthrow the government
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April 20 1999- Columbine school shooting
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April/May 2000- Violence and rebel activity activity return when RUF holds hundreds of people.
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