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Birth
Margrita Meza was born in León, Guanajuato -
Hindenburg disaster
On May 6, 1937, The German passenger airship LZ 129 Hindenburg caught fire while attempting to land at Naval Air Station Lakehurst in Manchester Township, New Jersey, United States. Out of the 96 passengers on board 36 were killed -
45th President of Mexico was elected
Manuel Ávila Camacho was in office from 1 December 1940 – 30 November 1946 -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military attack by the Japanese Navy Air Service against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory, on the morning of December 7, 1941. -
Margarita Begins School
Margarita Meza starts first grade -
Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
On August 6th and 9th, 1945 the United States detonated two nuclear bombs over Hiroshima and Nagasaki. -
World War II Ended
World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although related conflicts began earlier. -
Margrita's Schooling ends
Unable to continue into schooling, as it wasn't acessable where she lived, her schooling ends at 5th grade. -
Korean War begins
On June 25, 1950, the Korean War began when 75,000 soldiers from the North Korean People's Army poured across the 38th parallel, the boundary between the Soviet-backed Democratic People's Republic of Korea to the north and the pro-Western Republic of Korea to the south. -
Brown V. Board Of Education
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483, was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. -
Married
Margarita Meza married to Margarito Hernandez -
First Child
Javier Hernandez was born in León, Guanajuato -
Second Child
Anna Hernandez was born in León, Guanajuato -
Third Child
Ismael Hernandez was born in León, Guanajuato -
Fourth Child
Blanca Hernandez was born in León, Guanajuato -
Martin Luther King Jr. Gives "I Have a Dream" Speech
MLK Jr. gives a speech at the Lincoln Memorial where over 25,000 thousand people showed up. This is one of his most memorable speeches yet and earned him TIME's Person of the Year. -
Kennedy Is Assassinated
While riding in a car at a parade, President Kennedy is fatally shot by Lee Harvey Oswald. -
Fifth Child
Rosalinda Hernandez was born in León, Guanajuato -
Malcolm X is Assassinated
Malcolm X was shot by members of the Nation of Islam while delivering a speech in New York. -
Sixth Child
Maria Hernandez was born in León, Guanajuato -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
A bill is signed that ends discrimination at the polls. -
Seventh Child
Gloria Hernandez was born in León, Guanajuato -
Nixon Wins the 1968 Presidential Election
Republican candidate Richard Nixon just barely defeats running mate Hubert Humphrey in the 1968 election by seven-tenths of 1%. -
US Gets a Man on the Moon
Niel Armstrong is the first man to step on the moon, making the famous statement, "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." -
Eighth Child
Letisia Hernandez was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin -
First Earth Day
On April 22, 1970, was officially the first earth day
