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Birth
I was born in Illinois but raised in Missouri and sometimes go to my papas to visit them in Springfield, Illinois -
First African American President
The First African American President was Barack Obama who was elected in 2008 and was sworn in on January 20th, 2009 -
Michael Jackson died
He was considered to be the king of pop. When he was a kid, he was in a band called The Jackson 5 before he went solo. -
Earthquake in Haiti
This earthquake's magnitude measured up to 7.0 on the Richter scale. This one one of the biggest earthquakes. -
Death of Osama Bin Laden
Osama bin Laden was a well-known terrorist who was the leader of the Al-Qaida terrorist group. He is responsible for the bombing in 1998 and possibly 9/11. Osama was killed near his hideout compound in Pakistan. A fact about Bin Laden Is that he had been on the FBI's most-wanted list for almost a decade. He was killed by American Navy Seal Team Six. -
My Parents Meet
My Parents had worked together for many years but in 2013 when my sisters had a choir concert, my dad had spotted my mom and my dad had me go tap mom on the shoulder and tell her that jeff said hi. -
My Parents got Married
My Parents got Married in Orange Beach, Florida. This was the first and only time that I have ever seen my dad cry. -
Zaydian got to come live with us
This day I was so excited because I had been waiting for months for Zaydian to come and finally I did. I walked in the door and saw his tiny little face and it about made me cry. -
The Blues Won the Stanley Cup
This was one of the first times that the blues had ever won the Stanley cup. Ada was kind of mad because she liked Black Hawks better because she is from Chicago. -
I got to hold Hazel for the first time
My sister in law came over for a surprise and she brought my niece that I had only seen over the phone, and she was so tiny even though she was almost three months old.
