OLD Family Timeline – 1985 thru 1994

OLD Family Timeline

1985
May’85
May 1985 President Reagan visits German cemetery

[caption id="attachment_1926" align="aligncenter" width="272"] President Reagan at Bitberg military cemetery.[/caption] Despite knowing in advance that SS Waffen troops were buried…
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May’85
Ozone Hole Discovered over Antarctica
Ozone Hole Discovered over Antarctica

from Wikipedia: Antarctic ozone hole The discovery of the Antarctic "ozone hole" by British Antarctic Survey scientists Farman, Gardiner and…
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May’85
May 1985 – Southwest Trip – Mark & Karen – the Four Corners
May 1985 – Southwest Trip – Mark & Karen – the Four Corners

Fly to Albuquerque NM. Rent car, buy cooler, ice and food. (order may not be correct) Chaco Canyon - Chaco…
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Jun’85
Andrea London graduates from Cambridge Rindge & Latin HS
Aug’85
Karen works at Kodak Electronic Printing Systems – Eikonix
Karen works at Kodak Electronic Printing Systems – Eikonix
Sep’85
Andrea London starts college at Bowdoin College

3rd generation of Londons to attend Bowdoin. Even Mark's mother is pleased. Her brothers went there.

Sep’85
Mark promoted to Product Manager at Alcoswitch

Took over the electrical product lines, known as the Power Products Group. Went on road to research electrical distribution. Wrote business…
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Oct’85
1st internet virus attacks 6,000 computers
1986
Jan’86
Space Shuttle Challenger Blows Up
Space Shuttle Challenger Blows Up
Mar’86
Karen and Mark in Puerto Rico
Apr’86
Mark in Milan, Italy (work) and Paris with Harvey Meyerson

Mark went to Milan for meetings with a vendor of industrial controls. After two days of meetings and very large…
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May’86
Nuclear plant in Chernobyl USSR blows up
Nuclear plant in Chernobyl USSR blows up

Region devastated. Fallout blows across Europe.

May’86
Karen to Dusseldorf (for Kodak); then Rome & Paris

Fears of nuclear fallout.

May’86
52 Kinnaird: 3rd floor construction begins

Louis Villeneuve, good carpenter, though hardly a persistent one, frames up new floor system, 5 skylights, new windows front and…
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Aug’86
Camping in Western Massachusetts with the Goldmours

Richard Goldberg and Nancy Seymour. Black bear incident.

Oct’86
Oprah Winfrey Show launches
Oprah Winfrey Show launches
Oct’86
Head of the Charles Regatta Party
1987
Mar’87
Karen and Mark in Jamaica
Karen and Mark in Jamaica

Try out relaxation as a vacation style. Negril.

Jun’87
52 Kinnaird St – construction 2nd floor porch and deck

Louis Villeneuve framed up the new room that was mostly sliding glass doors. A deck was built at the rear…
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Jun’87
Jonathan graduates from Cambridge Rindge & Latin High School
Jul’87
Earth’s population reaches 5 billion
Aug’87
Mark goes to Taiwan (work) and Australia (Torrey & Jane)

Mark went to Taiwan with Sid Hooper from Alcoswitch in search of new vendors. The recent crash in the value…
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Sep’87
Mark turns 40.
Sep’87
Jonathan starts at Hofstra University
Oct’87
Head of the Charles Regatta Party
Head of the Charles Regatta Party