OLD Family Timeline – 1985 thru 1994

1987
Oct 19
Stock market crashes – another Black Monday

From Wikipedia: In finance, Black Monday refers to Monday, October 19, 1987, when stock marketsaround the world crashed. The crash began in Hong Kong and spread west to Europe, hitting the United States after other markets had already sustained significant declines. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) fell exactly 508…
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1988
Feb 08
Karen & Mark go to Big Bend National Park TX

Discover “snow birds”.

Mar 08
Mark promoted to VP Customer Service for IPD Augat

Frank Angelis, Group VP for the Interconnection Products Division of Augat consolidated three divisions’ customer service operations into one location. poor planning and bad leadership produced  mess. You could call to place an order at 1pm on a work day and be on hold for 20 to 30 minutes. Three…
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Apr 08
Mike Dukakis rides in Army tank

Dukakis shows what bad imagery can do to a Presidential campaign. Here are few photos and illustrations that followed.

Jun 04
Family travel to Southwest

Great adventure on Burr Trail. “It’s a rental”. Gene Fouche, drunk Indian.

Jul 04
52 Kinnaird: 3rd floor construction complete

Karen and Mark move into “master suite”. Jonathan and Andrea command first floor.

Sep 07
1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul S. Korea
Oct 08
Head of the Charles Regatta Party
1989
Jan 08
George H. W. Bush President
Apr 08
Tiananmen Square Demonstrations and Massacre – Beijing China
Jun 09
Andrea graduates from Bowdoin – June 1989
Andrea graduates from Bowdoin – June 1989

Andrea Mark, Steve, Andrea, Dee, Karen Andrea, Steve Karen, Andrea Andrea, Jonathan Steve, Andrea, Cherry Jacobs Steve, Andrea, Dee Andrea, Cherry Jacobs

Jul 09
Mark becomes General Manager Alcoswitch Div. Augat
Sep 08
Jonathan starts Peace Studies around the world year
Oct 04
Earthquake in San Francisco

Carol Orton rides out earthquake in office tower; Cheryl Davis unhurt, but apartment trashed.

Oct 08
Head of the Charles Regatta Party
Head of the Charles Regatta Party
Oct 30
President Bush announces “No more broccoli in White House”
Dec 08
Karen travels to India.

Three weeks. Spends 3 days with Jonathan in New Delhi and Agra while he is on his around the world Peace Studies adventure.

1990
Feb 08
Nelson Mandela freed from Robben Island prison

From Wikipedia: Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (/mænˈdɛlə/[1], Xhosa: [xoliɬaˈɬa manˈdɛla]; 18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader, and philanthropist, who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the country’s first black head of state and the first elected in a…
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Jun 04
Ed and Meredith get married
Ed and Meredith get married

Karen and Mark are stunned by double ring ceremony.

Jun 04
Karen and Mark travel to Washington, DC, Virginia & West VA
Aug 01
Mark participates in Riverside neighborhood study
Mark participates in Riverside neighborhood study

August 1990 to May 1991 The Cambridge Community Development Department organized a neighborhood study. This looked at demographics, housing, traffic, parks, and more. Resulted in many recommendations. 113 page report.

Aug 04
Ida Davis marries Joe Caminsky

Marriage ceremony in backyard of 52 Kinnaird. Boiling hot day. Moves to 36 Kinnaird St.

Sep 04
Jonathan transfers to Brandeis University
Sep 08
Patrice Simms arrives at 52 Kinnaird.

His mother Nancy had asked if Patrice could stay for a few weeks while he got set up at Northeastern U. Four years later he graduated Magna Cum Laude (President Bill Clinto was the graduation speaker) andmoved out. As of July 2018 Patrice is Vice President of Litigation at Earth…
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Oct 08
Head of the Charles Regatta Party