OLD Family Timeline

1987

Oct’87

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…
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1988

Feb’88

Karen & Mark go to Big Bend National Park TX

Discover “snow birds”.

Mar’88

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.…
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Apr’88

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’88

Family travel to Southwest

Great adventure on Burr Trail. "It's a rental". Gene Fouche, drunk Indian.

Jul’88

52 Kinnaird: 3rd floor construction complete

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

Sep’88

1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul S. Korea

Oct’88

Head of the Charles Regatta Party

1989

Jan’89

George H. W. Bush President

Apr’89

Tiananmen Square Demonstrations and Massacre – Beijing China

Jun’89

Andrea graduates from Bowdoin – June 1989

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Jul’89

Mark becomes General Manager Alcoswitch Div. Augat

Sep’89

Jonathan starts Peace Studies around the world year

Oct’89

Earthquake in San Francisco

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

Oct’89

Head of the Charles Regatta Party

Oct’89

President Bush announces “No more broccoli in White House”

Dec’89

Karen travels to India.

Three weeks. Spends 3 days with Jonathan in New Delhi and Agra while he is on his around the world…
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1990

Feb’90

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,…
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Jun’90

Ed and Meredith get married

Karen and Mark are stunned by double ring ceremony.

Jun’90

Karen and Mark travel to Washington, DC, Virginia & West VA

Aug’90

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,…
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Aug’90

Ida Davis marries Joe Caminsky

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

Sep’90

Jonathan transfers to Brandeis University

Sep’90

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…
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Oct’90

Head of the Charles Regatta Party