On this day in 1983 I married my best friend after knowing him for 5 years. We are still best friends 25 years later and looking forward to many more. As friends we support each other and care and make the other laugh. We have shared so many things…and watched as the world changed around us, and we changed.
So…just cause I’m in a mellow mood I thought I’d put up a timeline of important things that have happened along this 25 year road out in the world. And I noticed that the more things change, the more they stay the same. This is by no means a comprehensive list…just kind of a ponder at how much really happens in 25 years.
Things we have watched happen:
1983:
Sally Ride is first woman astronaut aboard shuttle Challenger
U.S. Embassy is bombed in Beirut
MS-DOS 2.01 was introduced and spouse is using an Apple IIe for his work
Married spouse
1984:
Indira Ghandi assassinated.
Union Carbide plant releases toxic gases in Bhopal
Vietnam War Memorial opens in Washington D.C.
AIDS virus is formally identified by French researchers
Apple MacIntosh introduced
Step-son graduates from High School
1985:
Ronald Reagan is sworn in for second term
U.S. becomes debtor nation for the first time.
Rainbow Warrior, owned by Greenpeace, was sunk in Auckland harbor.
Commodore released Amiga
Famine in Ethiopia
1986:
Chernobyl disaster
Ferdinand Marcos flees Phillipines
Space shuttle Challenger explodes
Iran Contra
MacIntosh 512k introduced
Step Daughter graduates from High School
Moved into current home
1987:
Gorbachev campaigns for Glasnonst
Intifada begins in the Israel / Palestine
Rioting in during Haj in Saudi Arabia
OS/2 released by Microsoft and IBM
1988:
Pan Am flight 103 bombed over Lockerbie
Soviets leave Afghanistan
Prozac is introduced
CD’s outsell vinyl for the first time
1989:
George HW Bush sworn in as U.S. President
Berlin wall falls
Exxon Valdez spills oil in Alaska
Students massacred in Tianamen Square
1990:
Hubble telescope launched
Lech Walesa becomes first president of Poland
Nelson Mandela freed
Windows 3.0 released by Microsoft
Step-daughter graduates from college- Phi Beta Kappa
1991:
Collapse of Soviet Union
Operation Desert Storm
South Africa repeals Apartheid
Linux Kernel is born
1992:
Riots in Los Angeles after Rodney King verdict
Ruby Ridge, ID
Windows 3.1 introduced
Bill Clinton elected U.S. President
1993:
Branch Davidian compound raided in Waco Texas
World Trade Center bombing in NYC
“Doom” released
First Intel Pentium processor released
Brady Bill signed into law
1994:
Lorena Bobbitt
Nelson Mandela elected President of South Africa
OJ Simpson’s wife found murdered and subsequent trial
NAFTA goes into effect
Channel Tunnel opens
Netscape Navigator becomes windows based browser over Mosaic
Ex-husband commits suicide due to manic depression
Step-Daughter gets married
1995:
Ebola virus spreads in Zaire
Gas attacks in Tokyo Subway
Oklahoma City federal building bombing
Yitzhak Rabin assassinated
Java introduced by Sun Microsystems
Sony PlayStation introduced
Husband’s mother dies
1996:
Mad Cow disease in Britain
Unabomber arrested
Dunblane, Scotland primary school shooting
Hotmail introduced
Step-Son dies in October in auto accident caused by drunk driver
Granddaughter is born in December
1997:
Hale-Bopp Comet
Hong Kong returned to China
Princess Diana dies
Scientists clone sheep
Tiger Woods wins Masters
Husband’s father dies
1998:
India and Pakistan test nuclear weapons
President Clinton impeachment hearings
Viagra on the market
Human cloning banned in Europe
Good Friday Agreement is signed between Ireland and England
1999:
Columbine High School shooting
JFK Jr. dies
Panama Canal returns to Panama
Stanley Kubrick died
First elections for new Scottish Parliament and National Assembly in Wales
Milsevic and four others indicted for war crimes in International Criminal Tribunal
Grandson is born in July
2000:
New Millenium Y2K mania
Vladimir Putin elected President of the Russian Federation
6 year old Elian Gonzalez is seized by FBI and returned to Cuba
Israel withdraws from southern Lebanon after 22 years of occupation
George W. Bush selected president by the U.S. Supreme Court
2001:
Milosevic surrenders to police special forces to stand trial
Ariel Sharon becomes Prime Minister of Israel from Likud party
Musharraf becomes President of Pakistan
World Trade Center attacked by Saudi Al-Qaeda terrorists
Enron files Chapter 11 bankruptcy after disclosed accounting irregularities
Microsoft releases WindowsXP
2002:
All non-Euro currencies ceased in Europe
Queen Mother Elizabeth dies
KKK member Bobby Cherry convicted in 1963 church bombing
Queen Elizabeth celebrates 50th year on the throne
Iraq rejects further weapons inspections, then reopens inspections
Switzerland joins the United Nations
U.S. Homeland Security Act signed into law
2003:
Colin Powell address the United Nations regarding Iraq
Global protests of U.S. and Coalition pending actions against Iraq
Turkey’s parliament votes to refuse access to coalition forces into Iraq
U.S. Invades Iraq
Chechnya rebels commit suicide bombing at Moscow rock concert
Massive heat wave causes deaths in England and Europe
Concorde makes its final flight due to safety considerations
Massachusetts Supreme Court rules against ban on same sex marriages
2004:
A stampede of worshippers during Haj in Saudi Arabia, near Mecca, kills 251
South Korea clones human embryos
Howard Dean, Wes Clark, John Kerry….and swiftboating
Corruption identified in Iraqi Oil for Food program
10 new members join the European Union: including Poland
Trial of Saddam Hussein begins
“Free Speech Zones” established at Republican National Convention in NYC
Yassar Arafat dies at age 75
Tsunami decimates Indonesia and other coastlines in the Indian Ocean.
Uid SallyCat is born in the blogosphere at DailyKos
2005:
George W. Bush sworn in for 2nd term as U.S. President
Kyoto Protocol becomes effective, without U.S. participation
U.S. Supreme Court rules death penalty unconstitutional when crimes committed by minors.
King Rainier III of Monaco dies
Demonstrations in Baghdad by supporters of Moqtada Sadr denouncing U.S. occupation
Pope Benedict XVI is selected at the Vatican
Kuwaiti women granted right to vote
Israel ends unilateral occupation of West Bank and Gaza
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita devastates the U.S. Gulf Coast
Mubarak wins Egypt’s first multi-party election
Rosa Parks dies at age 92
2006:
Coretta Scott King dies
Egyptian ferry capsizes and nearly 1,000 die in the Red Sea
Milosevic dies of natural causes in his prison cell
Democrats elected to control of both U.S. houses in November
Scientists predict that 90% of all maritime life forms gone by 2048
Singer James Brown dies at age 73
Saddam Hussein executed
U.S death toll in Iraq reaches 3,000
2007:
iPhone introduced
Scooter Libby convicted of obstruction of justice
Largest provider of sub-prime mortgages files chapter 11
China executes State FDA chief related to substandard medicines and bribes
2008: well it’s still in progress and we shall see….
And there are so many more things yet to do, to see, and to participate in. May we all have a great 25 years yet…and more after that.
Sometimes I feel old andtoo tired to be politically active…but I’m not.
Sometimes I feel wise and sometimes I feel like a fool but it’s all part of the experience.
Mostly I feel blessed with friends and family and the ability to still make a difference, no matter how small.
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and then we pause to reflect on what has gone before.
So…as I celebrate 25 years with my friend and partner, I know we’ll get through whatever world crisis is of the moment. Been there, done that, damn I wish we’d stop repeating ourselves!
I hope you and Mr. Cat are doing well. Hugs.
I too got married in 1983, but only made it to 1996. Second time is a charm so far, as it seems for you.
So have you punched the go button on Le Grand Orange? I logged out a week ago. Miss some folks, but not the constant throbbing vein in my forehead. It’s like I had this great local pub, kind of a good place to hang out, but it got taken over by folks I just can’t seem to listen to.
Once again, congrats on 25, and here’s best wishes for many more.
and have hotlisted it.
i think i’ll refer to it many more times.
wonderful years together! My hubby & I celebrated our 40th last fall (boy do I feel old now!! but I was a child bride, after all 😉 We’ve seen lots of changes in the country and the world in our time together and have been blessed with wonderful children and grandchildren. I hope I can keep up the fire to be politically active for their sakes, though “sometimes I feel old & tired” too.
we just hit 30 in february….
O! & good to see you here!
(^.^)
To you and Mr. Cat –
& Thanks for sharing this SallyCat. Nicely done.