November 13:  Alabama legally ended racial segregation on public transportation 

“I was on fire. It’s my earliest memory. I was three years old, and we were living in a trailer park in a southern Arizona town who’s name I never knew” (Walls 9).

• They did the skedaddle 

President Kennedy was assassinated this year in Dallas.

March 16:  My Lai Massacre 

April 28: U.S invades Cambodia

“‘This family is falling apart,’ he said. ‘It sure is,’ I told him” (Walls 230). 

“‘Sometimes you need a little crisis to get your adrenaline flowing and help you realize your potential’” (Walls 254).

“I yanked the gun out of Lori’s hand, aimed low and pulled the trigger. The dirt kicked up a few feet in front of Billy. He jumped what seemed about three feet up in the air and broke into a dead run down the tracks” (Walls 88).

April 20:  Eric Hariss and Dylan Kelbold murder 12 students and teacher at Columbine High School. This sparks international debate on gun control and bullying

“I knew dad would have hated that, spending his final moments in a hospital hooked up to machines. He’d want to be out in the wild somewhere” (Walls 280).