THE CURRENT GENERATION
There are four members of the current generation of Sathers: Kristen, Stephanie, Madison and Andrew Sather. They were born between 1992 and 2005. Here is what was happening during the years they were born.
September 10, 1992: Kristen Sather Austin, Texas
George H.W. Bush was President of the United States.
Ukraine became an independent country during the previous year.
The European Union is formed.
The English FA Premier League is formed.
There are riots in Los Angeles when police officers are acquitted for beating Rodney King.
Johnny Carson retires as host of NBC’s Tonight Show.
Vice-President Dan Quayle erroneously corrects a student’s spelling of the word potato.
The Mall of America is constructed in Minnesota. It is the largest shopping mall in the United States.
Pope John Paul II issues an apology and lifts the edict of the Inquisition against Gallileo Galilei.
Bill Clinton defeats George H.W. Bush in presidential election.
Other people born during 1992 include Taylor Lautner, American actor, Emily Osment, American actress and singer, Jennette McCurdy, American actress, Rachael Flatt, American figure skater, Selena Gomez, American actress and singer, Cole and Dylan Sprouse, twin American actors, Frances Bean Cobain, daughter of Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love, Demi Lovato, American actress, singer, songwriter, Nick Jonas, American singer/songwriter and actor and Miley Cyrus, American actress and singer.
April 16, 1995: Stephanie Sather Austin, Texas.
Bill Clinton was President of the United States.
Yahoo is founded in Santa Clara, California.
Mississippi ratifies the Thirteenth Amendment becoming the last state to approve the abolition of slavery.
Forrest Gump wins Best Picture.
Oklahoma City bombing kills 168 people.
OJ Simpson murder trial.
Microsoft releases Windows 95.
The DVD is announced.
Ebay is founded.
Toy Story is released by Pixar and Disney.
The final Calvin and Hobbes comic strip is published.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is published.
February 2, 2001 Madison Sather Houston, Texas
Madison is:
Kristen & Stephanie’s cousin.
Stephen’s niece.
During 2001:
George W. Bush was President of the United States.
FBI agent Robert Hanssen is arrested and charged with spying for Russia for 15 years.
Sherpa Temba Tsheri, 16, becomes the youngest person to summit Mount Everest.
Tropical Storm Allison produces 36 inches (900 mm) of rain in Houston, Texas, killing 22, damaging the Texas Medical Center, and causing more than 5 billion American dollars of damage overall.
Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore has a 2½ ton monument of the Ten Commandments installed in the Rotunda of the Judiciary Building. He is later sued to have it removed, and eventually removed from office.
Almost 3,000 are killed in the September 11, 2001 attacks at the World Trade Center in New York City; the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia; and in rural Shanksville, Pennsylvania after American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175 crash into the World Trade Center's Twin Towers, American Airlines Flight 77 crashes into the Pentagon, and United Airlines Flight 93 crashes into a grassland in Shanksville.
NASA's Galileo spacecraft passes within 112 miles of Jupiter's moon Io.
Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection 5 days after Dynegy cancels a US$8.4 billion buyout bid (to that point, the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history).
A Paris–Miami, Florida flight is diverted to Boston, Massachusetts after passenger Richard Reid attempts to set his shoe, filled with explosives, on fire.
The top movies for the year were:
1 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
3 Monsters, Inc.
4 Shrek
5 Ocean's Eleven
6 Pearl Harbor
7 The Mummy Returns
8 Jurassic Park III
9 Planet of the Apes
10 Hannibal
June 14, 2005 Andrew Sather Huffman, Texas
Andrew is:
Kristen & Stephanie’s cousin.
Stephen’s niece.
During 2005:
George W. Bush was President.
Wichita, Kansas police apprehend the BTK serial killer Dennis Rader, 31 years after his first murder
Pope John Paul II dies; over 4 million people travel to the Vatican to mourn him.
Pope Benedict XVI (Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger) succeeds Pope John Paul II, becoming the 265th pope.
U.S. president George W. Bush nominates Appeals Court Judge John G. Roberts, Jr. to the United States Supreme Court, following the retirement of Sandra Day O'Connor.
Lance Armstrong wins a record 7th straight Tour de France before his scheduled retirement.
The Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on its "Return To Flight" mission. This is the first space shuttle flight in nearly 2 1/2 years since the breakup of Space Shuttle Columbia on its return from mission STS-107.
At least 1,836 are killed, and severe damage is caused along the U.S. Gulf Coast, as Hurricane Katrina strikes coastal areas from Louisiana to Alabama, and travels up the entire state of Mississippi (flooding coast 31 feet/10 m), affecting most of eastern North America.
U.S. President George W. Bush nominates Federal Appeals Court Judge Samuel Alito to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
The top movies for the year were:
1 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2 Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
3 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
4 War of the Worlds
5 King Kong
6 Madagascar
7 Mr. & Mrs. Smith
8 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
9 Batman Begins
10 Hitch
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