Personal Historical Timeline

  • Presidents

    In 2000, George W. Bush was elected President of the United States of America.
  • Birth

    Birth
    Wesley Thomas was born.
  • US Under Attack

    US Under Attack
    On September 11, 2001, the United States were under attack when the Twin Towers were hit by planes.
  • Eatrhquake

    Eatrhquake
    In 2002, an earthquake killed nearly 1000 people in Afghanistan.
  • Bombing

    In 2003, a suicide bomb attacked British in a Turkish city.
  • Earthquakes

    In 2004, Japan was damaged by multiple earthquakes and typhoons.
  • Hurricanes

    In 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit Mississippi, Louisiana, and Alabama.
  • School

    School
    In 2005 when I was 5 years old, I attended Holy Family in Holly Springs, Mississippi, where my first day of school took place.
  • Trapped Underground

    Trapped Underground
    In 2006, 65 miners were trapped underground after an explosion in Mexico
  • Baptized

    Baptized
    In 2007, I gave my life to God when I was baptized at Hardaway Missionary Baptist Church.
  • Tornadoes

    Tornadoes
    In 2007, a tornado destroyed the town of Greensburg killing many civilians.
  • Cross Country

    In the same year, as a 7 year old running against middle school kids, I came in 2nd place during a cross country race. In 2010, I played basketball with a team for the first time.
  • School

    School
    I later moved to Fayette County where I attended Central Elementary School.
  • First Black President

    First Black President
    In 2009, Barack Obama became the 44th and first African-American president of the United States
  • Genius

    Later in 2011, I graduated from Central Elementary school at the top of my class.
  • School

    The following school year, I attended East Middle School where I was an Honor’s student in an Honor’s Class.
  • Moving

    After the first semester of the 2011-2012 school year, we moved back to Ashland, MS, due to financial issues.
  • Graduation

    . In 2014, I graduated from Ashland Middle School as the salutatorian.
  • Church Trip

    In 2015, my youth church, Greenwood Missionary Baptist Church, and I took a trip to Atlanta, Georgia, to visit Six Flags, the mall, and to swim.(I almost cried on the Goliath rollercoaster.)
  • Windows

    Windows
    In 2015, Windows 10 was released by Microsoft.
  • Baptized Again

    On September 27, 2015, I rededicated my life to Christ when I was baptized again.