Wasson High School

Class of 1962 

55th Reunion - 2017

5 years of historic changes have happened since the 50th

2012 • President Barack Obama re-elected. In Russia, Vladimir Putin elected President. Many killed when the Costa Concordia, Italian Cruise ship capsized. Iran under an international oil embargo. The Olympic Games held in London.

2013 • Nelson Mandela and Margaret Thatcher die. The Iran Nuclear Deal is made. Political wrangling shuts down the US Government. Microsoft buys the Nokia mobile phone business. Detroit files for bankruptcy. Syria uses chemical weapons on its own people. Boston Marathon runners  bombed. Pope Benedict XVI resigns.

2014 • U.S. and Cuba re-establish relations. Ebola virus outbreak. World oil prices plunge.  ISIS seizes large territory. Hundreds of Nigerian school girls are abducted by Boko Haram. Malaysian flight 370 goes missing. Ukraine crisis. Sochi Winter Olympics.

2015 • Space X uses and reuses large rocket. Climate change deal reached by 200 countries. Paris terrorist attack kills hundreds. Russia intervenes in the Syria war. Volkswagen emission scandal. Migrant crisis in Europe. Charlie Hebdo attack in Paris. 7.9 magnitude earthquake in Nepal.

2016 • Donald Trump elected President. Britain exits the EU. Zika virus spreads across the Americas. North Korea makes a successful H-Bomb test.

2017 • Kim Jong Nam murder. Investigation continues into Russian involvement in our presidential election. Mass shootings continue, domestic and terrorist roots. Earthquakes, floods and other natural disasters worldwide.

Despite all of this, the class of 1962 got together to hug and visit and catch up on each other’s  lives and happenings.

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