What happened while the Class of 2017 was at LHS, both in our school and the wider world? Here’s a timeline. Lincoln specific events are italicized.

Freshman: 2013-14

July: ALS Ice Bucket Challenge kicks off

September: Synergy implemented across PPS

February: Teacher strike narrowly averted thanks to contract

February: Flappy Bird removed from app store

March: Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 goes missing

March: Ebola epidemic breaks out in Africa

April: Constitution team nabs national title

May: Russia annexes Ukraine

May: Damian Lillard makes “the shot” sending the Blazers to the second round for the first time in 14 years

June: ISIS declares a caliphate

Sophomore: 2014-15

June: “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)” released

September: Library redone, cafeteria shrinks, break is no more

September: Culinary Arts introduced

November: Ferguson riots after non-indictment of officer

Late 2014: Man-bun begins to gain popularity

February: Hamilton premieres

May: Boy’s baseball go undefeated

June: Vice Principal Cameron Neal bids adieu

June: SCOTUS strikes down bans on gay marriage

Junior: 2015-16

August: First Spanish-language magazine in Oregon added at Lincoln

October: Mass shooting at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg

November: Boys’ soccer are state champs

November: Terrorist attacks in Paris kill 130

December: “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” released

December: Paris climate change deal between 195 countries

February: “Damn, Daniel” video posted

April: Lincoln hosts Portland mayoral debate

April: Harriet Tubman is the new face of $20 bill

May: Harambe, a gorilla at Cincinnati Zoo, is shot when a child enters his enclosure

June: Brexit

Senior: 2016-17

July: “Stranger Things” released

July: Pokémon Go released

July: Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, two African-American men, shot by police

August: Critical race studies and Queer World History classes added at Lincoln

September: Student walk-out over PPS decision to delay bond

November: Chicago Cubs win first World Series in 107 years

November: Gender-neutral bathroom opens

November: Donald Trump elected President, riots in Portland

January: Women’s March draws 100,000 to downtown Portland

January: Travel ban on several Muslim-majority countries imposed

May: Bond to rebuild Lincoln passed