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1961-1962
1968
- White Cindy is born.[2]
1975
- Norma Romano meets Guru Mack. ("Tongue-Tied")
1981
- June 7 - Piper Chapman is born. ("Thirsty Bird")
1981-1982
- Suzanne Warren is born.
- Joel Luschek is born ("Piece of Shit")
1982
- Rosa Cisneros' first bank robbery.
- Barb and Carol Denning plot to get rid of their younger sister, Debbie.[3]
1983-1984
February 1984
- Sara Rice is born.
Others
- Lorna Morello is born.
- Nicky Nichols is born.
- Judy King starts her controversial puppet show.
1985-1986
- Brook Soso is born.
- Grace Warren is born.
- Cindy Hayes is born.[4]
1990
- Claire is born.
- Paolo is born.
- Dayanara Diaz is born.[5]
- Poussey Washington is born.[6]
- Sam Healy starts working at Litchfield. ("I Wasn't Ready")
1992
- Tasha Jefferson is born.
- Marisol Gonzales is born ("WAC Pack")
1993
- Lolly Whitehill loses her job as a journalist at Free Weekly.
1995
- Sam Healy goes on a date with one of his clients, and afterwards runs into Ellen Murphy, a homeless woman whom he initially thinks is his mother, Margaret.
2000
- Suzanne Warren's graduation
2001
- Monica Hayes is born.[7]
2002
- A ten-year old Tasha Jefferson meets Yvonne Parker.
2003
- Piper Chapman and Alex Vause get to know each other and start a relationship.
- Piper later gets involved in Kubra Balik's drug business.
- Alex's mother, Diane Vause, dies from an aneurysm. The same day, Piper breaks up with Alex.
2004
- Leanne Taylor's Rumspringa
2005
- CO Alvarez and Rick Hopper begin working at Litchfield.[8]
September
- Hurricane Katrina[9]; Brook Soso meets Joshua Nicholson, a man who is listed as a sexual offender, and suspected to be a paedophile (although this is untrue).
2008
September
- Suzanne Warren is Employee of the Month. Grace and Brad go to Chesapeake Bay and, as a result, Suzanne unwittingly kidnaps and causes the death of Dylan.
November
- Poussey Washington and her friends Ali and Mikey are in New York to see the band The Roots. Poussey eventually gets lost and travels around New York until finally returning home.
2009
- Lolly Whitehill is arrested for assaulting an officer.
- Nicky Nichols undergoes heart surgery, crashes a New York taxi UI and is arrested for trespassing and possession of heroin.
2010
- Sophia Burset incarcerated. ("Fucksgiving")
2011
- Poussey gets incarcerated at Litchfield for Trespassing and Dealing Marijuana.
2011-2012
- Poussey's mother passes away. Due to a failed furlough application, Poussey isn't able to say goodbye in person.[11]
- Blanca Flores is incarcerated. ("Power Suit")
2013
- Morello incarcerated.[12][13]
- June 7 - Piper's 31st birthday.
- Larry proposes to Piper.
- Maria Ruiz incarcerated during pregnancy.
Events of Season One
September
- Wednesday (September 5, 12, 19 or 26) - Piper Chapman, Janae Watson and Dayanara Diaz are incarcerated.[14]
October
- Chapman, Maria Ruiz, Jefferson and Chang are nominated WACs.[15]
November
- Larry publishes his article in the New York Times.[16]
- Finn Harper is born.[17]
- Pepa Ruiz is born.[18]
- November 28 - Chapman is sent to the SHU. Taystee Jefferson is released on parole. Thanksgiving celebrations at Litchfield.[19]
December
- Tricia Miller dies.[20]
- Red loses the kitchen[21] (113)
- December 24 - Christmas pageant at Litchfield. Chapman and Tiffany Doggett are sent to SHU.[22]
2014
Events of Season Two
January
- Piper gets out of SHU and is transferred to the Metropolitan Detention Center to testify in the trial of Kubra Balik. Alex Vause is released on parole. [23]
- Yvonne Parker and Brook Soso are incarcerated at Litchfield. Piper is transferred back to Litchfield.[24] 203
February
- February 13 - Maritza's daughter's birthday
- February 14 - Valentine's Day. Christopher MacLaren and Angela Kuznick get married.
March
- Piper's grandmother dies and she is granted a two-day furlough.[25]
- CO George Mendez is fired.[26]
April
- Natalie Figueroa resigns
- Alex Vause breaches parole
- Vee Parker is killed by Rosa Cisneros, who then commits suicide by driving into a quarry
Events of Season Three
May
- May 10 - Alex arrives back at Litchfield after a probation violation. A new counselor, Berdie Rogers, is hired at Litchfield ("Mother's Day").
- May 11 - Litchfield hosts a visiting day for the inmates' families for Mother's Day.
- CO John Bennett absconds from his job and disappears.
- Nicholls is sent to Max, where she spends 94 days.[27]
June
- New inmates, Lolly Whitehill and Stella Carlin are incarcerated at Litchfield.
- June 7 - Piper's 32nd birthday ("Ching Chong Chang").
August
- Armaria Diaz is born.
- Cesar Velazquez is incarcerated for drug-related crimes.
- Judy King self-surrenders and is incarcerated at Litchfield.
- Lorna marries Vince Muccio.[28]
Events of Season Four
August
- Ouija Aziza, Alana Dwight, Stephanie Hapakuka, Alison Abdullah, Ramona Contreras, Zirconia, Kasey Sankey, Helen Van Maele, Jennifer Digori and Brandy Epps are transferred to Litchfield, among others.
- COs Wanda Bell, Scott O'Neill, Elique Maxwell, Charles Ford and Wade Donaldson simultaneously resign. To replace them, Desi Piscatella is brought up the hill from Max, becoming Captain of the Guards, and MCC hires veterans Thomas Humphrey, B. Stratman, Artesian McCullough, Lee Dixon and Blake.
- Nicholls returns from Max.[29]
September
- Poussey Washington is killed.[30]
Events of Season Five
September
- Dayanara Diaz holds COs Thomas Humphrey and Artesian McCullough at gunpoint.
- A riot begins in Litchfield after the shot fired by Dayanara. The event lasts three and a day and three nights, with the COs of the prison taken hostage, while the inmates negotiate their demands with Natalie Figueroa. (Season Five)
- Thomas Humphrey dies on the second day of the riot after suffering a stroke, caused by Maureen Kukudio while they were being treated at the infirmary.
- Judy King is taken back into civilian life.
- Tiffany Doggett escapes during the riot and meets Coates at the cabin
- Mei Chang escapes through a hole made by Ruiz but is later found by the authorities sleeping in a hollowed-out deer carcass
- Maria Ruiz releases all the hostages on the third day of the riot in exchange for seeing her daughter. All Litchfield inmates are captured by SWAT during the prison invasion. Ten inmates remain hidden in the prison pool, until SWAT discovers them. The Season ends on a smoke grenade, and their fate is unknown.
Events of Season Six
2015
January
- Rick Hopper unwittingly smuggles drugs into Litchfield each day through his canisters of herbal shake powder.[31]
February
- Lorna goes into labour during her 7th month of pregnancy.[32]
- Piper is released early from Litchfield, among others, like Sophia Burset. Blanca Flores was supposed to be free for early release, but she and other inmates were arrested again for illegal immigration.[33]
- Taystee is found guilty of Desi Piscatella's murder.[34]
References
- ↑ Playing "Jeopardy!" in "Sing it, White Effie"
- ↑ While playing "Jeoprady!" in "Sing it White Effie"
- ↑ Flashback in "Chocolate Chip Nookie"
- ↑ Monica's birth mentioned in "Break the String"
- ↑ It's mentioned that Daya is 24 in episode 8 of Season Five.
- ↑ In "(Don't) Say Anything" Poussey says, "Subverting expecations since 1990", while playing basketball.
- ↑ In one of Soso's flashback's, there is a news report about Hurricane Katrina on TV, which also indicated the date of this flashback's events (Don't Say Anything).
- ↑ Alvarez celebrates working 10 years at Litchfield and mentions Hopper began working there soon after him, in "Well This Took a Dark Turn".
- ↑ In one of Soso's flashback's, there is a news report about Hurricane Katrina on TV, which also indicated the date of this flashback's events (Don't Say Anything).
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Abraham, Phil (6 June 2014). "A Whole Other Hole". Orange Is the New Black. Season 2. Episode 4. Netflix.
- ↑ In Season One, which is set in 2013, Poussey mentions that her mother passed away while she's been at Litchfield for about 12 months ("Fool Me Once").
- ↑ Trim, Michael (11 July 2013). "I Wasn't Ready". Orange Is the New Black. Season 1. Episode 1. Netflix.
- ↑ Abraham, Phil (6 June 2014). "A Whole Other Hole". Orange Is the New Black. Season 2. Episode 4. Netflix.
- ↑ Trim, Michael (11 July 2013). "I Wasn't Ready". Orange Is the New Black. Season 1. Episode 1. Netflix.
- ↑ Penn, Matthew; Trim, Michael (11 July 2013). "WAC Pack". Orange Is the New Black. Season 1. Episode 6. Netflix.
- ↑ Abraham, Phil (11 July 2013). "Moscow Mule". Orange Is the New Black. Season 1. Episode 8. Netflix.
- ↑ Abraham, Phil (11 July 2013). "Moscow Mule". Orange Is the New Black. Season 1. Episode 8. Netflix.
- ↑ Abraham, Phil (11 July 2013). "Moscow Mule". Orange Is the New Black. Season 1. Episode 8. Netflix.
- ↑ Trimm, Michael (11 July 2013). "Fucksgiving". Orange Is the New Black. Season 1. Episode 9. Netflix.
- ↑ McCarthy, Andrew (11 July 2013). "Bora Bora Bora". Orange Is the New Black. Season 1. Episode 10. Netflix.
- ↑ McCarthy, Andrew (11 July 2013). "Fool Me Once". Orange Is the New Black. Season 1. Episode 12. Netflix.
- ↑ McCarthy, Andrew (11 July 2013). "Can't Fix Crazy". Orange Is the New Black. Season 1. Episode 13. Netflix.
- ↑ Foster, Jodie (6 June 2014). "Thirsty Bird". Orange Is the New Black. Season 2. Episode 1. Netflix.
- ↑ Trim, Michael (6 June 2014). "Hugs Can Be Deceiving". Orange Is the New Black. Season 2. Episode 3. Netflix.
- ↑ Clarkson, SJ (6 June 2014). "40 Oz. of Furlough". Orange Is the New Black. Season 2. Episode 9. Netflix.
- ↑ Getzinger, Jennifer (6 June 2014). "Little Mustachioed Shit". Orange Is the New Black. Season 2. Episode 10. Netflix.
- ↑ Abraham, Phil (17 June 2016). "Friends in Low Places". Orange Is the New Black. Season 4. Episode 8. Netflix.
- ↑ Abraham, Phil. (11 June 2015). "Trust No Bitch". Orange Is the New Black. Season 3. Episode 13. Netflix.
- ↑ Burley, Mark A. (17 June 2016). "It Sounded Nicer in My Head". Orange Is the New Black. Season 4. Episode 7. Netflix.
- ↑ Weiner, Matthew (17 June 2016). "The Animals". Orange Is the New Black. Season 4. Episode 12. Netflix.
- ↑ It is stated by Hopper that it is the new year in "Chocolate Chip Nookie"
- ↑ Sandow, Nick (27 July 2018). "Be Free". Orange Is the New Black. Season 6. Episode 13. Netflix.
- ↑ Sandow, Nick (27 July 2018). "Be Free". Orange Is the New Black. Season 6. Episode 13. Netflix.
- ↑ Sandow, Nick (27 July 2018). "Be Free". Orange Is the New Black. Season 6. Episode 13. Netflix.