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Events In the Life of Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali January 17, 1942 -
Present
Jan 17, 1942
Cassius Clay is born in
Louisville, Kentucky.
Feb 1, 1959
Wins Amateur
League boxing.
1960
Wins Golden
Glove and gold
Medal for
Olympics.
1964
Marries Sonji RoI
and takes a test
for the army and
does not pass.
1964
Defeats Sonny
Liston and
becomes world
champion.
1964
Changes
name to
Muhammad
Ali.
1966
Is accepted
into army
after
divorce.
Apr 28, 1967
Refuses to go to war
and is not allowed to
box for 5 years.
1967
Is remarried
to Belinda
Boyd .
March 8,1971
Muhammad's first fight out of
jail against Joe Frazier,
Muhammad Ali loses
1974
Muhammad Ali
gets revenge on
Joe Frazier.
1979
Retires from
boxing.
1984
Is diagnosed with
Parkinson's Disease.
1990s
Travels the world
doing good things.
1996
Lights the
Olympic Torch.
1998
Is named the
Messenger of
Peace.
2005
Is awarded The
Presidential
Medal of
Freedom.
2005
The Muhammad Ali
Center opens in
Kentucky.
BY ISAAC

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Events in the life of Madam C.J. Walker
Madam C.J. Walker 1867-
1919
By Cate
1867
Sara Breedlove
is born.
1874
Becomes an
orphan when her
mother and father
die.
1882
Marries Moses
McWilliams at age
14.
1885
Daughter Leila
McWilliams is
born.
1885
Becomes a member
of (NACW) when it is
created.
1887
Husband
Moses
Dies.
1888
Moves to
St. Louis.
1894
Marries
John Davis.
1903
Divorces
John Davis.
1905
Moves to
Denver,
Colorado,
to open her
hair care
business.
1906
Takes a tour
around the
world selling
beauty
product.
1906
Marries
Charles Joseph
Walker.
1908
Opens Lelia
College to
teach hair
dressing.
1910
Opens a new
headquarters
for her Walker
Manufacturing
Company in
Indianapolis.
1911
Opens a much
larger
headquarters
for her
company and
factory.
1912
Divorces
Charles
Walker.
1912
Daughter
Lelia
adopts a
child
named
Mae.
1919
Madam C.J.
Walker dies.
1918
Moves to
her new
mansion
named
Villa
Lewaro.

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Events in the Life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756-
1791
1756
Jan 27
Mozart
is born.
1760
Plays the
piano at
the age 4.
1761
Begins to
compose
minuets and
play violin at 5.
1762
Travels on
to
Munich
concert
tours with
sister.
1763
Plays for
Empress
Maria
Theresa.
1764
Starts
Grand
Tour of
Europe.
1768
Writes
first
opera La
Finta
Simplice.
1770
Receives order of
Golden Spur
from Pope
Clemet. Begins
10 years in
household of
Archbishop of
Salzburg.
1778
Mother
dies July
third.
1779
Leaves
Salzburg
for good.
1782
Marries
Constanze.
1783
Baby lives
a few
months.
1784
Karl Thomas
Mozart is
born.
1791
Franz Xaver
Mozart is
born.
1791
Mozart dies
completing
Requiem.
By:
Logan

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Events in the Life of Phillis Wheately by Catherine1
Phillis Wheatly 1753-1784
1753
Phillis is
born.
1761
Philis arrives
in Boston.
1765
Has her first
Poem idea.
1767
The
Newport
Mercury
publishes
Phillis first
poem.
1764
Becomes vey
ill from the
harsh winter.
1768
Phillis writes a
poem to King
George.
1772
Reads her
poem
In court to
18
Important
men.
1773
Goes on a
ship to
England.
1773
Her first
And only
Book came
Out.
January
24,1774
A add was
published
about her.
Summer 1775
Writes a
Poem to George
Washington.
October 26, 1775
Gets a letter from
George Washington
saying she should
met him in
Cambridge.
Meets
George
Washington.
1775 1778
Marries John
Peters.
1784
Phillis’ s Husband
Goes to prison.
December 5 1784
Phillis dies in poverty
At age 31.
1784
Philli’s 3rd
Child dies after
His birth.
2003
Is one of three
included in a
Memorial in
Boston.
1773
Is given her
freedom.

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Events in the life of Martin Luther King. Jr .
1929
Martin Luther
King. Jr. is born.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
By Jackson
1944
Enrolls in
Morehouse
College.
1947
Martin
tells parents he
wants to be a
minister.
1948
Becomes an
assistant ordained
minister at
Ebenezer Baptist
Church.
1951 graduates
from Crozer
Seminary in
Pennsylvania.
1951
Goes to Boston
university for
graduation.
1953
Gets married
to Coretta
Scott.
1955
Gets his
doctorate
degree from
Boston
University .
1956
Organizes a bus
boycott in
Montgomery.
1957
Agrees to become
Chairman of the
Southern Christian.
1958
Publishes his first
book Stride Toward
Freedom.
1960
Gets arrested in a
demonstration sit-
in.
1963
Leads the
March on
Washington
and gives a
speech called,
“I have a
Dream.”
1964
Gets the man
of the year
award by Time
Magazine.
1964
Receives
The Nobel
Peace
Prize.
1966
Dr. King’s
family and
the SCLC
move up
north to
Chicago.
1967
Publishes book Where
Do We Go From Here:
Chaos of Community.

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Events in the Life of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
by Shaheen
Mohandas Karamchand
Gandhi 1869 – 1948
October 2,
1869
Mohatma
Karamchand
Gandhi
is born.
May 1883
got
Married to
kastrubi
September 4,
1888 sails to
England to
become a
lawyer.
April 1893
he goes
to South
Africa for
a job.
1894
Sets up the
Natal
Congress
so
Indians
could be
involved in
governmen
t.
1899
Gandhi
put
together
an Indian
Ambulanc
e
To protest
but it did
not work
in the Boer
War
July 1914
He stops
work in
South
Africa after
the Indian
Relief act
passed.
1915
He
returns
to India.
1920 Is
the
leader
of the
Indian
national
congres
s.
1922
Is Arrested for
urging Indians
to break British
law.
1924
Is
release
d early
from
prison
after
surgery.
May
1944 Is
release
d from
jail
early.
August 15,
1947
Celebrates
when India
became
independent.
January 30,
1948
Is
assassinate
d.
1930
Calls for British
to grant
independence
to India.
1931
Represents
the Indian
National
Congress in
London for the
round table
conference of
1931.
1942
Is arrested for
favoring non-
violence
And calling for
independence
for Indians.

7. Events in the life of Eleanor Roosevelt, By Katie
Eleanor Roosevelt 1884-
1962
1884
Eleanor is
born.
December 7, 1892
Goes to live with
grandmother when
her mother dies of
diphtheria.
1893
Her brother,
Elliot dies of
diphtheria.
August 14, 1894
Father dies.
1899-1902
Goes to
Allenswood
School in
England.
March 17,
1905
Get’s
married to
her fifth
cousin
Franklin
Roosevelt.
May, 1906
Daughter
Anna is born.
December,
1907
Son James is
born.
March, 1909
Son, Franklin
Jr., is born.
October,
1909
Franklin Jr.
dies from flu.
1913
Moves to
Washington
D.C. when
Franklin
becomes
Assistant
Secretary of the
Navy.
1916
Sons John,
Elliot, and
Franklin Jr. are
born.
March 4, 1933
Becomes first
lady when
Franklin becomes
president of U.S.
1939
Arranges for
Marian
Anderson to
sing at Lincoln
Memorial, but
people
disagree.
April 12, 1945
Moves out of
White House
when Franklin
dies .
1880
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1950
Works at United
Nations.
November 7,
1962
Eleanor dies .

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Events in the Life of Nellie Bly
1864
Elizabeth
Cochran Is
born.
1887
Pretends to be
crazy so she can
investigate and
write about the
treatments for the
mentally ill.
1885
Gets a job as
a newspaper
writer for
New York
World and
takes pen
name Nellie
Bly.
1870
Father dies.
1895
Gets married to
Robert
Livingston
Seaman.
1914
Becomes a war
reporter in
World War I.
1889
Decides to travel
around the world
in less than 80
days. She went
around the world
in 72 days.
1922
Dies at age
57.
Nellie Bly 1864-1922
By Grace
1892
Publishes Nellie
Bly’s Book:
Around the
World in
Seventy- two
Days.1880
Moves to
Pittsburg and
helps run a
boarding house.
1879
Goes to Indiana
Normal School
to train as a
teacher but can
only afford one
semester.
1919
Goes to New
York and writes
about adopting
poor children.
1904
Becomes
president of
her husbands
job.
1894
Writes a story
about the
Pullman
Railroad
Strike in
Chicago

9. Events in the Life of Amelia Earhart
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Amelia Earhart 1897-1939
By Adler
July 24, 11:30
pm 1897
Amelia Earhart
is born.
1916
Goes to college at
Ogontz School in
Rydal,
Pennsylvania.
1904
Goes to a
fair and sees
her first
airplane.
1917
Goes to
Toronto, Canada
and decides to
work at a
military
hospital.
Jan.3,1921
Gets her
first flying
lesson from
Neta Snook.
October
22,1922
Flies in an air
show and
goes up to
14,000 feet, a
new
woman’s
record.
July
24,1922
Gets her
first plane
for her
birthday.
August 1926
She gets a
job at the
Denison
house and
teaches
foreign
students and
helps them
with their
personal
lives.
June 17,
1928
The plane
the
Friendship
leaves
with
Amelia in
it.
April 1928
Captain Hilton
Railey asks if
she would like
to fly the
Atlantic as a
passenger. She
says yes.
February 7,
1931
She gets
married to
G.P.
Putnam,
but keeps
the name
Earhart.
May 20, 1932
Amelia lands
in Ireland
after the
plane’s
engines catch
on fire.
May 20, 1932
6PM
Amelia flies
her plane
across the
Atlantic as
the first
woman to do
it.
June 21,
1932
Amelia is
awarded
the NGS
gold
medal.
Jan. 1935
Becomes the
first person
to fly from
Hawaii to
California.
June 1, 1937
Amelia
starts her
around the
world flight.
July 2,1937
Amelia
disappears
.
January 1,
1939
Amelia is
declared
legally
dead.

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Events of the Live of Jane Goodall by Shira
Jane Goodall 1934-Present
April
3,1934
Valerie
Jane
Morris-
Goodall
is born.
1936
Jane’s father
gives her a toy
chimp. It looks
just like the one
at the zoo.
1939
Moves to
Bournemouth
England
because of
Nazis.
1952
Graduate from
high school.
1953
Attends the
Queen’s
Secretarial
school in
South
Kensington
England.
1957
Bards a
passenger
ship to
Kenya.
1957
Meets Dr.
Leakey who
hires her as
his assistant.
1960
Begins studying
wild chimps in
Africa.
1960
Sees chimp
David
Graybeard
using tools .
1964
Marries
Hugo Van
Lawick.
1964
Sees chimps
using leaves
to clean
themselves .
1965
The Gombe Steam
Research Center is
founded.
1967
Son is
born.
1974
Jane and Hugo
Lawick divorce.
1965 Marries her
second husband,
Hon.
1977
Establishes
Jane
Goodall
Institute .
1997
Helps move
endangered
chimp to a
rehabilitation
center.
2013
A law is
proposed in
Congress to
protect
chimps in
captivity
under the
Endangered
Species.
1962
Enters the
University
of
Cambridge.
1994
Founds the
Tacare
program.

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In the life of Jacques Cousteau
Jacques Cousteau 1910-1997
By Anja
1910
Jacques
Cousteau
is born.
1930
Entered the
Naval academy.
1937
Gets
married to
Simone
Melchoir.
1938
Jacques
first son,
Jean
Michel, is
born.
1943
Invents
the aqua
lung with
Emile
Gagnan.
1945
The
undersea
group is
formed.
1950
Leases
ship
Calypso.
1951
Calypso
goes on her
first
voyage.
1953
Published
the book
Silent World.
1957
Is elected director
of
oceanographical
museum of
Monaco.
1961
Receives
National
Geographic
medal.
1966
Stars in the
Undersea
World of
Jacques
Cousteau.
1977
PBS gives
Jacques
another TV
show
Cousteau
Odyssey.
1979
Son
Philippe
dies in
plane
crash.
1990
Simone dies
and Jacques
reveals his
secret
relationship
with Francine.
1997
Jacques dies
due to
breathing
problems.
1935
Is able to
try out the
hose
snorkel.
1940
Second
son
Philippe
is born.
1991
Francine and
Jacques get
married.

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EVENTS IN THE LIFE OF
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Benjamin Franklin 1706- 1790
Starts
School. 1714
Gets a new
job as a
printer. 1719
Moves to
Philadelphia.
1723
Publishes the
Pennsylvania
Gazette.
1729
Marries
Deborah
Read.
Benjamin
Franklin is
born
1706
Gets a job.
1715
Publishes
Poor
Richard’s
Almanac.
1732
Son Franky is
born. 1731 Founds University
of Pennsylvania
1740
Invents the
first
Fire fighting
company.
1736
Finds out lightning is a
form of electricity.1752
Signs the Declaration
Of Independence.
1776 Invents bifocals.
1783
B. Franklin
Dies at age
84

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Sir Isaac Newton
1642
Isaac
Newton is
born on
December
25.
1699
Is named
Master of
the Mint.
1672
The Royal
Society of
London
elects
Isaac a
member.
1671
Presents
his first
telescope.
1696
The Royal
Society
agrees to
publish
his book.
1698
Publishes
another
book.
1727
Isaac
Newton
dies in
London on
March 31.
1687
Publishes
the
complete
Principia.
1686
Presents
the first
book of the
Principia to
the Royal
Society.
1661
Goes to
the
Trinity
College.
1666
Begins
thinking
of the
laws of
motion.
1667
Becomes
a fellow
at the
Trinity
College.
1655
Receives
a
Bachelor
degree
from
Trinity.
1654
Goes to
the
Grantham
Grammar
School.
1689
The
University
elects
Isaac a
member.
1703
Is elected
President of the
Royal Society.

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1932
Dian Fossey is
born in San
Francisco on
Jan.16.
Events in the Life of Dian Fossey
Dian Fossey 1932-1985 by Sophia
1954
Graduates from
San Jose College.
1963
Dian became interested
in gorillas and started
her journey to Africa.
1970
Was on the
cover of
National
Geographic
Magazine with
gorillas. Studies
at Cambridge
University.
1977
Dian’s favorite
gorilla, Digit
was killed.
1980
Dian becomes
director of Karisoke
National Park.
1985
Is
murdered
on
December
27 in her
cabin.
1955
Is a
volunteer at
the Kosair
Crippled
Children’s
Hospital.
1969
Two sick
gorillas
came to
Karisoke,
and Dian
had to be a
vet for
them.
1974
Dian earned a
doctorate in
zoology.
1980
Finishes
book
Gorillas In
The Mist.
1967
Establishes
Karisoke
Reasearch
Center.
1983
Book
becomes
best seller.
1988
Movie
Gorillas
In The
Mist is
released
1966
Is offered a
job
studying
gorillas in
Africa.

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Events in the Life of Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein 1879-1955
by Toby
3/14/1879
Albert Einstein is
born in
Ulm, Germany.
4/18/1955
Albert
Einstein
dies.
1/1903
He is married
to Mileva
Maric.
1913
They move
to
Germany.
1/28/1896
Does not
have a
country
because he
renounces
his German
citizenship.
1909
Albert gets a new
Job as science
professor.
1902
Finds a
new job at
the Swiss
Patent.
1910
Son Eduard is
Born.
1895
Is expelled
from school
and moves to
Italy.
1/1934
Meets
President
Franklin D.
Roosevelt.
10/1/1940
Becomes an
American
citizen.
1933
Joins
Institute for
Advanced
Study in
Princeton,
New Jersey.
1920
Wins Nobel
Prize in
physics.
11/6/1919
Becomes
famous
when his
general
theory of
relativity was
proven.
1919
Is remarried
to Elsa
Lowenthal.
1919
Albert is
divorced from
Mileva.
1900
Graduates
from Swiss
Polytechnic
University in
Zurich.
1904
Son
Hans Albert
is born.
1905
Publishes ideas
about relativity.

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Events in the life of Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin 1809 -1882
1809
Charles is born..
1825
Father sends him
to Edinburgh
University.
1827
Switches to Cambridge
University to become a
religious leader.
1831
Graduates from
Cambridge University.
1832
Sails from Plymouth, England, on
the Beagle. Explores east coast of
South America. Beagle stops at
Santiago Island, and he takes field
notes and finds large bones.
1833
Explores
Chile,
Argentina,
and Uruguay.
1834
Sees huge beds of sea
shells far from sea. He
wonders how they had
gotten there.
1835
Sees animals in
the Galapagos.
1836
Returns home to
publish scientific
paper when Beagle
gets to England.
1837
Forms theory about
evolution.
1837
Marries his
cousin Emma
Wedgwood.
1856
Begins to work
on his book.
1859
Publishes his
book, On the
Origins of the
Species.
1864
Is awarded the
Copley Medal by the
Royal Society of
London.
1871
Publishes The
Decent of Man.
1875
Publishes
Insectivorous
Plants.
1876
Publishes Effect of
Cross and Self
Fertilization in the
Vegetable Kingdom.
1877
Is awarded a degree
from Cambridge
University. Publishes
The Different Forms of
Flowers.
1882
Charles dies.

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Evets in the life of John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy 1917-1963
May 29,1917
Jack Kennedy is born.
October, 1921
Starts school at age 4.
1927
Moves to New
York.
1936
Attends
Harvard
University.
1939
Writes a book
about World War
II.
1941
Tries to join
the U.S. army
(rejected).
1941 (Fall)
Joins the U.S.
navy.
1940
Graduates from
Harvard.
1943
Runs for public
office as
Democrat.
1937
Moves to
England.
1939
Moves
back to
America.
Nov. 5, 1946
Is elected to
congress.
1951
Meets Jackie
Bouvier.
Nov. 4, 1952
Is elected
Senator from
Massachusetts.
Sep. 12,
1953
Marries
Jackie
Bouvier.
1958
Is re-elected
to the U.S.
Senate.
1960
Runs for
President.
1961
Is
inaugurated
.
1963
Is assassinated
and funeral held
on Nov 25.
By Tyler

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Events in the Life of Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
By Jake
1651
Notebooks
are
published.
15 April, 1452
Born in
Vinci, Italy.
1519
Dies.
1454
Moves to live
with his
grandparents.
1468
Becomes Andrea del
Verrocchio's apprentice
in Florence.
1473
Becomes a
member of the
painter’s guild.
1476
Paints “The
Annunciation”.
1481
Starts “Adoration
of the Magi”.
1482
Leaves
Florence to go
to Milan.
1498
Finishes “The
Last Supper”.
1499
Leaves
Milan.
1503
Begins
“Mona
Lisa”.
1504
Starts “Battle
Victory” scene, and
father dies.
1506
Gives up on Battle
Scene fresco.
1515
Creates
mechanical lion.
1516
Moves to Amboise with
King Francis I.

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events in the Life of Jesse Owens by Fielden
Jesse Owens 1913-1980
1913
James Cleveland
Owens Is born !
1928
Gets on the
High school
track team.
1928
Trains for 8
Years to get
Into the
Olympics.
1950
Is declared
“Fastest Man
Alive.”
1956
Becomes a
Ohio State
Track Coach.
1972
Goes and gets
His college degree.
March31,1980
James Cleveland
Owens Dies of
Lung cancer.
1932
Tries out
For the
Olympic
Team.
1933
Ties world
Record for
Fastest
Man.
1935
Gets married to Minnie Ruth
Silliman. Ties 3 world
Records in 45 seconds. Gets
On to the Olympic team.
1936
Participates in the Olympics.
Wins 4 Olympic gold medals.
1938
Opens
A dry
Cleaning
Store.
1960
Makes a
Public
Relations
company
1976
Is awarded
Presidential
Medal of
Freedom.

20. 1940
1945
1950
1955
1960
1965
1970
1975
1980
1985
1990
1995
Events in the Life of Wilma Rudolph By Charlotte
Wilma Rudolph
1940 - 1994
June 23,1940
Wilma is born.
1945
Is very sick with
polio.
1947
Is able to
walk with a
brace.
1952
Learns to
walk
without
brace.
1954
Joins basketball
team.
1956
Wins
bronze
medal in
Melbourne
Olympics.
1959
First child is born.
1959
Works
hard and
studies
hard to
stay on
Olympic
team.
1960
Wins three
gold medals
in all three of
her events.
1960
Is named
Woman
Athlete of
the Year and
wins the Jane
Sullivan
Award .
1961
Marries
William
ward.
1962
Retires
from
track.
1963
Graduates
college and
starts
coaching
track.
1976
Establishes her
own company
Wilma
Rudolph.
1977
Publishes
autobiography.
1978
Starts the Wilma
Rudolph Foundation
to help young
athletes .
1984
Is inducted into the
Olympics Hall of
Fame.
1994
Dies of
brain
disease.

21. 1915
1920
1925
1930
1935
1940
1945
1950
1955
1960
1965
Evets in the life of John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy 1917-1963
May 29,1917
Jack Kennedy is born.
October, 1921
Starts school at age 4.
1927
Moves to New
York.
1936
Attends
Harvard
University.
1939
Writes a book
about World War
II.
1941
Tries to join
the U.S. army
(rejected).
1941 (Fall)
Joins the U.S.
navy.
1940
Graduates from
Harvard.
1943
Runs for public
office as
Democrat.
1937
Moves to
England.
1939
Moves
back to
America.
Nov. 5, 1946
Is elected to
congress.
1951
Meets Jackie
Bouvier.
Nov. 4, 1952
Is elected
Senator from
Massachusetts.
Sep. 12,
1953
Marries
Jackie
Bouvier.
1958
Is re-elected
to the U.S.
Senate.
1960
Runs for
President.
1961
Is
inaugurated
.
1963
Is assassinated
and funeral held
on Nov 25.
By Tyler

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1740
1750
1760
1770
1780
1790
EVENTS IN THE LIFE OF
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Benjamin Franklin 1706- 1790
Starts
School. 1714
Gets a new job
as a printer.
1719
Moves to
Philadelphia.
1723
Publishes the
Pennsylvania
Gazette.
1729
Marries
Deborah Read.
Benjamin
Franklin is
born
1706
Gets a job. 1715
Publishes
Poor
Richard’s
Almanac.
1732
Son Franky is
born. 1731 Founds University
of Pennsylvania
1740
Invents the first
Fire fighting
company. 1736
Finds out lightning is a
form of electricity.1752
Signs the Declaration
Of Independence.
1776 Invents bifocals.
1783
B. Franklin
Dies at age
84
By Jesse

23. 1870
1880
1890
1900
1910
1920
1930
1940
1950
Events in the Life of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
by Shaheen
Mohandas Karamchand
Gandhi 1869 – 1948
October 2, 1869
Mohatma
Karamchand
Gandhi
is born.
May 1883
got
Married to
Kastrubi.
September 4,
1888 sails to
England to
become a
lawyer.
April 1893
he goes to
South
Africa for a
job.
1894
Sets up the
Natal Congress
so
Indians could
be involved in
government.
1899
Gandhi put
together an
Indian
Ambulance
To protest but it
did not work in
the Boer War.
July 1914
He stops
work in
South Africa
after the
Indian Relief
act passed.
1915
He
returns
to India.
1920 Is the
leader of
the Indian
national
congress.
1922
Is Arrested for
urging Indians to
break British law.
1924
Is
released
early
from
prison
after
surgery.
May
1944 Is
released
from jail
early.
August 15, 1947
Celebrates
when India
became
independent.
January 30,
1948
Is assassinated.
1930
Calls for British
to grant
independence
to India.
1931
Represents the
Indian National
Congress in
London for the
round table
conference of
1931. 1942
Is arrested for
favoring non-
violence
And calling for
independence
for Indians.

24. 1930
1940
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
1932
Dian Fossey is
born in San
Francisco on
Jan. 16.
Events in the Life of Dian Fossey
Dian Fossey 1932-1985 by Sophia
1954
Graduates from
San Jose College.
1963
Dian became interested
in gorillas and started
her journey to Africa.
1970
Was on the
cover of
National
Geographic
Magazine with
gorillas. Studies
at Cambridge
University.
1977
Dian’s favorite
gorilla, Digit
was killed.
1980
Dian becomes
director of Karisoke
National Park.
1985
Is
murdered
on
December
27 in her
cabin.
1955
Is a
volunteer at
the Kosair
Crippled
Children’s
Hospital.
1969
Two sick
gorillas
came to
Karisoke,
and Dian
had to be a
vet for
them.
1974
Dian earned a
doctorate in
zoology.
1980
Finishes
book
Gorillas In
The Mist.
1967
Establishes
Karisoke
Reasearch
Center.
1983
Book
becomes
best seller.
1988
Movie
Gorillas In
The Mist
is
released.
1966
Is offered a
job
studying
gorillas in
Africa.

25. 1890
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1925
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1940
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1955
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1965
Events in the Life of Zora Neale Lee Hurston
By Natalie Spear
Zora Neale Lee Hurston 1891-1960
January
15,1891
Zora Neale
Hurston is
born.
1921
John Redding,
Zora’s pen name,
publishes her first
story, “John
Redding Goes to
Sea.”
1924
“Drenched in
Light” is
published.
1925
Moves to Harlem, New York
1925
Goes to Barnard College.
1925
Writes “Spunked,” and it gets to
be in the New Negro.
May
19,1927
Zora and
Herbert
get
married.
1928
Graduates
from
Barnard.
January
10,1932
“The Great
Day “ is
performed.
1935
Goes to Florida to do
research with white
folklorists.
1935
Zora writes Mules
and Men.
Mid April 1936
Gets awarded
the
Guggenheim
Fellowship to
research in the
Caribbean.
1937
Writes Their
Eyes Were
Watching
God.
1938
Zora goes
back to
Eatonville.
November
1939
Moses, Men
of the
Mountains is
published.
1942
Dust Tracks
on a Road
is
published.
September 1948
The New York police take
Zora to jail.
October 1948
Seraph on the Surface hits
the bookstores.
January 28
,1960
Zora dies.