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Born
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Atlanta, Georgia, 01/15/1929
Annelies (Anne) Frank - Frankfurt, Germany, 06/12/1929
Barbara Walters - Boston, Massachusetts, 09/25/1929 -
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Barbara Walters' Life
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Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Life
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Anne Frank's Life
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Hitler Comes to Power
Due to many manipulations and a lot of wheedling, Adolf Hitler becomes chancellor, and eventually dictator of Germany. Due to the anti-Jewish decrees, Anne's father moves his family to Amsterdam, Netherlands. -
MLK Sr. Visits Berlin
A year after Hitler takes power, MLKJ's father visited Germany and was introduced to Martin Luther's 95 theses and the revolt against the Catholic church. All around him in Berlin, King Sr. was seeing the rise of Nazi Germany. The Baptist alliance responded to that hatred with a resolution deploring “all racial animosity, and every form of oppression or unfair discrimination toward the Jews, toward coloured people, or toward subject races in any part of the world.” MLKJ is 5. -
Anne - Big Move & Schooling
In 1934, Anne's family moves to Amsterdam amidst anti-Jewish decrees. Anne attends a Montessori school in Amsterdam from 1934-1941 (ages 5-12). When Netherlands falls to Hitler, she, and all Jews, are forced to attend Jewish schools. She is at her new school for one year before being forced into hiding at age 13. -
Hitler invades the Netherlands
Within 5 of the initial invasion of Netherlands, Holland surrenders, under terms, to the Nazi army. The Netherlands is now under Nazi rule and all the anti-Jewish laws which come with it. -
Anne - Receives Diary
On her 13th birthday, Anne receives a red-and-white checked diary. A month later, her family is in hiding and her diary becomes a friend, confidant, and companion during the 25 months she is there. -
Anne - In Hiding
It is now too dangerous for Jewish people to be in the open. They move into the Annex. It was about 450 sqft. Built above the office building of a small jam and jelly company in Amsterdam, it was hidden behind a bookcase could only be entered through a secret entrance. It had a living room/bedroom for the parents of the van Pels, a bedroom for Anne Margot, one for her parents, and a small bedroom for the son of the other family. They hid in the annex for two years and one month. -
Anne - Deported
Betrayed to the Nazis, all 8 of the Secret Annex inhabitants are arrested and sent to Westerbork camp. The Frank family is divided. Only Otto, Anne's father, survives. -
Martin - Schooling
MLKJ graduates high school and is admitted to Morehouse College at age 15. -
Otto Frank - Liberated
Anne's father, Otto, is liberated from Auschwitz by the Russian army. He is taken first to Odessa and then to France before he is allowed to make his way back to his home in Amsterdam. -
Anne - Death
Within days of each other, and within weeks of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp's liberation, Anne and Margot succumb to typhus and die. Anne is 15. -
Martin - Letter Published
The Atlanta Constitution publishes King’s letter to the editor stating that black people “are entitled to the basic rights and opportunities of American citizens.” -
Anne's Diary - Published
Edited and compiled by her father, Anne's diary is published due to her wishes. -
Barbara - Schooling
Barbara graduates high school and is admitted to Sarah Lawrence at age 18. -
Martin - Ordination
MLKJ begins his journey to become an ordained pastor. He is ordained and appointed assistant pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, receives his bachelor of arts degree in sociology from Morehouse College, then begins his studies at Crozer Theological Seminary in Chester, Pennsylvania. In 1951, King graduates from Crozer with a bachelor of divinity degree, delivering the valedictory address. He graduates from Boston University with his doctorate in systematic theology in 1955. -
Martin - Married
MLKJ marries Coretta Scott. He is 24. -
Rosa Parks - Protest & Arrest
Rosa Parks is arrested for refusing to vacate her seat and move to the rear of a city bus in Montgomery for a white passenger. -
Martin - Bus Boycott & MIA
After Rosa Parks' arrest, Women’s Political Council members distribute thousands of mimeographed leaflets calling for a one-day boycott of the city’s buses on December 5. It was so successful, it continued for 13-months, becoming known as the Montgomery Bus Boycott. The U.S. Supreme Court finally ruled that segregation on public buses is unconstitutional. The Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA) coordinated the boycott, with its president, MLKJ. -
Martin - Pleads for Nonviolence
After the bombing of his home in Alabama, King addresses an angry crowd that gathers outside the house, pleading for nonviolence. This is his repeated plea throughout his life. -
US Supreme Court Ruling
After nearly a year in the courts, the U.S. Supreme Court affirms the lower court opinion in Browder v. Gayle, declaring Montgomery and Alabama bus segregation laws unconstitutional. -
Barbara - The Today Show
Became the regular "Today Girl", AKA a "tea pourer" but worked her way up to being cohost and winning an Emmy for her work. -
Martin - Assaulted
During the closing session of the SCLC conference in Birmingham, Alabama, a member of the American Nazi Party assaults King, striking him twice in the face. -
Martin - March on Washington
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom attracts more than two hundred thousand demonstrators to the Lincoln Memorial. Organized by A. Philip Randolph and Bayard Rustin, the march is supported by all major civil rights organizations as well as by many labor and religious groups. King delivers his “I Have a Dream” speech. After the march, King and other civil rights leaders meet with President John F. Kennedy and Vice-President Lyndon B. Johnson in the White House. -
Martin - Death
3/28/68 - King leads a march of six thousand protesters in support of striking sanitation workers in Memphis. The march descends into violence and looting, and he is rushed from the scene. 4/3/68 - He returns to Memphis, determined to lead a peaceful march. During an evening rally at Mason Temple in Memphis, he delivers his final speech, “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop.” 4/4/68 - MLKJ is shot and killed while standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. He is 39. -
Barbara - ABC Evening News
made headlines by signing a five-year contract with ABC that made her the first woman to coanchor an evening network news program and, with a salary of $1 million per year, the highest-paid journalist at that time. -
Barbara - Specials
Hosted her own show, "Barbara Walters Specials" in which she pushed her interviewing skills to the max, interviewing everyone from celebrities to dictators. Her disarmingly direct questioning drew many subjects into frequently interesting and occasionally provocative moments of self-revelation. Walters described her effective interview style in How to Talk with Practically Anybody About Practically Anything (1970). In 1982 and 1983 she received Emmy Awards for best interviewer. -
Barbara - Interviews Fidel Castro
Barbara Walters interviewed Cuban president Fidel Castro as they crossed the Bay of Pigs on an ABC News Special which aired June 9, 1977 on the ABC Television Network. -
Barbara - Interviews Muhammad Ali
Boxing legend Muhammad Ali and his wife, Veronica Porche Ali, introduced their daughters Hana (with dad) and Laila to Barbara Walters on "The Barbara Walters Special" airing on the ABC Television Network, May 30, 1978 -
Barbara - 20/20
Joined the ABC newsmagazine show 20/20 as correspondent, becoming cohost with Downs in 1984; she remained with the program until 2004. -
Barbara - Interviews Fred Astaire
Fred Astaire spoke with Barbara Walters about his career, his show business debut at the age of 5 with his sister Adele, and dancing partner Ginger Rogers on "The Barbara Walters Special" Feb. 27, 1980. -
Your Teacher - Born
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Barbara - Interviews Katherine Hepburn
Barbara Walters interviewed Katherine Hepburn for ABC News' "20/20," which aired June 2, 1981 on ABC. -
Barbara - Emmys
Barbara has won an Emmy in both 1982 and 1983 for best interviewer. -
Barbara - Presidential Debate Moderator
She was chosen to be the moderator of the presidential debate between Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford in New Hampshire. -
MLKJ Day
Despite his supporters, Dr. King was considered a huge threat during his lifetime, and was incredibly unpopular among the mainstream. And that's no coincidence. Part of the civil rights movement's success was due to its disruptive nature: massive boycotts, marches, sit-ins, and other acts of civil disobedience that put powerful peoples' time, money, and good names in jeopardy. But the fight must continue -- current activists are still poised to make a lot of people pretty uncomfortable. -
MLKJ Day
As president, Ronald Reagan publicly helped instate Martin Luther King Day as a federal holiday. But in private letters, Reagan assured his friends that he was "really going to drive home throughout his presidency the story that Dr. King's dream of this colorblind nation has been realized and so now racism is...over and we can move on." That play – of invoking a radical figure only to manipulate and defang their teachings – has proved incredibly enduring, and often incredibly effective. -
Barbara - Interviews Muammar Gadhafi
Barbara Walters interviewed Muammar Gadhafi outside his tent in Tripoli, Libya, for ABC News' "20/20," which aired on Jan. 27, 1989. -
Barbara - "Most Fascinating"
Introduced an annual program that featured her interviews with the newsmakers she deemed the “most fascinating” of the year; the series culminated in 2015. -
Barbara - The View
Began co-hosting the daytime talk show The View, which she also helped create. The show featured a panel of other women who exchanged opinions and interviewed guests. Walters retired from The View, and from regular television news broadcasting, in 2014. -
MLKJ Autobiography
Compiled and edited by Clayborn Carson, it features many of MLKJ's writings, letters, speeches, and more, as MLKJ was never able to write the story of his life. -
Barbara - Interviews Monica Lewinsky
Former White House intern Monica Lewinsky, whose explicit sexual affair with President Bill Clinton resulted in Clinton's impeachment, broke her longtime silence to talk with Barbara Walters on ABC News' "20/20." The interview aired on March 4, 1999, and remains one of the most-watched TV news interviews ever. -
Barbara - Interviews Vladimir Putin
Barbara Walters interviewed Russian President Vladimir Putin for ABC News' "20/20," which aired Nov. 7, 2001. It marked the first time President Putin was interviewed by an American journalist since the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States. -
Barbara - Autobiography
In her autobiography, Audition (2008), so named because she felt she had to prove herself over and over again, Walters reflected on both her public life and her private life. -
8th Graders - Born
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Barbara - Interviews Justin Bieber
Barbara Walters interviewed teen sensation Justin Bieber backstage at the Izod Arena in New Jersey for the ABC News special, "Barbara Walters Presents: The 10 Most Fascinating People of 2010." He was 16 years old at the time. -
Barbara - Interviews Bashar al-Assad
Barbara Walters interviewed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in 2011, his first interview with an American journalist since the uprising in Syria began almost a year prior. -
6th Graders - Born
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Barbara - Interviews Miley Cyrus
Barbara Walters interviewed Miley Cyrus for "Barbara Walters Presents: The 10 Most Fascinating People of 2013." In the interview, Cyrus talked about some of her fears and insecurities, and ending her engagement to Liam Hemsworth. -
Barbara - Retires
After decades of reporting and interviewing, Barbara retires from TV. She is 85. -
Barbara - Death
Barbara died in her home in Manhattan, NY, surrounded by loved ones, and as comfortable as modern medicine could allow. She was 93. -
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