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Maria Tallchief was born
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The Stock Market crash starting the Great Depression
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Maria sees her first Russians ballet performance
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Maria's family moved
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Maria chose ballet over the paino
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WWII
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Maria gets her break
One of the lead ballerinas in the Ballet Russe stepped down so Maria took her spot and got amazing reviews from top critics. -
Maria goes to New York to join the Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo
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Maria married George Balanchine a choreographer
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Maria became the first American to dance with the Paris Opera Ballet
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Vietnam War
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Korean War
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Alaska becomes the 49th state, Hawaii becomes the 50th
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MLK gives his famous I Have a Dream speech
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Maria retires from dancing
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Martin Luther King Jr. is Assassinated
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U.S. invades the Caribbean island of Grenada
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The Persian Gulf War
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World Trade Center was destroyed
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Maria Tallchief dies