Maya Angelou Timeline By Cowbells03 Apr 4, 1928 Marguerite Annie Johnson is born 1935 Her and her brother move to back to St. Louis to live with their mother 1936 She is sexually abused by her mother's boyfriend 1944 She became the first black cable car conductor in San Francisco 1945 She gives birth to her only child, Clyde 1949 Marries Tosh Angelos 1954 Tours with the opera Porgy and Bess 1957 Records her first album "Miss Calypso" 1959 She moves to New York to pursue a writing career 1969 Wrote "I Know Why Caged Bird Sings" 1972 Receives a Pulitzer Prize Nomination 1973 Marries Paul de Feu 1993 Won a Grammy Award Feb 15, 2011 Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom May 28, 2014 Maya Angelou's death