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Birth
Oprah Winfrey was born -
Becomes Nashville’s first African-American TV correspondent
the youngest person to co-anchor the news for WTVF, a CBS-affiliated television station -
Moves to Baltimore
later hosts the TV chat show People are Talking -
Relocates to Chicago
to host her own morning show AM Chicago, which was renamed The Oprah Winfrey Show a year later -
Makes film debut in Steven Spielberg’s
The Color Purple for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress -
Winfrey launches The Oprah Winfrey Show
a nationally syndicated program placed on 120 channels -
Established Harpo Productions
(“Oprah” spelt backwards) -
Enrols at Tennessee State University
begins working on a Nashville radio station reading the news . -
Launches O
The Oprah Magazine which is credited as being the most successful magazine launch in recent history