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Oprah Winfrey Timeline

  • Birth of Oprah Winfrey

    Birth of Oprah Winfrey
    Oprah Gail Winfrey (born January 29, 1954), Kosciusko, Mississippi, United States.
  • Oprah Winfrey moves to Milwaukee

    Oprah Winfrey moves to Milwaukee
    At the of age six, Oprah Winfrey moved to an inner-city neighborhood in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with her mother.
  • Oprah Winfrey Was Raped at 9 years old of age

    At the age of 9 years old, Oprah claims that she was raped, and repeatedly molested by her mother's cousin's boyfriend.
  • Oprah Winfrey Becomes Pregnant at 14 years old

    After suffering years of abuse, at 13 Winfrey ran away from home. When she was 14, she became pregnant, but her son then died shortly after birth.
  • Oprah Winfrey Moves to Chicago

    Oprah Winfrey Moves to Chicago
    At this point in time, Oprah Winfrey was Winfrey did well on the talk-show format. So she then moved to Chicago to host the talk show AM Chicago.
  • Winfrey launched The Oprah Winfrey Show

    Winfrey launched The Oprah Winfrey Show
    is a United States syndicated talk show, hosted and produced by its namesake Oprah Winfrey, and is known to be the highest rated talk show in American television history,
  • Oprah Winfrey's interview with Michael Jackson

    Oprah Winfrey's interview with Michael Jackson
    Within this interview, Oprah Winfrey and Michael Jackson discuss child abuse. They were talking about abuse that they have both experienced themselves, and abuse happening to others in the outside world.
  • Oprah Winfrey wins the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award

    Oprah Winfrey wins the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award
    The presenter was given the award in recognition of her services to TV and film at the Emmy Award ceremony.
  • Oprah Winfrey Becomes the First Black Female Billionaire

    Oprah Winfrey Becomes the First Black Female Billionaire
    Forbes annual list of the world’s billionaires announced that Winfrey had become the first Black woman to be worth more than a billion dollars back in 2003.
  • The End of the Winfrey Show

    The End of the Winfrey Show
    By 2011, Oprah Winfrey's talk show airs its final episode, with the show having a total of 25 seasons, and 4561 episodes.