Timeline: Oprah Winfrey Timeline

Jan 29, 1954

Birth of Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Gail Winfrey (born January 29, 1954), Kosciusko, Mississippi, United States.

1960

Oprah Winfrey moves to Milwaukee

At the of age six, Oprah Winfrey moved to an inner-city neighborhood in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with her mother.

1963

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.

1968

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.

1983

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.

1986

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,

1993

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.

2002

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.

2003

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.