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Ray Bradbury was born
He says that he was born so early from his due date that he can remember his birth. -
He was inspired
A magician told him to live forever and the next day said that he was his best friend in WW2, but before this interaction happened he was at his uncle's funeral he was felling very low because of the loss and this moment turned his moment, and his life around. -
Published book
This was the year he finally published his first short story and intern started writing his heart out. -
His first book
His first book - "Dark Carnival" - was written and was part of a collection of stories published in 1947. That same year, he married Marguerite McClure (1922-2003), whom he met at a bookstore a year earlier. Maggie, as she was affectionately called, was the only woman Bradbury ever dated. -
fahrenheit 451
In spring 1950, while living with his family in a home in Venice, California, Bradbury began writing what was to become Fahrenheit 451 on pay-by-the-hour typewriters in the University of California at Los Angeles library basement. -
college
He was rejected from all colleges and he learned from libraries. -
The stroke
In the final years of his life Mr. Bradbury suffered from ongoing illnesses and health problems. In 1999, he suffered a stroke that caused him to need to use a wheelchair some of the time. He still continued writing and even appearing at science fiction conventions for a decade after his stroke. -
The ban
Ray Bradbury's novel “Fahrenheit 451,” about a dystopian society where books are burned to censor the public, is one of the books being challenged by Texas parents. This is due to the use of profanity with a complete disregard for the irony of the situation. -
Ray bradbury dies
“Everything I did was pure love.. And if you live that way, you’ve had a great life”. -Last words of Ray Bradbury