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Rold dahl was born
Roald Dahl is born in Llandaff, near the Welsh capital of Cardiff, on 13th September 1916. -
Roald Dahl begins working for Shell Oil
In 1934, Roald leaves Repton and, after taking part in a joint public schools expedition to Newfoundland that he describes in the closing chapters of Boy, he begins working for the Shell Oil Company. -
Roald Dahl is posted to Libya, where he is involved in a plane crash
Roald is posted to 80 Squadron, Libya to fly "Gloster Gladiators against the Italians in the Western Desert of Libya," as he says in Going Solo. "The Gloster Gladiator," he goes on to say "was an out-of-date fighter biplane with a dial engine" -
Roald Dahl, now aged 37, marries Patricia Neal in New York
On 2nd July 1953 Roald Dahl, now aged 37, marries Patricia Neal, aged 27. The ceremony takes place at a small church in downtown New York. -
Roald Dahl's son Theo is born; short story collection Kiss Kiss is published
In July 1960, Theo - Roald Dahl and Patricia Neal's third child and only son - is born. Four months later, in December 1960, baby Theo is involved in an accident when his pram is hit by a taxi cab in New York City. He suffers serious injuries, developing a medial condition called hydrocephalus or "water on the brain."
