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This is when he was born in Atlanta, GA
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Martin Luther King starts his Pastorate at a Baptist Church
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King is awarded his doctorate in systematic theology from Boston University.
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Yolanda Denise King, the Kings’ first child, is born.
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According to King’s later account in Stride Toward Freedom, he receives a threatening phone call late in the evening, prompting a spiritual revelation that fills him with strength to carry on in spite of persecution.
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At 9:15 p.m., while King speaks at a mass meeting, his home is bombed. His wife and daughter are not injured. Later King addresses an angry crowd that gathers outside the house, pleading for nonviolence.
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Martin Luther King appears in a magazine for doing all that effort of trying to stop racism.
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Coretta King gives birth to their second child, Martin, III.
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During a book signing at Blumstein’s Department Store in Harlem, New York, King is stabbed by Izola Ware Curry. He is rushed to Harlem Hospital where a team of doctors successfully remove a seven-inch letter opener from his chest.
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King meets privately in New York with Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kennedy.
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King returns to Memphis, determined to lead a peaceful march. During an evening rally at Mason Temple in Memphis, King delivers his final speech, "I’ve Been to the Mountaintop."
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King is shot and killed while standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis.
