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Terry Pratchett is born
Terry Pratchett was born on April 28, 1948, in Beaconsfield, in Buckinghamshire, England. In his Who's Who (a book about influential people in the UK) page, he credited his education to the Beaconsfield public library -
Pratchett publishes his first short story
Called "The Hades Business," Pratchett's first short story, written at the age of 13 was about a businessman who meets the devil in his flat. It was published commercially when he was 15. -
Pratchett graduates school
In 1965, Pratchett left school to begin an apprenticeship in journalism with Arthur Church, the editor of a journal called the Bucks Free Press. -
Pratchett publishes his first full book
In 1971, Terry Pratchett published his first novel. Though he had written it at the age of 17, he edited and published it later, with several years of journalism under his belt. -
Pratchett has a daughter
Her name is Rhianna Pratchett. -
Pratchett begins his "Discworld" series
In 1983, Terry Pratchett published the first book of 41 in his famous "Discworld" series, which he would use to mold the genre of fantasy as he pleased. It wasn't a particularly good book. -
Pratchett quits his "day job"
Pratchett quit his "day job" working at the Central Electricity Generation Board after publishing his fourth novel, Mort, about Death's apprentice, Mort. It was a good book. -
Pratchett is knighted
In 2009, Pratchett was knighted for "services to literature" -
Pratchett's best-selling book is released.
Terry Pratchett's best-selling book, Snuff, was released in 2011. It advocates for equality and was the third-fastest-selling hardback adult-readership novel since records began in the UK, selling 55,000 copies in the first three days. -
GNU Terry Pratchett
In 2015, Pratchett died at his home. In one of his books, Going Postal, semaphore overhead (similar to real-world telegram) messages are used to remember late people with the code GNU.