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Date of Birth
He was born in New York City. -
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World War II
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Vietnam War
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Milgram attended the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton with Solomon Asch
Stanley Milgram associated with Solomon Asch while at Princeton and came up with the idea for his shock experiment based off of Asch's theory of conformity. -
Earned his Ph.D. in Social Psychology
He earned his Ph.D. in Social Psychology at Harvard University. -
Adolf Eichmann is put on trial
The trial of Adolf Eichmann was one of the prime inspirations for the obedience experiments and one of the main real-world examples of Milgram's theory of obedience. -
The first of the Obedience experiments
Milgram started his series of experiments involving his obedience theory at Yale University. -
The film 'Obedience' is shot
Milgram shot this film at Yale as visual evidence of his findings once he had finished his experiments involving the obedience theory. -
"Behavioral study of Obedience" is published
Milgram published this article with the results of his obedience experiments. Milgram's ethics were questioned after its release and there was controversy over whether he was justified to conduct these kinds of stressful experiments. -
The My Lai Massacre
U.S. soldiers were ordered to attack a village in Vietnam, killing hundreds of unarmed civilians. This was another example of Milgram's theory in action, and he discussed the reasons for the event in his book. (Interestingly, only the platoon leader was convicted, though 26 soldiers were initially charged). -
'Obedience to Authority' is published
Stanley Milgram published his results and conclusions about his experiments in greater depth involving his theory of obedience. -
Date of Death
He died of heart failure in his home city of New York.