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Frida Kahlo is born in Coyoacan, Mexico, a suburb of Mexico City
Originally born Magdalena Carmen Frieda Kahlo y Calderón in Coyoacan, Mexico, a suburb of Mexico City -
Kahlo is stricken with polio, which leaves her with a limp
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Kahlo is involved in a bus accident and sustains serious injuries to her spine, pelvis and right leg. Because of these injuries, she undergoes more than 30 operations during her lifetime.
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While recovering from the accident, Kahlo begins to paint. About 150 of Kahlo's works have survived, and most of them are self-portraits.
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Kahlo marries Mexican painter Diego Rivera
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The couple both engage in extramarital affairs: Rivera with Kahlo's younger sister, Cristina; Kahlo with both men and women.They then get divorced and re married to eachother within this time period.
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Kahlo began teaching, and her students are known as "Fridos." Numerous operations force her to leave teaching, and she resumes her prolific painting career.
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Kahlo has her first solo exhibition in Mexico; it's the only exhibition held in her native country during her lifetime. Kahlo attends the show on a stretcher; later that year, her right leg is amputated below the knee because of gangrene.
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Kahlo dies in her sleep. Many believe her death was caused by embolism; some suggest it was suicide