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Pakistan declares independence
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Grg Mortenson born in Minnesota
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Greg and family move to Usambara Mountains, Tanganyika (now Tanzania), Africa, when he is three months old.
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Greg's sister Christa born in Tanzania
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Greg and family leave Africa and move to Minnesota.
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Greg's sister Christa is diagnosed with epilepsy at age four.
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The Soviet Army invades Afghanistan and stays for nine years.
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Greg's dad, Dempsey Mortenson, dies of cancer in his late forties.
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Greg falls on Mount Sill in California and is injured; Greg's sister Christa dies the same morning.
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Greg begins his K2 climb.
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Greg gets lost hiking out of K2, arrives in Korphe
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Greg returns to the United States, and begins raising money for the Korphe school.
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Construction starts on the Korphe School.
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Greg iskidnapped and held for eight days inWaziristan, Pakistan.
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The Korphe School is completed.
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The United States invades Iraq.
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Three Cups of Tea is chosen as required reading for intelligence training by the Pentagon and U.S. military.
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Puffin Books publishes the Young readers edition of Three Cups of Tea.
Dial publishes Listen to the Wind, a picture book by Gred Mortenson and Susan Roth. -
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