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| 15 Jan 1929 CE | Martin Luther King (1929-1968), is born, in Atlanta, Gorgria. | |
| 1947 CE | Martin Luther King was ordained a Minister. | |
| 30 Jan 1956 CE | Martin Luther King Jr's home is bombed. Noone was hurt. | |
| 20 Sep 1958 CE | Martin Luther King Jr stabbed in chest by a deranged black woman in New York City as he was autographing his new book in a department store in Harlem. | |
| 1960 CE | Martin Luther King Jr was arrested in an Atlanta sit-in | |
| 1961 CE | Martin Luther King Jr & 700 demonstrators arrested in Albany GA. | |
| 28 Aug 1963 CE | Martin Luther King Jr's "I have a dream speech" on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. | |
| 3 Jan 1964 CE | Time Magazine honored Dr. Martin Luther King as 'Man of the Year' with a feature story and cover photo. | |
| 1964 CE | J Edgar Hoover describes Martin Luther King as "most notorious liar" | |
| 1964 CE | Reverend Martin Luther King Jr wins the Nobel Peace Prize. | |
| 1965 CE | Martin Luther King Jr & 700 demonstrators arrested in Selma AL | |
| 1965 CE | Martin Luther King Jr begins a drive to register black voters | |
| 1965 CE | Martin Luther King Jr led 25,000 from Selma to state capitol in Montgomery AL | |
| 1966 CE | Martin Luther King Jr opens campaign in Chicago | |
| 1966 CE | Martin Luther King Jr stoned during Chicago march | |
| 4 Apr 1968 CE | Assassination of Martin Luther King on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennasee. | |
| 8 Jun 1968 CE | James Earl Ray, alleged assassin of Martin Luther King Jr, is captured at a London airport. | |
| 1968 CE | Martin Luther King Jr announces plans for Poor People's Campaign | |
| 10 May 1969 CE | James Earl Ray pleads guilty in murder of Martin Luther King Jr and is sentenced to 99 years in prison. He died in prison of liver failure on 23 April 1998. | |
| 1977 CE | James Earl Ray (Martin Luther King's killer) escapes from prison | |
| 1979 CE | US President Jimmy Carter proposes Martin Luther King's birthday be a holiday | |
| 1986 CE | The first US federal holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr | |
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