14 Chapter 13 Timelines

TIMELINE OF MARIA'S LIFE 1925 — Maria is born, January 24, in Fairfax, Oklahoma 1926 — Maria's sister Marjorie is born 1933 — The Tall Chief family moves to Los Angeles 1937 — Maria begins dance lessons with Madame Nijinska 1940 — Madame Nijinska stages Chopin Concerto Maria is cast as one of the corps 1942 — Maria goes to New York City and joins the Ballet Russe 1943 — Maria performs as soloist in Chopin Concerto with the Ballet Russe;

George Balanchine joins the Ballet Russe as the new choreographer 1946 — Maria marries George Balanchine in New York City 1949 — Maria thrills audiences with her performance in Firebird 1951 — Maria and George's marriage ends 1956 — Maria marries Henry Paschen 1959 — Maria's daughter Elise is born; Maria's father dies 1966 — Maria retires from performing 1983 — George Balanchine dies 1996 — Maria receives the Kennedy Center Honors 1997 — Maria publishes her autobiography 1999 — Maria receives a National Medal of the Arts & Humanities from president Bill Clinton

2013 — Maria dies on April 11

TIMELINE OF THE WORLD 1925 — John Baird transmits recognizable faces in an early form of television 1926 — Martha Graham, the American pioneer of the modern-dance revolt, gives her first New York performance 1928 — First Mickey Mouse talking film, Steamboat Willie, releases 1932 — Amelia Earhart makes history as the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean 1939 — Outbreak of World War II 1941 — Attack on Pearl Harbor 1945 — World War II ends

1947 — Jackie Robinson becomes the first African-American to play Major League Baseball 1954 — Segregation by race in schools is unanimously declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court 1955 — Albert Einstein dies 1959 — Alaska and Hawaii become the 49th and 50th states 1968 — Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated 1982 — The compact disc or "CD" is launched 1996 — Madeleine Albright becomes the first female US Secretary of State 1997 — Hong Kong returns to Chinese rule 1999 — John F. Kennedy, Jr. dies 2009 — Barack Obama becomes first African-American president of the United States