11 Timelines

TIMELINE OF GEORGE LUCAS'S LIFE 1944 George Lucas is born in Modesto, California 1962 George nearly dies in a car accident 1966 George graduates from USC 1967 George wins the top prize at the National Student Film Festival for Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB 1969 George marries Marcia Lucas 1971 The feature-film version of THX 1138 is released 1973 American Graffiti is released 1975 George founds Industrial Light and Magic 1977 Star Wars is released 1981 Raiders of the Lost Ark is released George and Marcia Lucas adopt daughter Amanda 1983 George and Marcia Lucas divorce 1988 George adopts daughter Katie ILM creates the first morphing sequence for Willow 1992 George receives the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award 1993 George adopts son Jett 1999 The Phantom Menace is released

2002 Attack of the Clones is released 2005 Revenge of the Sith is released The American Film Institute gives George a Life Achievement Award 2012 The Walt Disney Corporation buys Lucasfilm 2013 George marries Mellody Hobson Daughter Everest is born

TIMELINE OF THE WORLD 587 BC (approx.) The Ark of the Covenant disappears from the Temple of Jerusalem 1272 The last Crusade ends 1917 T. E. Lawrence helps Arab forces capture Aqaba 1923 The Milky Way chocolate bar is created 1927 The Jazz Singer, the first feature-length movie with sound, is released 1942 The first rocket is launched into space from Germany 1950 The Korean War starts 1953 The Cuban revolution begins 1972 President Richard Nixon visits China 1976 The first pictures are taken of the planet Mars 1979 Hostages are taken at the American Embassy in Iran 1981 A failed assassination attempt is made on Pope John Paul II 1986 An explosion occurs at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine 1997 Diana, Princess of Wales, dies 2004 Facebook is launched 2010 The Arab Spring, a wave of demonstrations and protests in

the Middle East, begins 2012 South Korean singer Psy's "Gangnam Style" video goes viral 2013 Scientists construct a 3-D printer that can create material very similar to human tissue