9 Timelines

Timeline of Pelé's Life 1940 Born in the village of Três Cora..es, Brazil 1955 Joins pro club Santos FC in S.o Paulo 1958 Wins World Cup with Brazilian national team 1966 Marries Rosemeri Cholbi 1967 Daughter Kelly is born 1969 Scores 1,000th career goal 1970 Wins third World Cup with Brazilian national team; becomes first player to win three World Cups Son Edinho is born 1974 Retires from Santos FC 1975 Plays for New York Cosmos of North American Soccer League (NASL) 1977 Leads Cosmos to NASL Soccer Bowl championship Plays final game as a professional, for the New York Cosmos against Santos in the first half and for Santos against the Cosmos in the second 1978 Daughter Jennifer is born 1994 Marries Assíria Lemos 1995 Becomes Brazil's Minister of Sport

1996 Twins Joshua and Celeste are born 2000 Named one of two players of the century by FIFA 2016 Marries Marcia Aoki

Timeline of the World 1939 World War II begins in Europe 1945 The United Nations is founded 1949 China is taken over by communists led by Mao Tse tung 1954 British runner Roger Bannister becomes the first person to run a mile in under four minutes 1957 The Soviet Union puts the first man-made satellite in orbit 1960 A new city called Brasília becomes the capital of Brazil 1964 The Beatles play their first concert in the United States The United States signs the Civil Rights Act into law 1969 Apollo 11 lands the first men on the moon 1971 The first e-mail is sent 1976 America celebrates its bicentennial, its two hundredth birthday 1989 The Berlin Wall falls, ending separation of East and West Germany

1991 The first public website is posted 1994 Nelson Mandela becomes the first black president of South Africa 2008 Barack Obama becomes the first African American to be elected US president