9 Timeline

Timeline of Stevie Wonder's Life 1950 Stevie Wonder is born Steveland Hardaway Judkins on May 13 in Saginaw, Michigan 1961 Auditions at the Motown recording studio and is signed to a contract by Motown founder Berry Gordy 1962 Releases first single, "I Call It Pretty Music," under the name Little Stevie Wonder 1963 "Fingertips, Part 2" reaches number one on Billboard magazine's Hot 100 1969 Earns his high-school diploma at the Michigan School for the Blind 1971 Turns twenty-one and eventually signs a new contract with Motown that gives him significant control over his work 1972 Tours with the Rolling Stones 1974 Wins the first four of his twenty-five career Grammy awards, with Innervisions awarded Album of the Year

1975 Daughter Aisha, the inspiration for Stevie's "Isn't She Lovely," is born 1985 Wins the Academy Award for Best Original Song ("I Just Called to Say I Love You" from The Woman in Red) 1989 Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2004 Receives the Century Achievement Award, the "highest honor for creative achievement," from Billboard magazine 2014 Presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in a ceremony at the White House

Timeline of the World 1947 Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers becomes the first black player in the modern era of Major League Baseball 1951 Color television is introduced to the public 1954 The United States Supreme Court rules that racial segregation in schools is unconstitutional 1959 The first annual Grammy awards are held to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry 1963 John F. Kennedy, the president of the United States, is assassinated 1964 Beatlemania sweeps across the United States 1968 Civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated 1969 American Neil Armstrong becomes the first man to walk on the moon 1974 Richard Nixon resigns as president of the United States after the Watergate scandal 1976 Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak start Apple Computer, Inc.

1981 New cable television channel MTV launches with music videos aimed at younger audiences 1986 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birth date, January 15, is celebrated as a national holiday in the United States for the first time 1997 The first Harry Potter novel is published in the United Kingdom 2008 Barack Obama is elected the first black president of the United States