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2 August 1942
Isabel Allende is born in Lima, Peru.11 September 1973
Chilean President and uncle of Allende, Salvador Allende, is assassinated.1982
First book, House of the Spirits, is published.1990
First collection of stories, The Stories of Eva Luna, published.1994
First nonfiction book, Paula, published.9 December 1996
Starts Isabel Allende Foundation, which “strives for social and economic justice for women.”2002
First YA novel, City of the Beasts, published.2003
Memoir, My Invented Country, published.24 November 2014
Allende is awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.2017
Most recent book, In the Midst of Winter, published9/11 2001
1. Terrorists hijack a plane, crashing it into the Twin Towers.
2. Terrorists hijack a plane, crashing it into the Pentagon.
3. Terrorists hijack a passenger plane; after a fight to regain control, plane crashes in Pensylvaina.14 January 2000
Bill Gates resigns as chief executive of Microsoft; Steve Ballmer replaces him.7 November 2000
Presidential election between Bush and Gore undecided, leaving Florida's votes to be counted.2 March 2002
US invasion of Afghanistan: US conventional forces first deployed.1 January 2002
Circulation of the euro starts in 12 countries.11 May 2000
India's population officialy reaches 1,000,000,000.15 February 2001
First draft of the complete human genome is published.7 October 2001
U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: starts with air assault and covert operations on the groundTODAY
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