| OCTOBER 16, 1888 |
Born in New York. |
| 1906 |
Graduated from Betts academy. |
| 1907 |
Suspended from Princeton University. |
| SUMMER 1909 |
Married Kathleen Jenkins. |
| OCTOBER 1909 |
Sailed to Honduras, Central America, for
gold prospecting. |
| May 5, 1910 |
Eugene Gladstone O’Neill, Junior was
born. |
| 1911 |
Returned to America. |
| 1912 |
First appearance in book form – his
poem Free published in Pleiades Club Year Book. |
| MAY 1912 |
Returned and went to work for the New London
Telegraph. |
| AUGUST 1912 |
Wrote his first verse published in Laconics
in New London Telegraph. |
| OCTOBER 11, 1912 |
Official divorce effected from Kathleen. |
| CHRISTMAS EVE, 1912 |
Entered the Gaylord Farm Sanatorium at
Wallingford, Connecticut for tubercular treatment. |
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| JUNE 3, 1913 |
Returned home to New London. |
| FALL, 1914 |
Entered Baker’s 47 Workshop at Harvard. |
| 1915 |
Left Harvard. |
| APRIL 12, 1918 |
Married Agnes Boulton Burton. |
| OCTOBER 30, 1919 |
Shane Rudraighe O’Neill was born. |
| AUGUST 10, 1920 |
James O’Neill died. |
| WINTER, 1921 |
Met Eugene O’Neill, Jr after a gap of
11 years. |
| FEBRUARY 1922 |
Ella died. |
| NOVEMBER 8, 1924 |
James (Jamie) O’Neill, Jr died. |
| MAY 13, 1925 |
Oona was born. |
| JUNE 23, 1926 |
Received honorary degree of Doctor of
Literature from Yale. |
| JULY 2, 1929 |
Divorced Agnes. |
| JULY 22, 1929 |
Married Carlotta Monterey. |
| MARCH 1932 |
Lionized. |
| JUNE 16, 1943 |
Oona married Charlie Chaplin. |
| JULY 31, 1944 |
Shane married Cathy Givens. |
| NOVEMBER 31, 1945 |
Eugene III was born to Shane and Cathy. |
| FEBRUARY 11, 1946 |
Eugene Jr committed suicide. |
| NOVEMBER 27, 1953 |
Eugene O’Neill died at Boston. |
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