The Life of Dr.Ben Carson

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
09/18/1951	Birth	Benjamin Solomon Carson was born in 1951 in Detroit, Michigan
06/16/1969	Graduated From High School	Ben Carson's graduation from Southwestern High School, Detroit, Michigan
06/19/1973	Graduated From College	He Attended Yale University where he earned a degree in Psychology.
07/22/1976	Aplied For Internship	Applied For John Hopkins Internship
08/23/1984	Director of Pediatric Department	He studied neurosurgery and at the young age of 33 became the director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins
09/06/1987	Operation on Conjoined Twins	He is now known for his pioneering work in radical hemispherectomies -- the removal of half the brain to help seizure patients -- and as a specialist in the separation of cojoined (Siamese) twins. Carson also is a popular speaker who tells his own story to encourage young people to make the most of their abilities
09/25/1995	Induced in Academy of Achievement
10/20/1995	Operated on African conjoined twins
06/19/2008	Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom
02/07/2009	Movie came out	On This Day Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story aired on TNT