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Appointed as an apprentice for his brother’s printing press.
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Benjamin Franklin was born.
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He asked his dad for a loan to start a printing press, but his father said no, so he ran away to Philadelphia to become a printer.
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Wrote to Deborah Read asking her to marry him.
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Officially married to Deborah Read.
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His son Francis Folger Franklin was born.
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Franklin returned to Philadelphia and was selected to serve as a delegate to the Second Continental Congress.
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He died at age 84. 20,000 people attended his funeral.
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