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Charlie Chaplin jr. is born to Charles and Hannah Hill Chaplin on April 16.
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For Chaplin,the Workhouse Years were nothing but adventures in humiliation and loneliness.
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The senior Chaplin dies at age thirty-seven after years of alcohol abuse.
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Hannah Chaplin,commited as a lunatic,is transferred from an infirmary to Cane Hill Asylum,where she remains until 1912.
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Begins work with the Karno company.
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Signs contract with Keystone Film Company.
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Begins to appear in Keystone films;introduces the Little Tramp in "Mabel's Strange Predicament";signs with Essnay for $1,250 per week to make fourteen films.
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Charlie signs with Mutual Film Corparation for $10,000 per week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Signs with First National Exhibitors' Circuit for salary exceeding $1,000,000 per year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) P.S.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Charlie secretly married Mildred Harris.
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Charlie (secretly) divorces Mildred Harris.
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After two years of work,Chaplin releases "The Kid",his first feature--length film.
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Charlie Chaplin married Lita Grey.
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Charlie begins filming one of his more famous films,"The Gold Rush".
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Charlie gets divorced from Lita Grey.
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Charlie attends world premiere of "City Lights" in Los Angeles.
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"Modern Times" is released and Charlie marries costar Paulette Goddard.
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World premiere in New York of "The Great Dictator", costarring Paulette Goddard begins.
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Paulette Goddard is granted divorce from Charlie Chaplin.
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Charlie Chaplin marries Oona O'Neill.
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Charlie is indicted by federal grand jury on Mann Act charges involving actress Joan Barry.(Is found inoccent two months later)
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Joan Barry wins paternity suit against Charlie Chaplin.
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Charlie begins filming a new movie,"Monsieur Verdoux".
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Charlie dies in his sleep at the family estate in Vevey,Switzerland,on Christmas.