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On August 19, 1883 Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel is born.
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On February 8,1895 her Coco Chanel's mother dies
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On April 11,1904 Coco Chanel gets a starting job.
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Coco Chanel was a singer.During this time her first name became Coco.
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This was the last year of Coco's career as a singer
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On April 11,1913 Coco Chanel opens her first shop.
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On April 11,1921 Coco Chanel creates Chanel no. 5 which is one of her signature items.
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On April 11,1926 Coco Chanel creates the first little black dress which is one of her signature items.
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She designed dresses for famous Hollywood in 1931
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On April 12,1939 Coco closes all her shops because it time for WW2.
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In 1955 at the age of 70, Coco Chanel released her first quilted Chanel flap bag/handbag, also known as the 2.55 bag. It was called the 2.55 bag because it was released on that date, February 1955.
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On November 14,1957 Coco Chanel gets the Neiman Marcus Fashion Award.
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On Jan 10,1971 Coco Chanel dies because of a heart attack and old age at the Ritz Hotel.She died at the age of 87.
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In August of 2011 author Hal Vaughan released an explosive book named Sleeping With the Enemy in which he disclosed that Chanel had ties to the Nazi party.
