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Benjamin Solomon Carson is born to Robert Solomon Carson and Sonya Copeland.
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Ben Carson's unfaithful father leaves Ben, his mother, and his brother.
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Sonya, Ben, and his brother Curtis temporarily move to Boston, MA with relatives due to their worsening financial situation.
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Ben has a spectacular Christmas, receiving gifts including a scale model 1959 Buick and a chemistry set.
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After his first year at Yale, Ben takes a job as a highway supervisor and revolutionalizes his subordinates' work force.
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Ben can't return to his job as a supervisor, so he works on a Ford Assembly Line.
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Ben falls asleep at the wheel and skids off the road while driving with his friend Candy.
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Ben Carson marries his girlfriend, Lacena "Candy" Rustin.
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Ben and Candy's first son, Murray Nedlands Carson, is born.
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Ben Carson successfully performs a Siamese twin surgery on two German twins conjoined by their heads.
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The second birthday of the Binder twins.
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Ben Carson's autobiography, "Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story", is published.
