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Helen Keller was born at Ivy Green in Tuscumbia, Alabama
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Helen Keller lost her hearing and sight
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Anne Sullivan arrives in Tuscumbia and begins teaching Helen manual sign language
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Anne makes the “miracle” breakthrough, teaching Helen that “everything had a name,” by spelling W-A-T-E-R into Helen’s hand as water from the family’s water pump flows over their hands
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Helen receives her certificate of admission to Radcliffe College
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Helen becomes the first deaf-blind individual to receive a bachelor of arts degree, graduating cum laude from Radcliffe.
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Anne marries John Macy at Wrentham
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Helen Keller Passes away in her sleep