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Helen Keller was born in Tuscumbia, Alabama.
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Helen Keller was struck by illness and lost both her hearing and sight.
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Anne Sullivan comes to the Keller home and begins teaching Helen letters by signing into her hand.
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Anne makes the "miracle" breakthrough, teaching Helen that everything that has has a name by spelling W-A-T-E-R into Helen's hand as water flows over her palm.
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Helen goes to Perkins Institute for the Blind in Boston, her first formal education.
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Helen becomes a member of the freshmen class of 1904 at Radcliffe College.
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With the help of an editor, Helen writes "The Story of My Life."
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Helen becomes the first deaf-blind individual to earn a college degree, graduating with honors from Radcliffe.
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Helen and Anne travel abroad for the first time, visiting Scotland, Ireland, and England for over six months. She would eventually travel to 39 countries.
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Helen Keller dies in her sleep.