Jay Gatsby's Real Life By lkrivera Jun 20, 1893 James Gatz was born to poor farmers in North Dakota Jun 20, 1909 Worked at fishing industry Sep 20, 1909 Attended at St. Olaf college Jul 20, 1910 Met Dan Cody at Lake Superior Jul 20, 1910 Changed his name to Jay Gatsby Aug 20, 1915 Dan Cody died Nov 20, 1917 Met Daisy Buchanan Jul 20, 1918 Went to war Dec 20, 1918 Met Mr. Wolfsheim Dec 20, 1919 looking for daisy for two years (1918-1919) Dec 20, 1919 moved to west egg Apr 20, 1922 paid off the house for three years Apr 20, 1922 met nick Jun 20, 1922 host the party to see if Daisy came to the party (every weekend) Jun 20, 1922 met Daisy for first time for five years Jul 20, 1922 made plans to see Daisy @ Nick's house Jul 30, 1922 inivted Tom and Daisy to the party Jul 30, 1922 wanted to repeat five years with Daisy.