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Date of Birth
Julian Paul Assange was born on the 3rd of July at 1971 in Townsvile, Queensland. He was brought up in Townsville, where he was born. -
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Julian Assange
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Moved to North Lismore
Julian and his divorsed mother, moved to North Lismore when he was 8 years old. The offical date of when he and his mother moved is unknown at the current moment. -
Starting School at Goolmangar Primary School
Throughout his childhood he said that he has at least been to over 30 different schools and moved around 50 times. Some of those schools are: Goolmangar Primary School, Townsville State High School and Homeschooled. He started Goolmangar Primary School at 1979 and finished at 1983 -
The 'Mendax'
In 1987, when Julian was 16, he started hacking computers and accounts under the name of the ‘Mendax”. A bit after, two other people joined him. They called themselves the International Subversives. -
The 'Mendax' was discovered
The Australian Federal police started to investigate in this case because accounts and other important websites were being hacked. In 1991 they discovered who the ‘Mendax’ was and his group. -
The 'Mendax' Case Court sentencing
Three years after Julan being discovered as the 'Mendas', he was brought to court. He was charged of 31 hacking offences but only pleaded guilty to 25 of them. -
WikiLeaks was founded
WIkiLeaks was founded in 2006 by Julian Assange. WikiLeaks provides information on a website which is given from an anonymous source. -
Julian revealed 250,000 US classified diplomatic cables
On the 28th of November 2010, Julian revealed, on WikiLeaks, 250,00 classified Diplomatic cables from the US to the world. By doing this, it caused many problems for the US Government. -
Political asylum
Julian asked for political asylum in the Ecuador Embassy. The foreign minister at the time, Ricardo Patino, granted him political asylum on the 16th of August. -
Granted Political Asylum
