Life of Daniel Tammet By sgudvangen Jan 31, 1979 Daniel is born. Period: Jan 31, 1979 to Jan 1, 2006 Life of Daniel Tammet May 20, 1981 Daniel's brother, Lee is born. Jul 1, 1981 Daniel is brought to a specialist who could look at why he was acting so different. Jan 1, 1982 Daniel is put into a children's nursery Apr 20, 1983 Daniel has his first seizure, but then never has another one again. Sep 7, 1984 Daniel begins school. Sep 20, 1984 Daniels first sister, Claire, is born. Oct 20, 1984 Daniel refuses to be a part of any social games at his nursery. Nov 23, 1986 Daniel's second brother, Steven, is born. Jun 25, 1987 Daniels third brother, Steven, is born. Jun 15, 1988 Daniel starts to learn other languages, besides English. Oct 20, 1988 Daniel's younger twin sisters are born, Maria and Natasha. May 8, 1989 Daniel realizes that he is different from the other kids, but he can't understand why. Oct 20, 1989 Daniel's father slips into depression and is sick for many months. Jul 22, 1990 Daniel's sister is born, Anna-Marie, his seventh sibling. Sep 6, 1990 Daniel starts secondary school. Sep 8, 1990 Daniel's first friend, Babak, moves to his town. Sep 20, 1990 Daniel meets another friend, Rehan. Jan 3, 1992 Daniel learns how to play chess, a great escape for him. Dec 27, 1992 Daniel's final sibling is born, his youngest sister, Shelley. Oct 20, 1993 Daniel has his first crush, and realizes that he is gay. Jun 10, 1995 Daniel graduates with very high grades for somebody with autism. Jul 22, 1995 Daniel travels to France and lives with a family for 10 days. Oct 20, 1998 Daniel moves to Lithuania to be a volunteer English teacher. Oct 20, 1999 Daniel moves back from Lithuania after living there for about 9 months. Sep 23, 2000 Daniel meets his partner, Neil, online. Mar 11, 2001 Daniel moves in with partner and his cat. Dec 25, 2001 Daniel meets Neils family, and they are very supportive. Sep 20, 2002 Daniel creates his website Optimnem, a site for people to go to in order to learn a new language. Mar 14, 2004 Daniel beats the Guinness world record for number of digits of Pi memorized. Jun 20, 2004 Daniel and Neil's cat dies, and the couple is very torn up. Jul 20, 2004 Daniel is a part of an hour long show recording his journey across the US and his meeting Kim Peek, another savant much like himself. Sep 20, 2004 Daniel memorizes the Icelandic language in just a week. Oct 20, 2004 Daniel meets an expert scientist who learns more about Daniels brain. Mar 16, 2005 Daniel is asked to be on the David Letterman show. May 16, 2005 Daniels show that he was a part of his aired in London. Aug 23, 2005 THhis is where the book ends. Daniel is happily living with his partner Neil, and learning new things about himself everyday.
