life of Roald Dahl By jeff_has_skills Sep 13, 1916 born in liandaff cardiff,wales Jan 1, 1929 attended repton school in dertdyshire Aug 1, 1932 dahls first published work "a pice of cake" Jul 1, 1934 dahl joind the shelll petrolem company Aug 1, 1934 Dahl crossed the atlantic on RMS nova scotic Nov 1, 1939 dahl joind the royal air forcs as an aircaftman Apr 20, 1941 Dahl took part in the blatttle of athens Jun 15, 1941 he began to get headaches and black outs.sent home to britain Jan 1, 1943 Hiss first childern book was "the gremlins" Jul 2, 1953 dahl married american actress partricia neal at trinity church in new york city had five childern Jan 1, 1961 jame and the giant peach Nov 1, 1962 olivia Dahl died of measles at age 7 Jun 17, 1964 Wrote charlie and the chocolate factory Jan 1, 1983 divorce from paticia neal and married felicity liccy crosland Oct 27, 1983 The witches Apr 23, 1988 Matilda Nov 24, 1990 he died at the age at 74 of a blood disease Jun 1, 2005 Rohl Dahl museum and story centre opened