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Link Oprah is born to unmarried, teenage parents in Kosciusko, Mississippi.
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link Moved to Milwaukee to live with her mom.
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link Oprah was rapped at age nine.Then she became pregnant at age fourteen, her son died in infancy.
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link Then Oprah went to live with her father in Tennessee.
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link Then Oprah got a job at a Nashville radio station reading the news live.
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link At age nineteen, she got a job at a local news station co-anchoring at night.
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link Oprah moved to Baltimore to co-anchor for the news.
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link Oprah begins co-hosting for Baltimore’s show People Are Talking.
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link Oprah moved to Chicago to host A.M. Chicago.
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link Then A.M. Chicago is changed to the name of The Oprah Winfrey Show.
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link Harpo, Inc. finally came out and that’s where Oprah did her shows.
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link The 14th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards are hosted by Oprah.
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link Oprah is named Favorite Talk Show Host by People’s Choice.
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link Oprah starts the National Child Protection Act.
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link Oprah interviewed Michael Jackson which that interview was watched by 36.5 million people.
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link Oprah is named many titles like People’s Choice Favorite Female TV Performer, TV Guide's TV Performer of the year, and Newsweek’s Most Important Person.
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link O, The Oprah Magazine is created.
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link Oprah is named number one on Forbes’ Power Celebrity 100 list.
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link The Oprah Winfrey Show ended and the OWN started.
