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January 24, 1954 Oprah Winfrey was born in Kociusko, Mississipppi. She is currently 60 years old as of today.
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Oprah's mother gave birth to a baby girl. At this time Opraj was pnly 9 years old, and living eith her father. She put up the child for adoption because she beliebed she wouldn't be able to get off public assistance if she had another child to care for. Patricia lived in a series of foster homes until 7 years old
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In this time Oprah began to work in radio and televison broadcastng in Nashville.
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In 1976, Orpah moved to Baltimore where she hosted her own hit teblevison chat show called "People are Talking"
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Oprah was recruited by Chicago TV station to host her own morning show, A.M. Chicago TV station. Within several months Oprahs style gained her over 100,000 more viewers than her competition Phil Donahue.
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"The Oprah WInfrey Show" aired for 25 strong and steady seasons.
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Oprah proposed a bill to congress that Clinton signed , which created a nationwide database of convicted child abusers.
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Oprah launches her own magazine called "O: The Oprah Magazine" and it goes monthly for 4 years.
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Oprah was named the first recipient of the Acadmy of Television Arts & Schiences' Bob Hope Humanitarian Award.
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Business week declared Oprah the greatest Black philanthropist in american history.
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Oprah campaigned for Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama attracting the largest crowds of the primary season to that point. Oprah then joined Obama for a series of rallies in the early primary/caucus states including Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina. This was the first time Winfrey had ever campaigned for a political canidate.
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In 2009 Oprah announces that she would soon be ending her program when her contract with ABC ended in 2011.
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Wifrey launches her own TV network called "Oprah Winfrey Network"
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Winfrey recieves the nation's highest civilization honor, the Presidental Medal of Freedom. President Obama gave her this award for her contributions to her country.