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President Bill Clinton is born in Hope, Arkansas
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Harvard University students classify the student body as consisting of jocks, preppies and wonks
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Sports Illustrated makes first mainstream use of the word WONK to signify a studious person
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President Bill Clinton meets and shakes hands with President John F. Kennedy
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President Bill Clinton graduates from Georgetown University with a degree in International Affairs
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The word WONK makes its pop culture debut when Oliver in the movie <i>Love Story </i>describes himself as a "musical wonk".
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President Bill Clinton graduates from Yale University Law School and joins the faculty of the University of Arkansas
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President Bill Clinton becomes Attorney General of Arkansas
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President Bill Clinton becomes 40th Governor of Arkansas and youngest governor in US
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President Bill Clinton becomes 42nd Governor of Arkansas
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Clinton-Gore referred to as a "double-WONK ticket" by the Baltimore Sun
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Bill Clinton is elected President of the United States
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President Bill Clinton becomes first President openly referred to as a Policy WONK
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The word "WONK" becomes synonymous with the Clinton administration
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President Bill Clinton comes to AU to kick off a yearlong Centennial celebration and receive an AU honorary degree
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Mike McCurry, President Clinton's spokesman, refers to White House economic discussions as "WONK-a-Thons"
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President Bill Clinton addresses 4,000 at Bender Arena saying there's much to be done, "to renew our values, to strengthen or nation, to deal with problems still unresolved, if we are going to give you the 21st century you deserve."
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President Bill Clinton becomes the first President to be married to a US Senator
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President Bill Clinton ends presidency with highest end-of-office approval rating of any president since WWII
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President Bill Clinton founds the William J. Clinton Foundation addressing climate change and global AIDS, among other initiatives
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President Bill Clinton publishes his autobiography, <i>My Life</i>
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The William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum opens in Little Rock, AL
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President Bill Clinton publishes <i>Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World</i>
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Ezra Klein establishes WONKBLOG as part of washingtonpost.com
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American University adopts the word WONK to highlight its active, engaged citizens and faculty experts.
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President Bill Clinton receives American University's WONK of the Year Award