Raymond carver

Raymond Carver

By TrystanH

  • Raymond was born

    in Oregon
  • Senator Joseph McCarthy Begins Communist Witch Hunt

    Senator Joseph McCarthy Begins Communist Witch Hunt

  • U.S. President Truman Orders Construction of Hydrogen Bomb

    U.S. President Truman Orders Construction of Hydrogen Bomb

  • Brink's robbery in Boston

    Brink's robbery in Boston

    almost $3 million stolen
  • Korean war begins

    Korean war begins

  • Truman Signs Peace Treaty With Japan, Officially Ending WWII

    Truman Signs Peace Treaty With Japan, Officially Ending WWII

  • Cigarette smoking is reported to cause lung cancer for the first time.

    Cigarette smoking is reported to cause lung cancer for the first time.

  • Heavy flooding in Holland kills 2,000 people

    Heavy flooding in Holland kills 2,000 people

    is when the flooding began
  • The U.S. launched the first nuclear powered submarine, the Nautilus.

    The U.S. launched the first nuclear powered submarine, the Nautilus.

  • Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on a public bus in Montgomery, Alabama.

    Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on a public bus in Montgomery, Alabama.

  • Raymond graduated from Yakima High School

    Raymond graduated from Yakima High School

  • Elvis Presley releases the first of more than 170 hit songs, "Heartbreak Hotel."

    Elvis Presley releases the first of more than 170 hit songs, "Heartbreak Hotel."

  • married Maryann Burk

    married Maryann Burk

  • first child born, Christine La Rae

  • Cat in the Hat was published

    Cat in the Hat was published

  • NASA founded

    NASA founded

  • their second child was born a boy, Vance Lindsay Carver

  • The Sound of Music opened on Broadway

    The Sound of Music opened on Broadway

  • Alaska and Hawaii becomes part of the US

    Alaska and Hawaii becomes part of the US

    49th and 50th states in the United States.
  • Students protest segregation

    Students protest segregation

    In Greensboro, North Carolina, by staging "sit-ins" at whites-only lunch counters.
  • he attended Iowa Writers' Workshop

    he attended Iowa Writers' Workshop

    1963-1964
  • Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? was published

    Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? was published

  • What We Talk About When We Talk About Love

    What We Talk About When We Talk About Love

    Everything stuck to him was taken out of this book. having 4 other short stories in the book
  • Raymond divorced his first wife

    Raymond divorced his first wife

  • Raymond married Tess Gallagher

    Raymond married Tess Gallagher

  • Raymond died

    Raymond died

    Port Angeles, Washington