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Slaughterhouse Five

  • Birthday

    Birthday

    Billy was born in 1922 in Ilium, New York.
  • The Gutless Wonder by Kilgore Trout

    The Gutless Wonder by Kilgore Trout

    The date when Kilgore Trout wrote this book. The work was mentioned when Billy and Kilgore first met.
  • Grand Canyon

    Grand Canyon

    He was twelve years old, quaking as he stood with his mother and father on Bright Angel Point, at the rim of Grand Canyon.
  • Atomic Energy

    Atomic Energy

    Before 1939, it was the accepted belief of scientists that it was theoretically possible to
    release atomic energy.
  • Joined the Army

    Joined the Army

    Billy Pilgrim is an optometry school student in upstate New York when he is drafted to join the army.
  • Death of Billy's father

    Death of Billy's father

    His father died in a hunting accident during the war. So it goes.
  • Firebombing in Dresden

    Firebombing in Dresden

    Dresden was destroyed on the night of February 13, 1945.
  • Air Attack on Tokyo

    Air Attack on Tokyo

    On the night of March 9th, 1945, an air attack on Tokyo by American heavy bombers, using incendiary and high explosive bombs, caused the death of 83,793 people.
  • Discharged from the Army

    Discharged from the Army

    Billy came back home.
  • Back to Illium School of Optometry

    Back to Illium School of Optometry

    After his honorable discharge from the Army in 1945, Billy again enrolled in the Ilium School of Optometry.
  • Engaged with Valencia

    Engaged with Valencia

  • Bombing of Hiroshima

    Bombing of Hiroshima

  • Billy at Veteran's Hospital

    Billy at Veteran's Hospital

  • Billy meets with O'Hare

    Billy meets with O'Hare

  • Kidnapped by Flying Saucer

    Kidnapped by Flying Saucer

  • Planecrash at Sugarbush Mountain

    Planecrash at Sugarbush Mountain

  • Valencia dies

    Valencia dies