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Billy was born on the 4th of July in 1922 in Ilium, New York. He was an only child who belonged to a barber. He also looked quite silly.
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Billy is leaning on a tree in the forest when all of a sudden he travels all across time. He travels back and forth to places such as seeing his father die and his own birth. This is the first time he experiences his time travel.
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On this day, Dredsen was firebombed by the British and Americans. Destroying most of the city and leaving it in ruins. Before this it was a beautiful city held by the Germans.
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On this day, Billy commits himself to a non-violent mental ward. Here he meets Eliot Rosewater. Eliot there introduces Billy to the writings of Kilgore Trout.
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BIlly meets his favorite author, Kilgore Trout. He then drives him around to help him deliver news papers. Trout is happy that he met a fan.
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Billy was kidnapped by a flying saucer. He says that the saucer is tralfamadore. He was taken there, to the planet billions of miles away from earth. He is there where he is put in a zoo on display. There Billy meets Montana Wildhack, who was believed to be lost in the Pacific Ocean.
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In 1968, Billy was in a plane crash with a group of optometrists going to Montreal for a convention. He is the only one to live the crash.
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While Billy is recovering from the plane crash, Valencia was rushing to him. On her way, she gets in an accident. She then after dies in her car from carbon monoxide poisoning.
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Billy goes to NYC, where he tries to appear on a radio show and speak to everyone about the Tralfamadorians, and time travel. He is kicked off of the show, as people there see him as insane.
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Billy Pilrgrim was assassinated in Chicago directly after his time travel speech by a hit man hired by Paul Lazzaro. Lazarro had promised to avenge Roland Weary's death during war.