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  He was born on Jan. 8,1942 on the 300th anniversary of the death of Galileo in Oxford, England.
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  He starts school in St. Albans in 1953.
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  He got into Oxford at the age of 17.
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  In 1963 Hawking was given 2 years to live.
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  He was married to Jane Wilde in 1965
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  His first kid Robert was born in 1967
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  He was forced to be in a wheelchair in 1969.
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  His 2nd kid Lucy was born in 1970
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  1977 he becomes a professer at Cambridge
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  His 3rd kid Timmy was born in 1979
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  Awarded CBE by the queen in 1982
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  He was made a companion of honor.
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  He got remarried to Elaine Mason in 1995