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On this day, 10 months after the Stock Market Crash, Warren Edward Buffett is born 5 weeks early.
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Warren, at 6 years old, develops his love and fascination with numbers, beginning with time and a stopwatch.
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Warren learned two valuable lessons at the horse races. 1.) Nobody ever goes home after the first race, and 2.) You don't have to make it back the way you lost it.
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The United States enters the Second World War, staying involved until the unconditional surrender of Germany.
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Warren buys, then sells, Cities Service Preferred just before it shot up to $202 a share. This is when he learned to be patient
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Warren attends University of Pennsylvania's Wharton school of business
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Warren meets his hero, Ben Graham, in the spring of 1951
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Warren joins the Dale Carnegie public speaking class
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Warren and Susie get married after the National Guard releases Warren from flood control duty for the wedding
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Warren begins working for Ben Graham
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JFK is shot and killed in a motorcade in Dallas
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Howard Buffett dies, leaving Warren distraught
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The war in Vietnam, at least the part that America was involved in.
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Richard Nixon was elected as 37th President of the United States
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The First Man steps on the moon
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The EPA, or Environmental Protection Agency, was formed.
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Papers leaking US Involvement in Vietnam, detailing actions not reported to the public.
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The Roe v. Wade case overturns state rulings on abortions
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Bill Gates founds Microsoft, the tech giant that seems to run the world.
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Astrid is asked to look after Warren by Susie
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The Iran Hostage Crisis ensues at the American Embassy in Iran
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John Lennon is assassinated by Mark David Chapman
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Warren makes Munger a full partner for the first time.
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The Simpsons debuts for the first time.
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Buffett steps in to save Solomon Brothers, Inc. after a scandal, using his good name and reputation
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For the first time, the Dow broke 10,000, sending Wall Street into hysteria.
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The Twin Towers of the World Trade Center are destroyed in a terrorist attack by the group Al Queda in which a plane was crashed into the builidngs, as well as the Pentagon and a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
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The Department of Homeland Security is formed in the wake of the 9/11 attacks.
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Susie Buffet (Big Susie) gets throat cancer
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The Coca-Cola shareholders meeting, an attempt to recover good public opinion over the company, turned into a complete disaster, which did not help the public opinion.
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Big Susie dies from a massive hemorrhagic stroke
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Warren marries Astrid on his 76th birthday, two years after Susie's death.
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The Recession begins in December when the housing bubble bursts
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Barack Obama becomes the 44th President of the United States, as well as the first African-American president.
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