Timeline of Arthur Miller’s life By Maximo2005 Oct 17, 1915 Arthur Miller was born in in Brooklyn, New York City. 1932 Miller Graduates from High School 1934 He enrolls at the University of Michigan 1936 Miller receives the Hopwood Award for his first play, No Villain, and uses the prize money to help pay tuition. 1940 He got married with Mary Grace Slatterly 1943 Miller finds work as a screenwriter for a war film, The Story of G.I. Joe, and quits his job in the Navy Yard. 1944 Miller's play The Man Who Had All the Luck receives the Theater Guild National Award and opens on Broadway. 1953 The Crucible opens on Broadway. 1956 Marries actress Marilyn Monroe and receives an honorary Doctor of Human Letters from the University 1962 He divorcce with Marilyn Monroe and maaries Inge Morath 1965 Elected president of International P.E.N., the renowned international literary organization. 1970 Miller's works are banned in the Soviet Union as a result of his efforts to free dissident writers. 1993 Awarded National Medal of the Arts by President Bill Clinton 2001 Awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship and the John H. Finley Award for Exemplary Service to New York City. Feb 10, 2005 Arthur Miller dies at the age of 89 at his home in Roxbury, Connecticut.