Woody Guthrie's Life and Times by Kayla Ybarra

Woody Guthrie's Birth

Jul 14, 1912

Woody Guthrie was born to Nora Belle Guthrie and Charley Guthrie in Okemah, OK.

Woody Guthrie's Life and Times

Period: Jul 14, 1912 to Oct 3, 1967

Death of sister Clara

Jan 1, 1919

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Mother Nora Guthrie admitted to hospital for the insane and dies in 1930

Jan 1, 1930

Woody marries his first wife

Jan 1, 1931

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14 year old Woody plays harmonica for money around town in Oklahoma

Period: Jan 1, 1933 to Jan 1, 1934

Woody joins the communist party

Jan 1, 1936

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Appears on radio with Maxine "Lefty Lou" Crissman

Period: Jan 1, 1936 to Jan 1, 1939

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Woody in New York City experiences the foundations of his musical legacy

Period: Jan 1, 1940 to Jan 1, 1945

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Diagnosed with Huntington's Disease

Jan 1, 1942

This Land is Your Land

Feb 1, 1942

This Land is Your Land

Woody publishes his autobiography

Jan 1, 1944

Woody hospitalized with Huntington's Disease

Period: May 26, 1956 to May 26, 1961

Living at Brooklyn State Hospital

Period: Jan 1, 1961 to Jan 1, 1966

Woody Guthrie's Death

Oct 3, 1967

Woody Guthrie died in Queens, NY.