Mister Rogers sitting with Trolley
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1928 - Fred McFeely Rogers was born on
March 20 in Latrobe, Pennsylvania
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1948 - Transfers from Dartmouth college
to Rollins College
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1951 - Graduates Rollins College magna
cum laude with a bachelor's degree in music composition
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1951 - Begins working as a manager at
NBC in NYC
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1953 - Hired to work in programming at
WQED in Pittsburgh, PA
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1954 - Fred partners with Josie Carey to
write and produce Children's Corner
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1959 - Marries Joanne Byrd on June 9
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1963 - Fred stars in the Childrens show,
Misterogers for Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and is
ordained as a Presbyterian minister
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1968 - Creates
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
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1969 - Testifies in front of the Senate
Commerce Committee in support of public television
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1979 - Testified in support of home
recording at the US Supreme Court
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1997 - Is awarded the Television
Academy's Lifetime Achievement Award
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1999 - Inducted into the
Television Hall of Fame
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2001 - Fred films the last episode of
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
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2002 - Is awarded the
Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush
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2003 - Fred Rogers dies of stomach
cancer in his home at the age of 74