1902
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Born in
Khomein
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1903
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1904
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1905
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1906
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1907
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1908
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1909
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1910
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1911
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1912
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1913
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1914
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1915
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1916
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1917
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1918
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Aunt and
mother die; brother Seyed Mourteza becomes head of family
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1919
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1920
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Goes to
Sultanabad for education
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1921
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1922
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1923
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Arrives in
Qom to continue education
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1924
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1925
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1926
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1927
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1928
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1929
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1930
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1931
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1932
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1933
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1934
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1935
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1936
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1937
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1938
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1939
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1940
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1941
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1942
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1943
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1944
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1945
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1946
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1947
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1948
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1949
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1950
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1951
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1952
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1953
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1954
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1955
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Tries and
fails to win Ayatollah Boroujerdi's support for campaign against Baha'i
sect
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1956
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1957
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1958
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1959
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1960
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1961
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Ayatollah
Boroujerdi dies; Khomeini emerges as successor
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1962
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Telegraphs
Shah and prime minister in wake of election laws that Khomeini felt
threatened Islamic law
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1963
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Delivers
speech critical of the Shah's White Revolution; arrested
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1964
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Released
from prison; after another speech denouncing the Shah, Khomeini exiled
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1965
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Leaves
Turkey for Najaf, Iraq
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1966
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1967
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1968
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1969
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1970
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Delivers
lectures on Islamic government, which were published in Iraq and
smuggled into Iran
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1971
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1972
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1973
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1974
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1975
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Student
uprising in Iran results in multiple deaths when demonstration is
attacked by the Shah's army; Khomeini declares that it is a sign of
"freedom and liberation from the bonds of imperialism"
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1976
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1977
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1978
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Shah secures
Khomeini's deportation from Iraq; Khomeini ends up in Paris
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1979
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Returns to
Tehran to the delight of the people; after referendum declaring the
Islamic Republic, becomes Imam and Supreme Leader
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1980
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Receives
heart treatment in Tehran
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1981
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1982
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1983
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1984
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1985
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1986
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1987
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1988
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1989
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Dies after
11-day stay in hospital
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