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Hellen Keller was born on June 27, 1880 in Tuscumbia, Alabama.

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At the age of 19 months old she lost sight and hearing as a result of meningitis

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She was recognized by Alexander Graham Bell as being exceptionally bright

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Ms Anne Sullivan was assigned as her teacher and they began instruction

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Hellen learns how to read and write in brail.

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Mark Twain recognized her great intellect and discouraged spirit despite her blindness and deafness

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She was enrolled into Radcliffe college as a regular student with the help of Ms Anne Sullivan

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Hellen published her first book, it was known as “The story of my life”

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She graduates from Radcliffe college, she was the first blind deaf student to do so

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Successfully challenged Lions International, the first largest fraternal organization

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Braille is accepted as the worlds standard alphabet for the blinds thanks to royal institute for the blind in the U.K.

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Met Winston Churchill and Prime minister of Nehru of India. Honored at the Sorbonne in Paris by the French government, in a ceremony commentating the birth of Louie Braille.

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Won an Oscar award for documentary movie made on her life.

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The miracle worker the story of Helen’s early instruction by Anne Sullivan debuted on broadway. Met president John F Kennedy the 10th and last she became acquainted with.

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Suffered a stroke nd retired from public life. Awarded the presidential metal of freedom by president Lyndon Johnson.

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Hellen dies. Her funeral is held at the national cathedral.