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1 Chronology

• October 17, 1915: Arthur Asher Miller born in New York to Polish Jewish immigrants Isadore and Augusta. They have two other children, Kermit and Joan. Isadore was a clothing manufacturer who was ruined in the Great Depression.
• 1936 First play Honors at Dawn produced at the University of Michigan. He wins an Avery Hopwood Award.
• 1938 Graduates from the University of Michigan, majoring in journalism.
• 1940 Marries college sweetheart Mary Slattery . They have two children, Jane and Robert.
• 1949 Death of a Salesman wins the Pulitzer Prize and three Tony Awards.
• January 22, 19531953 is a common year starting on Thursday (click on link for the calendar). Events January events January 7 President Harry S. Truman announces the United States has developed a hydrogen bomb. January 13 Marshal Josip Broz Tito chosen President of Yugosl The CrucibleThe Crucible is a play written and published by Arthur Miller in 1953. It describes the witch trials of Salem, Massachusetts in 1692, an event that Miller used as an allegory for McCarthyism in the USA of the 1950s. Miller was himself questioned by the Ho opens on BroadwayNote on spelling: While most Americans use "er" (as per American spelling conventions), the majority of venues, performers and trade groups for live theatre use "re. Broadway theatre is often considered the highest professional form of theatre in the Unit.
• 19561956 is a leap year starting on Sunday. see link for calendar) Events January January 1 End of Anglo- Egyptian Condominium in Sudan. January 16 President Gamal Abdal Nasser of Egypt vows to reconquer Palestine January 26 1956 Winter Olympic Games open in Divorces Mary Slattery after a residency period in Reno, NevadaThis article is about the city in Nevada. There is also a much smaller Reno, Texas. Reno is the county seat of Washoe County, Nevada. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 180,480, making it the second largest city in Nevada, after Las.
• June 1956 Appears before the House Un-American Activities Committee because he was named by Elia KazanElia Kazan ( September 7, 1909 September 28, 2003) was a Greek-born American film and theatre director. He was born Elia Kazanjoglou in Istanbul in 1909 to Greek parents. He became one of the most visible members of the Hollywood elite. His remarkable the as they had attended communist meetings together.
• June 29, 1956 Marries Marilyn Monroe.
• May 31, 1957 Found guilty of contempt of Congress for refusing to reveal the names of members of a literary circle suspected of Communist affiliations.
• August 8, 1958 Conviction reversed by the U.S. Court of Appeals.
• 1958 Publishes Collected Plays.
• January 24, 1961 Divorce filed in Mexico four days earlier by Marilyn Monroe granted.
• February 17, 1962 Marries Inge Morath. They met when she and other photographers from the Magnum agency documented the making of The Misfits. They have two children, Rebecca and Daniel (see Notes).
• 1985 Visits Turkey and is honoured at an American embassy function. After his companion on the trip, British playwright Harold Pinter is thrown out of Turkey for discussing torture, Miller leaves in support.
• January 30, 2002 Inge Morath dies.
• May 1, 2002 Awarded Spain's Principe de Asturias Prize for Literature as "the undisputed master of modern drama." Previous winners include Doris Lessing, Günter Grass and Carlos Fuentes.