Aimee Semple McPherson Chronology

October 9, 1890	Born in Salford, Ontario
September, 1896	Enrolled at No. 3 Dereham Public School
1902	Wins gold medal in public speaking contest sponsored by Women's Christian Temperance Union
September, 1905	Enters Ingersoll Collegiate Institute (high school)
July 18, 1906	Publishers letter concerning evolution in Family Herald and Weekly Star
December, 1907	Meets evangelist Robert Semple
February, 1908	Is converted, receives baptism in the Spirit and speaks in tongues
August 12, 1908	Marries Robert Semple in Salford
March, 1910	Gives first sermon in Victoria and Albert Hall, London
June, 1910	Arrives in Hong Kong
August 17, 1910	Robert Semple dies in Hong Kong
September 17, 1910	Roberta Star born in Hong Kong
November, 1910	Returns to New York
February 28, 1912	Marries Harold McPherson in Chicago
March 23, 1913	Rolf McPherson born in Providence, R.I.
August, 1915	Holds first independent revival meeting in Mount Forest, Ontario
Winter, 1916-1917	First preaching tour of Florida
June 1, 1917	Begins publication of The Bridal Call
Summer of 1917	Preaches in Long Branch, Long Island and Boston
Winter, 1917-1918	Second Florida tour: Miami, Key West
July 21, 1918	Nationwide camp meeting, Philadelphia
October 23, 1918	Begins first transcontinental tour
December 23, 1918	Arrives in Los Angeles
October, 1919	Publishes This is That
December 8-21, 1919	The Baltimore revival
Spring of 1920	Washington, D.C. and Dayton, Ohio revivals
January, 1921	The San Diego revival
February, 1921	Groundbreaking for Angelus Temple
March 27, 1921	Ordained by First Baptist Church of San Jose
New Year's, 1923	Angelus Temple dedicated
February, 1924	Radio KFSG started
December 7, 1925	Opening of L.I.F.E. Bible College
May 18, 1926	Reported missing after swim at Ocean Park
June 23, 1926	Walks in from desert at Agua Prieta and tells story of kidnapping
September 16, 1926	With Minnie Kennedy, Lorraine Wiseman, and Kenneth Ormiston, charged with corruption of morals and obstruction of justice
January 10, 1927	All charges dismissed
January-March, 1927	Her "Vindication Tour"
August, 1927	Opening of Angelus Temple Commissary
October 20, 1927	James Kennedy dies
October, 1927	Publishes In the Service of the King
October 7-18, 1928	English tour
Spring, 1930	Tour of the Holy Land
August, 1930	Nervous breakdown
September 13, 1931	Marries David Hutton
November, 1931	Opens first soup kitchen
Summer, 1932	Contracts tropical fever
April, 1933	Produces her first opera, The Crimson Road
September, 1933 - December, 1934	Last national tour
January, 1934	Divorces David Hutton
1936	Give Me My Own God published
December, 1936	Production of her opera Regem Adorate
April 13, 1937	Her attorney sued for slander by Roberta Star
Summer of 1941	Tours Tennessee, Missouri, Ohio
September 27, 1944	Dies in Oakland
October 9, 1944	Buried in Los Angeles