| 1895 |
Born June 24 in Manassa, Colorado |
| 1910 |
Begins training with brother Bernie |
| 1914 |
Fights in first recorded professional bout |
| 1915 |
First uses name "Jack Dempsey" |
| 1916 |
Marries Maxine Cates |
| 1917 |
Meets manager Jack "Doc" Kearns |
| 1917 |
Younger brother Bruce stabbed to death in a street fight |
| 1919 |
Divorces Maxine Cates |
| 1919 |
Wins heavyweight championship against Jess Willard |
| 1920 |
Acquitted of draft evasion charges |
| 1921 |
Successfully defends title against Georges Carpentier |
| 1923 |
Fights Luis Firpo |
| 1926 |
Marries Estelle Taylor |
| 1926 |
Loses title to Gene Tunney |
| 1927 |
Loses rematch to Tunney in "The Battle of the Long Count" |
| 1928 |
Stars in The Big Fight with his wife, Taylor |
| 1929 |
Promoter "Tex" Rickard dies |
| 1933 |
Marries singer Hannah Williams |
| 1936 |
Opens Jack Dempsey's Restaurant in New York City |
| 1943 |
Divorces Williams |
| 1954 |
Charter inductee into Boxing Hall of Fame |
| 1958 |
Marries fourth wife Deanna Piatelli |
| 1963 |
Jack "Doc" Kearns dies |
| 1974 |
Closes Dempsey's restaurant |
| 1983 |
Dies at age 87 |
| 1990 |
Hall of Fame induction |
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