| 1943 |
Born July 10 in Richmond, Virginia |
| 1950 |
Mother dies of complications from surgery |
| 1957 |
Plays his first integrated event, becoming first African American to play in the Maryland boys' championships |
| 1959 |
Debuts at U.S. National Championships |
| 1963 |
First African American ever picked for U.S. Davis Cup team |
| 1963 |
Debuts at Wimbledon |
| 1964 |
First major grass-court title at Eastern Grass Court Championships |
| 1965 |
Wins National Collegiate Athletic Association singles and doubles title |
| 1966 |
Earns his bachelor of science degree in business administration from UCLA; inducted into Army |
| 1968 |
As America's top-ranked amateur player, wins first of seven Davis Cups as member of U.S. team |
| 1969 |
Wins U.S. Open and Davis Cup |
| 1970 |
Wins Australian Open |
| 1970 |
Lobbies to have South Africa expelled from International Lawn Tennis Federation; serves as U.S. Goodwill Ambassador to Africa |
| 1973 |
First visit to South Africa; becomes first black professional to play in its national championships |
| 1974 |
Elected President of Association of Tennis Professionals |
| 1975 |
Wins World Champion Tennis Championships |
| 1975 |
Wins Wimbledon |
| 1975 |
Becomes top-ranked player in the world |
| 1977 |
Weds photographer Jeanne Marie Moutoussamy |
| 1978 |
Last tournament win of career, Pacific Southwest Championships in Los Angeles |
| 1979 |
Suffers heart attack and undergoes quadruple-bypass surgery |
| 1980 |
Retires from competitive tennis |
| 1981-85 |
Named captain of U.S. Davis Cup team |
| 1983 |
Undergoes second bypass surgery and receives blood transfusion |
| 1985 |
Arrested in anti-apartheid demonstration outside South African embassy in Washington |
| 1986 |
Daughter Camera is born in New York |
| 1988 |
Hospitalized for bacterial infection, leading to HIV diagnosis |
| 1991 |
Returns to South Africa with U.S. delegation as observer of political changes |
| 1992 |
Arrested for demonstrating in front of White House on behalf of Haitian refugees |
| 1992 |
Announces he has AIDS |
| 1992 |
Founds Arthur Ashe Foundation for the Defeat of AIDS |
| 1993 |
Dies of AIDS-related pneumonia on February 6 |
| 1996 |
Arthur Ashe monument erected in Richmond |
| 1997 |
Main stadium at site of U.S. Open in New York City named Arthur Ashe Stadium |
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