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Ted Turner

Chronology

1938	Born November 19 in Cincinnati, Ohio
1976	Starts TV "SuperStation" concept, transmitting by satellite from WTBS in Atlanta to cable systems nationwide.
1977	Wins America's Cup match, world's top sailboat competition.
1980	Founded Cable News Network, the first 24-hour, all-news network, through his company, Turner Broadcasting System.
1985	Makes unsuccessful $5 billion bid for CBS
1986	Buys MGM's prized film library from Kirk Kerkorian for about
	$1.5 billion, providing raw material for Superstation TBS.
1986	Stages Goodwill Games, Olympic-style competition between communist and capitalist countries, that continue in 1990, 1994 and 1998 in New York
1991	Purchases Hanna-Barbera cartoon library, which consists of 8,500 espisodes of such cartoon classics as the Flintstones and Yogi Bear, providing basis for 24-hour cartoon network
1991	Marries actress and fitness guru Jane Fonda on December 21; his third marriage
1996	Sells TBS to Time Warner Inc. for $7.6 billion and becomes vice chairman and a company director of the media conglomerate.
2000	Contributes $34 million to United states to help reduce U.S. dues to international body.
2000	Turner and Fonda announce separation; divorce becomes final in 2001
2002	Instrumental in ouster of CEO Steve Case as chairman of AOL Time Warner
2003	Announces resignation as AOL Time Warner Inc. vice chairman, effective May 2003