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Johnny Weissmuller

Chronology

1904	Born in Freidorf, Austria-Hungary (now Romania), on June 2
1909-15	Attends St. Michael's Parochial School in Chicago
1915-17	Attends Menier Public School in Chicago
1919	Joins Illinois Athletic Club and trains under tutelage of swim coach Bill Bachrach
1922	Swims 100 meters in less than a minute
1924	Wins three Olympic gold medals at summer games in Paris
1928	Wins two Olympic gold medals at summer games in Amsterdam
1929	Turns professional and swims in exhibitions nationwide
1929	Appears in his first film, making a cameo appearance as himself in Glorifying the American Girl
1931	Marries Bobbe Arnst, his first wife (divorced in 1932)
1932	Tarzan, the Ape Man, first of twelve Tarzan films in which he stars, debuts
1933	Marries actress Lupe Velez, his second wife (divorced in 1938)
1939	Marries Beryel Scott, his third wife, with whom he had three children (divorced in 1948)
1948	Stars in first of Jungle Jim films
1948	Marries Allene Gates, his fourth wife (divorced in 1962)
1963	Marries Maria Bauman, his fifth and final wife
1984	Dies in Acapulco, Mexico, on January 20, of pulmonary edema