Esther Williams
Chronology
| 1922 | Born August 8 in Los Angeles, California, the youngest of Lou and Bula Williams's five children |
| 1937 | Begins swimming for the Los Angeles Athletic Club |
| 1939 | Wins gold in three events at the U.S. National Championships |
| 1940 | Stars in the Aquacade show at the San Francisco World's Fair |
| 1940 | Marries Leonard Kovner, June 27 |
| 1941 | Signs a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 1942 | Appears in her first movie, Andy Hardy's Double Life |
| 1944 | Divorces Leonard Kovnar |
| 1944 | Stars in Bathing Beauty, the first movie ever made that featured synchronized swimming |
| 1945 | Marries Ben Gage, November 25 |
| 1948 | Becomes the first star to endorse a product, a line of swimsuits made by Cole of California |
| 1949 | Benjamin Stanton Gage born August 6 |
| 1950 | Kimball Austin Gage born October 30 |
| 1952 | Breaks three vertebrae filming Million Dollar Mermaid |
| 1953 | Susan Tenney Gage born October 1 |
| 1957 | Divorces Ben Gage |
| 1958 | Begins a business selling backyard swimming pools |
| 1961 | Appears in her final starring role, in The Magic Fountain |
| 1969 | Marries Fernando Lamas, December 31 |
| 1982 | Fernando Lamas dies of cancer October 8 |
| 1984 | Becomes a sports commentator for synchronized swimming |
| 1988 | Launches her own line of swimsuits, The Esther Williams Collection |
| 1999 | Publishes her autobiography, The Million Dollar Mermaid |
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