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JULY 13, 1942 Harrison Ford is born in Chicago, Illinois. The older of two sons of an advertising executive and homemaker, Ford grows up a shy schoolboy in suburban Chicago.

1960 Ford enrolls at Ripon College in Ripon, Wisconsin, 75 miles northwest of Milwaukee, where he takes his first drama classes.

SUMMER 1964 Ford leaves college without a degree and quickly finds work as a summer stock performer at a local Wisconsin theater. He marries former classmate Mary Marquardt in the middle of the season.

FALL 1964 Ford and his new wife move to southern California. He lands a role in a play at the Laguna Beach Playhouse but has difficulty finding parts in the subsequent months and supplements his acting income by working as a carpenter.

1966 An audition with Columbia Pictures' head of new talent nets Ford a seven-year contract worth $150/week. Unimpressed by Ford's portrayal of a bellhop in the film "Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round," the studio executive revokes the contract and the actor inks a new pact with Universal Studios -- this one for $250 a week.

1970 Acting on a tip from a casting director, Ford meets with Patricia McQueeney, an agent specializing in up-and-coming actors.
1973 Ford plays Bob Falfa, a bad-tempered drag racer, in "American Graffiti," a coming-of-age drama directed by George Lucas.
1977 Thousands flock to see "Star Wars," the first in a sci-fi series directed by Lucas. Ford wins rave reviews for his portrayal of Han Solo, a reckless but resolute star-pilot.
1979 Marquardt and Ford divorce after 15 years of marriage. Both remain close to the couple's two sons.
1981 Ford plays the role of Indiana Jones in Stephen Spielberg's "Raiders of the Lost Ark." His performance as an archaeology professor with a thirst for adventure certifies Ford's star status.
1983 Ford marries Melissa Mathison, screenwriter of the Stephen Spielberg hit "E.T."
1985 Ford earns his first and only Oscar nomination in "Witness" as a Philadelphia cop seeking to solve a murder and later save his own life in Amish country.
1993 In between two roles as the Tom Clancy-created CIA hero Jack Ryan, Ford earns his third Golden Globe nomination for portraying a prison escapee out to prove his innocence in "The Fugitive."
1994 UCLA honors Ford with its Spencer Tracy Award and National Association of Theatre Owners/ShoWest names Ford its "Star of the Century."
1995 Ford earns his fourth and most recent Golden Globe nomination for his role in "Sabrina," playing a rich businessman who gets caught in a love triangle and falls for the daughter of the family's chauffeur. Harvard's Hasty Pudding Theatrical roasts Ford upon giving him its prestigious "Man of the Year" award.
1997 Ford takes on his most powerful role yet -- president of the United States -- thwarting a host of terrorist hijackers in "Air Force One." He earns a People's Choice award for his performance.
2000 The American Film Institute honors Ford with its 28th Lifetime Achievement Award.
2001 Ford ends his 18-year marriage with Mathison, with whom he had one daughter and one son. One year later, he begins a romantic relationship with "Ally McBeal" star Calista Flockhart, 36.
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