THE LIFE OF GEORGE LUCAS

NASA sends Apollo 11 to the moon. Astronauts Neil Armstrong Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin were aboard the spacecraft. Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon.

His wife went on to win an Academy Award for her editing work on the original Star Wars. (They divorced in 1983 after adopting a daughter Amanda in 1981. Lucas has since adopted two children Katie in 1988, and Jett in 1983)

He forms his own production company, Lucasfilm LTD. He then went on to write and direct the semi-autobiographical film American Graffiti which won the Golden Globe Award and had 5 AcademyAward Nominations.

The war ended with the capture of Saigon by Vietnam People's Army. It reunified North and South Korea.

New York City experienced a blackout which lasted 25 hours. Five hundred police officers were injured and over four thousand looters were arrested.

Star Wars premiered and made over $513 million worldwide. It was made for $11 million. It won 7 Academy Awards.

Steven Spielberg signed on as director for Indiana Jones, a series Lucas developed about a humorous archaeologist and his adventures.

Ronald Reagan was elected as the 33rd President of the United States. He went on to serve a second term as President.

This was built to accommodate technical, administrative and creative needs of Lucasfilm. He also founded TH-X which was created to uphold the highest quality standards pf picture making.

Concerts in Philadelphia and London raise over $50 million dollars for famine relief in Ethiopia.

Created the foundation to help improve education and encouraged the use of project-based and team-based learning.

NASA launched the Hubble Space Telescope which cost $1.5 million dollars.

Revenge of the Sith, the third and final episode of the series was released in May.

Hurricane Katrina hit the southern United States, making landfall in New Orleans. This was the deadliest and most destructive hurricane of the season.

Barak Obama is elected the 44th President of the United States and made history by being the first African American President.

Lucas released the latest film of the series and it became another box office hit.

Lucas produced Red Tails, another box office hit which told the story of famed African American Pilots during World War 2.

The Summer Olympics were held in London, which is the third time the city has hosted.

Lucas announced his retirement from films and sold his company to Disney. He received about 40 million shares of Disney stock as part of the deal. Disney got the rights to the Stars Wars franchise.

Three people were killed and 264 injured when two terrorists bombed the Finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon.

Lucas announced his engagement to Mellody Hobson, president of Ariel Investments and chair of Dreamworks Animation.