Ager, Milton

1893 - Ager was born in Chicago, Illinois on October 6, 1893.

1900 - Taught himself to play the piano.

1907 - Attended McKinley High School in New York City for 3 years and concentrated on becoming a musician.

1913 - Worked for in a publishing company and joined the US Army's Morale Divison.

1921 - Made his first success with "Nobody's Baby", a song he had written after the war.

1922 - Founded his own publishing house called Ager, Yellen and Bornstein.

1930 - Went to Hollywood after getting a studio contract.

1932 - Wrote the classic "Happy Days Are Here Again" that become the theme song for President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's inauguration.

1979 - Ager died in Los Angeles, California on May 6, 1979.