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Amanpour, Christiane
1958 - Born in London
1969 - returned to England when she was 11 to study at the Holy Cross Convent School
1979 - they had to leave Iran after the Islamic Revolution
1979-1983
- flew to the United States and studied Journalism at the University of Rhode Island
- worked for NBC affiliate WJAR in Providence, Rhode Island
1983 - got hired by CNN
1989 - was assigned to Frankfurt, West Germany to report about the democratic revolutions in Eastern Europe
1990 - became famous in her coverage of the Persian Gulf War which followed the occupation of Iraq over Kuwait
1993 - was awarded with the Peabody
1996-2005
- had a contract with CBS for four to five in-depth news coverage of international issues
1998 - bagged the Peabody Award
- married James Rubin
2000 - bore a son named Darius John Rubin
2006 - ranked no. 72 of the Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women in the World
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