1 9 2 9 1 9 2 9 1 9 3 1 e v e n t s Born at noon at the home of Reverend and Mrs.Martin Luther King, Sr. jan,15 1929 the year that he was born with the name micheal king jr micheal king jr. changed his name in homage to historic german theolgian martin luther king jr michael king jr.made the decision to change his son name to martin luther as well Things that made History Martin Luther King Jr. Edition 1 9 3 1 1 9 4 1 1 9 6 8 1 9 5 8 when his grandmother passed away from a heart attack at the time of this event king jr off disobeying his parents by going to watch a parade when they told him not to when he came home and learned his grandmother had died he went upstairs and jumped from second story window of his house. king wasnt the only one to die at lorraine motel memphis 1968 after he was killed one of the hotel workers lorraine baily who was also the wife of the motel owner who it was named after upon seeing king get shot had a heart attack and later died from this martin luther king jer. Was nearly assassinated a decade earlier than his ultimate death while on a book tour signing copies of his book stried toward freedom on september 20 king was approached by lzola ware curry who asked him if he was martin luther king jr which he of course replied affirmatively when he said he was she said ive been looking for you five years she then pulled out a letter opener and stabbed him in the chest 1 9 5 8 1 9 4 4 1 9 6 4 1 9 6 4 king jr .sikked two grades in high school 9th in to the 11th and entered college moorehouse college at the tender of 15 in 1944 by 19 he recevied a bachelor degree in sociology Goes to the signing of the Civil Right Act of 1964 at the White House . Awarded the Nobel _Peace Prize, he's the youngest person to be awarded. king ies to date the yongest male to win a nobel peace prize winning it in 1964 at age 35 at the time he was the youngest overall for the peace prize the youngest ever to win the peace prize 1 9 6 4 1 9 7 1 king son a gammy was awared a congressional gold medal of freedom the medal of freedom and the gold medal make sense but how on earth did he win a grammy you say he won it 1971 for spoken word album