On 6 March, 1927 Gabriel García Márquez "Gabo" was born in Aracataca, Colombia.
He moved to Barranquilla to start high school.
Gabriel García Márquez finished his high school.
He started to study law at the National University in Bogota, Colombia
His first story, The Third Resignation, was published in the El Espectador newsaper.
Gabriel García married Mercedes Barcha Pardo in Barranquilla.
His first son, Rodrigo, was born in Bogota.
His second child, Gonzalo García Barcha, was born in Mexico.
"One Hundred Years of Solitude" was published. García Márquez was recognized worldwide with this novel.
Gabriel García Márquez won Nobel Prize for Literature on October 21st in Sweden.
He died when he was 87 years old in Mexico City.
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