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1867: Born on November 7 in Warsaw, Poland

1891: Went to Paris for higher studies at Sorbonne. She became the first woman instructor at Sorbonne at a later date

1895: Married Pierre Curie

1903: Won the first Nobel Prize along with her husband Pierre Curie for their contribution to the study of spontaneous radiations of the element discovered by Becquerel; Awarded Davy Medal of the Royal Society with her husband

1904: became the chief assistant in her husband's laboratory.

1906: Death of her husband Pierre Curie in a tragic accident

1911: Won the second Nobel Prize in recognition of her work in radioactivity

1914: Was appointed Director of the Radium Institute in Paris

1921: President Warren gifted Marie Curie a gram of radium

1922: Became a member of the French Academy of Medicine and devoted her work to medical applications of radioactive substances.

1932: Founded a Radium institute at Warsaw; her sister Brownia was appointed the director. This institute is now popularly called Maria Skłodowska-Curie Institute of Oncology

1934: Died in France on July 4 following a short span of illness

Her entire family which included husband Pierre Curie, her daughter Joliot-Curie and her son-in-law Frédéric Joliot-Curie won Nobel Prizes during their lifetime.

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