Born, Manhattan, July 1943
Move to Long Island, 1951
Graduate from West Babylon High School, 1961
Maritime College, the Bronx, 1961–1963
Move to Los Angeles, 1963
University of Arizona, 1963–1965
Marry Linda Coblenz, Scottsdale, Arizona, August 1965
Reside Lower East Side, Manhattan, January 1966
Brooklyn Law School, 1966–1969
Intern, New York County District Attorney, summer 1967
Divorce Linda, 1968
Intern Harlem Assertion of Rights, summer 1968
Graduate from BLS, June 1969
Fellowship, Poverty Law, University of Pennsylvania, 1969–1970
Represent the Young Lords, 1969–1970
Fellowship, Fred Friendly, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, 1970
Hired, WABC Eyewitness News, September 1970
Marry Edith Vonnegut, Barnstable, Massachusetts, December 1971
Expose Willowbrook, January 1972
Win Peabody, 1973
Host ABC’s Goodnight America, 1973–1977
Report Chile coup, September 1973
Report Yom Kippur War, October 1973
Debut, Good Morning America, November 1975
Meet Donald J. Trump, 1976
Establish Malibu residence, summer 1976
Marry Sheri Raymond, Malibu, December 1976
ABC Evening News, Barbara Walters, “Summer of Sam,” Fidel Castro Debut, ABC’s 20/20, August 1977–1978
First child, Gabriel, born, Manhattan, July 1979
Divorce Sheri, 1981
Fired by ABC News, December 1985
Host Al Capone’s Vault, Chicago, April 1986
Reporter, Entertainment Tonight, 1986–1987
Marry C.C. Dyer, Marion, Massachusetts, August 1987
Geraldo! syndicated talk show, 1987–1998
Brawl skinheads, 1987
Second child, Cruz, born, Dallas, Texas, November 1987
Interview Charles Manson, 1988
Third child, Isabella, born, Manhattan, November 1992
Fourth child, Simone, born, Manhattan, September 1994
CNBC’s Rivera Live, April 1994–November 2001
O.J. Simpson murder trials, June 1994–1997
Clinton impeachment, 1997–1999
Begin sail around the world, July 1997
Kosovo War, 1999
Separate from C.C., 2000
Complete circumnavigation, 2000
Quit NBC, hired by Fox News, November 2001
Afghanistan, eleven assignments, December 2001–2012
Fox News, Geraldo-at-Large, 2002–2015
Tour of terror, January–April, 2002
Engaged to Erica Levy, August 2002
Iraq War, eleven assignments, 2003–2011
Marry Erica, Manhattan, August 2003
Mosul, Iraq, ambush, 2004
Hurricane Katrina, 2005
Fifth child, Sol Liliana, born, Manhattan, August 2005
Firefight, Libya, April 2011
Celebrity Apprentice, New York (Trump Tower), February 2015
Baltimore riots, 2015
Dancing with the Stars, Los Angeles, 2016
Roger Ailes fired, July 2016
Donald Trump elected, November 2016
Trump inaugurated, January 2017
Bill O’Reilly fired, April 2017
Move to Cleveland, Ohio, August 2017
Hurricane Maria with President Trump, Puerto Rico, October 2017