| 1874 |
Father, Julius Hammer, born in Odessa a Ukranian Jew. |
| c. 1890 |
Julius Hammer emigrates to America. |
| 1892 |
Julius Hammer joins the Socialist Labor Party. |
| 21 May 1898 |
Armand Hammer born to Julius Hammer and Rose
Lipshitz Hammer, Manhattan. Armand is named after the hammer and sickle, symbol of the Socialist movement. |
| 1906 |
Julius Hammer declares bankruptcy. |
| 1907 |
Julius Hammer meets Lenin at the Seventh Congress of the Second International, Stuttgart Germany. |
| 1 Jun 1917 |
B.A., Columbia University. |
| 5 Jul 1919 |
Armand Hammer (who has no medical degree at this time) performs an illegal abortion on Marie Oganesoff, wife of a Russian diplomat. She dies of complications, and Armand's father Julius decides to take the fall. Julius sentenced to three years hard labor for this crime he did not commit. (Dossier.) |
| 1919 |
FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover opens a file, "61-280 -- Armand Hammer, Internal Security -- Russia." |
| 1919 |
Julius Hammer founds the American Communist Party. |
| 18 Sep 1920 |
Julius Hammer admitted to Sing-Sing Prison (#71516), for the botched abortion his son performed. |
| 16 Apr 1921 |
Applies for a U.S. Passport. |
| 17 Jun 1921 |
Medical degree, Columbia University. |
| 1921 |
Travels to the Soviet Union. |
| 1923 |
Julius Hammer released from jail. |
| 31 Jan 1924 |
Receives medical license #18127. |
| c. 1925 |
Receives an asbestos mining commission for a site in the Urals. |
| 1929 |
Armand Hammer's son, Julian, born in Moscow to Olga Vadina. |
| 1929 |
Returns from the Soviet Union. |
| 1955 |
Armand Hammer kills a man in a "drunken brawl." |
| 1956 |
Purchases Occidental Petroleum, $120,000. |
| 1961 |
J. Edgar Hoover memo: Hammer cannot be "pursued" because he is "protected" by Senator Al Gore Sr. |
| 1970 |
Older brother, Harry, dies. |
| 17 Jan 1973 |
Armand Hammer makes an illegal $54,000 anonymous campaign contribution to Richard M. Nixon's slush fund, money that was used in Watergate. |
| 1973 |
Armand Hammer sells a zinc mine to the father of Al Gore, $160,000. |
| 1973 |
Ten minutes after the above sale of land, Al Gore Sr. sells the zinc mine to his son, Al Gore, Jr., $140,000. |
| 1976 |
After pleading guilty, Armand Hammer sentenced by Judge Lawrence Lydick to one year probation and $3K fine, for his illegal campaign contribution and subsequent coverup. |
| 1978 |
Love Canal dioxin disaster, caused by subsidiary Hooker Chemical's dumping. |
| 1979 |
FBI launches an investigation over whether Armand Hammer attempted to bribe Los Angeles city officials. |
| 1980 |
Buys Leonardo da Vinci manuscript Codex Leicester and renames it Codex Hammer. |
| 21 Jun 1982 |
Prince Charles son, William Arthur Philip Louis Windsor born after 17 hours of labor, St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington. 7 lbs, 1.5 oz. Armand Hammer is the child's Godfather. |
| 1985 |
Younger brother, Victor, dies. |
| 1986 |
Obtains a seat on the board of Church and Dwight, the makers of Arm and Hammer Baking Soda. |
| 1986 |
Pledges $1.3M to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in hopes of receiving a pardon. Never receives a pardon, and the money never materializes. Library tries to sue for the money. |
| 1988 |
Covert DNA testing reveals that Armand's son, Julian, is indeed his son. |
| 1988 |
Occidental Petroleum, revenue: $20B, profit: $302M. |
| 14 Aug 1989 |
President George HW Bush pardons Armand Hammer, after he donates $100,000 to the Republican National Committee and $100,000 to the Bush-Quayle Inaugural Committee. Who says money can't buy you everything? |
| 10 Dec 1990 |
Armand Hammer dies of cancer. |
| 11 Nov 1994 |
Bill Gates buys Codex Hammer for $30,802,500 and renames it Codex Leicester again. |
| 1995 |
At Vice President Al Gore's recommendation, Federal government sells Elk Hills oil reserves to Occidental Petroleum, $3.65B. |
| 1996 |
Edward J. Epstein's book, Dossier: The Secret History of Armand Hammer. |