| 18 Feb 1954 |
John Travolta born, Englewood NJ. He is the youngest of six children of Salvatore and Helen Travolta. |
| 1970 |
Drops out of school. |
| 1975 |
Joins the Church of Scientology. Stern |
| 9 Sep 1975 |
Becomes Sweathog Vinnie Barbarino. |
| 16 Dec 1977 |
Presided over the era of disco: Saturday Night Fever. |
| 7 Jul 1978 |
Stars in Grease. |
| 1981 |
Hasty Pudding Club names Travolta Man of the Year. |
| Apr 1990 |
The National Enquirer publishes an interview with gay pornstar Paul Barresi, who alleges he had a relationship with Travolta for several years in the 1980's. For this, he was paid $100K by the magazine, but he later retracted the claim. |
| 6 May 1991 |
In a cover story "Scientology: A Thriving Cult of Greed and Power", Time magazine alleges private rumors of Travolta's promiscuous homosexuality. |
| 5 Sep 1991 |
A Scientology minister marries Kelly Preston and John Travolta. This marriage is declared illegal. |
| 12 Sep 1991 |
Marries actress Kelly Preston, for real this time, in Daytona Beach, Florida. |
| 14 Oct 1994 |
Travolta stars in Pulp Fiction. |
| 1996 |
Estimated income: $61M. Forbes. |
| 1996 |
Accepting a Golden Globe for his role in Get Shorty, Travolta gives thanks to "a great man, L. Ron Hubbard." |
| Jan 1997 |
In an interview published in Good Housekeeping, John Travolta declares: "The only reason I didn't end up like Elvis or Marilyn is because of Scientology." |
| Mar 1998 |
"The next day, I met with Clinton. He told me: 'Your program sounds great. More than that, I'd really love to help you with your issue over in Germany with Scientology.' I was waiting for the seduction that I had heard so much about. I thought, 'Well, how could he ever seduce me? And after we talked, I thought, 'Bingo!' He did it. Scientology is the one issue that really matters to me." George magazine. |
| 21 May 1998 |
Scientology and John Travolta sued by gay artist Michael Pattison, alleging racketeering, fraud, etc., and an inability to fix the artist's gayness. |
| 20 Mar 1998 |
Plays Bill Clinton in Primary Colors. |
| 17 Jun 1999 |
During his acceptance speech for Blockbuster's World Artist Award, John Travolta thanks "my good friend LRH, and mostly, most importantly I want to thank all of you." |
| 12 May 2000 |
The Warner Bros. sci-fi spectacular Battlefield Earth is released in theaters. The $80 million adaptation of a phenomenally-crappy L. Ron Hubbard novel rakes in a grand total of $21,471,685. |