<div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>1958</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Ellen DeGeneres is Born</div><div class='timeline-text'>On January 26, 1958, Ellen Lee DeGeneres was born in Metairie, Louisiana.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>1977</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>First Comedy Club Performance</div><div class='timeline-text'>Ellen makes her stand up comedy debut at the Comedy Store in Los Angeles.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>1986</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>First TV Appearance</div><div class='timeline-text'>Makes her first television appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>1994</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>The Ellen Show Debuts</div><div class='timeline-text'>Debuts her own show, The Ellen Show, on ABC.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>1997</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Coming Out Episode</div><div class='timeline-text'>Ellen publicly announces her homosexuality on her show with the episode "The Puppy Episode".</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>2003</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>The Ellen DeGeneres Show Debuts</div><div class='timeline-text'>Debuts a new show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, on NBC.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>2007</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Receives Mark Twain Prize for American Humor</div><div class='timeline-text'>Becomes the fourth woman to receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.</div></div></div>