AL GORE TIMELINE

March 31, 1948 — Albert Gore Jr. is born in Washington, D.C. His father was a U.S. senator from Tennessee, Albert Gore Sr.

1969-71 — Military service as a private in Vietnam.

May 19, 1970 — Marries Tipper Gore. They would have four children: Karenna, Kristin, Sarah and Albert Arnold Gore III.

1976 — Elected to the House of Representatives from Tennessee.

1984 — Elected to the U.S. Senate from Tennessee.

1988 — He runs for president but loses the Democratic nomination to Michael Dukakis.

1992 — Elected vice president of the United States. Bill Clinton is elected president. 1996 — Gore and Clinton re-elected. 2000 — Runs for president, loses in a contested election to George W. Bush when the Supreme Court allows the vote certification in Florida to stand, giving Bush the necessary electoral votes to become president.

2006 — “An Inconvenient Truth” is released to critical acclaim and strong box office returns.

2007 — “An Inconvenient Truth” wins the Oscar for best documentary. Al Gore wins the Nobel Peace Prize.

2008 — Gore endorses Barack Obama for president.

2010 — Al and Tipper Gore announce their separation.

2015 — Al Gore participates in the talks that result in the Paris agreement on climate change.

June 1, 2017— President Trump announces that the U.S. is pulling out of the Paris climate agreement.

Aug. 4, 2017 — “An Inconvenient Sequel” is released in San Francisco.

Katherine Lambert / Associated Press 1995 From top, the Gore family in 1995; the vice president with President Bill Clinton in 1996; the Supreme Court intervened in the 2000 presidential race; “An Inconvenient Truth” wins the best documentary Oscar in 2007.

Kevork Djansezian / Associated Press 2007

Elaine Thompson / Associated Press 1996

Pat Benic / Associated Press 2000