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| 1954 | Birth |  |
| 14th Nov Birmingham Birth of Condoleezza Rice, the only child of Presbyterian minister Reverend John Wesley Rice, Jr, name is derived from the Italian musical expression, Con dolcezza, which means "with sweetness" |
| 1967 | Education | |
| Denver Moves to Denver, Colorado, attends St. Mary's Academy, a private all-girls Catholic high school in Cherry Hills Village, Colorado |
| 1970 | Education | |
| Denver Graduates from St. Mary's Academy, at age 19, Rice earns her BA in political science |
| 1975 | Education | |
| Notre Dame Obtains her Master's Degree in political science from the University of Notre Dame |
| 1977 | Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs | |
| Works in the State Department during the Carter administration, as an intern in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs |
| 1981 | Education | |
| Denver At the age of 26, receives a Ph.D. in Political Science from the Graduate School of International Studies at Denver |
| Stanford University Hired by Stanford University as an Assistant Professor in Political Science (1981-1987) |
| 1982 | Education | |
| Denver Was a Democrat until 1982 when she changes her political affiliation to Republican Party after growing averse to former President Carter's foreign policy |
| 1986 | Joint Chiefs of Staff | |
| While an international affairs fellow of the Council on Foreign Relations , Rice serves as Special Assistant to the Director of the Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| 1987 | Education | |
| Stanford University Promoted to Associate Professor (1987-1993) |
| 1989 | Election | |
| Appointed Adviser to the Bush administration on foreign policy and military issues |
| 1989 | National Security Council | |
| 15th Jan From 1989 through March 1991 serves in President Bush's administration as Director then Senior Director, of Soviet and East European Affairs in the National Security Council, and a Special Assistant to the President |
| 1993 | Professor | |
| Stanford University Promoted to full Professor (1993-present) |
| 1993 | Senior Fellow | |
| Stanford University Named a Senior Fellow of the Institute for International Studies, and a Senior Fellow (by courtesy) of the Hoover Institution |
| 1997 | Gender Integrated Training in the Military | |
| Sits on the Federal Advisory Committee on Gender-Integrated Training in the Military |
| 1999 | Government | |
| Appointed Adviser for the Bush election campaign |
| 2000 | National Security Advisor | |
| 17th Dec Appointed to serve as National Security Advisor, earns the nickname of "Warrior Princess," reflecting strong nerve and delicate manners, the first woman to occupy the post |
| 2001 | National Security Adviser | |
| 15th Jan Rice headed Chevron's committee on public policy until she resigned on January 15, 2001, to become National Security Advisor to President George W. Bush |
| 2002 | Invasion of Iraq | |
| 8th Dec After Iraq delivered its declaration of weapons of mass destruction to the United Nations on December 8, 2002, Rice wrote an editorial for The New York Times entitled Why We Know Iraq Is Lying |
| 8th Dec States regarding Iraqi WMD: "The problem here is that there will always be some uncertainty about how quickly he can acquire nuclear weapons. But we don't want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud" |
| 2002 | WMD of Iraq | |
| 8th Dec After Iraq delivered its declaration of weapons of mass destruction to the United Nations on December 8, 2002, Rice wrote an editorial for The New York Times entitled Why We Know Iraq Is Lying |
| 8th Dec States regarding Iraqi WMD: "The problem here is that there will always be some uncertainty about how quickly he can acquire nuclear weapons. But we don't want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud" |
| 2004 | Election | |
| April Rice becomes the first National Security Advisor to campaign for an incumbent President |
| 2004 | National Commission on Terrorist Attacks | |
| 8th April Testifies that there was no concrete evidence to show the 9/11 attack was imminent, the first sitting National Security Advisor to testify on matters of policy |
| 2004 | Secretary of State | |
| Appointed Secretary of State, replaces outgoing secretary Colin Powell |
| 16th Nov Bush nominates Rice to be Secretary of State |
| 2005 | Nuclear Warfare | |
| June USASecretary of State Condoleezza Rice says IAEA head Mohamed ElBaradei should either toughen his stance on Iran or fail to be chosen for a third term as IAEA head |
| 2005 | Reform | |
| 26th Jan Montgomery Condoleezza Rice Attends a memorial service in Montgomery, Alabama, in Rice's home state, for Rosa Parks , an inspiration for the American Civil Rights Movement |
| 2005 | Secretary of State | |
| 26th Jan Confirmed by Senate by 85-13 as the 1st African-American woman Secretary of State |
| 26th Jan Senate confirms her nomination by 85-13, the negative votes, the most cast against any for Secretary of State since 1825, came from Senators who wanted to hold Rice and Bush accountable for failures in Iraq and terrorism |
| 2006 | Nuclear Warfare | |
| Mar USANational Security Strategy decries Iran, stating that "Iran has violated its Non-Proliferation Treaty safeguards obligations and refuses to provide objective guarantees that its nuclear program is solely for peaceful purposes |
