Sarah Palin Fast Facts

Birth place: Sandpoint, Idaho

Birth name: Sarah Louise Heath

Father: Charles Heath, a teacher

Mother: Sarah (Sheeran) Heath

Marriage: Todd Palin (August 29, 1988-present)

Children: Trig, April 18, 2008; Piper, March 19, 2001; Willow, July 5, 1994; Bristol, October 18, 1990; Track, April 20, 1989

October 5, 2011 Announces she is will not run for president.

January 25, 2013 – Fox News confirms that Palin is no longer an analyst there.

June 13, 2013 – The Fox News Channel announces that Palin will rejoin the network as a contributor.

September 2013 – A newspaper publisher out of New Jersey sues Palin and her political action committee over copyright infringement due to the use of a photo of the World Trade Center site shortly after the September 11 attacks.

January 20, 2014 – In a Facebook post on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Palin sends message to President Barack Obama, “Mr. President, in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. and all who commit to ending any racial divide, no more playing the race card.”

July 27, 2014 – The subscription-based Sarah Palin Channel launches online.

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