Key events in the life of Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin

Some key dates in the life of Steve Irwin, the television presenter known around the world as "The Crocodile Hunter," who died Monday: • Feb. 22, 1962 — Stephen Robert Irwin is born near Melbourne. • Feb. 22, 1968 — Irwin receives a 12-foot-long scrub python for his 6th birthday. • 1980s — Irwin volunteers for Queensland's crocodile relocation program, trapping problem crocodiles. • 1991: Irwin takes over his father's reptile park when his parents retire and begins building Australia Zoo into a tourist icon. • 1991 — Irwin marries Terri Raines, a tourist from Eugene, Ore. Footage from their honeymoon becomes the first episode of "The Crocodile Hunter" in Australia. • 1992 — "The Crocodile Hunter" is picked up by the Discovery Network, shown worldwide. • 2001 — Irwin makes a cameo in the Eddie Murphy film "Dr. Dolittle 2," in which he attempts to wrestle an alligator and loses an arm. • 2002 — Irwin releases his first feature film "The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course." • Oct. 2003 — Prime Minister John Howard invites Irwin to lunch with President Bush in Canberra. • Jan. 2004 — Irwin provokes an international outcry after being filmed holding his 1-month-old son, Bob, while feeding a snapping crocodile. • June 2004 — Irwin is investigated for a possible criminal breach of Australian wildlife laws after allegedly clowning around with whales and penguins while filming a documentary in Antarctica. He is cleared of wrongdoing. • Sept. 4, 2006 — Irwin is fatally stabbed in the chest by a stingray barb while filming a television segment on Australia's Great Barrier Reef.