Key dates in the life of North Korea's Kim Jong Il - AP

Key dates in the history of North Korea and its late leader Kim Jong Il: — April 15, 1912: North Korean founder Kim Il Sung is born in Pyongyang. — Feb. 16, 1942: Kim Jong Il is born in a guerrilla fighters' camp on Mount Paektu, the highest peak on the Korean peninsula, according to official ...

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