Here's a look at the life of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
Personal: Birth date: July 3, 1971
Birth place: Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Mother: Christine Assange
Timeline: 2006 - WikiLeaks is founded by Julian Assange.
2007 - WikiLeaks posts the procedures manual for Camp Delta, the U.S. detention center in Guantanamo.
September 2008 - WikiLeaks posts emails from vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's Yahoo account.
April 5, 2010 - WikiLeaks posts a video showing a U.S. military helicopter firing on and killing two journalists and a number of Iraqi civilians in 2007. The military claims that the helicopter crew believed the targets were armed insurgents, not civilians.
July 25, 2010 - WikiLeaks posts more than 90,000 classified documents related to the Afghanistan war.
August 20, 2010 - Swedish prosecutors issue an arrest warrant for Assange based on allegations of sexual assault from two female WikiLeaks volunteers.
August 21, 2010 - The Swedish prosecutor's office announces it is rescinding the arrest warrant.
August 31, 2010 - Assange is questioned by Stockholm police and told of the charges against him.
November 20, 2010 - The Stockholm Criminal Court issues an arrest warrant for Assange.
October 22, 2010 - WikiLeaks publishes classified military documents from the Iraq war.
November 28, 2010 - WikiLeaks begins publishing diplomatic cables from U.S. embassies. The site says the documents will be released in stages "over the next few months."
December 7, 2010 - Turns himself in to London authorities. Assange is remanded in custody.
December 16, 2010 - Is released on bail and put on house arrest.
February 24, 2011 - A judge rules in support of Assange's extradition to Sweden. Assange's lawyers file an appeal.
April 24, 2011 - WikiLeaks begins releasing classified military documents providing details on the behavior and treatment of detainees being held at the U.S. Navy's detention facility at Guantanamo Bay.
September 2, 2011 - WikiLeaks releases its archive of more than a quarter million U.S. diplomatic cables.
November 2, 2011 - Appeals court judges in London rule in favor of Assange being extradited to Sweden.
November 15, 2011 - The UK Judicial Office announces Assange has applied to take his appeal against extradition to Sweden to the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
December 5, 2011 - The British High Court approves Assange's application to have his case against extradition to Sweden heard by Britain's Supreme Court.
May 30, 2012 - The British Supreme Court denies Assange's appeal against extradition to Sweden, but grants him two weeks to file an appeal. This is unusual, because rulings are supposed to be final.
June 14, 2012 - The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom dismisses an application filed by an attorney for Julian Assange seeking to reopen his appeal against extradition to Sweden.
