All Personnel Biography
| 1926 | 2/08 | Neal Cassady is born in Denver, CO |
| 1931 | 1/08 | Wolfgang Grajonza (Bill Graham) is born in Berlin, Germany |
| 1935 | 9/17 | Ken Kesey is born in La Junta, CO |
| 1940 | 3/15 | Phillip Chapman Lesh is born in Berkeley, CA |
| 1941 | 6/23 | Robert Hunter is born in Arroyo Grande, CA |
| 1942 | 8/01 | Jerome John Garcia is born in San Francisco |
| 1943 | 9/11 | Michael (Mickey) Hart is born in Brooklyn, NY |
| 1944 | 3/19 | Tom Constanten is born in Long Branch, NJ |
| 1944 | ~ | Phil gets turned on to Brahms First Symphony at age 4 |
| 1945 | ~ | Mickey entertains his parents with drums at age 2 |
| 1945 | 8/22 | Donna Jean Thatcher is born in Muscle Shoals, AL |
| 1945 | 9/08 | Ron McKernan is born in San Bruno, CA |
| 1946 | 5/07 | Bill Kreutzmann is born in Palo Alto, CA |
| 1947 | 10/03 | John Perry Barlow is born in Jackson Hole, WY |
| 1947 | 10/16 | Robert Hall Weir is born in Atherton, CA |
| 1948 | Jerry loses a fingertip in a wood-chopping accident at age 5 | |
| 1948 | Jerry's father drowns while on a camping trip | |
| 1948 | ~ | Phil takes up the violin at age 8 |
| 1948 | 7/19 | Keith Godchaux is born in Concord, CA |
| 1949 | ~ | Jerry takes piano lessons |
| 1951 | 2/21 | Vince Welnick is born in Phoenix, AZ |
| 1952 | 10/21 | Brent Mydland is born in Munich, West Germany |
| 1954 | ~ | Phil takes up the trumpet at age 14 |
| 1954 | ~ | Bill keeps the beat for his mother's dance class at age 8 |
| 1954 | 11/25 | Bruce Hornsby is born in Williamsburg, VA |
| 1957 | ~ | Bill is kicked out of the orchestra in 6th grade for not keeping time |
| 1957 | 8/?? | Jerry starts playing guitar at age 15 |
| 1958 | ~ | Bill takes private drum lessons at age 12 |
| 1959 | Ken Kesey tests legal LSD at a Palo Alto clinic | |
| 1959 | San Mateo College Jazz Band formed | |
| 1959 | ~ | Jerry joins the Army at age 17 |
| 1960 | 4/~ | Hunter meets Jerry at Commedia Theater in Palo Alto |
| 1960 | Mickey drops out of high school and joins the Air Force | |
| 1960 | ~ | Jerry is thrown from a rolling car in an accident, breaking his collarbone |
| 1960 | ~ | Legends are joined by Bill at YMCA dances |
| 1960 | ~ | Southern Comfort joined by Donna |
| 1961 | Bob & Jerry formed | |
| 1961 | Garcia, Hunter & Albin formed | |
| 1961 | ~ | Jerry Garcia and Friends formed |
| 1961 | 7/~ | Garcia, Leicester & Hunter formed |
| 1961 | 11/~ | Jerry Garcia formed |
| 1962 | ~ | John Barlow meets Bobby at prep school |
| 1962 | Asphalt Jungle Boys formed | |
| 1962 | Pigpen meets Jerry on the San Mateo Peninsula coffeehouse circuit | |
| 1962 | ~ | Bill hears Jerry, Pigpen, & Hunter play at the Tangent in Palo Alto |
| 1962 | Bill meets Jerry at Dana Morgan's music store in Palo Alto | |
| 1962 | Jerry starts playing banjo, purchased from Bill | |
| 1962 | ~ | Tom Constanten meets Phil |
| 1962 | Phil and Tom study with avant-garde classical composer Luciano Berio | |
| 1962 | Phil hears Jerry play at a party at the Chateau | |
| 1962 | 6/~ | Sleepy Hollow Hog Stompers formed |
| 1962 | ~ | The Uncalled Four formed |
| 1962 | 10/?? | Bobby meets Jerry backstage at the Tangent in Palo Alto |
| 1962 | 11/~ | Jerry Garcia & David Nelson formed |
| 1962 | 11/~ | Hart Valley Drifters formed |
| 1962 | 12/~ | Thunder Mountain Tub Thumpers formed |
| 1962 | 12/31 | Bobby jams with Jerry at Dana Morgan's music store |
| 1963 | 2/~ | The Wildwood Boys formed |
| 1963 | 5/~ | Jerry & Sarah formed |
| 1963 | 7/~ | The Merry Pranksters formed |
| 1963 | The Second Story Men formed | |
| 1963 | Zodiacs formed | |
| 1964 | Hunter tests LSD in government-run tests at Stanford | |
| 1964 | Furthur bus goes On The Road with Neal Cassady at the wheel | |
| 1964 | 3/~ | Black Mountain Boys formed |
| 1964 | 5/~ | Phil Lesh and Tom Constanten formed |
| 1964 | Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions formed | |
| 1964 | ~ | David Grisman meets Jerry on a bluegrass quest in West Grove, PA |
| 1965 | 4/?? | Warlocks formed |
| 1965 | 5/05 | Magoo's Pizza Parlor first paid Warlocks gig |
| 1965 | 6/0? | Phil takes up the bass 2 weeks before his first gig with Warlocks |
| 1965 | 6/18 | Phil joins the Warlocks on bass, finalizing the future Grateful Dead lineup |
| 1965 | 11/06 | Warlocks meet Bill Graham at a Family Dog benefit for the Mime Troupe |
| 1965 | 12/01 | Acid Tests organizer Ken Kesey enlists Warlocks as house band |
| 1965 | 12/0? | Grateful Dead founded in San Francisco |
| 1965 | 12/04 | San Jose Acid Test first Grateful Dead show |
| 1966 | 1/?? | Ken Kesey is busted |
| 1966 | 2/11 | Owsley meets Grateful Dead formally at The Fillmore and soon becomes soundman |
| 1966 | 2/?? | Hunter writes his first lyrics for Grateful Dead |
| 1966 | 6/?? | Soundman Dan Healy meets Grateful Dead at The Fillmore |
| 1966 | 9/?? | 710 Ashbury Street becomes the band's residence |
| 1966 | 10/?? | Owsley leaves soundman position with Grateful Dead |
| 1967 | 9/29 | Mickey joins the band on drums & percussion |
| 1967 | 10/02 | Busted in marijuana raid at 710 Ashbury Street |
| 1967 | Mickey meets Bill at a Dead show at the Fillmore | |
| 1967 | Mickey becomes Bill's drum teacher, using hypnosis to get him to practice more | |
| 1967 | Dan Healy becomes soundman for Grateful Dead | |
| 1968 | 2/03 | Neal Cassady dies in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico at age 41 |
| 1968 | 3/08 | Fillmore East opens in NYC |
| 1968 | 3/?? | Who's Who In America lists Grateful Dead |
| 1968 | 3/?? | Grateful Dead move out of 710 Ashbury in San Francisco |
| 1968 | 6/0~ | Dan Healy leaves to do sound for Quicksilver |
| 1968 | 7/?? | Owsley takes over sound again for Grateful Dead |
| 1968 | 10/08 | Mickey and the Hartbeats formed |
| 1968 | 11/23 | Tom Constanten joins the band on piano |
| 1969 | Bobby Ace and the Cards from the Bottom of the Deck formed | |
| 1969 | 6/~ | New Riders of the Purple Sage formed |
| 1969 | Merl Saunders meets Jerry | |
| 1969 | Bill Graham books Grateful Dead throughout the country | |
| 1970 | Grateful Dead manager Lenny Hart takes off with $70,000 in proceeds | |
| 1970 | 1/?? | Busted down on Bourbon Street, New Orleans |
| 1970 | 1/30 | Tom leaves the band |
| 1970 | 2/?? | Owsley leaves soundman position after bust |
| 1970 | 5/18 | Jerry Garcia and Howard Wales formed |
| 1970 | 9/20 | David Grisman sits in with the Dead at the Fillmore East |
| 1970 | 9/~ | Jerry Garcia & Friends formed |
| 1970 | ~ | Incredible String Band joined by Tom Constanten |
| 1970 | ~ | Planet Earth Rock and Roll Orchestra formed |
| 1971 | Barlow writes his first lyrics for the Dead | |
| 1971 | 2/18 | Mickey takes a break from Grateful Dead |
| 1971 | 2/~ | Garcia/Saunders formed |
| 1971 | 8/26 | Pigpen takes a break from touring for health reasons |
| 1971 | 10/19 | Keith joins the band on keyboards |
| 1971 | 12/01 | Pigpen returns to touring |
| 1971 | 12/?? | Dan Healy rejoins the Dead as soundman |
| 1971 | 12/31 | Donna sits in with Grateful Dead |
| 1972 | John Kahn meets Jerry at a Monday night session at the Matrix | |
| 1972 | The Tubes formed | |
| 1972 | 3/25 | Donna joins the band on vocals |
| 1972 | 5/26 | Pigpen sings for the last time, in London |
| 1972 | 6/17 | Pigpen leaves the band due to declining health |
| 1973 | 3/02 | Old & In The Way formed |
| 1973 | 3/08 | Pigpen dies in Corte Madera, CA at age 27 |
| 1973 | 8/~ | Jerry gets a year's probation in NJ for LSD, marijuana, and cocaine |
| 1973 | 9/11 | Bruce attends Grateful Dead shows at William and Mary College |
| 1974 | Phil stops singing due to vocal chord damage from singing above his natural range | |
| 1974 | 3/23 | Wall of Sound full system debuts |
| 1974 | 4/20 | Great American String Band formed |
| 1974 | 7/~ | Legion of Mary formed |
| 1974 | 10/20 | Mickey returns to play farewell with Grateful Dead |
| 1974 | 10/20 | Tour hiatus begins following Winterland farewell |
| 1974 | 11/08 | Kingfish joined by Bob |
| 1975 | 4/?? | Diga Rhythm Band formed |
| 1975 | 8/05 | Jerry Garcia Band formed |
| 1975 | 8/20 | Keith and Donna Band formed |
| 1975 | Too Loose To Truck formed | |
| 1975 | ~ | Silver joined by Brent |
| 1975 | ~ | Robert Hunter formed |
| 1976 | 6/03 | Grateful Dead touring resumes |
| 1976 | Drumz debut | |
| 1976 | Roadhog formed | |
| 1977 | ~ | Bob Weir Band formed |
| 1977 | Comfort formed | |
| 1978 | 11/2? | Jerry loses his voice and cancels a tour |
| 1978 | Bobby and the Midnites formed | |
| 1979 | 1/30 | Reconstruction formed |
| 1979 | 2/17 | Keith and Donna's last show with Grateful Dead |
| 1979 | 4/22 | Brent joins the band on keyboards |
| 1979 | The Beast percussion set becomes a concert standard | |
| 1979 | ~ | Ghosts are joined by Keith and Donna |
| 1980 | 7/23 | Keith dies in a car accident in Marin County, CA at age 32 |
| 1982 | ~ | Phil resumes singing, now in his natural range |
| 1982 | 4/21 | Garcia/Kahn formed |
| 1982 | 8/13 | Dinosaurs formed |
| 1983 | Rex Foundation founded | |
| 1984 | Billy Kreutzmann's All-Stars formed | |
| 1984 | Zero formed | |
| 1984 | The Deadhead Hour radio program debuts on KFOG San Francisco | |
| 1984 | 10/27 | Taping Section established |
| 1985 | 1/?? | Jerry is busted for heroin and cocaine possession in Golden Gate Park |
| 1985 | Jerry enters drug treatment program | |
| 1985 | Jerry is confronted by the rest of the band regarding his drug abuse | |
| 1985 | Dick Latvala becomes the official archivist | |
| 1985 | ~ | Go Ahead formed |
| 1985 | Bruce Hornsby and the Range formed | |
| 1986 | 7/10 | Jerry lapses into a near-fatal diabetic coma for 5 days |
| 1986 | 12/15 | Grateful Dead return to performing 5 months after Jerry emerges from coma |
| 1987 | Cherry Garcia ice cream introduced by Ben & Jerry's | |
| 1987 | Billboard Top Ten first Grateful Dead listing - Touch of Grey | |
| 1987 | 2/2? | The Way It Is wins Bruce a Grammy Award for Best New Artist of 1986 |
| 1987 | 7/10 | Bob Dylan tours with Grateful Dead |
| 1987 | 8/29 | Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band formed |
| 1987 | 9/15 | In the Dark goes platinum |
| 1988 | Jerry becomes a certified SCUBA diver, partially replacing drug use | |
| 1988 | 6/25 | Bruce opens for and jams with Grateful Dead in Ohio |
| 1989 | Forbes lists Grateful Dead amongst top-grossing US entertainers | |
| 1989 | Grateful Dead third in concert grosses behind the Rolling Stones and The Who | |
| 1989 | 10/08 | Formerly the Warlocks play 2 nights at Hampton Coliseum, VA |
| 1990 | Electronic Frontier Foundation founded | |
| 1990 | 2/2? | The Valley Road wins Bruce & Nitty Gritty Dirt Band a Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Recording of 1989 |
| 1990 | 7/26 | Brent dies of a drug overdose in Lafayette, CA at age 37 |
| 1990 | 9/07 | Vince joins the band on keyboards |
| 1990 | 9/15 | Bruce joins the band as a regular guest on keyboards |
| 1990 | 12/0? | 25th anniversary of founding of the Grateful Dead |
| 1990 | 12/17 | Garcia/Grisman formed |
| 1991 | Grateful Dead Comix published | |
| 1991 | ~ | Planet Drum formed |
| 1991 | Grateful Dead become the top-grossing band in the US, with 79 concerts | |
| 1991 | ~ | Affordables formed |
| 1991 | 6/~ | Mickey addresses the US Senate on music therapy for the aged |
| 1991 | 10/25 | Bill Graham dies in a helicopter accident near Vallejo, CA at age 60 |
| 1992 | Grateful Dead donate tie-dyed uniforms to Lithuania's bronze-medal-winning Olympic basketball team | |
| 1992 | ~ | Vortex formed |
| 1992 | 2/25 | Planet Drum wins Mickey a Grammy Award for Best World Music Album of 1991 |
| 1992 | 3/?? | Bruce leaves the band |
| 1992 | 7/?? | J. Garcia ties marketed |
| 1992 | 8/?? | Jerry collapses from exhaustion and cancels a tour |
| 1993 | Grateful Dead are the highest grossing concert attraction in the US | |
| 1993 | ~ | Dead Ringers formed |
| 1994 | Soundman Dan Healy leaves the band | |
| 1994 | ~ | The Valentines formed |
| 1994 | ~ | Second Sight formed |
| 1994 | 1/19 | Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts the Grateful Dead |
| 1994 | 2/2? | Barcelona Mona wins Bruce and Branford a Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance of 1993 |
| 1994 | 5/15 | Phil guest conducts the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra |
| 1994 | 9/~ | Phil Lesh & Friends formed |
| 1995 | Grateful Dead among top-grossing artists in North American venues | |
| 1995 | Grateful Dead among top-grossing artists in North American tours 1985-1995 | |
| 1995 | Jerry receives a death threat | |
| 1995 | 4/~ | dead.net goes online |
| 1995 | 4/22 | Bob Weir & Rob Wasserman formed |
| 1995 | 7/09 | Soldier Field last Grateful Dead show ever |
| 1995 | 8/05 | Ratdog formed |
| 1995 | 8/09 | Jerry dies in Forest Knolls, CA at age 53 |
| 1995 | 8/13 | Jerry is celebrated by family and 25,000 friends in Golden Gate Park |
| 1995 | 11/07 | Garcia asteroid named |
| 1995 | 12/08 | Grateful Dead put to rest by the remaining personnel |
| 1996 | 5/30 | John Kahn dies in Mill Valley, CA |
| 1996 | 5/~ | Mickey Hart's Mystery Box formed |
| 1996 | 6/20 | Furthur Festival debut |
| 1996 | 7/04 | Dead Red Unwine marketed |
| 1996 | 10/11 | Missing Man Formation formed |
| 1996 | Dose Hermanos formed | |
| 1997 | Backbone formed | |
| 1997 | 11/~ | Broken Angels formed |
| 1998 | ~ | Jerry Garcia and Grateful Dead stamps issued |
| 1998 | 6/05 | The Other Ones formed |
| 1998 | 8/?? | Cumberland Blues stage musical premieres |
| 1998 | 12/?? | Phil gets a liver transplant |
| 1999 | 4/15 | Phil returns to performing |
| 1999 | 8/06 | Dick Latvala dies following a heart attack at age 56 |
| 2000 | 5/~ | Mickey Hart Band formed |
| 2000 | 8/2? | Bill returns to touring, with Furthur Festival |
| 2000 | Madame Tussaud's New York wax museum displays a likeness of Jerry | |
| 2001 | 6/28 | Jammys Hall of Fame inducts Grateful Dead |
| 2001 | 10/28 | Mickey Hart and Bembe Orisha formed |
| 2001 | 11/10 | Ken Kesey dies of liver cancer complications at age 66 |
| 2001 | 12/31 | Bob, Phil, Bill & Mickey play together for the first time since 1995 |
| 2002 | 10/02 | Jammys Lifetime Achievement Award presented to Grateful Dead |
