Mickey Hart Biography
| 1943 | 9/11 | Michael (Mickey) Hart is born in Brooklyn, NY |
| 1945 | ~ | Mickey entertains his parents with drums at age 2 |
| 1960 | Mickey drops out of high school and joins the Air Force | |
| 1967 | 9/29 | Mickey joins the band on drums & percussion |
| 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 | |
| 1968 | 10/08 | Mickey and the Hartbeats formed |
| 1969 | Bobby Ace and the Cards from the Bottom of the Deck formed | |
| 1969 | 6/~ | New Riders of the Purple Sage formed |
| 1970 | Grateful Dead manager Lenny Hart takes off with $70,000 in proceeds | |
| 1970 | 9/~ | Jerry Garcia & Friends formed |
| 1970 | ~ | Planet Earth Rock and Roll Orchestra formed |
| 1971 | 2/18 | Mickey takes a break from Grateful Dead |
| 1974 | 10/20 | Mickey returns to play farewell with Grateful Dead |
| 1975 | 4/?? | Diga Rhythm Band formed |
| 1976 | Drumz debut | |
| 1979 | The Beast percussion set becomes a concert standard | |
| 1991 | ~ | Planet Drum formed |
| 1991 | 6/~ | Mickey addresses the US Senate on music therapy for the aged |
| 1992 | 2/25 | Planet Drum wins Mickey a Grammy Award for Best World Music Album of 1991 |
| 1994 | 1/19 | Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts the Grateful Dead |
| 1995 | 12/08 | Grateful Dead put to rest by the remaining personnel |
| 1996 | 5/~ | Mickey Hart's Mystery Box formed |
| 1998 | 6/05 | The Other Ones formed |
| 2000 | 5/~ | Mickey Hart Band formed |
| 2001 | 10/28 | Mickey Hart and Bembe Orisha formed |
| 2001 | 12/31 | Bob, Phil, Bill & Mickey play together for the first time since 1995 |
| 2003 | 2/12 | The Dead formed |
