Ron McKernan Biography
| 1945 | 9/08 | Ron McKernan is born in San Bruno, CA |
| 1962 | Pigpen meets Jerry on the San Mateo Peninsula coffeehouse circuit | |
| 1962 | ~ | Bill hears Jerry, Pigpen, & Hunter play at the Tangent in Palo Alto |
| 1963 | The Second Story Men formed | |
| 1963 | Zodiacs formed | |
| 1964 | Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions formed | |
| 1965 | 4/?? | Warlocks formed |
| 1965 | 5/05 | Magoo's Pizza Parlor first paid Warlocks gig |
| 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 |
| 1971 | 8/26 | Pigpen takes a break from touring for health reasons |
| 1971 | 12/01 | Pigpen returns to touring |
| 1972 | 5/26 | Pigpen sings for the last time, in London |
| 1972 | 6/17 | Pigpen leaves the band due to declining health |
| 1973 | 3/08 | Pigpen dies in Corte Madera, CA at age 27 |
| 1994 | 1/19 | Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts the Grateful Dead |
