1952		The Fillmore opens
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		Phil hears Jerry play at a party at the Chateau
1962	10/??	Bobby meets Jerry backstage at the Tangent in Palo Alto
1962	12/31	Bobby jams with Jerry at Dana Morgan's music store
1965	5/05	Magoo's Pizza Parlor first paid Warlocks gig
1965	10/16	A Tribute to Dr. Strange first psychedelic dance in San Francisco, first Family Dog dance
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	12/04	San Jose Acid Test first Grateful Dead show
1965	12/10	The Fillmore's first Dead show, produced by Bill Graham
1966	1/07	The Matrix venue's first Dead show
1966	1/21	Trips Festival
1966	2/04	The Fillmore's first non-benefit concert, produced by Bill Graham
1966	5/19	Avalon Ballroom venue's first Dead show
1966	5/27	Family Dog organizer's first Dead show
1966	6/03	Golden Gate Park venue's first Dead show
1966	7/29	Vancouver first Dead show outside US
1966	9/04	The Fillmore's first headline by Grateful Dead
1966	10/06	Love Pageant Rally protests illegalization of LSD in California
1966	10/07	Winterland Arena venue's first Dead show
1966	12/31	The Fillmore's first New Years Eve Dead show
1967	1/14	The Great Human Be-In at Polo Field
1967	6/01	Tompkins Square Park first East Coast Dead show
1967	6/18	Monterey Pop Festival
1967	8/06	Expo 67
1967	9/29	Mickey joins the band on drums & percussion
1967	12/13	Dark Star performed live first time, at the Shrine Auditorium
1967	12/26	Village Theater venues' first Dead show, later renamed the Fillmore East
1968	2/14	Carousel Ballroom opens with the Grateful Dead
1968	6/14	Fillmore East venue's first Dead show
1968	6/19	Carousel Ballroom venue's last Dead show
1968	7/01	Fillmore West formerly the Carousel Ballroom, renamed by Bill Graham
1968	12/06	The Spectrum venue's first show at home base for NY/NJ/PA Deadheads
1968	12/31	Winterland Arena venue's first New Years Eve Dead show
1969	4/06	Avalon Ballroom venue's last Dead show
1969	6/22	Central Park
1969	8/15	Woodstock Festival
1969	12/06	Altamont Music Festival
1970		Great Canadian Train Ride first TV broadcast of live concert with FM simulcast
1970	5/01	An Evening with the Grateful Dead (and NRPS) concert format debuts
1970	5/02	Harpur College
1970	5/24	Hollywood Festival first European Dead audience, England
1970	9/20	David Grisman sits in with the Dead at the Fillmore East
1971	4/??	Winterland Arena is almost closed down when Electric Kool Aid is distributed
1971	4/17	Princeton University
1971	4/29	Fillmore East venue's last Dead show
1971	7/02	Fillmore West venue's last Dead show
1971	8/06	Hollywood Palladium
1971	12/05	Felt Forum
1973	6/09	RFK Stadium
1973	7/27	Watkins Glen
1974	3/23	Wall of Sound full system debuts
1974	10/20	Tour hiatus begins following Winterland farewell
1974	8/06	Roosevelt Stadium
1974	10/16	Winterland Arena 5 night Dead farewell series
1976	6/03	Grateful Dead touring resumes
1976		Drumz debut
1977	9/03	Englishtown
1978	1/22	McArthur Court
1978	7/07	Red Rocks venue's first Dead show
1978	9/14	Egypt 3 day series at the pyramids
1978	11/17	First acoustic set performed in 8 years
1978	12/31	Winterland Arena venue's last Dead show
1979	1/07	Madison Square Garden venue's first Dead show
1979	2/17	Oakland Coliseum venue's first Dead show
1979		The Beast percussion set becomes a concert standard
1980	9/25	Warfield Theater 15 night series
1980	9/25	One acoustic/two electric sets concert format debuts
1980	10/22	Radio City Music Hall 8 night series
1981	10/15	Milky Way Amsterdam 2 night series
1982	9/05	US Festival
1983	3/29	Grateful Dead Ticket Sales first mail order concert
1984	10/27	Taping Section established
1986	7/~	The Dead tour with Bob Dylan and Tom Petty
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	7/10	Bob Dylan tours with Grateful Dead
1987	8/13	Red Rocks venue's last Dead show
1987	10/15	Lunt-Fontanne Theater sell-out shows by Garcia bands
1988	6/25	Bruce opens for and jams with Grateful Dead in Ohio
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
1989	10/1?	Fan dies after breaking his neck outside of a show at the NJ Meadowlands
1989	12/0?	Fan dies while in police custody at the Los Angeles Forum
1991		Grateful Dead become the top-grossing band in the US, with 79 concerts
1991	11/03	Bill Graham Memorial Concert
1991	12/31	Last New Years Eve Dead show - in honor of Bill Graham
1994	5/15	Phil guest conducts the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra
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	6/15	Tour from Hell begins
1995	6/2?	2 fans fall from the upper tier at RFK
1995	6/25	Lightning strikes 3 fans before a show
1995	7/02	Venue destruction causes a show cancellation the following night
1995	7/06	Collapsed structure injures 108 fans, 2 others OD
1995	7/09	Soldier Field last Grateful Dead show ever
1996	6/20	Furthur Festival debut
2001	12/31	Bob, Phil, Bill & Mickey play together for the first time since 1995