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1965 6/18Phil joins the Warlocks on bass, finalizing the future Grateful Dead lineup
1965 11/03Emergency Crew   Demo Tape by Warlocks
1965 12/01Acid Tests organizer Ken Kesey enlists Warlocks as house band
1965 12/0?Grateful Dead founded in San Francisco
1965 12/04San Jose Acid Test first Grateful Dead show
1965 12/10The Fillmore's first Dead show, produced by Bill Graham
1966 1/07The Matrix venue's first Dead show
1966 1/21Trips Festival
1966 2/11Owsley meets Grateful Dead formally at The Fillmore and soon becomes soundman
1966 2/??Hunter writes his first lyrics for Grateful Dead
1966 5/19Avalon Ballroom venue's first Dead show
1966 5/27Family Dog organizer's first Dead show
1966 6/??Soundman Dan Healy meets Grateful Dead at The Fillmore
1966 7/??Don't Ease Me In/Stealin' first single by Grateful Dead
1966 7/29Vancouver first Dead show outside US
1966 9/04The Fillmore's first headline by Grateful Dead
1966 9/??710 Ashbury Street becomes the band's residence
1966 10/06Love Pageant Rally protests illegalization of LSD in California
1966 10/07Winterland Arena venue's first Dead show
1966 10/??Owsley leaves soundman position with Grateful Dead
1966 12/31The Fillmore's first New Years Eve Dead show
1966 MGM signs Grateful Dead to record label
1967 1/14The Great Human Be-In at Polo Field
1967 3/17The Grateful Dead   LP
1967 6/01Tompkins Square Park first East Coast Dead show
1967 6/18Monterey Pop Festival
1967 6/~Summer of Love
1967 8/06Expo 67
1967 8/??The Hippie Temptation   TV Special
1967 9/29Mickey joins the band on drums & percussion
1967 10/02Busted in marijuana raid at 710 Ashbury Street
1967 12/13Dark Star performed live first time, at the Shrine Auditorium
1967 12/26Village Theater venues' first Dead show, later renamed the Fillmore East
1967 Dan Healy becomes soundman for Grateful Dead
1968 2/14Carousel Ballroom opens with the Grateful Dead
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 6/14Fillmore East venue's first Dead show
1968 6/19Carousel Ballroom venue's last Dead show
1968 7/??Owsley takes over sound again for Grateful Dead
1968 7/18Anthem of the Sun   LP
1968 11/23Tom Constanten joins the band on piano
1968 12/06The Spectrum venue's first show at home base for NY/NJ/PA Deadheads
1968 12/31Winterland Arena venue's first New Years Eve Dead show
1968 Petulia   Film by Richard Lester
1969 4/06Avalon Ballroom venue's last Dead show
1969 6/20Aoxomoxoa   LP
1969 6/22Central Park
1969 7/10Playboy After Dark   TV Appearance
1969 8/15Woodstock Festival
1969 11/10Live/Dead   LP
1969 12/06Altamont Music Festival
1969 Bill Graham books Grateful Dead throughout the country
1970 Grateful Dead manager Lenny Hart takes off with $70,000 in proceeds
1970 Vintage Dead   LP
1970 Great Canadian Train Ride first TV broadcast of live concert with FM simulcast
1970 1/??Busted down on Bourbon Street, New Orleans
1970 1/30Tom leaves the band
1970 2/??Owsley leaves soundman position after bust
1970 5/02Harpur College
1970 5/24Hollywood Festival first European Dead audience, England
1970 6/14Workingman's Dead   LP
1970 11/01American Beauty   LP
1971 2/18Mickey takes a break from Grateful Dead
1971 4/17Princeton University
1971 4/29Fillmore East venue's last Dead show
1971 5/??Historic Dead   LP
1971 7/02Fillmore West venue's last Dead show
1971 8/06Hollywood Palladium
1971 8/26Pigpen takes a break from touring for health reasons
1971 10/06Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses)   LP
1971 10/19Keith joins the band on keyboards
1971 12/01Pigpen returns to touring
1971 12/05Felt Forum
1971 12/31Donna sits in with Grateful Dead
1972 History of the Grateful Dead   LP
1972 Last Days of the Fillmore   Film with Various Artists
1972 Fillmore: The Last Days   LP by Various Artists
1972 3/25Donna joins the band on vocals
1972 5/26Pigpen sings for the last time, in London
1972 6/17Pigpen leaves the band due to declining health
1972 11/05Europe '72   LP
1973 3/08Pigpen dies in Corte Madera, CA at age 27
1973 6/09RFK Stadium
1973 7/13History of the Grateful Dead, Vol. 1 (Bear's Choice)   LP
1973 7/27Watkins Glen
1973 9/11Bruce attends Grateful Dead shows at William and Mary College
1973 10/15Wake of the Flood   LP
1974 Phil stops singing due to vocal chord damage from singing above his natural range
1974 2/??Skeletons from the Closet: The Best of the Grateful Dead   LP
1974 3/23Wall of Sound full system debuts
1974 10/20Mickey returns to play farewell with Grateful Dead
1974 6/27Grateful Dead from the Mars Hotel   LP
1974 10/20Tour hiatus begins following Winterland farewell
1974 8/06Roosevelt Stadium
1974 10/16Winterland Arena 5 night Dead farewell series
1975 9/01Blues for Allah   LP
1976 6/03Grateful Dead touring resumes
1976 6/26Steal Your Face   LP
1976 Drumz debut
1976 8/18What a Long Strange Trip It's Been   LP
1977 Grateful Dead Records folds
1977 6/01The Grateful Dead Movie   Film
1977 7/27Terrapin Station   LP
1977 9/03Englishtown
1978 1/22McArthur Court
1978 7/07Red Rocks venue's first Dead show
1978 11/15Shakedown Street   LP
1978 9/14Egypt 3 day series at the pyramids
1978 11/11Saturday Night Live   TV Appearance
1978 11/17First acoustic set performed in 8 years
1978 11/2?Jerry loses his voice and cancels a tour
1978 12/31Winterland Arena venue's last Dead show
1979 1/07Madison Square Garden venue's first Dead show
1979 2/17Oakland Coliseum venue's first Dead show
1979 2/17Keith and Donna's last show with Grateful Dead
1979 4/22Brent joins the band on keyboards
1979 ~Grateful Dead Anthology   Songbook
1979 The Beast percussion set becomes a concert standard
1980 4/05Saturday Night Live   TV Appearance
1980 4/28Go to Heaven   LP
1980 7/23Keith dies in a car accident in Marin County, CA at age 32
1980 9/25Warfield Theater 15 night series
1980 9/25One acoustic/two electric sets concert format debuts
1980 10/22Radio City Music Hall 8 night series
1980 10/31Radio City Music Hall   Simulcast
1981 4/01Reckoning   LP
1981 5/07The Tomorrow Show   TV Appearance
1981 8/26Dead Set   LP
1981 10/15Milky Way Amsterdam 2 night series
1981 An Evening with the Grateful Dead   TV Special
1982 ~Phil resumes singing, now in his natural range
1982 9/05US Festival
1983 3/29Grateful Dead Ticket Sales first mail order concert
1984 The Deadhead Hour radio program debuts on KFOG San Francisco
1984 The Golden Road magazine debuts
1984 10/27Taping Section established
1985 Jerry is confronted by the rest of the band regarding his drug abuse
1985 Dick Latvala becomes the official archivist
1985 Twilight Zone   TV Theme Music
1985 12/31Night Flight   TV Special
1986 Dupree's Diamond News magazine debuts
1986 7/~The Dead tour with Bob Dylan and Tom Petty
1986 7/10Jerry lapses into a near-fatal diabetic coma for 5 days
1986 12/15Grateful Dead return to performing 5 months after Jerry emerges from coma
1987 Billboard Top Ten first Grateful Dead listing - Touch of Grey
1987 6/19Touch of Grey   Music Video
1987 7/06In the Dark   LP
1987 7/10Bob Dylan tours with Grateful Dead
1987 8/13Red Rocks venue's last Dead show
1987 9/15In the Dark goes platinum
1987 9/??The Making of the Touch of Grey Video   Video
1987 9/??Hell in a Bucket   Music Video
1987 10/??So Far   Video
1987 12/31New Year's Eve 1987   TV Special
1988 4/??Dead Head TV   Monthly Show
1988 6/25Bruce 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 1/31Dylan & the Dead   CD by Bob Dylan and The Grateful Dead
1989 ~Throwing Stones   Music Video
1989 10/08Formerly the Warlocks play 2 nights at Hampton Coliseum, VA
1989 10/11Foolish Heart   Music Video
1989 10/1?Fan dies after breaking his neck outside of a show at the NJ Meadowlands
1989 10/31Built to Last   CD
1989 12/0?Fan dies while in police custody at the Los Angeles Forum
1990 ~Built to Last   Music Video
1990 Berkeley in the 60's   Film by Mark Kitchell
1990 1/15Just a Little Light   Music Video
1990 4/06We Can Run   Music Video
1990 7/26Brent dies of a drug overdose in Lafayette, CA at age 37
1990 9/07Vince joins the band on keyboards
1990 9/15Bruce joins the band as a regular guest on keyboards
1990 9/25Without a Net   CD
1990 12/0?25th anniversary of founding of the Grateful Dead
1991 Grateful Dead Comix published
1991 A Box of Rain   Book by Robert Hunter
1991 Grateful Dead become the top-grossing band in the US, with 79 concerts
1991 1/13Deadheads: An American Subculture   Video of Deadheads
1991 4/15One from the Vault   CD
1991 7/05In Concert   TV Appearance
1991 11/01Infrared Roses   CD
1991 12/31Last New Years Eve Dead show - in honor of Bill Graham
1992 Infrared Sightings   Video
1992 Grateful Dead & Panther Dream Skis marketed
1992 Grateful Dead donate tie-dyed uniforms to Lithuania's bronze-medal-winning Olympic basketball team
1992 3/??Bruce leaves the band
1992 5/12Two from the Vault   CD
1992 8/??Jerry collapses from exhaustion and cancels a tour
1992 10/??Backstage Pass   Video
1993 Grateful Dead are the highest grossing concert attraction in the US
1993 11/01Dick's Picks, Volume 1   CD
1994 Soundman Dan Healy leaves the band
1994 1/19Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts the Grateful Dead
1995 Rock & Roll/Blues in Technicolor   TV Special
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 3/07Dick's Picks, Volume 2   CD
1995 4/~dead.net goes online
1995 6/15Tour from Hell begins
1995 6/2?2 fans fall from the upper tier at RFK
1995 6/25Lightning strikes 3 fans before a show
1995 7/02Venue destruction causes a show cancellation the following night
1995 7/06Collapsed structure injures 108 fans, 2 others OD
1995 7/09Soldier Field last Grateful Dead show ever
1995 8/09Jerry dies in Forest Knolls, CA at age 53
1995 8/13Jerry is celebrated by family and 25,000 friends in Golden Gate Park
1995 9/05Dead Ahead   Video
1995 9/26Hundred Year Hall   CD
1995 Grateful Dead: A Photofilm   Film by Paul McCartney
1995 11/07Dick's Picks, Volume 3   CD
1995 11/??Grayfolded   CD
1995 12/08Grateful Dead put to rest by the remaining personnel
1996 3/01Dick's Picks, Volume 4   CD
1996 5/28Dick's Picks, Volume 5   CD
1996 7/04Dead Red Unwine marketed
1996 10/01Ticket to New Year's   Video
1996 10/07Dick's Picks, Volume 6   CD
1996 10/15The Arista Years   CD
1996 10/29Dozin' at the Knick   CD
1996 The Concerts   Video Box Set
1997 Anthem to Beauty   Video
1997 3/04Dick's Picks, Volume 7   CD
1997 4/19VH1 Classic Albums: American Beauty   TV Special
1997 6/14Dick's Picks, Volume 8   CD
1997 6/17Fallout from the Phil Zone   CD
1997 9/??Terrapin Limited   CD
1997 10/07Downhill from Here   Video
1997 10/07Grateful Dead Collection   Video Box Set
1997 10/28Dick's Picks, Volume 9   CD
1997 10/28Fillmore East 2-11-69   CD
1998 ~Jerry Garcia and Grateful Dead stamps issued
1998 2/??Dick's Picks, Volume 10   CD
1998 6/09Dick's Picks, Volume 11   CD
1998 8/??Cumberland Blues stage musical premieres
1998 9/15Twilight Zone: Original Soundtrack Recording, Volume One   CD
1998 9/??Grateful Dead Anthology II   Songbook
1998 10/??Dick's Picks, Volume 12   CD
1999 3/??Dick's Picks, Volume 13   CD
1999 5/11MP3 Statement issued by Grateful Dead Productions
1999 6/??Dick's Picks, Volume 14   CD
1999 10/18Dick's Picks, Volume 15   CD
1999 11/09So Many Roads (1965 - 1995)   CD
2000 3/07Dick's Picks, Volume 16   CD
2000 4/??Dick's Picks, Volume 17   CD
2000 6/??Dick's Picks, Volume 18   CD
2000 6/??View from the Vault Soundtrack   CD
2000 10/10Ladies and Gentlemen... The Grateful Dead   CD
2000 10/10View from the Vault   Video
2000 10/10Live Dead - The Grateful Dead in Concert   Video Box Set
2000 10/19Dick's Picks, Volume 19   CD
2001 1/23Dick's Picks, Volume 20   CD
2001 3/19Dick's Picks, Volume 21   CD
2001 6/04Dick's Picks, Volume 22   CD
2001 6/08View from the Vault II Soundtrack   CD
2001 6/28Jammys Hall of Fame inducts Grateful Dead
2001 9/25Nightfall of Diamonds   CD
2001 10/09View from the Vault II   Video
2001 10/16The Golden Road (1965 - 1973)   CD
2001 10/16Dick's Picks, Volume 23   CD
2002 2/10Dick's Picks, Volume 24   CD
2002 3/19Postcards of the Hanging:
Grateful Dead Perform the Songs of Bob Dylan
   CD
2002 7/09Steppin' Out with the Grateful Dead: England '72   CD
2002 7/15View from the Vault III   Video
2002 7/20Dick's Picks, Volume 25   CD
2002 8/??View from the Vault III Soundtrack   CD
2002 10/01Dick's Picks, Volume 26   CD
2002 10/02Jammys Lifetime Achievement Award presented to Grateful Dead
2002 10/08View from the Vault Collection   Video Box Set
2002 10/22Go to Nassau   CD
2003 1/??Dick's Picks, Volume 27   CD
2003 2/12The Dead formed
2003 3/25Birth of the Dead   CD
2003 4/08View from the Vault IV   Video
2003 4/~View from the Vault IV Soundtrack   CD
2003 4/20Dick's Picks, Volume 28   CD
2003 6/19Late Show with David Letterman   TV Appearance by The Dead
2003 7/22Dick's Picks, Volume 29   CD
2003 9/16The Very Best of the Grateful Dead   CD
2003 10/30Dick's Picks, Volume 30   CD
2003 11/11The Closing of Winterland   CD
2004 1/13Weir Here: The Best of Bob Weir   CD by Bob Weir
2004 3/16Dick's Picks, Volume 31   CD
2004 5/25Rockin' the Rhein with the Grateful Dead   CD
2004 7/20Dick's Picks, Volume 32   CD
2004 10/26Beyond Description (1973 - 1989)   CD
2004 11/02The Grateful Dead Movie Soundtrack   CD
2004 11/02Festival Express   Video by Bob Smeaton
2004 11/12Dick's Picks, Volume 33   CD
2005 2/14Dick's Picks, Volume 34   CD
2005 3/25Rare Cuts and Oddities 1966   CD
2005 5/03Download Series Volume 1   CD
2005 6/07Download Series Volume 2   CD
2005 6/17Dick's Picks, Volume 35   CD
2005 7/05Download Series Volume 3   CD
2005 7/??Truckin' Up to Buffalo   CD
2005 8/02Download Series Volume 4   CD
2005 9/06Download Series Volume 5   CD
2005 10/04Download Series Volume 6   CD
2005 10/25Garcia Plays Dylan   CD by Jerry Garcia
2005 10/??Dick's Picks, Volume 36   CD
2005 11/01Download Series Volume 7   CD
2005 11/??Fillmore West 1969: The Complete Recordings   CD
2005 11/??Fillmore West 1969   CD
2005 12/06Download Series Volume 8   CD
2005 12/06Download Series: Family Dog at the Great Highway   CD
2006 1/03Download Series Volume 9   CD
2006 2/07Download Series Volume 10   CD
2006 3/07Download Series Volume 11   CD
2006 4/04Download Series Volume 12   CD
2007 1/19Live at the Cow Palace: New Years Eve 1976   CD
2007 6/26Three from the Vault   CD
2007 11/05Road Trips Vol. 1 No. 1   CD
2008 Road Trips Full Show: Spectrum 11/5/79   CD
2008 Road Trips Full Show: Spectrum 11/6/79   CD
2008 2/04Road Trips Vol. 1 No. 2   CD
2008 4/01Winterland 1973: The Complete Recordings   CD
2008 6/09Road Trips Vol. 1 No. 3   CD
2008 9/30Rocking the Cradle: Egypt 1978   CD
2008 9/30Road Trips Vol. 1 No. 4   CD
2008 12/10Road Trips Vol. 2 No. 1   CD
2009 3/21Road Trips Vol. 2 No. 2   CD
2009 4/07To Terrapin: Hartford '77   CD
2009 6/18Road Trips Vol. 2 No. 3   CD
2009 8/25Road Trips Vol. 2 No. 4   CD
2009 10/01Winterland June 1977: The Complete Recordings   CD
2009 11/10Road Trips Vol. 3 No. 1   CD
2010 2/24Road Trips Vol. 3 No. 2   CD
2010 4/20Crimson White & Indigo   CD + DVD
2010 6/14Road Trips Vol. 3 No. 3   CD
2010 9/07Formerly the Warlocks   CD
2010 9/07Road Trips Vol. 3 No. 4   CD
2010 11/16Road Trips Vol. 4 No. 1   CD
2011 2/01Road Trips Vol. 4 No. 2   CD
2011 4/26Road Trips Vol. 4 No. 3   CD
2011 8/01Road Trips Vol. 4 No. 4   CD
2011 9/01Europe '72: The Complete Recordings   CD
2011 9/20Europe '72 Volume 2   CD
2011 11/01Road Trips Vol. 4 No. 5   CD
2012 2/01Dave's Picks Volume 1   CD
2012 4/21Dark Star   LP
2012 5/01Dave's Picks Volume 2   CD
2012 8/01Dave's Picks Volume 3   CD
2012 8/31Spring 1990   CD
2012 9/18Spring 1990: So Glad You Made It   CD
2012 11/01Dave's Picks Volume 4   CD
2013 2/01Dave's Picks Volume 5   CD
2013 5/01Dave's Picks Volume 6   CD
2013 6/11May 1977   CD
2013 8/01Dave's Picks Volume 7   CD
2013 9/17Sunshine Daydream   CD + DVD
2013 11/01Dave's Picks Volume 8   CD
2013 11/29Family Dog at the Great Highway, San Francisco, CA 4/18/70   CD
2014 2/01Dave's Picks Volume 9   CD
2014 5/01Dave's Picks Volume 10   CD
2014 8/01Dave's Picks Volume 11   CD
2014 9/09Wake Up to Find Out   CD
2014 9/09Spring 1990 (The Other One)   CD
2014 11/01Dave's Picks Volume 12   CD
2014 11/28Houston, Texas 11-18-1972   CD
2015 2/01Dave's Picks Volume 13   CD
2015 3/31The Best of the Grateful Dead   CD
2015 5/01Dave's Picks Volume 14   CD
2015 8/01Dave's Picks Volume 15   CD
2015 9/1830 Trips Around the Sun: The Definitive Live Story 1965-1995   CD
2015 10/0730 Trips Around the Sun   CD
2015 11/01Dave's Picks Volume 16   CD
2016 2/01Dave's Picks Volume 17   CD
2016 5/01Dave's Picks Volume 18   CD
2016 5/13Red Rocks: 7/8/78   CD
2016 5/13July 1978: The Complete Recordings   CD
2016 8/01Dave's Picks Volume 19   CD
2016 11/01Dave's Picks Volume 20   CD
2017 2/01Dave's Picks Volume 21   CD
2017 5/01Dave's Picks Volume 22   CD
2017 5/05Cornell 5/8/77   CD
2017 5/05May 1977: Get Shown the Light   CD
2017 5/23Long Strange Trip   CD
2017 8/01Dave's Picks Volume 23   CD
2017 11/01Dave's Picks Volume 24   CD
2017 11/10Robert F. Kennedy Stadium, Washington, D.C., July 12 & 13, 1989   CD
2018 1/28Dave's Picks Volume 25   CD
2018 3/23Best of the Grateful Dead Live   CD
2018 4/27Dave's Picks Volume 26   CD
2018 7/27Dave's Picks Volume 27   CD
2018 9/07Pacific Northwest '73-'74: Believe It If You Need It   CD
2018 9/07Pacific Northwest '73-'74: The Complete Recordings   CD
2018 10/26Dave's Picks Volume 28   CD
2019 2/01Dave's Picks Volume 29   CD
2019 4/13The Warfield, San Francisco, California, October 9 & 10, 1980   CD
2019 5/03Dave's Picks Volume 30   CD
2019 7/26Dave's Picks Volume 31   CD
2019 9/27Saint of Circumstance   CD
2019 9/27Giants Stadium 1987, 1989, 1991   CD
2019 11/01Dave's Picks Volume 32   CD
2019 11/22Ready or Not   CD
2020 1/31Dave's Picks Volume 33   CD
2020 3/20June 1976   CD
2020 5/01Dave's Picks Volume 34   CD
2020 7/10Workingman's Dead: 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition   CD