May 24th, 1941 - At 9:05PM, Robert Allen Zimmerman born in Duluth, Minnesota to Abraham and Beatrice Zimmerman

January 1961 - Dylan arrives in New York City. In 1965 he said, "I left where I'm from because there's nothing there. When I left, I knew one thing: I had to get out of there and not come back. Just from my senses I knew there was something more than Walt Disney movies."

April 11, 1961 - Bob Dylan begins a two-week stint supporting John Lee Hooker at Gerde's Folk City in Greenwich Village

November 20th and 22nd, 1961 - Bob Dylan records his eponymous debut album for a reported cost of $402. Of these recording sessions, Dylan said in 1962, "I just played the guitar and harmonica and sang those songs and that was it. Mr. Hammond asked me if I wanted to sing any of them over again and I said no. I can't see myself singing the same song twice in a row."

May 12, 1963 - Bob Dylan withdraws from a scheduled appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. During rehearsals, network executives asked him not to perform, "Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues.". Dylan refused and walked off the set.

May 1965 - Dylan's U.K tour is documented by D.A. Pennebaker in the documentary, "Don't Look Back."

July 25, 1965 - Just over 15 minutes into his set, Dylan is booed by fans at The Newport Folk Festival after going electric. Dylan said in late 1965, "I did this very crazy thing. I didn't know what was going to happen, but they certainly booed, I'll tell you that. You could hear it all over the place."

July 29, 1966 - Bob Dylan crashes his Triumph motorcycle, leading to a period of seclusion.

July 20, 1968 - Dylan's first public performance since his accident occurs when he appears at the "Woody Guthrie Memorial Concert."

June 9, 1970 - Receives an honorary doctorate in music from Princeton University. David Crosby later remembered: "He didn't want to go…but we worked on him for a long time. Finally, he agreed. I had a car outside, a big limo. That was the first thing he didn't like. We smoked another joint on the way and I noticed Dylan getting really paranoid. When we arrived, they took us to this little room where Bob was asked to wear a gown and cap. He refused outright. They said,  'We won't give you the degree if you don't wear this.' Dylan said, 'Fine, I didn't ask for it in the first place.' We finally convinced him to wear the cap and gown."

November 1973 - Reunites with The Band to record "Planet Waves." This is followed by a wildly successful arena tour and the live double-album, "Before The Flood." 

October 30, 1975 Dylan & friends kick off his smaller-scale "Rolling Thunder Revue" tour one week after he played a daytime surprise set at Gerde's Folk City in Greenwich Village. Some of the friends invited along on the tour included Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, Roger McGuinn, Arlo Guthrie and Mick Ronson.