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10 16 2015 Phil Lesh reveals he is fighting bladder cancer (story)

  7 03 2015 Grateful Dead Core Four stage Fare Thee Well concerts in Chicago

  2 28 2014 Online tickets for Fare Thee Well Chicago concerst sell out within an hour (story)
  3 14 2014 Chris Robinson does surprise set with Phil Lesh at Terrapin Crossing on Phil's birthday (story)

  2 15 2012 Manager Jon McIntire dead at 70 (story)
 
8 09 2011 Bob Weir, Phil Lesh & Mickey Hart at Giants tribute to Garcia (story & video)
12 11 2010 Bob Weir & Mickey Hart join Sammy Hagar at benefit (story & videos)
11 10 2010 Santa Barbara Bowl unveils Garcia bronze hand sculpture (story)
 
9 09 2010 San Francisco Giants pay tribute to Garcia (story)
 
7 06 2010 Bob Weir delayed at Canadian border crossing (story)
 
7 05 2010 Sold Out Vermont Furthur concert canceled (story)
 
3 05 2010 New York Historical Society Dead exhibit opens (story)

10 21 2009 Empire State Building in tie-dye colors. Weir & Lesh attend New York Historical Society reception
  4 23 2009 Dead play on David Letterman Show
  4 14 2009 Dead visit White House, hang with Obama
[story]
  4 12 2009 An Evening With The Dead tour opens in Greensboro, NC
  3 30 2009 Dead play 3 free shows in New York City in one night
[story]
12 29 2008 Merl Suanders estate files claims Garcia estate owes 1974 live release royalties [story]
12     2008 Road Trips Vol 2, Madison Square Garden, September 2009 released [review]
  1 31 2007 Deborah Koons Garcia files suit seeking Garcia concert tape rights.
12 18 2005 Appliances from Garcia's home auctioned to benefit San Francisco charity he supported
10 29 2005 Starship reunites for concert at San Francisco amphitheater renamed in honor of Jerry
  4 04 1996 Jerry Garcia's ashes sprinkled in Ganges River (& Golden Gate Bridge 4/15)
12 08 1995 Grateful Dead officially announce end of the band
  8 30 1995 Coroner report sites heroin use, but rules Garcia's death due to heart failure
  8 09 1995 Jerry Garcia dies in rehab
  7 09 1995 Last show with Jerry Garcia, Chicago Stadium
  1 18 1995 Jerry Garcia escapes injury in wreck of rented BMW, Mill Valley Ca.
  2 14 1994 Jerry Garcia marries film maker Deborah Koons
  4 21 1993 Bill Kreutzmann saves drowning 17 year old off Mendocino
  7 11 1992 Jerry Garcia's neckties go on sale at Bloomingdales
  3 09 1992 Bob Weir lobbies congress members over Montana lumbering & mining
  8 01 1991 Mickey hart testifies about music's benefits to Senate Commission on Aging
  8 29 1990 Vince Welnick (Ex Tubes) joins
  8 16 1990 Bruce Hornsby fills in after Bent Mydland's death
  7 25 1990 Brent Mydland dies from morphine/cocaine overdose
10 31 1989 Built To Last released
  7 11 1989 Weir, Hart & Garcia testify for preservation of rainforest before Congress
  7 29 1987 Jerry Garcia settles with Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream over Cherry Garcia flavor
  7 06 1987 In The Dark released
  8 01 1986 Jerry Garcia released from hospital 
  7 10 1986 Jerry Garcia hospitalized 3 weeks after going into Diabetic coma, hospitalized 3 weeks.
  1 18 1985 Jerry Garcia busted in Golden Gate Park for drugs
  5 24 1982 Dead, Starship, Boz Scaggs, Country Joe do SF Vietnam memorial benefit show
  4 01 1981 Grateful Dead release "Reckoning"
  7 21 1980  Keith Godchaux injured in car wreck (dies 7/23)
  7 02 1980  Bob Weir & Mickey Hart jailed obstructing drug bust, San Diego
  4 28 1980 Go To Heaven released
  4 05 1980 Grateful Dead play SNL
         1979 Brent Mydland joins
11 15 1978 Shakedown Street  released
  9 14 1978 First of three concerts at Great Pyramid Giza, Egypt
         1978 Bob Weir releases "Heaven Help The Fool"
  7 27 1977 Terrapin Station released
10 09 1976 Grateful Dead & Who play 2 nights at Oakland Coliseum
  6 26 1976 Steal Your Face released
         1976 Bob Weir's Kingfish releases Kingfish
  9 01 1975 Blues For Allah released
         1975 Phil Lesh releases "Sea Stones"
  6 27 1974 "From The Mars Hotel" released
  6 21 1974 Jerry Garcia releases "Compliments Of Jerry Garcia" (unofficial title)
11 15 1973 Wake Of The Flood released
  8 01 1973 Band surprises Jerry with naked lady in birthday cake Roosevelt Stadium, NYC
  7 28 1973 Grateful Dead plays Watkins Glen with Allman Bros. & The Band
  7 13 1973 Bear's Choice released
  3 27 1973 Garcia busted outside Philadelphia for drugs during interstate traffic stop
  3 08 1973 Ron "Pigpen" McKernan dies stomach hemorrhage
         1972 Europe '72 released
  4 07 1972 'Europe '72' tour opens, Empire Pool Wembley
         1972 Bob Weir releases Ace
         1972 Jerry Garcia releases Garcia
  6 13 1970 Workingman's Dead released
  5 23 1970 Grateful Dead play England for the first time
  1 31 1970 Jerry Garcia & Bob Weir "busted down on Bourbon St." New Orleans
        1970 American Beauty released
11 10 1969 Live/Dead released
  6 20 1969 Aoxomoxoa released
  7 18 1968 Anthem Of The Sun released
  4 10 1968 Mickey Hart joins
         1967 Band members jailed for 6 hours after 710 Haight Street drug raid
  3 17 1967 Grateful Dead released
  1 14 1967 Grateful Dead / Jefferson Airplane play first Be-In, San Francisco
10 01 1966 Dead play Acid Test on San Francisco State campus
11 06 1965 Grateful Dead / Jefferson Starship play opening Fillmore West Concert
10 21 1952 Brent Mydland born Munich, Germany (joins 4/79)
  7 19 1948 Keth Godchaux (joins 10/71, dies 7/23/80)
10 16 1947 Bob Weir born, San Francisco (Robert Hall)
  8 22 1947 Donna Godchaux born, San Francisco (joins 3/25/72, leaves 2/17/79)
  5 07 1946 Bill Kruetzmann born
  9 08 1945 Ron McKernan born, San Bruno Ca (dies 3/8/73)
  9 11 1943 Mickey Hart born
  8 01 1942 Jerry Garcia born, San Francisco (dies 8/9/95)
  3 14 1940 Phil Lesh (Chapman) born, Berkeley Ca.