10 Timelines

Timeline of the Rolling Stones' Career 1936 Bass player Bill Wyman born on October 24 in London, England 1941 Drummer Charlie Watts born on June 2 in London, England 1942 Guitarist Brian Jones born on February 28 in Cheltenham, England 1947 Singer Mick Jagger born on July 26 in Dartford, England Guitarist Keith Richards born on December 18 in Dartford, England 1943 Bassist Ron Wood born June 1 in London, England 1961 Childhood friends Mick and Keith meet at the Dartford train station and realize they like the same types of music 1962 The Rollin' Stones play together for the first time at London's Marquee Club on July 12 1963 The band plays at the Crawdaddy Club on February 24 In April, they sign on with manager Andrew Oldham, who gets them their first record deal

On June 7, their first single is released 1964 Their first album, The Rolling Stones, is released on April 16 They set off on their first US tour in June 1965 "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" released on June 6 and becomes a worldwide number-one hit 1969 Brian Jones dies July 3 Mick Taylor joins the Rolling Stones Concert at Altamont Speedway in California ends in violence on December 6 1971 The Rolling Stones leave England for tax reasons and move to France Mick Taylor leaves the band 1972 The Rolling Stones tongue-and-lips logo debuts on the album Sticky Fingers 1975 Ron Wood joins the Rolling Stones 1989 The Rolling Stones are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2002 The Rolling Stones release Forty Licks to celebrate forty years together 2012 The Rolling Stones celebrate fifty years together as a band Their "50 & Counting" tour begins at the Marquee Club where the band first performed in 1962

2013 The Rolling Stones are the main performers at Glastonbury Festival on June 29 in Somerset, England

Timeline of the World 1939 The movie Gone with the Wind premieres in the United States 1940 The German bombing of London during World War II— called the Blitz lasts for fifty-seven days 1956 Construction of the interstate highway system begins in the United States 1957 Soviet space satellite Sputnik 1, launched on October 4, is the first object sent into orbit around Earth 1962 Artist Andy Warhol exhibits his famous soup can paintings in Los Angeles, California 1968 Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. is killed on April 4 in Memphis, Tennessee 1969 The Woodstock festival, an outdoor concert in upstate New York, becomes a symbol of the peace- loving mood of the 1960s 1970 Earth Day is celebrated for the first time on April 22 1993 Web browsers give people access to the Internet, connecting them with information and to one another through their computers

2001 On September 11, terrorists attack the World Trade Center towers in New York City and the Pentagon outside Washington, DC 2015 The horse American Pharoah wins the three races to earn the Triple Crown, which had not been awarded in thirty-seven years