12 Timelines

TIMELINE OF BOB DYLAN'S LIFE 1941 Robert Allen Zimmerman is born on May 24 1946 His father catches polio, and the family moves to Hibbing, Minnesota 1959 Graduates from high school and enrolls in the University of Minneapolis 1961 Moves to Greenwich Village in New York City Meets Woody Guthrie 1962 His first album, Bob Dylan, is released 1963 The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, featuring the hit song "Blowin' in the Wind," is released Plays with Joan Baez at the Newport Folk Festival Performs at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom 1965 Releases the hit song "Like a Rolling

Stone" Marries Sara Lownds 1966 Jesse Byron Dylan, the first of his five children, is born Blonde on Blonde is released Suffers a motorcycle accident 1967 The documentary Don't Look Back by D A. Pennebakff is released 1968 His father dies of a heart attack 1979 Releases Slow Train Coming, an album dealing with Christian themes 1986 Marries his second wife, Carolyn Dennis 1988 Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1998 Wins Album of the Year Grammy for Time Out of Mind 2007 I'm Not There, a movie about Bob Dylan, is released 2012 President Barack Obama presents Dylan with the Medal of Freedom

TIMELINE OF THE WORLD 1941 The United States enters World War II after Japanese war planes bomb Pearl Harbor on December 7 1945 World war II ends 1948 The state of Israel is created 1950 "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," sung by Gene Autry, is a number one hit 1954 In Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court declares that schools can no longer be segregated 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom President John F. Kennedy is assassinated 1964 Beatlemania hits the United States 1968 Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated in April 1969 Apollo 11 lands on the moon The first

Woodstock Festival takes place 1970 The Beatles officially break up 1974 President Richard Nixon resigns after scandals related to the 1972 Watergate break-in 1976 On July 4, the United States turns two hundred years old 1977 Saturday Night Fever, a movie about disco dancing, is a hit 1980 Sony introduces the Walkman, a portable music-cassette player, to the United States 1981 Sandra Day O'Connor becomes the first female Supreme Court judge 1986 The Challenger space shuttle blows apart shortly after takeoff 2001 Apple's iPod, a portable digital music player, is introduced 2009 Barack Obama takes office as the first African American president of the US