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Bob Dylan so far...

John W. Barry
Poughkeepsie Journal

A glimpse at the life and times of Bob Dylan:

May 24, 1941 » Robert Allen Zimmerman is born in Duluth, Minn.

March 19, 1962 » Dylan’s first album, a self-titled effort, is released on Columbia Records.

April 12, 1963 » Dylan performs his first major solo concert, at Town Hall in Manhattan.

Jan. 13, 1964 » Dylan releases the album “The Times They Are A-Changin.”

Aug. 28, 1964 » Dylan and the Beatles meet in a New York hotel room.

Bob Dylan will turn 73 on May 24.

April 3, 1965 » “Subterranean Homesick Blues” becomes Dylan’s first Top 40 single, reaching No. 39.

June 26, 1965 » The Byrds’ recording of Dylan’s “Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man”reaches No. 1 on Billboard’s singles chart. This was the first, and only, No. 1 hit written by Dylan.

July 25, 1965 » Dylan is booed for “going electric” at the Newport Folk Festival. A 16-year-old John Hall — who in 2006 would be elected to Congress — is in the audience.

Aug. 1, 1965 » Dylan’s first all-electric album, “Highway 61 Revisited,” is released.

July 29, 1966 » Dylan is injured in a motorcycle accident near Woodstock. During his recovery, he records new material with The Band. Selections from the roughly 100 songs recorded are released nearly a decade later as “The Basement Tapes.”

Sept. 22, 1985 » Dylan performs at the first Farm Aid concert, an annual fundraiser inspired by comments Dylan made from the stage at the Live Aid concert earlier that year.

Jan. 20, 1988 » Dylan is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Oct. 18, 1988 » “Volume One” by the Traveling Wilburys is released. This supergroup features Dylan, Tom Petty, George Harrison, Roy Orbison and Jeff Lynne.

Feb. 20, 1991 » Dylan receives a Lifetime Achievement Grammy.

Dec. 7, 1997 » Dylan is honored at the Kennedy Center, along with Charlton Heston, Lauren Bacall, singer Jessye Norman and dancer Edward Villella.

Feb. 25, 1998 » Dylan wins his first Grammys: “Time Out of Mind” wins Album of the Year; the song “Cold Iron Bounds” wins Best Male Rock Vocal Performance.

March 25, 2001 » Dylan wins the Academy Award for Best Original Song for “Things Have Changed,” from the film “Wonder Boys.”

Sept. 11, 2001 » Dylan releases “Love and Theft.”

Aug. 1-3, 2004 » Dylan holds private rehearsals at The Chance in Poughkeepsie.

Aug. 4, 2004 » Dylan plays a show for the public at The Chance.

Aug. 10, 2004 » Dylan and Willie Nelson perform at Dutchess Stadium in Fishkill.

Sept. 26, 2005 » “No Direction Home,” a documentary about Dylan produced by Martin Scorsese, debuts.

Jan. 31-Feb. 3, 2006 » Dylan rehearses privately at the Bardavon 1869 Opera House in Poughkeepsie.

Aug. 29, 2006 » “Modern Times” is released and debuts at No. 1 on Billboard’s album chart.

Sept. 1, 2006 » Dylan plays Dutchess Stadium in Fishkill.

Feb. 11, 2007 » “Modern Times” wins the Grammy for Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album.

March 20-24, 2007 » Dylan rehearses privately at the Bardavon.

June 18-21, 2007 » Dylan rehearses again at the Bardavon.

June 30, 2007 » Dylan performs at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts in Sullivan County, on the site of the Woodstock Music and Art Fair.

April 7, 2008 » Dylan becomes the first rock musician to win a Pulitzer Prize. He is awarded a citation “for his profound impact on popular music and American culture,” according to www.pulitzer.org.

April 28, 2009 » Dylan releases “Together Through Life.”

July 18, 2009 » Dylan performs at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts.

Oct. 13, 2009 » Dylan releases “Christmas In The Heart.”

Nov. 16, 2010 » Dylan performs at the Mid-Hudson Civic Center in Poughkeepsie.

Oct. 13, 2016 » Dylan wins the Nobel Prize in Literature.