- 1919
| Jul 07 | (Chicago 7) William Kunstler defense attorney: Tom Hayden, Chicago Seven, Abbie Hoffman, is born. | Ref: 4 |
- 1923
| Oct 05 | Philip Berrigan militant priest (Chicago 7), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1936
| Nov 30 | (Chicago 7) Abbie Hoffman aka Free, Yippie/activist/author (Steal this Book), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1939
| Dec 11 | Tom Hayden 60's activist/Mr Jane Fonda/(Representative-D-CA), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1967
| Oct 10 | (Chicago 7) (day unspecified) Abbie Hoffman is arrested while attempting to measure the Pentagon. | Ref: 87 |
| Dec 10 | (Chicago 7) (day unspecified) Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin meet to discuss possibility of having demonstrations at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. | Ref: 87 |
- 1968
| Jan 24 | (Chicago 7) The National Mobilization Committee (MOBE) meets in New York to discuss possible demonstrations in Chicago. Dellinger, Rennie Davis, and Tom Hayden are in attendence. | Ref: 87 |
| Mar 17 | (Chicago 7) A press conference is held to announce that the Yippies will sponsor a "Festival of Life" in Chicago during the upcoming Democratic Convention. | Ref: 87 |
| Mar 20 | (Chicago 7) A federal grand jury indicts the Chicago Eight. | |
| Mar 23 | (Chicago 7) A meeting sponsored by MOBE is held near Chicago to debate whether to hold demonstrations at the Convention. In attendence are Dellinger, Rennie Davis, Tom Hayden, Abbie Hoffman, and Jerry Rubin. | Ref: 87 |
| Mar 26 | (Chicago 7) Yippies submit application for demonstrations to Chicago Parks Department. | Ref: 87 |
| Apr 09 | (Chicago 7) The Chicago Eight are arraigned. | |
| Apr 11 | (Chicago 7) Amid concerns about rising protests of the Viet Nam War, Congress enacts the Anti-Riot Act of 1968. | Ref: 87 |
| Aug 05 | (Chicago 7) Deputy Mayor Stahl indicates his unwillingness to grant permit application for sleeping in Chicago parks. | Ref: 87 |
| Aug 09 | (Chicago 7) A National Mobilization Committee meeting is held in Chicago to discuss planned demonstrations. Rennie Davis allegedly suggests disrupting traffic and creating havoc in the Loop. | Ref: 87 |
| Aug 14 | (Chicago 7) ACLU suit seeking an injunction requiring issuance of permit is withdrawn after hearing amid concerns that court might instead enjoin demonstrators. | Ref: 87 |
| Aug 22 | (Chicago 7) Rennie Davis tells city officials it would be "suicide" not to allow demonstrators to sleep in city parks. | Ref: 87 |
| Aug 23 | (Chicago 7) Classes are held in Lincoln Park on karate, snake dancing, and other means of self-defense. Police post "11 p.m. curfew" signs in park trees. | Ref: 87 |
| Aug 24 | (Chicago 7) A meeting is held to discuss whether to obey city's 11 p.m. curfew. | Ref: 87 |
| Aug 25 | (Chicago 7) Police club persons attending a music festival in Lincoln Park who refuse to leave at curfew. Rennie Davis and Tom Hayden meet to lead march to the Conrad Hilton, the main Convention hotel. At 9 p.m., police confront and attack some demonstrators. Jerry Rubin allegedly urges demonstrators to attack police. At 10:30 p.m., two police officers observe Tom Hayden letting the air out of tires of their police car. | Ref: 87 |
| Aug 26 | (Chicago 7) Abbie Hoffman calls Deputy Mayor Stahl to protest decision to forcibly drive people out of park. Hayden is arrested in the afternoon for the squad car incident. Hoffman and Jerry Rubin allegedly urge demonstrators to hold Lincoln Park. Rennie Davis urges demonstrators "Don't let the pigs take the hill (high ground near a statue in the park)."About 3,000 demonstrators gathered in park for chanting, singing songs, and talking are attacked by police with clubs and tear gas after 11 p.m. curfew. | Ref: 87 |
| Aug 27 | (Chicago 7) Allan Ginsberg leads a sunrise service that includes chanting, prayers, and meditation. About 4000 gather at a rally in the Chicago Coliseum to hear David Dellinger, Abbie Hoffman, folksinger Phil Ochs, novelist William Burroughs and others. A planned march to the Amphitheatre, site of the Democratic National Convention, is discussed. Bobby Seale addressed a crowd of about 2,000 in Lincoln Park. Seale's address is observed by undercover police officer Robert Pierson. At 11:20 p.m. in Lincoln Park, police charge and beat demonstrators. Some enraged demonstrators smash windows and streetlights. Violent encounters between police and demonstrators occur in the streets near Grant Park. | Ref: 87 |
| Aug 28 | (Chicago 7) Hoffman is arrested while having breakfast for having the word "Fuck" on his forehead. David Dellinger, Bobby Seale, Rennie Davis, and Tom Hayden address 10,000 to 15,000 demonstrators at the bandshell in Grant Park, opposite the Hilton. Democrats nominate Hubert Humphrey as their candidate for President. David Dellinger announces that he will lead a march to the Amphitheatre. The march is stopped by police. Demonstators are attacked by police with tear gas and clubs at Balbo and Michigan and other locations in the area. | Ref: 87 |
| Aug 29 | (Chicago 7) Senator Eugene McCarthy, Dick Gregory are among others who address a crowd in Grant Park. Abbie Hoffman allegedly proposes the kidnapping of Superintendent Rochford. | Ref: 87 |
- 1969
| Mar 19 | (Chicago 7) Chicago 8 indicted in aftermath of Chicago Democratic convention. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 20 | (Chicago 7) A federal grand jury indicts the Chicago Eight. | Ref: 87 |
| Apr 09 | (Chicago 7) The Chicago Eight are arraigned. | Ref: 87 |
| Aug 10 | (Chicago 7) (day unspecified) Bobby Seale is arrested in connection with Connecticut charges of murder. | Ref: 87 |
| Sep 24 | (Chicago 7) The trial of the Chicago Eight begins in Chicago before Judge Julius Hoffman. | Ref: 3 |
| Oct 09 | (Chicago 7) The National Guard was called into Chicago again, this time to disperse the Chicago 8 supporters and demonstrators outside the courthouse. | Ref: 3 |
| Oct 29 | (Chicago 7) (through November 3rd) Because of his courtroom outbursts, Bobby Seale is ordered bound and gagged. | Ref: 87 |
- 1970
| Feb 14 | (Chicago 7) The case goes to the jury. | Ref: 87 |
| Feb 18 | (Chicago 7) The jury returns its verdict, finding five of the seven defendants guilty of violating the Anti-Riot Act of 1968. Froines and Weiner are acquitted. | Ref: 3 |
| Feb 20 | (Chicago 7) Judge Hoffman sentences the convicted defendants. | Ref: 87 |
- 1974
| Jan 10 | (Chicago 7) (date unknown) Hoffman has plastic surgery and goes underground in upstate New York for seven years to avoid trial on cocaine charges. He serves a sentence in a work-release program in 1981-82. | Ref: 87 |
- 1983
| Jul 01 | (Chicago 7) Judge Julius Hoffman dies. (Ref: "Who Was Who In America" Vol VIII, 1982-1985, ISBN 0-8379-0214-2, 1985) | |
- 1986
| Aug 01 | (Chicago 7) Tom Hayden, state senator, is a California delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Rennie Davis, activist and personal growth lecturer, is also in town. | |
- 1989
| Apr 12 | (Chicago 7) Abbie Hoffman activist: 1960s cultural revolutionary [Yippie]; one of the Chicago Eight; author: Revolution for the Hell of It, Steal this Book; is found dead at his home in New Hope, PA of an apparent suicide, at age 52. (TWA, 1990) | Ref: 95 |
- 1994
| Nov 28 | (Chicago 7) Jerry Rubin, the 1960s war protester, died in Los Angeles at 56, two weeks after he was hit by a car. | Ref: 70 |
- 1995
| Sep 14 | (Chicago 7) William Kunstler defense attorney: Tom Hayden, Chicago Seven, Abbie Hoffman, dies. | Ref: 68 |
- 1998
| Aug 27 | (Chicago 7) David Dellinger, aged 83, is arrested while demonstrating at a nuclear reactor. | Ref: 87 |
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The Chicago Seven Trial Chronology