| 1868 |
March |
8 |
Carl Emanuel Nilsson is born in Gothenburg, Sweden. |
| 1894 |
September |
11 |
Charles Harry Nilsson is born. |
| 1896 |
April |
14 |
Carl Emanuel Nilsson receives a parent for his "Aerial Ballet" device. |
| 1917 |
January |
20 |
Harry Edward Nilsson, Jr. is born in Brooklyn, New York. |
| 1926 |
February |
16 |
John Schlesinger is born. |
| 1927 |
September |
12 |
Freddie Jones is born in Staffordshire, England. |
| 1929 |
April |
5 |
Si Litvinoff is born. |
| 1931 |
March |
27 |
John Marascalco is born in Grenada, Mississippi. |
| July |
15 |
Carl Emanuel Nilsson dies. |
| August |
23 |
Scotty Turner is born. |
| 1932 |
January |
23 |
George Tipton is born. |
| March |
4 |
Ian Freebairn-Smith is born. |
| 1936 |
July |
18 |
Tony Richland is born in New York. |
| 1937 |
September |
7 |
Margo Guryan is born. |
| John Phillip Law is born in Los Angeles, California. |
| 1938 |
November |
17 |
Jimmy Cross is born in Dothan, Alabama. |
| 1939 |
August |
14 |
Rick Jarrard is born in Waycross, Georgia |
| 1940 |
August |
9 |
Larry Knechtel is born in Bell, California. |
| September |
16 |
Bette Martin marries Harry Edward Nilsson, Jr.. |
| October |
9 |
John Lennon is born. |
| 1941 |
April |
1 |
Buck Earl is born. |
| June |
15 |
Harry Nilsson is born in Brooklyn, New York |
| 1942 |
August |
26 |
Keith Allison is born in Coleman, Texas. |
| September |
12 |
Jane Getz is born in Chicago, Illinois. |
| 1943 |
March |
25 |
Sandi McTaggart is born in Buffalo, New York. |
| December |
18 |
Bobby Keys is born in Texas. |
| 1944 |
August |
10 |
Pat Murphy is born in Los Angeles, California. |
| September |
21 |
Jesse Ed Davis is born in Norman, Oklahoma. |
| 1945 |
July |
14 |
Jim Gordon is born in Los Angeles. |
| October |
8 |
Bill Martin is born. |
| 1946 |
August |
28 |
Barbara Goldbach is born in Queens, New York. |
| September |
9 |
Paul Stallworth is born in Manila, Philippines. |
| 1947 |
March |
20 |
Roger Pope is born. |
| June |
20 |
Diane Nilsson is born in Los Angeles, California |
| 24 |
John Uribe is born. |
| 1948 |
May |
31 |
John Bonham is born. |
| September |
17 |
Roger Watkins is born in Binghampton, New York. |
| 1954 |
September |
15 |
Una O'Keeffe is born. |
| 1964 |
October |
10 |
Harry Nilsson marries Sandi McTaggart |
| 1967 |
January |
19 |
Harry Nilsson signs his first contract with RCA |
| March |
17 |
Harry Nilsson records several demos for The Monkees. |
| April |
6 |
Harry Nilsson divorces Sandi McTaggart |
| September |
20 |
Harry Nilsson records "Miss Butter's Lament." |
| December |
1 |
Harry Nilsson records "Don't Leave Me." |
| 1968 |
May |
18 |
Collage performs "The Story of Rock And Roll" on American Bandstand. |
| December |
19 |
Skidoo premieres in Miami, Florida. |
| 1969 |
January |
6 |
Harry Nilsson appears in the The Dick Cavett Show. |
| February |
3 |
Nilsson House Productions, Inc. is incorporated in California. |
| March |
29 |
Harry Nilsson appears in an episode of "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" |
| May |
25 |
Midnight Cowboy is released. |
| July |
10 |
Nilsson House Music, Inc. is incorporated in California. |
| September |
17 |
"The Courtship of Eddie's Father" premieres on ABC. |
| 27 |
A clip from Midnight Cowboy with Harry Nilsson singing "Everybody's Talkin'" is shown during Music Scene on ABC. |
| November |
23 |
Ella Fitzgerald performs "Open Your Window" on The Ed Sullivan Show. |
| December |
5 |
Harry Nilsson appears on the cover of Entertainment World magazine. |
| 31 |
Harry Nilsson marries Diane Clatworthy |
| 1970 |
March |
11 |
Harry Nilsson receives the Grammy award for "Best Contemporary-Pop Vocal Performance, Male" of 1969 |
| 1971 |
January |
17 |
Zak Nilsson is born. |
| November |
1 |
Nilsson Schmilsson is released. |
| 1972 |
January |
1 |
The BBC's In Concert series airs an episode featuring Harry Nilsson - "The Music of Nilsson." |
| February |
2 |
The Point! debuts as the ABC "Movie of the Week." |
| 19 |
Harry Nilsson's recording of "Without You" hits Number One on the Billboard Hot 100. |
| March |
3 |
Harry Nilsson receives a gold record for Nilsson Schmilsson. |
| 1973 |
February |
12 |
Harry Nilsson appears on the cover of Time Magazine. |
| March |
3 |
Ringo Starr and Harry Nilsson are presenters at the 15th Annual Grammy Awards and Nilsson takes home an award. |
| June |
10 |
BBC Two airs the "A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night" TV Special |
| November |
2 |
Ringo Starr releases his Ringo album. |
| 21 |
Harry Nilsson is photographed with John Lennon, Anne Murray, Alice Cooper, and Mickey Dolenz at the Troubadour |
| 1974 |
January |
31 |
Harry Nilsson attends a party after Bob Dylan's Madison Square Garden concert. |
| February |
21 |
Harry Nilsson was one of many guests at David Geffen's "surprise" 31st birthday party. |
| March |
12 |
Harry Nilsson and John Lennon are escorted out of the Troubadour club after heckling the Smothers Brothers. |
| 13 |
Harry Nilsson attends the AFI's tribute dinner for actor James Cagney. |
| 25 |
"The Jim Keltner Fan Club Hour" records "Too Many Cooks." |
| April |
19 |
The Son of Dracula premiere is held in Atlanta, Georgia. |
| 26 |
Harry Nilsson renews his contract with RCA |
| 28 |
Harry Nilsson joins John Lennon on stage in New York at a benefit for the March of Dimes. |
| July |
29 |
Mama Cass dies in Harry's London apartment. |
| October |
30 |
Harry Nilsson attends a party hosted by Ringo Starr after the Los Angeles premiere of That'll Be The Day. |
| November |
27 |
Son of Dracula plays for the first time in Los Angeles |
| 1975 |
June |
28 |
Harry Nilsson is a guest on Kenny Everett's Breakfast Show |
| November |
5 |
Harry Edward Nilsson, Jr. dies in Palatka, Florida. |
| 21 |
Harry Nilsson and Ringo Starr attend a live performance by David Essex for the TV show Midnight Special. |
| 1976 |
January |
4 |
Mal Evans is shot to death by the LAPD police. |
| June |
23 |
Harry Nilsson and Diane Nilsson divorce. |
| August |
12 |
Harry Nilsson and Una O'Keeffe marry in Los Angeles. |
| 1977 |
September |
11 |
David Bowie and Bing Crosby record "Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth" |
| December |
28 |
The Point! opens at the Mermaid Theatre, Puddle Dock, Blackfriars, London. Harry Nilsson attended the show on the opening night. |
| 1978 |
April |
10 |
Colin Richardson interviews Harry Nilsson. |
| May |
18 |
Sandi McTaggart dies in New York City. |
| September |
7 |
Keith Moon dies in the London apartment owned by Harry Nilsson |
| October |
8 |
Jimmy Cross dies in Hollywood, California. |
| 1979 |
August |
28 |
Harry Nilsson wins a temporary court order preventing his neighbor from installing a chain link fence. |
| November |
19 |
Harry Nilsson attended a party at celebrating the publication of Alexander Walker's book The Shattered Silents. |
| 21 |
Harry's mother dies. |
| 28 |
Ringo Starr escapes injury as the home he rented from Harry Nilsson catches on fire. |
| 1980 |
September |
17 |
Zapata opens at the Goodspeed Opera House. |
| 24 |
John Bonham dies. |
| December |
8 |
John Lennon is shot and killed by a crazed fan. |
| 1981 |
April |
27 |
Barbara Bach marries Ringo Starr. |
| October |
28 |
Harry Nilsson is one of the artists signing an ad supporting the British Phonographic Industry's call for a tax on blank tapes. |
| 1982 |
February |
13 |
Harry Nilsson attends the Shutter Foundation's anti-handgun rally outside the Hawaii State Capitol. |
| March |
27 |
Harry Nilsson hosts a gala at his home to raise funds for Wallace Albertson's campaign for the California State Assembly. |
| June |
6 |
Harry Nilsson attends the Peace Sunday rally at the Rose Bowl. |
| July |
4 |
Harry Nilsson crashes the Beach Boys July 4 concert. |
| 1983 |
April |
7 |
Cimarron Broadcasting Corporation of California is incorporated. |
| July |
21 |
Cimarron Broadcasting Corporation is incorporated. |
| August |
7 |
Harry Nilsson begins a search for the Missing Magic Flute. |
| 1984 |
January |
22 |
Olivia Nilsson is born in Agoura Hills, California. |
| May |
25 |
Harry Nilsson joins Michael Beard. Mary Travers, Terry Southern, and former congressman Robert F. Drinan at a Capitol Hill news conference. |
| October |
9 |
Harry Nilsson is one of the guests at a birthday party for Sean Lennon and his father John Lennon that aired live on WNEW-FM in New York, New York |
| 1985 |
June |
15 |
Kiefo Nilsson is born in Nyack, New York |
| July |
3 |
Harry Nilsson buys the rights to Obituaries. |
| October |
23 |
Hawkeye Entertainment, Inc, is founded on October 23, 1985. |
| Hawkeye Entertainment acquires the rights to Obituaries. |
| 1987 |
January |
13 |
The Telephone begins filming at San Francisco Studios. |
| March |
26 |
Hawkeye Entertainment announces that its IPO raised $3.5 million. |
| September |
2 |
Whoopi Goldberg files a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court against New World Pictures and director, Rip Torn, seeking an injunction to stop the release of The Telephone. |
| 1988 |
January |
22 |
The Telephone premieres in theaters. |
| February |
24 |
Harry Nilsson testifies before the Subcommittee on Crime of the Committee on the Judiciary of the United States House of Representatives in favor of a bill to implement waiting periods and background checks for handgun purchases. |
| August |
27 |
"First Impressions" debuts on CBS. |
| October |
2 |
"Mutts" airs on ABC. |
| 1989 |
August |
19 |
Harry Nilsson arrives in Australia to record his part in Paris. |
| September |
2 |
"Camp Candy" premiers on NBC. |
| 1990 |
January |
23 |
Harry Nilsson hosts a memorial tribute to Graham Chapman at the St. James Club. |
| 1992 |
September |
4 |
Harry Nilsson joins Ringo's All-Starr Band onstage at Caesars Palace and sings "Without You." |
| 1993 |
October |
27 |
"A Field of Grass" is performed publicly for the first time |
| 1994 |
January |
15 |
Harry Nilsson dies at his home in Agoura Hills near Los Angeles, California |
| 17 |
The Northridge Earthquake rocks Southern California the morning of Harry Nilsson's funeral. |
| April |
29 |
"One Last Touch of Nilsson" is published in Goldmine magazine. |
| 1995 |
February |
28 |
Personal Best - The Harry Nilsson Anthology is released. |
| March |
20 |
Zak Nilsson defends Star Trek: Voyager in a letter published in Time Magazine. |
| May |
9 |
The tribute album For the Love of Harry: Everybody Sings Nilsson is released. |
| 1996 |
October |
30 |
The Wrecker's Ball: Three Dances by Paul Taylor airs on PBS. |
| 1997 |
September |
8 |
Derek Taylor dies after a long illness. |
| 15 |
"The Thing About Harry" debuts on BBC Radio 2. |
| 1998 |
February |
15 |
A play, "Nilsson!," based on the life and music of Harry Nilsson opens at the Muziektheater in Amsterdam, Holland. |
| March |
4 |
"LA Obscura: The Architectural Photography of Julius Shulman" opens at the Fisher Gallery. |
| June |
13 |
A Celebration of the Music of Harry Nilsson - Artists pay tribute to Harry Nilsson at the Roxy in Los Angeles. |
| July |
4 |
Harry Nilsson's recording of "Without You" plays during the Boston Fireworks show. |
| December |
18 |
You've Got Mail is released to theaters in the US. |
| 2001 |
May |
4 |
Harryfest 2001 started on May 4, 2001. |
| November |
29 |
George Harrison dies in Los Angeles, California. |
| 2002 |
March |
25 |
Joseph Schermie of Three Dog Night dies on March 25, 2002. |
| December |
31 |
The Boston Rock Opera performs Harry Nilsson's classic album The Point! in concert |
| 2003 |
July |
25 |
John Schlesinger dies. |
| 2004 |
May |
3 |
"From Brooklyn to Hollywood" concert is performed in New York. |
| 2006 |
February |
4 |
Who is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?) premieres at the Santa Barbara Film Festival |
| October |
24 |
The tribute album Pussy Cats Starring the Walkmen is released. |
| 2007 |
March |
6 |
Roger Watkins dies at his home in Apalachin, New York. |
| 2008 |
May |
13 |
John Phillip Law dies in Los Angeles, California. |
| 2009 |
August |
20 |
Larry Knechtel dies of a heart attack. |
| September |
2 |
Scotty Turner dies. |
| October |
24 |
Diane Nilsson dies. |
| 2010 |
August |
13 |
WHO IS HARRY NILSSON (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?) makes a "sneak appearance" the 92YTribeca in New York. |
| 14 |
WHO IS HARRY NILSSON (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?) is shown at Beatlefest in Chicago at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare. |
| September |
10 |
WHO IS HARRY NILSSON (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?) begins a week-long theatrical run at the Cinema Village in New York. |
| 2011 |
December |
3 |
John Uribe dies. |
| 2012 |
November |
20 |
The Point: The Definitive Collector's Edition is released on DVD. |
| 2013 |
July |
18 |
Nilsson: The Life of a Singer-Songwriter is published. |
| September |
18 |
Roger Pope dies. |
| 2014 |
December |
2 |
Bobby Keys dies in Franklin, Tennessee. |
| 21 |
Patty Faralla dies at home in Santa Fe. |
| 2015 |
May |
16 |
"A Tribute to Harry Nilsson" concert is staged at The Satellite in Los Angeles, California. |
| 23 |
"Everybody's Talkin': The Music of Harry Nilsson" opens at the San Diego Repertory Theatre, |
| August |
10 |
Musicians, family, friends, and fans gather to record "Let's Put Harry in the Hall. |
| 2016 |
January |
27 |
Bill Martin dies. |
| February |
12 |
George Tipton dies. |
| May |
3 |
Rick L. Christian dies. |
| 2018 |
October |
27 |
The "Harryquins" Perform at the North Shore Yacht Club, Cincinnati, Ohio |
| 2019 |
July |
9 |
Freddie Jones dies at the age of 91. |
| 2020 |
January |
10 |
Robin Geoffrey Cable dies. |
| February |
16 |
Zak Nilsson marries Dawn Strianese in Las Vegas, Nevada. |
| July |
5 |
John Marascalco dies in Los Angeles, California. |
| 2021 |
January |
1 |
Zak Nilsson is interviewed for the Coffee Talk with ADIKA Live podcast |
| 18 |
Perry Botkin dies. |
| March |
4 |
Zak Nilsson dies after a courageous battle against cancer. |
| June |
15 |
Harry Nilsson Birthday Bash 2021 celebrates Harry Nilsson's 80th birthday. |
| October |
13 |
Rick Jarrard dies in Pine Mountain Club, California. |
| 14 |
Harry & Me is published. |
| November |
8 |
Margo Guryan dies. |
| 17 |
Keith Allison dies at his home in Sherman Oaks, California. |
| December |
10 |
Michael Nesmith dies. |
| 22 |
Paul Stallworth dies. |
| 28 |
Pat Murphy dies at his home on Vancouver Island. |
| 2022 |
March |
26 |
LCD Soundsystem's original line-up reunites, performing Harry Nilsson's "Jump into the Fire" at a party celebrating the twentieth anniversary of DFA Records |
| June |
22 |
The Long Play Lounge - East in Austin, Texas, hosts a "Harry Nilsson Tribute Night" |
| December |
26 |
Si Litvinoff dies. |
| 2023 |
March |
13 |
Drummer Jim Gordon dies at age 77. |
| July |
10 |
Bob Segarini dies. |
