Timeline

This page is meant to be an in-depth timeline of Bob Dylan 's recording sessions, live dates, and everything in-between. If the list misses anything, feel free to add it! This list currently has 0 sessions. This list currently has 0 live shows. This list currently has 6 events. This list currently has 6 entries.

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1873
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May 24
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+	Zigman Zimmerman, the paternal grandfather of Bob Dylan is born in Odessa, Russia (now Odessa, Ukraine). Bob never meets Zigman. It is also said he could have been born in 1875, but official graves are marked as 1873. −	Bob Dylan is born (as Robert Allen Zimmerman) in St. Mary's Hospital, located in Duluth, Minnesota.

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Zigman Zimmerman, the paternal grandfather of Bob Dylan is born in Odessa, Russia (now Odessa, Ukraine). Bob never meets Zigman. It is also said he could have been born in 1875, but official graves are marked as 1873.



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Anna Zimmerman (nee Greenstein), the paternal grandmother of Bob, is born in Odessa, Russia.

October
Benjamin D. Stone, the maternal grandfather of Bob, is born in an unknown location in Lithuania.

December 10
Florence S. Stone (nee Edelstein), the maternal grandmother of Bob, is born in Kağızman, Turkey on December 10, 1892.

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The parents of Florence S., B.H. Edelstein and Libbe Edelstein (nee Yaffa) move to Duluth, Minnesota. B.H. operates a string of successful movie theatres and the young Beatrice meets other Jews in the Twin Cities, most often Lithuanian ones.

November
In November, Czar Nicholas II blames Jewish people for the problems in Russia, sparking mass pogroms and anti-Jewish hate rallies to spark in Russia. This eventually reaches Odessa, where a newly married Zigman and Anna reside. 50,000 Czarists smash up the streets of Odessa and kill at least thousands of Jews. Specifically in Odessa, about 1,000 Jews were murdered by a variety of weapons: including people's hands. Zigman, doing the natural thing, fled the country and promised his family he would get them when he found a place to reside.

Luckily, he found a Jew-friendly spot in Duluth, Minnesota: which is very much like Odessa. Duluth, a port town, was good for Zigman to stretch his arms and open businesses, as well as have the same climate as his homeland. Zigman eventually sends for his wife Anna and two children, Marian Kenner (nee Zimmerman; born October 15, 1903) and Paul Zimmerman (born November 21, 1905). On July 4, 1909, Zigman's third child, Jack Zimmerman, was born in Duluth, making him the first-born Zimmerman in America.

October 19
Bob Dylan's father, Abram Zimmerman, is born in Duluth, Minnesota to Zigman and Anna. Abram was most commonly known as 'Abe', and was a very musical and athletic child. As a child, he would shine shoes and sell newspapers to help the family in the growing anti-Semitic climate. When he was a teenager, he formed a small band with sister Marian on piano and Abe + Jack on dual violin.

June 13
Beatrice Zimmerman (nee Stone) is born to Benjamin and Florance Stone in Hibbing, Minnesota.