Lafe Schoenberg is born - 1818

Lafe marries Fannie - 1848

Simon "Sam" Marx is born - 1861

Minna "Minnie" is born - 1865

Sam Marx (age 17) emigrates from
Alsace-Lorraine to New York City - 1878

Schoenburg family emigrates
from Dornum, Germany, to
New York City (Minnie is 15) - 1880

Sam and Minnie meet - 1882

Sam and Minnie marry (Sam is 23,
Minnie is 19) - 1884

Manfred Marx is born,
dies in infancy - 1885-1888

Chico is born - 1887

Harpo is born - 1888

Margaret Dumont is born - 1889

Groucho is born - 1890

Marx family moves from East
78th Street to East 93rd Street - 1890

Gummo is born - 1897

Fannie Schoenberg dies - 1898

Zeppo is born - 1901

Groucho enters show business - 1905

The Three Nightingales' debut - 1909

Marx family moves to Chicago - 1910

Fun in High Skule - 1912

Mr Green's Reception - 1913

Home Again - 1914

Gummo joins the Army, Zeppo
joins the act - 1918

The Cinderella Girl - 1918

Home Again opens at the Palace
in New York - 1919

Marx family moves back to
New York - 1919

Groucho meets Ruth Johnson - 1919

Lafe Schoenberg dies (age 101) - 1919

Groucho marries Ruth (Groucho is 30,
Ruth is 19) - 1920

Arthur is born - 1921

Humor Risk shot in New Jersey,
lost in New York - 1921

On the Mezzanine Floor - 1921

I'll Say She Is opens in Philadelphia - 1923

I'll Say She Is opens in New York - 1924

Too Many Kisses, M-G-M film
with Harpo - 1925

The Cocoanuts - 1925

Miriam is born - 1927

Animal Crackers - 1928

The Cocoanuts filmed by Paramount - 1929

Minnie Marx dies - (age 64) - 1929

Beds serialized in College Humor - 1929

Beds published - 1930

Animal Crackers filmed by Paramount - 1930

Marx family moves to California - 1931

1931 Varieties in London - 1931

Monkey Business - 1931

Horse Feathers - 1932

Duck Soup - 1933

Zeppo quits the act,
starts an agency - 1933

Sam Marx dies - (age 72) - 1933

Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel
on radio - 1934

Groucho appears in stage presentation
of Twentieth Century - 1934

A Night at the Opera - 1935

A Day at the Races - 1937

The King and the Chorus Girl - 1937

Room Service - 1938

The Kellog Show, on radio - 1939

At the Circus - 1939

Go West - 1940

The Big Store - 1941

Marx Brothers announce
"retirement" - 1942

Groucho and Ruth divorce - 1942

Many Happy Returns published - 1942

Groucho meets Cathrine
Marvis Gorcey - 1943

The Pabst Show, on radio - 1943

Groucho marries Kay
(Groucho is 55, Kay is 24) - 1945

Melinda is born - 1946

A Night in Casablanca - 1946

You Bet Your Life, on radio - 1947

Copacabana - 1947

Time for Elizabeth - 1948

Love Happy - 1949

You Bet Your Life wins
Peabody award - 1949

Mr Music - 1950

You Bet Your Life has debut on Television - 1950

Groucho and Kay divorce - 1951

Double Dynamite - 1951

A Girl in Every Port - 1952

Groucho meets Eden Hartford - 1952

Groucho marries Eden Hartford
(Groucho is 64, Eden is 20) - 1954

Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? - 1957

The Story of Mankind - 1957

Groucho stars in Time for Elizabeth
in summer stock - 1957-1960

The Incredible Jewell Robbery - 1959

Groucho and Me published - 1959

The Mikado - 1960

Chico dies (age 74) - 1961

You Bet Your Life ends on NBC - 1961

Tell It to Groucho, CBS - 1962

Harpo dies (age 75) - 1964

Memoirs of a Mangy Lover
published - 1963

Hollywood Palace TV appearance
with Margaret Dumont - 1965

Margaret Dumont dies - 1965

The Groucho Letters published - 1967

Skidoo, directed by
Otto Preminger - 1968

Groucho and Eden divorce - 1969

Minnie's Boys - 1970

Groucho meets Erin Fleming - 1971

Groucho suffers major heart attack, strokes - 1971

Ames Iowa, concert - 1972

Carnegie Hall - 1972

Cannes Film Festival honors Groucho and he recieves French Legion of Honor Commandeur dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres - 1972

Groucho awarded special Oscar - 1974

Groucho and Erin appear on Bill Cosby Show - 1974

Groucho Marx Day declared by the City of Los Angeles on his birthday - 1975

Bob Hope special, on TV 1976

Gummo dies (age 80) - 1977

Court battle over conservatorship - 1977

Groucho dies, August 19th (age 86) - 1977

J. Bradley Main visits Groucho at Eden Memorial Park - 1998