The year of the Normandy landings.
	December 31, 1944	Mayer and Margaret Dunetz's third daughter, Arlyn Sharon Dunetz born in New York.
	The year of the Roswell incident.
	June 14, 1947	John Lee Bottom born.
	The year of the Apollo 11 moon landing.
	September 13, 1969	The wedding of John Bottom and Arlyn Dunetz takes place in California.
	The year of anti-war demonstrations.
	Sunday, August 23, 1970	River Jude Bottom born near Metolius, Oregon at 12:03pm.
	The year the Aswan Dam, Egypt is completed.
	The year of Watergate.
	The year of the worldwide energy crisis.
	Saturday, March 31, 1973	River's first sibling, Rain Joan of Arc born in Crockett, Texas at 9:47pm - six days earlier than expected. At eleven, she would extend her name to Rainbow.
	The year President Nixon resigns.
	Monday, October 28, 1974	River's brother, Joaquin Rafael born in Puerto Rico at 6:14pm.
	The year the Khmer Rouge comes to power in Cambodia.
	December 25, 1975	For Christmas, River receives a guitar from Spanish singer Alfonso Sainz who teaches him to play.
	The year of the Tangshan, China earthquake in which 655,000 people lose their lives.
	Monday, July 5, 1976	River's second sister, Libertad Mariposa (or Liberty Butterfly) born in Caracas, Venezuela at 11:03am.
	The year Elvis Presley died.
	August 23, 1977	River spends his seventh birthday in poverty.
	The year a Soviet fighter shoots down a Korean passenger airliner.
	1978	River's brother, Joaquin, the only child without a 'nature name' would change his first name to Leaf.
	November 1978	The Bottom family return to the United States.
	Sunday, December 10, 1978	River's third sister, Summer Joy born at 2:34am. A late birth, Summer was actually due on November 30.
	The year of the Three Mile Island accident.
	March 1979	John Bottom suffers a back injury. River and Rain begin entering local talent contests.
	April 2, 1979	John changes the family name to Phoenix.
	May 1979	River and Rain bring the audience to their feet at the Hernando Fiesta.
	June 1979	The family receives a letter inviting them to audition at Paramount Studios.
	The year John Lennon was killed.
	1980	River and his sister sing to the audience as a warm-up act for the TV show Real Kids.
	1980	River has his first appearance on a TV show Fantasy singing with his sister Rain.
	The year of the IBM PC and the Charles and Diana wedding.
	The year of the Falkland Islands Invasion.
	September 19, 1982	NBC broadcasts the first TV episode of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers in which River appears as Guthrie McFadden.
	The year of Cabbage Patch Dolls and the "Just Say No" campaign.
	March 23, 1983	Final episode of the TV adaptation of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers airs.
	The year of the Ethiopian Famine.
	February 12, 1984	River stars as the character Jeffie in the TV movie Celebrity.
	March 1984	River stars in Backwards: The Riddle of Dyslexia to critical acclaim which leads to a major role in the TV movie Surviving: A Family in Crisis.
	September 26, 1984	The pilot episode of It's Your Move airs. River has just one line of dialogue.
	October 15, 1984	Production begins on Explorers.
	The year Mikhail Gorbachev comes to power.
	January 29, 1985	River appears briefly in Robert Kennedy and His Times.
	February 1985	Production finishes on Explorers.
	February 10, 1985	Surviving: A Family in Crisis with River cast as Philip Brogan airs on television.
	June 17, 1985	River flies to Oregon and production begins on Stand By Me. Filming takes two months.
	July 1985	Explorers released.
	November 14, 1985	River appears in an episode of Family Ties playing the character of Eugene Forbes.
	The year of Chernobyl.
	May 1986	River meets Martha Plimpton for the first time. Both take an instant dislike to each other.
	October 12, 1986	River appears in his last ever TV movie Circle of Violence: A Family Drama. He plays the character of Chris Benfield.
	End of 1986	River and his father travel to Belize for The Mosquito Coast. Filming takes six weeks.
	The year Brazil burns 80,000 square miles of Amazon rain forest in just 79 days.
	January 1987	Production begins on Little Nikita.
	August 1987	River returns with his family to their new house in Gainesville, Florida to recharge his batteries after completing Running on Empty.
	The year 25,000 die in the Armenian earthquake.
	February 1988	A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon released.
	June 1988	The Phoenix family move to a 20 acre spread at Micanopy, 12 miles from Gainesville.
	September 9, 1988	Running on Empty goes on general release.
	Christmas 1988	Aleka's Attic give their first concert.
	The year the Berlin Wall fell and the year of Tiananmen Square.
	March 29, 1989	River attends the 61st Oscar Ceremony with his mother and Martha Plimpton.
	April 10, 1989	Production begins on I Love You To Death on location at Tacoma, Washington. The work continues during the summer in Hollywood.
	Christmas 1989	Keanu Reeves drives from his home in Canada to Florida to show River the script for My Own Private Idaho.
	The year Nelson Mandela was released.
	January 1990	Aleka's Attic travels to Charlotte, North Carolina to record a song for a new album to benefit the charity PETA.
	May 1990	River journeys to Seattle for Dogfight.
	June 1990	Five months before production begins on My Own Private Idaho, River flies to Portland, Oregon to research gay hustling.
	Summer 1990	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is released.
	September 1990	River travels to Washington D.C. to accept the Humanitarian Award from PETA for his fundraising activities.
	November 1990	River returns to Portland, Oregon to join the cast of My Own Private Idaho.
	December 1990	Production of My Own Private Idaho moves to Seattle for two weeks before moving on to Rome, Italy.
	The year of Desert Storm.
	January 1991	River has to be restrained after attacking and kicking a fan who tried to take his photograph.
	August 1991	River returns to the family estate in Gainesville to celebrate his 21st birthday.
	September 1991	River attends the New York premier of Dogfight.
	October 28, 1991	Filming begins in Los Angeles for Sneakers.
	The year of the Los Angeles Riots.
	March 1992	Production wraps on Sneakers.
	October 1992	River and his band plays a free concert at a pre-election rally in Gainesville for Presidential candidate Bill Clinton.
	The year River Phoenix died.
	January 1993	River's mother challenges her son about taking drugs.
	January 1993	River's relationship with Sue Solgot breaks up.
	February 19, 1993	River prepares his last will. His father receives no mention in it.
	May 24, 1993	River signs a contract for Dark Blood.
	August 1993	River and his brother and sisters fly to Costa Rica for the opening of their father's vegan restaurant.
	September 6, 1993	River flies to the village of Torrey to begin work on Dark Blood.
	October 30, 1993	River works throughout Saturday filming studio scenes for Dark Blood. He would be given tomorrow off.
	October 30, 1993	River arrives the The Viper Room and meets up with his girlfriend Samantha Mathis, his brother Joaquin and other friends.
	October 31, 1993	Just after 1:00am River is carried out of the Viper Room by Samantha Mathis and Joaquin.
	October 31, 1993	1:34am - River arrives by ambulance at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in full cardiac arrest.
	October 31, 1993	1:51am - River Phoenix is pronounced dead.
	November 25, 1993	A Memorial for River Phoenix is held at Paramount Studios.