Green Day: Timeline of Major Events
1987
October 17 - Green Day performs for the first time at Rod's Hickory Pit in Vallejo, California
[Unknown Date] - One Planet One People by The Lookouts is released
1989
May [Unknown Date] - Spy Rock Road by The Lookouts is released
May 26 - 1,000 Hours (EP) by Green Day is released
1990
April 13 - 39/Smooth by Green Day is released
July 4 - Billie Joe Armstrong meets future wife Adrienne for the first time
Summer [Unknown Date] - Slappy (EP) by Green Day is released
August [Unknown Date] - Sweet Children (EP) by Green Day is released
1991
July 1 - 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours by Green Day is released
December 17 - Kerplunk by Green Day is released
[Unknown Date] - Tründle and Spring (EP) by Pinhead Gunpowder is released
1992
May 28 - On the Radio by Green Day is released
[Unknown Date] - Fahizah (EP) by Pinhead Gunpowder is released
1994
February 1 - Dookie by Green Day is released
June 14 - Dookie is certified Gold in the US (500,00 units)
July [Unknown Date] - Jump Salty by Pinhead Gunpowder is released
July 2 - Billie Joe Armstrong marries Adrienne Nesser
August 14 - Green Day plays at Woodstock ‘94
August 17 - Dookie is certified Platinum in the US (1 million units)
September 9 - Green Day performs a free show organized by WFNX and dozens are injured or arrested when it’s shut down early
September 20 - Dookie is certified 2x Multi-Platinum in the US (2 million units)
November 16 - Dookie is certified 3x Multi-Platinum in the US (3 million units)
December [Unknown Date] - Carry the Banner (EP) by Pinhead Gunpowder is released
1995
January 5 - Dookie is certified 4x Multi-Platinum in the US (4 million units)
January 12 - Tre Cool’s first child, Ramona Isabel Wright, is born
January 20 - Dookie is certified 5x Multi-Platinum in the US (5 million units)
February 8 - Dookie is certified 6x Multi-Platinum in the US (6 million units)
February 28 - Billie Joe Armstrong’s first child, Joseph Marciano Armstrong, is born
March 1 - Green Day wins the Grammy for Best Alternative Music Performance for Dookie
May 31 - Dookie is certified 8x Multi-Platinum in the US (8 million units)
June 28 - 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours is certified Gold in the US (500,00 units); Kerplunk is certified Gold in the US (500,00 units)
October 10 - Insomniac by Green Day is released
November 21 - Billie Joe Armstrong is arrested for indecent exposure after a show in Milwaukee
[Unknown Date] - Billie Joe Armstrong comes out as bisexual
1996
January 8 - Insomniac is certified Platinum in the US (1 million units)
February 27 - Insomniac is certified 2x Multi-Platinum in the US (2 million units)
May 3 - Dookie is certified 9x Multi-Platinum in the US (9 million units)
July 25 - Bowling Bowling Bowling Parking Parking (EP) by Green Day is released
December 20 - Mike Dirnt’s first child, Estelle Desiree, is born
1997
February 25 - Goodbye Ellston Avenue by Pinhead Gunpowder is released
April 25 - Foot In Mouth (EP) by Green Day is released
October 14 - Nimrod by Green Day is released
November 11 - Green Day causes thousands of dollars in damage at Tower Records in New York after spray painting the store walls, spraying beer over CD racks, and destroying equipment
November 16 - Green Day guest star on an episode of King Of The Hill
1998
1999
February 8 - Dookie is certified Diamond in the US (10 million units)
March 30 - Shoot the Moon (EP) by Pinhead Gunpowder is released
2000
March 16 - Nimrod is certified 2x Multi-Platinum in the US (2 million units)
May 16 - Dillinger Four / Pinhead Gunpowder (EP) by Pinhead Gunpowder is released
June 6 - Pinhead Gunpowder (EP) by Pinhead Gunpowder is released
June 27 - 8 Chords, 328 Words (EP) by Pinhead Gunpowder is released
October 3 - Warning by Green Day is released
December 1 - Warning is certified Gold in the US (500,00 units)
2001
February 11 - Tre Cool’s second child, Frankito Wright, is born
August 28 - Green Day wins the Kerrang! award for Classic Songwriter
November 13 - International Superhits! by Green Day is released
2002
January 8 - International Superhits! is certified Gold in the US (500,000 units)
July 2 - Shenanigans by Green Day is released
2003
August 8 - Kerplunk is certified Platinum in the US (1 million units)
September 30 - Money Money 2020 by The Network is released
October 21 - Compulsive Disclosure by Pinhead Gunpowder is released
2004
August 25 - Green Day wins the Hall of Fame Kerrang! award
September 21 - American Idiot by Green Day is released
November 10 - American Idiot is certified Platinum in the US (1 million units)
2005
January 18 - American Idiot is certified 2x Multi-Platinum in the US (2 million units)
February 13 - Green Day wins the Grammy for Best Rock Album for American Idiot and Best Musical Theatre Album for American Idiot Original Broadway Cast Recording
February 17 - American Idiot is certified 3x Multi-Platinum in the US (3 million units)
April 3 - Green Day wins the Juno award for Best International Album of the Year for American Idiot
August 22 - American Idiot is certified 4x Multi-Platinum in the US (4 million units)
August 25 - Green Day wins the Kerrang! awards for Best Band on the Planet and Best Live Band
September 8 - International Superhits! is certified Platinum in the US (1 million units)
November 15 - Bullet in a Bible by Green Day is released
November 22 - Green Day wins the AMAs for Favorite Pop/Rock Album for American Idiot and Favorite Alternative Artist
December 7 - Green Day wins the Billboard Music Awards for Rock Song of the Year for Boulevard Of Broken Dreams, Group of the Year, Pop Group of the Year, Hot 100 Group of the Year, Rock Artist of the Year, and Modern Rock Artist of the Year
2006
2007
July 27 - Green Day appears in The Simpsons Movie
2008
April 22 - Stop Drop And Roll!!! by Foxboro Hot Tubs is released
August 19 - West Side Highway (EP) by Pinhead Gunpowder is released
October 11 - Mike Dirnt’s second child, Brixton Michael, is born
2009
March 14 - Mike Dirnt marries Brittney Cade
May 15 - 21st Century Breakdown by Green Day is released
June 16 - Kick Over the Traces by Pinhead Gunpowder is released
June 25 - 21st Century Breakdown is certified Gold in the US (500,00 units)
September 15 - American Idiot (musical) officially opens at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre
November 22 - Green Day wins the AMA for Alternative Rock Artist
2010
April 20 - American Idiot: The Original Broadway Cast Recording is released; the musical premieres on Broadway
June 8 - Green Day: Rock Band is released for X-Box, Playstation & Wii
September 28 - Billie Joe Armstrong plays St. Jimmy on Broadway for the first of 76 performances
November 29 - Mike Dirnt’s third child, Ryan Ruby Mae, is born
2011
February 17 - 21st Century Breakdown is certified Platinum in the US (1 million units)
March 21 - Awesome as Fuck by Green Day is released
2012
August 14 - Oh Love (EP) by Green Day is released
September 25 - ¡Uno! by Green Day is released
November 13 - ¡Dos! by Green Day is released
December 11 - ¡Tré! by Green Day is released
2013
January 24 - American Idiot is certified 6x Multi-Platinum in the US (6 million units)
September 24 - ¡Cuatro! is released
November 25 - Foreverly by Billie Joe Armstrong and Norah Jones is released
2014
April 19 - Demolicious by Green Day is released
September 27 - Like Sunday, Like Rain costarring Billie Joe Armstrong is released
October 11 - Tre Cool marries Sara Rose Lipert
2015
April 18 - Fall Out Boy inducts Green Day into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
October 8 - Heart Like a Hand Grenade, a documentary about the recording of American Idiot, is released
2016
October 7 - Revolution Radio by Green Day is released
October 14 - Ordinary World starring Billie Joe Armstrong is released
2017
May 31 - Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk executive produced by Green Day is released
November 17 - Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band by Green Day is released
2018
April 12 - The Longshot EP by The Longshot is released
April 20 - Love Is for Losers by The Longshot is released
December 27- Tre Cool’s third child, Mickey Otis Wright, is born
2019
April 13 - Woodstock 1994 by Green Day is released
