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| January 10 | Aynsley Dunbar is born in Liverpool, England |
| June 17 | Gregg Rolie is born in Seattle, Washington |
| January 22 | Steve Perry is born in Hanford, California. The only child of Raymond and Mary Perry |
| February 2 | Ross Valory is born in San Francisco, California |
| February 5 | Walter Herbie Herbert is born. (Note: Birth year unconfirmed) |
| February 26 | Jonathan Cain is born in Chicago, Illinois. Eldest of three sons of Leonard and Nancy. |
| May 7 | Prairie Prince is born in Charlotte, North Carolina. |
| February 27 | Neal Schon is born in Midwest City, Oklahoma. Only child of Matthew and Barbara Schon |
| August 21 | Steve Smith is born in Boston, Massachusetts |
| ? | Jonathan Cain starts taking accordion lessons |
| January 30 | Steve Augeri is born in Brooklyn, New York. |
| August 17 | Deen Castronovo is born in Portland, Oregon. |
| ? | Ross Valory and George Tickner join the band Frumious Bandersnatch (with Herbie Herbert as their manager). |
| ? | Carlos Santana, Gregg Rolie, and David Brown form the Santana Blues Band. |
| ? | Frumious Bandersnatch release their only EP (title unknown), which consisted of three songs |
| ? | The Santana Blues Band rename themselves as Santana and make their debut at San Francisco's Fillmore West. |
| April 4 | Santana and Frumious Bandersnatch play together at the Carousal Ballroom, San Francisco. |
| August ? | Santana appears on stage at Woodstock. |
| August | Santana's success at Woodstock leads to a record deal with Columbia Records. |
| ? | Santana releases their debut, self-titled album. |
| September 27 | The album, Santana, hits the Billboard chart and peaks at #4. |
| ? | Future Journey manager, Irving Azoff, graduates from University of Illinois |
| ? | Santana releases their second album Abraxas |
| October 10 | Santana's album, Abraxas, hits the Billboard chart and peaks at #1 for six (6) consecutive weeks. |
| ? | At age 15, Neal Schon meets Santana and jams with them in the studio |
| ? | Neal sits in with Derek and the Dominoes while performing at the Berkeley Community Theater |
| ? | Eric Clapton asks Neal to join his band (Derek and the Dominoes), but he declines |
| ? | Carlos Santana asks Neal to join his band and accepts the offer |
| ? | Ross Valory joins Steve Miller Band and release the album Rock Love |
| ? | Santana releases Santana III |
| October 16 | Santana III hits the Billboard chart and peaks at #1 for five (5) consecutive weeks. |
| ? | Santana releases Carvanserai |
| November 11 | Carvanserai hits the Billboard charts and peaks at #8. |
| ? | Problems develop in Santana resulting in the departure of Neal, Gregg, and Herbie (72?) |
| ? | Gregg returns to Seattle and opens a restaurant business (72?) |
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