A timeline of Pete Seeger's life and career

Here is an overview of Pete Seeger's life and career.

May 3, 1919: Pete Seeger is born in New York.

March 3, 1940: Seeger meets Woody Guthrie at a benefit concert for migrant workers.

1941: Pete Seeger co-creates the Almanac Singers.

June 3, 1941: "Songs for John Doe," by the Almanac Singers, appears on the Almanac Records label. The Almanac Singers are Pete Seeger, Lee Hays and Millard Lampell.

1942: Seeger is drafted into the Army; joins the Communist Party USA.

1943: Seeger marries Toshi Ohta.

1948: Pete Seeger forms the Weavers with Lee Hays, Fred Hellerman and Ronnie Gilbert; he writes "How to Play the Five-String Banjo."

1950: The Weavers score a two-sided hit with "Tzena, Tzena, Tzena" and Lead Belly's "Goodnight Irene."

December 1955: Carnegie Hall concert featuring the Weavers helps boost folk music.

March 26, 1957: As a result of his refusal to testify during the McCarthy-era Communist witch-hunts, Pete Seeger is indicted on 10 counts of contempt of Congress.

1959: The Weavers agree to record a commercial for Lucky Strike cigarettes; Seeger leaves the group.

June 8, 1963: Pete Seeger organizes a concert at Carnegie Hall to benefit the Highland Folk School in Tennnessee.

January 11, 1964: "Little Boxes," written by Malvina Reynolds and performed by Pete Seeger, reaches No. 1.

To every season, cont.

1966: Seeger helps found the organization Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, with the aim to clean the Hudson River.

1969: Seeger launches the restored sloop Clearwater.

1973: Seeger releases the critically acclaimed album "Rainbow Race."

Nov. 28-29, 1980: The Weavers reunite for two shows at Carnegie Hall.

Dec. 4, 1994: Seeger receives the Presidential Medal of the Arts, from President Bill Clinton, at the Kennedy Center in Washington.

1996: Seeger is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Arlo Guthrie and Harry Belafonte present him.

April 2000: Pete Seeger was named one of America's Living Legends by the Library of Congress.

September 2008: Seeger releases the album "At 89," which would win the Best Traditional Folk Album Grammy.

Jan. 18, 2009: Seeger, with Bruce Springsteen and Tao Rodriguez Seeger, sings "This Land Is Your Land" at Barack Obama's Inaugural concert in Washington.

May 3, 2009: Springsteen, Dave Matthews, Arlo Guthrie, Richie Havens and Warren Haynes perform a concert at Madison Square Garden to celebrate Seeger's 90th birthday. All proceeds go to Clearwater.

2010: Seeger and the Rivertown Kids (students from Beacon's J.V. Forrestal Elementary School) win a Grammy for Best Children's Album for "Tomorrow's Children."

July 9, 2013: Toshi Seeger dies at age 91.

Jan. 27, 2014: Seeger dies at age 94 in New York.

Additional information from rockhall.com, allmusic.com.