April, 1932 -- Begins professional baseball career with the San Francisco Seals of the Pacific Coast League.
November 21, 1934 -- Purchased by New York Yankees from San Francisco Seals.
May 3, 1936 -- Collects three hits in major-league debut against the St. Louis Cardinals.
June 24, 1936 -- Ties three ML records in New York's 10-run fifth inning against the Chicago White Sox, hitting two HRs for eight total bases. With two doubles, he equals the modern record of four extra-base hits in a game, since broken.
June 13, 1937 -- Hits three homers in a game against the Browns in St. Louis.
July 9, 1937 -- Hits for the cycle against the Washington Senators at Yankee Stadium.
August 28, 1938 -- Ties a ML record with three triples in a game against St. Louis. No Yankee has had three triples in one game since.
November 6, 1938 -- Joins brothers Vince and Dom as the three DiMaggio brothers play together for the first time, making up an outfield for an all-star team in a West Coast charity game.
October 24, 1939 -- Voted American League Most Valuable Player with Jimmie Foxx the runner-up, in the BBWAA poll.
November 19, 1939 -- Marries actress Dorothy Arnold.
May 15, 1941 -- Singles once in four at-bats against Ed Smith of the Chicago White Sox to start his 56-game hitting streak.
June 17, 1941 -- Credited with a hit in his 30th consecutive game when an easy grounder to shortstop bounces up and hits Luke Appling on the shoulder.
June 29, 1941 -- Singles against Washington knuckleballer Dutch Leonard in the sixth inning in the opener of a doubleheader to tie George Sisler's AL consecutive-game hit record of 41. Collects a seventh-inning single off of Walt Masterson in the second game to set the record at 42 games.
July 1, 1941 -- Hits safely in both games of a doubleheader sweep of the Boston Red Sox to extend the streak to 44 games, tying "Wee" Willie Keeler's major-league record.
June 2, 1941 -- Homers off Boston's Dick Newsome to break Keeler's record.
July 17, 1941 -- The streak comes to a halt in Cleveland as Indians pitchers Al Smith and Jim Bagby, with the help of third baseman Ken Keltner, hold DiMaggio hitless.
November 27, 1941 -- Named AL MVP for the second time in his career as his 56-game hitting streak edges out Ted Williams and his .406 batting average by a margin of 291-254 in the voting.
Feburary 17, 1943 -- Enlists in the U.S. Army and spends the next two years playing for touring military teams.
November 27, 1947 -- Named the AL MVP for a third time, setting off a controversy. Edges Williams, the Triple Crown winner, by a single point as Williams is left off one ballot.
May 20, 1948 -- Hits for the cycle for the second time in his career at Chicago.
May 23, 1948 -- Hits three consecutive homers against Cleveland, two off future Hall of Famer Bob Feller.
February 7, 1949 -- Becomes the first player to earn six figures after signing a $100,000 contract.
March 2, 1949 -- Leaves spring training camp to have an ailing right heel examined at Johns Hopkins hospital.
June 28, 1949 -- Returns to action after missing the first 69 games of the season due to the heel injury and homers and singles in a 6-4 victory at Boston. Hits four homers in the three-game series.
June 21, 1950 -- Records his 2,000th hit, a seventh-inning single off Chick Pieretti of the Indians in an 8-2 victory.
August 11, 1950 -- Stuck in a 4-for-38 slump and batting just .279 on the year, DiMaggio is benched for the first time in his career.
September 10, 1950 -- Becomes the first player to hit three homers in one game at Washington's Griffith Stadium as the Yankees beat the Senators, 8-1.
July 8, 1951 -- Replaced in center field by Jackie Jensen in the second inning after a misplay in the first. The incident fuels a growing rift between DiMaggio and manager Casey Stengel which will ultimately lead to his retirement.
December 12, 1951 -- Officially retires at the age of 37 with 361 HRs and a career average of .325 in 13 seasons.
April, 1952 -- His uniform No. 5 is retired in a ceremony at Yankee Stadium.
January 14, 1954 -- Marries actress Marilyn Monroe
October 27, 1954 -- Marriage to Marilyn Monroe ends in divorce.
July, 1955 -- Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
June 8, 1969 -- A plaque is dedicated in his honor in Yankee Stadium's Monument Park.
September 27, 1998 -- Makes last appearance at Yankee Stadium on "Joe DiMaggio Day."
October 12, 1998 -- Admitted to Memorial Hospital in Hollywood, Florida.
March 8, 1999 -- Dies at the age of 84 in Hollywood, Florida.
