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    • Dec 14, 1886
    Charles Seeger is born in Mexico City, Mexico. He fathers folk singer/songwriter Pete Seeger, who receives songwriter credit on such country hits as Billy Grammer's "Gotta Travel On" and Jimmie Rodgers' "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine"
    May 3, 1919
    Folk singer/songwriter Pete Seeger is born in New York City. A solo performer and a member of The Weavers, he co-writes two major country hits: Billy Grammer's "Gotta Travel On" and Jimmie Rodgers' "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine"
    Jul 1, 1922
    Toshi Ohta is born in Munich, Germany. She is destined to marry "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" songwriter Pete Seeger
    Mar 3, 1940
    Woody Guthrie joins Lead Belly, Will Geer and Alan Lomax, among others, to perform at a labor union fundraiser at New York's Forrest Theater attended by Pete Seeger. The show helps launch Guthrie to prominence as a singer/songwriter
    Jul 18, 1943
    The Weavers' Pete Seeger marries Toshi Ohta
    Jun 3, 1949
    Pete Seeger and Lee Hays perform "If I Had A Hammer" publicly for the first time at St. Nicholas in New York. A 1972 version of the song by Johnny Cash & June Carter will receive a Grammy nomination
    Sep 4, 1949
    "If I Had A Hammer" songwriter Pete Seeger's car is attacked by rioters during a Ku Klux Klan-led anti-Communist demonstration in Peekskill, New York. Seeger's wife and three-year-old son are injured by shattered glass
    Jun 22, 1950
    "Red Channels," a pamphlet linking entertainment figures to Communism, is published. Among the 151 people cited are Burl Ives, Pete Seeger, Leonard Bernstein, Josh White and songwriter E.Y. Harburg
    Feb 6, 1952
    Pete Seeger is branded a member of the Communist party when actor Harvey Matusow testifies before the House Un-American Activities Committee in Washington, D.C. Seeger will net country hits as a songwriter of "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" and "Gotta Travel On"
    Aug 15, 1955
    Pete Seeger refuses to name other members of left-wing groups while testifying before the House Un-American Activities Committee on Communism in Washington, D.C. Two years later, Seeger's song "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" will become a country hit for Jimmie Rodgers
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