1962

Roberta Soltea’s Memoirs of a Child published.

1964

Travis Tate screens youth sport documentary “Fierce Bleachers” in Melbourne, Australia.

1967

Elsa Rodriguez stuns the fashion world with her “Plagiarist Fashion Show.”

Y Bom K Cid by Francois Pez is published. Critics declare it to be "Trash! The worst sort of plagiarist doggerel."

1968

El Bib by Roberta Soltea receives critical acclaim by the Mexican underground!

Henryetta Hoffmeister forms the Drunken Ballerina’s in Orange County, California.

1969

Roberta Soltea’s Flesh of Fire published.

1970

Travis Tate’s Fierce Bleachers banned by Belgian film festival as “plagiaristic and pathetic.” Private screenings in motel rooms included such prestigious audience members as Federico Fellini and John Waters.

1971

The Drunken Ballerina’s first album Pirouette released.

1972

The Drunken Ballerinas break up during their Midwest tour. Henryetta Hoffmeister tries to meet William S. Burroughs, but he isn’t home.

1973

First Issue of Big Mag published. Articles include the Plagiarist manifesto O Stefi Nam and a review of Fierce Bleachers with stills from the film.

1974

Joss Tangle meets Henryetta Hoffmeister. The Drunken Ballerinas reform with Tangle.

1975

The Drunken Ballerinas release their second album, It Takes U 2 Tangle. The record has mild success in the Mexican underground.

1976

Roberta & Whitler shock the art world with the release of their 7 hour taped argument.

Isabel Reznimchemko publishes first book of poems entitled And Then the Rains Came.

1979

Isabel Reznimchemko arrested for public drunkenness in New York City.

1981

Drunken Ballerinas release third album Dancing in the Darkness.

1982

Roberta Soltea spanks Andy Warhol at a public event, calling him a “Plagiarist wannabe.”

Henryetta Hoffmeister meets Roberta Soltea at Chicago Airport. (It’s not known whether it was at the Midway or O’Hare airport. – the editors)

Joss Tangle leaves Drunken Ballerinas for solo career as a dancing clown.

Bouvard Pecuchet meets Roberta Soltea in the public restroom of the New York Public Library.

1983

Roberta Soltea runs for president on the Plagiarist ballot. Using stock footage of the ’82 election, she takes over the world.

Isabel Reznimchemko arrested for public drunkenness and obscenity in New York City.

1984

Drunken Ballerina’s unite with other musicians and artists in a nationally televised performance of You Are The World (Yeah, You).

Roberta Soltea publishes her novel Flesh of Fire to critical acclaim.

1985

Whitler Pratphall invents all previous art movements in nationally televised conversation with Johnny Carson.

1986

Joss Tangle dies in a circus chair act. His body is subpoenaed for an autopsy. FBI claims he was a vegan terrorist.

1987

Roberta Soltea leaves Plagiarist movement, claiming she never bought it from the beginning and was only in it for the money, fame, and intellectual prestige.

1988

Bouvard Pecuchet’s collected poems The Plagiarist Years: 1982 – 1986 published by Chaos House Press.

Drunken Ballerinas break up for the final time.

Elsa Rodriguez is tragically drowned in a Jet Ski accident near Clearwater, Florida.

1989

Roberta Soltea claims to have coined the term “glasnost” in an interview with Oprah Winfrey.

1991

Whitler Pratphall hospitalized for brain tumor.

1992

Roberta Soltea ceases publication of Big Mag.

1993

Smokey Blooms publishes memoir, My Life as a Plagiarist Kitten.

1994

Isabel Reznimchemko publishes collected works, That Was When It Came: 1974 – 1987.

1995

Whitler Pratphall dies of brain cancer.

1997

A.P. Orria discovers ancient texts of only female Pre-Socratic philosopher, Thuraganeia.

1998

A.P. Orria self-publishes Thuraganeia.

1999

Roberta Soltea revives publication of BIG MAG Magazine and dedicates it to the Sensationalist movement.

2000

Max Blankige releases 35mm film documentary on Plagiarists, That’s What I Said.

2002

A.P. Orria discovers Whitler Pratphall’s lost diary in the New York Public Library restroom, 2^nd floor.

2003

The Diary of Whitler Pratphall and A Brief History of the Plagiarist Movement are published by Paper Waster Press.