Writer's Centre: CSI Timeline

Below is a timeline of events in the CSI universe. It's as accurate as possible, with sources listed. Please be aware that the show, the website and other sources contradict themselves.

January 19, 1952 -- Al Robbins born (official website)

March 1, 1953 -- Jim Brass born (official website)

August 17, 1956 -- Gil Grissom born (official website)

1961 -- Gil Grissom's parents divorce, specific date not provided... he was five (official website)

1962 -- Gil Grissom almost blows up house with a chemlab, specific date not given. (Crate N Burial)

March 26, 1963 -- Catherine Willows born (official website)

October 10, 1970 -- Warrick Brown born (official website)

August 18, 1971 -- Nick Stokes born (official website)

September 16, 1971 -- Sara Sidle born (official website)

May 7, 1975 -- Greg Sanders born (official website)

1977 -- Warrick Brown's mother passes away, lives with his grandmother, specific date not given. (official website) 1978 -- Gil Grissom becomes youngest coroner in L.A. history, specific date not given (official website)

1979 -- Catherine Willows leaves home at age 16 for Seattle, specific date not given. (official website, contradicts The Early Show interview on 9/05 when Marg Helgenberger states that Catherine is born and raised in Las Vegas.)

1980 -- Catherine Willows returns home, only to find she is no longer welcome, specific date not given. (official website, contradicts The Early Show interview on 9/05 when Marg Helgenberger states that Catherine is born and raised in Las Vegas.) Then she moves to Las Vegas. (official website and To Halve And To Hold, contradicts The Early Show interview on 9/05 when Marg Helgenberger states that Catherine is born and raised in Las Vegas.)

1980 -- Nick Stokes sexually abused by last minute babysitter, specific date not given. (Overload)

1982 -- Greg Sanders plays with first chemistry set, specific date not given. (official site)

1986 -- Gil Grissom recruited to the Las Vegas Crime Lab, specific date not given. (official site)

September 18, 1987 -- Catherine Willows best friend Stephanie Watson killed, Catherine is still a dancer. (Felonious Monk)

1989 -- Sara Sidle attends Harvard (official website).

1989 -- Nick Stokes member of college fraternity. (Pledging Mr. Johnson)

March 1993-- Sara Sidle joins the Mile High Club with Ken Fuller. (Unfriendly Skies)

1994 -- Lindsey Willows born (based on the age on her birthday cake in Crate N Burial where it's written "Happy 6th Birthday Lindsey")

1997 -- Warrick Brown begins working as a CSI, specific date not given. (Sounds Of Silence

2005 -- Warrick Brown marries, specific date not given.