1977: Jerry Sandusky, recently promoted to defensive coordinator at Penn State, forms "The Second Mile," an organization with the mission of helping troubled young boys, particularly those from absent or dysfunctional families.
Jan. 1, 1982: Penn State wins its first national championship with a 27-23 win over No. 1 Georgia.
Jan. 2, 1987: Sandusky's punishing defense intercepts Heisman-winning quarterback Vinny Testaverde five times, lifting Penn State to a 14-10 upset of No. 1 Miami and the school's second national title.
October 1987: In an interview with NBC News, Sandusky discusses his affinity for working with children: "I enjoy being around children. I enjoy their enthusiasm. I just have a good time with them."
November 1990: Praise for The Second Mile's work with children is widespread. President George H.W. Bush names The Second Mile one of his 1,000 points of light.
** 1994: Sandusky meets one of his earliest alleged victims, a 10-year-old boy identified as Victim 7, through the Second Mile program. Several years later, Sandusky invites the boy to football games at Penn State and State College Area High School, according to a grand jury report. Victim 7, the report says, enjoys going on the field at Penn State, interacting with players and eating with them at the team's dining hall. He stays overnight at Sandusky's home before going with him to Penn State home games. At times, the boy testifies, Sandusky puts his hand on the boy's left thigh while driving, on several occasions puts his hand down the waistband of the boy's pants and showers with the boy in the team's locker facility.
Jan. 2, 1995: Penn State completes its last undefeated season with a 38-20 win over Oregon in the Rose Bowl. The team finishes No. 2 in the nation behind Nebraska.
** 1995 or 1996: Sandusky meets a 7- or 8-year-old boy identified in the grand jury report as Victim 5 at a Second Mile camp on the Penn State campus. Sandusky befriends the boy, taking him to at least 15 Penn State football games, according to the report. Victim 5 tells investigators that Sandusky would often put his hand on his left leg when they were driving in Sandusky's car, whenever the boy sat in the front seat.
1995: A foster child later known as Matthew Sandusky starts living with the Sandusky family. Jerry Sandusky had met the boy through the Second Mile program.
** 1996 or 1997: Sandusky becomes close with a 12- or 13-year-old boy identified in the grand jury report as Victim 4, who is in his second year of the Second Mile program. The boy later tells investigators Sandusky makes physical contact with him while swimming at a Sandusky family picnic in an attempt to test his response. Later, the boy said, Sandusky took him to the football practice facility, where they work out and shower together. During these visits, the boy says, Sandusky initiates physical contact with the boy, starting a "soap battle" and wrestling with him in the shower. Sandusky later tries to bribe Victim 4 with cigarettes and marijuana after the boy began refusing his advances, the report says. "Sandusky even guaranteed (this victim) he could be a walk-on player at Penn State," and the boy appeared in a linebacker video featuring Sandusky, and a photo accompanying an article about Sandusky in Sports Illustrated, the report says.
** 1996-1998: Sandusky takes Victim 5, between 8 and 10 years old at the time, to the Penn State football facility for a workout, according to the grand jury report. Afterward, the boy tells investigators, Sandusky takes him to the sauna and pushes him "about a little bit," then showers with the boy. During the shower, the boy tells investigators, Sandusky rubs the boy's arms and shoulders and becomes aroused.
** May 1998: Sandusky showers with an 11-year-old boy (Victim 6) and washes the boy's body in the football locker room, according to the grand jury report. University Police and Child Protective Services investigate, with the support of Wendell Courtney, the university counsel who later served as counsel to The Second Mile. The mother of the boy confronts Sandusky at her home as a university police detective and a municipal police detective listen in on the conversation. Sandusky admits the inappropriate conduct, telling the mother: "I was wrong. I wish I could get forgiveness. I know I won't get it from you. I wish I were dead." He makes a similar admission to an investigator with the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare. The university police detective advises Sandusky not to shower with a child again, and Sandusky promises he would not. No charges are filed.
** May 13, 1998: Detectives listen in as the mother of Victim 6 confronts Sandusky about showering with her son and the effect it had on her son. She asks Sandusky if he had sexual feelings when he hugged her naked son. Sandusky admits showering with other boys as well, but refuses to promise that he never to shower with a boy again. The mother of Victim 6 asks Sandusky if his "private parts" touched Victim 6 when he hugged him. Sandusky says, "I don't think so … maybe."
** May 15, 1998: Sandusky speaks at State College Area High School commencement ceremonies at the Bryce Jordan Center on the Penn State campus.
** May 19, 1998: Sandusky meets again with the mother of Victim 6, who says he cannot see the boy anymore. Sandusky, overheard by two detectives who are listening in, says: "I understand. I was wrong. I wish I could get forgiveness. I know I won't get it from you. I wish I were dead."
** June 1, 1998: Sandusky admits to Jerry Lauro, an investigator with the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare, that he showered naked with Victim 6 and hugged the boy while in the shower. He concedes that his behavior is wrong and promises not to shower with any child again.
June 19, 1998: Sandusky hosts the annual Second Mile golf outing.
** Jan. 1, 1999: Sandusky coaches in Penn State's 26-14 win over Kentucky in the Outback Bowl. Victim 4 tells investigators he traveled to the bowl game with Sandusky's family party. The same boy said he often stayed with Sandusky and the team at the Toftrees resort near the Penn State campus the night before home games and accompanied Sandusky to charity outings.
** May 1999: Paterno tells Sandusky that he would not be the next coach. Victim 4 later tells investigators he remembered Sandusky being upset after seeing Paterno. Sandusky told the victim not to tell anyone about the meeting.
July 1, 1999: Athletic director Tim Curley issues a press release announcing Sandusky's decision to retire following the 1999 season. The release says Sandusky planned to devote himself full-time to his charity, The Second Mile. In his 2000 autobiography, "Touched," Sandusky says he decided to leave after he "came to the realization I was not destined to become the head football coach at Penn State." Curley calls Sandusky "an integral part of Penn State" and "an inspiration to everyone inside and outside the program." His achievement as a human being, Curley says, "is splendidly demonstrated by the thousands of youngsters he touches annually through The Second Mile."
August 1999: Penn State players honor Sandusky at the team's media day event, saying they only wanted him in the photo with them, not Paterno. After Paterno moves out of camera range, Sandusky jokes: "I've waited 30 years for that!"
November 1999: Penn state loses three straight games to end the regular season, including Sandusky's final home game - a 31-27 comeback win for Michigan.
Dec. 28, 1999: Players carry Sandusky off the field after his final game at Penn State, a win at the Alamo Bowl in San Antonio.
January 1999: In retirement, Sandusky holds emeritus status with Penn State. In addition to the regular privileges of a professor emeritus, he had an office and a telephone in the Lasch Building. The status allows him access to all recreational facilities, a parking pass for a vehicle, access to a Penn State account for the internet, listing in the faculty directory, faculty discounts at the bookstore and educational privileges for himself and eligible dependents. As a retired coach, Sandusky had unlimited access to the football facilities, including the locker rooms.
Jan. 10, 2000: The American Football Coaches Association honors Sandusky as the Division I-A assistant coach of the year. The group donates a $5,000 academic scholarship to Penn State in Sandusky's name. Sandusky later addresses the convention, speaking on the topic, "Working With Young People."
Jan. 17, 2000: The Philadelphia Sports Writers Association honors Sandusky with its Career Achievement Award.
April 1, 2000: Sandusky and the Second Mile are honored at a Celebration of Excellence in Hershey.
April 2, 2000: Sandusky delivers the keynote speech at the Central Pennsylvania Chapter of the National Football Foundation's annual banquet.
April 14, 2000: Nearly 1,200 people attend a testimonial and roast for Sandusky at the Bryce Jordan Center, the Penn State basketball arena, including Paterno and University president Graham Spanier. Paterno leaves early claiming a prior commitment. In his brief remarks, Paterno says Sandusky is, "what Penn State is all about." Spanier says, "There are very few people in Penn State's history who have made the impact he has made. His impact was not only as a coach, but also as a person. I think it's a unique combination. He's someone who has changed the lives of tens of thousands of people."
June 23, 2000: Sandusky hosts annual Second Mile golf outing.
June 26, 2000: Sandusky speaks to more than 500 people about his coaching career and charitable activities at an event for the Lehigh Valley chapter of the Second Mile.
** Summer 2000: Sandusky meets a seventh grader, identified in the grand jury report as Victim 3, through the Second Mile. Sandusky invites the boy to his home for dinner, to Penn State football games and to the team's practice facility, according to the report. Sandusky and the boy exercise and shower together. According to the report, Sandusky rubs the boy's shoulders, washes his hair and gives him bear hugs. The boy tells investigators that Sandusky became aroused while hugging him. When the boy stays at Sandusky's home, he says, Sandusky comes into his room, rubs his shoulder and the inside of his thigh, blows on his stomach and touches his genitals.
July 4, 2000: The American Football Coaches Association selects Sandusky as its Division I-A Assistant Coach of the Year and a $5,000 academic scholarship is given to Penn State in Sandusky's name.
Sept. 2, 2000: Penn State plays its first home game since Sandusky's retirement, a 24-6 loss to Toledo. Fans are incredulous that Sandusky, who is sitting in the stands, is not honored or even mentioned before or during the game.
** Fall 2000: A janitor, Jim Calhoun, observes Sandusky in the assistant coaches' shower room, pinning a young boy against the wall and performing oral sex on him sometime between 10 p.m. and 12:30 a.m.
Oct. 21, 2000: Sandusky serves as grand marshal in the Penn State homecoming parade, tossing candy to the crowd from his perch in a white convertible.
Nov. 16, 2000: Paterno speaks about the impact of Sandusky's retirement on the football program. His answer is telling about the relationships Sandusky maintained with people in the program and his presence on campus. "We miss Jerry as a person," Paterno says. "He has friends on the field and on the coaching staff. We see him a lot."
Dec. 13, 2000: Sandusky receives the Broyles Lifetime Achievement Award, an award for assistant coaches named in honor of former University of Arkansas football coach Frank Broyles.
Dec. 20, 2000: Sandusky interviews with Virginia director of athletics Terry Holland for the university's head coaching vacancy. Ten days later, Virginia hires Al Groh instead. After Sandusky's arrest two weeks ago, Holland says he was unaware during the interview process of any allegations against the former coach.
January 1, 2001: Sandusky publishes an autobiography called, "Touched: The Jerry Sandusky Story," which he co-authors with former team manager Kip Richeal. In the book, Sandusky reveals that his love of children led him to decline several job offers, including an invitation to be head coach at Marshall in the 1970s. If he had accepted the job, Sandusky would have left the foster child he and his wife were caring for. "I came to the realization that we wouldn't be able to take him with us," Sandusky wrote.
March 2, 2001: The Centre County Chamber of Business and Industry recognizes Sandusky with the Community Service Award for his work with at-risk children through The Second Mile.
Aug. 5, 2001: Sandusky, Sue Paterno and other prominent community members lobby Little League baseball to allow the State College American All-Star team's honorary captain, a boy with Down's Syndrome, to sit with the team in the dugout when it plays in Williamsport.
Sept. 21, 2001: The Penn State Board of Trustees votes to sell 40 acres of university property to The Second Mile.
Dec. 26, 2001: Sandusky's son, Matthew, is arrested for harassing a former girlfriend.
2002: Sandusky begins his affiliation with Central Mountain High School, assisting Second Mile members who play on the school's football team.
Feb. 14, 2002: Sandusky's son, Matthew, marries.
** March 1, 2002: Mike McQueary, a 28-year-old graduate assistant coach, walks into the football facility around 9:30 p.m. to put away new sneakers and pick up recruiting videos. He is surprised to find the lights and showers on and hear the rhythmic slapping sounds of sexual activity, according to the report. He looks in the shower and sees a naked boy about 10 years old, identified in the report as Victim 2, with his hands up against the wall as Sandusky sexually assaults him. McQueary leaves immediately, according to the report, but McQueary says later that he stopped the abuse first before leaving. McQueary goes to his office and calls his father to tell him what he has witnessed. McQueary's father tells him to report the incident to Paterno.
** March 2, 2002: McQueary calls Paterno and then visits Paterno's home and tells him what he saw in the locker room. Paterno tells the grand jury that McQueary appeared upset, according to the report.
** March 3, 2002: Paterno invites Curley, his immediate supervisor, to his home and tells him that McQueary had seen Sandusky in the football complex fondling or doing something of a sexual nature to a young boy, the report says.
** March 13, 2002: About 10 days later, Curley calls McQueary to a meeting with Gary Schultz, the university vice president who duties include supervision of the campus police force. McQueary, according to the report, tells them what he witnessed.
**End of March 2002: Curley tells McQueary the university has stripped Sandusky of his locker room keys, directed him not to use Penn State facilities with young people and reported the incident to the Second Mile. In later testimony before the grand jury, Curley says he relayed McQueary's report to Spanier and admits that the ban on Sandusky using campus facilities was not enforceable. The campus police never question McQueary, according to the report, and the matter appears to go dormant.
March 28, 2002: McQueary, a former Penn State quarterback, plays in and Sandusky coaches in the annual Easter Bowl, a flag football game at Memorial Field in State College. The event raises $14,500 for Easter Seals Central Pennsylvania, which serves children and adults with disabilities.
April 2002: A former girlfriend files a protection-from-abuse petition against Sandusky's adopted son, Matthew.
June 8, 2002: Sandusky is in the stands cheering on Centre County's unified softball team at the local Special Olympics.
June 2002: Karen Ganter, wife of offensive coordinator Fran Ganter, suffers heart attack and dies at age 53.
June 18, 2002: Sandusky attends Second Mile Foster Family Day at Hersheypark.
June 21-22, 2002: Sandusky hosts the 22nd annual Uni-Mart Second Mile Celebrity Golf Classic. McQueary is scheduled to attend.
June 23, 2002: Paterno's brother, former Penn State broadcaster George Paterno, suffers a massive heart attack and dies at age 73. Paterno laments that he wishes he could have done more for his brother.
Aug. 12, 2002: Sandusky's son, Matthew, welcomes a daughter
April 2003: Sandusky's Marine son, Jeffrey, is deployed to active duty in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, the U.S. campaign in Afghanistan.
April 3, 2003: Sandusky and the Second Mile's vice president of programs, Katherine Genovese, accept an organization of the year honor from the Pennsylvania School Counselors Association.
May 18, 2003: Sandusky plays in 5th annual Coaches vs. Cancer Celebrity Golf Tournament at the Penn State Blue Course.
June 21, 2003: Sandusky hosts the annual Second Mile golf tournament. McQueary is scheduled to attend.
Aug. 9, 2003: Sandusky plays in the Nittany Lions Wrestling Golf Classic.
Fall 2003: Sandusky joins the Central Mountain High School football team as a part-time volunteer assistant coach.
January 2004: Sandusky is among the featured guests at the Hanover Rotary Club Sports Night and York Area Sports Night, both held at high schools in the York area.
Jan. 25, 2004: Sandusky tells the Centre Daily Times in State College about his continued involvement on the Penn State campus, despite a ban that few know about at the time: "I still go over there (to the football complex) to work out but I don't know enough about what's going on (with the team) to have an opinion. If I knew a little more I'd be dangerous."
Feb. 7, 2004: Penn State coaches attend a funeral for the mother of defensive coordinator Tom Bradley.
Feb. 17, 2004: Paterno replaces offensive coordinator Fran Ganter with former Penn State quarterback Galen Hall and promotes McQueary to full-time assistant coach and recruiting coordinator.
March 1, 2004: Sandusky attends the grand opening of the Lehigh Valley chapter of the Second Mile.
March 6, 2004: Sandusky represents the Second Mile at the Celebration of Excellence in Hershey. Former Notre Dame coach Tyrone Willingham is honored.
April 9, 2004: Sandusky again coaches and McQueary again plays in the annual Easter Seals flag football game.
May 13, 2004: Penn State awards Paterno a four-year contract extension. In a statement, Curley says Paterno's "stamp on our football program, and our institution, is indelible." Spanier says Paterno's contributions to the university "have brought great pride to Penn State alumni, faculty, staff, students and friends."
May 17, 2004: Sandusky delivers the keynote address at the annual banquet of the Pennsylvania Dutch Council of the Boy Scouts of America in Lancaster.
June 15, 2004: Sandusky joins more than 1,000 foster parents and families for Foster Family Day at Hersheypark.
June 18, 2004: Sandusky teams coaches a team of former linebackers to a win in the putting contest at the annual Second Mile golf tournament. NFL Hall of Famer Franco Harris, later a staunch critic of Paterno's firing, serves as honorary chair.
June 23-26, 2004: Sandusky holds a football camp at the Penn State campus in Erie for boys in grades 4 through 9.
July 2004: Sandusky, flexing his charitable muscle, delivers a keynote speech for donors supporting a former player's father in his battle against kidney cancer.
Sept. 11, 2004: Sandusky joins 300 Second Mile children for a ride on the Strasburg Rail Road near Lancaster.
Sept. 19, 2004: Sandusky writes a column for the Centre Daily Times recounting his Penn State memories.
Oct. 1, 2004: Sandusky speaks on-campus at the closing ceremonies of the Penn State Sesquicentennial Game, an event pitting various groups of students in a myriad of Olympic-style activities.
Nov. 6, 2004: Sandusky is inducted into Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame along with notable athletes from the state, including Ken Griffey, Sr. and Olympic heavy weight wrestler Bruce Baumgartner.
**2005 or 2006: Victim 1, an 11 or 12-year-old boy, meets Sandusky through the Second Mile program. In his second year in the program, the boy attends the Second Mile's camp on the Penn State campus.
Jan. 12, 2005: Sandusky returns to the York area Sports Night circuit.
Jan. 15, 2005: Sandusky attends a "friend-raiser" at a State College hotel to raise money and awareness for the Second Mile.
March 23, 2005: Jerry Sandusky recounts passing Paterno in the hallway while working out at the Penn State football complex. "Thought we got rid if you," Paterno says, according to Sandusky.
Summer 2005 or 2006: Victim 1 testifies Sandusky began to make inappropriate contact with him, blowing on his bare stomach and kissing him on the mouth. Sandusky, according to the report, encourages the boy to participate as a Second Mile volunteer and showers him with gifts, including golf clubs, a computer, gym clothes, dress clothes and cash.
June 19-22, 2005: Sandusky holds camps at Albright College in Reading for players entering grades 4 through 12.
June 25, 2005: Sandusky hosts the 25th anniversary of the Second Mile Celebrity Golf Classic at a course on the Penn State campus.
July 10-13, 2005: Sandusky holds more camps at Albright College in Reading.
June 26-29, 2005: Sandusky holds football camps at the Erie campus for players entering grades 4-12.
Aug. 9, 2005: Sandusky, whose son works in the Eagles' front office, watches the team's morning workout from inside the crowd-control fence at Lehigh University.
Oct. 15, 2005: Sandusky speaks at a tailgate party fundraiser in Lake Harmony for Penn State fans watching the team's road game against Michigan.
Nov. 21, 2005: Sandusky visits a York area Walmart to accept a $15,000 donation to the Second Mile.
Jan. 11, 2006: Sandusky pokes fun at Paterno during an appearance at South Western High School's Sports Night, saying the coach would remain on the sidelines, "a lot longer than I'm alive." Sandusky tells the audience, "I don't feel like I'm retired at all. I goof around a lot with The Second Mile kids, playing basketball or racquetball with them."
Feb. 22, 2006: The Manheim Township Community Life Task Force hosts "An Evening with Jerry Sandusky." Sandusky gives a presentation titled, "What Can One Moment Do?" aimed at parents, youth leaders, coaches and teachers.
March 29, 2006: Sandusky delivers the keynote address at the Central York School District's Sports Night. An official with the district praises Sandusky, saying, "There is no finer fundraiser than Jerry."
April 2006: Sandusky speaks at a scholarship breakfast prior to the annual Penn State spring scrimmage at Beaver Stadium.
May 2006: Sandusky regales guests at an event benefiting the Greater York-Adams Scholarship Fund with stories from his coaching days.
June 14, 2006: Sandusky plays in the Pitt vs. Penn State Golf Challenge at the Chestnut Ridge Golf Resort in Blairsville, an event that raises more than $100,000 for the Second Mile and the National Youth Sports Program.
June 22, 2006: Sandusky attends the annual Second Mile golf event.
July 9-12, 2006: Sandusky holds another football camp at Penn State's Erie campus.
** 2006-2007: The boy identified in the grand jury report as Victim 1 tells the grand jury Sandusky laid down on top of him, face-to-face and rolled around on the floor of an empty gymnasium at Central Mountain High School. A wrestling coach walks into the room, according to the report. Sandusky jumps up and explains he and the boy had been wrestling. Miller says later he found the situation odd.
Sept. 2, 2006: Penn State honors 20th anniversary of 1986 national championship team at halftime of the Sept. 2 season opener against Akron.
Sept. 7, 2006: Sandusky is listed among the 114 voters in the Harris Poll, which helps determine the BCS standings and the national champion.
2006-2007: Defensive coordinator Tom Bradley shares a residence with McQueary.
March 23, 2007: Sandusky and former Penn State players are honored at "A Salute to Linebacker U," a fundraiser connected with the Second Mile's Celebration of Excellence program.
April 1-4, 2007: Sandusky addresses 48 teams of high school students attending the Sovereign Bank Second Mile Leadership Institute.
May 19, 2007: Despite his supposed ban, Sandusky delivers the commencement address at the Penn State College of Health and Human Development on the school's University Park campus.
May 26, 2007: Sandusky joins former Penn State linebacker Greg Buttle as an instructor at a linebacker clinic at Muhlenberg College in Allentown.
June 12, 2007: Sandusky attends Foster Family Day at Hersheypark.
June 22-23, 2007: Sandusky hosts the annual Second Mile golf tournament.
June 27-30, 2007: Sandusky holds more youth football camps at a Penn State campus near Harrisburg.
July 9-18, 2007: Sandusky conducts more camps at the Penn State campus in Erie and at Albright College in Reading.
July 21, 2007: Sandusky speaks to the American Family Coalition of Pennsylvania at the Sheraton Harrisburg Hershey Hotel.
**Fall 2007: During track season, Sandusky invites Victim 1 to stay at his home near State College. Sandusky takes him to professional sporting events, such as Philadelphia Eagles games and pre-season practices at Penn State.
Victim 1 sleeps in a finished basement when he stays at Sandusky's home. The former coach has a practice of visiting the basement after telling Victim 1 to go to bed. Victim 1 testifies Sandusky would "crack his back," which the boy described as Sandusky getting onto the bed where he was already lying and rolling under him. With Victim 1 lying on top of him, face-to-face, Sandusky would run his arms up and down the boy's back and "crack" it. Victim 1 testifies Sandusky performs oral sex on him more than 20 times.
Oct. 5, 2007: The Weller Health Education Center honors Sandusky with its Outstanding Friend to Kids Award.
Nov. 14, 2007: Sandusky visits the Bald Eagle Area school district near State College to promote a math education program.
Dec. 3, 2007: Paterno is inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame and jokes about his endgame scenario for his career: "Drop dead at the end of the game after you kick the winning field goal. They carry you off the field, and everyone's singing, "So long, Joe!'"
Dec. 29, 2007: Penn State returns to the Alamo Bowl for the first time since Sandusky's last game. It is Paterno's 500th game as head coach and again the Nittany Lions emerge victorious.
** Spring 2008: Victim 1, now a high school freshman, ends contact with Sandusky.
Jan. 2008 - July 2009: Sandusky calls Victim 1's home 61 times from his home phone and 57 times from his cell phone, according to an investigator with the state attorney general's office.
April 13, 2008: Sandusky tells the Philadelphia Inquirer that football is still part of his life: "He holds yearly football camps and has Penn State season tickets. He also works out at the Lasch Building, home to Nittany Lions football. He doesn't see much of Paterno, and when they rarely do encounter each other, it's more cordial than friendly."
April 18, 2008: Sandusky returns to the Penn State campus to be honored at the Penn's Civilians Educational Organization's fundraising dinner at the Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel.
May 8, 2008: Sandusky attends the 15th annual Sandy Kranich Golf Benefit in York.
May 24 and 31, 2008: Sandusky holds a pair of one-day Linebacker U. Day Camps on at Penn State Harrisburg Capital Campus.
June 22-25, 2008: Sandusky holds more camps at the Harrisburg campus.
June 1, 2008: Sandusky speaks at the fifth annual Lauren's First and Goal Camp fundraiser in Easton.
June 20-21, 2008: Sandusky hosts the Second Mile golf tournament.
July 10, 2008: Sandusky speaks at a hearing in favor of a merger of health insurance companies.
Fall 2008: Sandusky serves as a full-time volunteer coach at Central Mountain.
Oct. 9, 2008: Sandusky speaks at a youth symposium on justice, tolerance and violence issues at the Penn State campus near Wilkes-Barre. Students from districts in Luzerne and Wyoming counties attend.
November 2008: Sandusky returns to Beaver Stadium for the wedding of former player Craig Fayak.
** January 2009: The boy identified as Victim 1 goes to the authorities with allegations Sandusky inappropriately touched him over a four-year period.
2009: Grand jury starts meeting at Attorney General's office in the Strawberry Square building in Harrisburg.
June 2009: Schultz, the university vice president, retires but later returns to the same position, as a senior vice president on an interim basis.
June 26, 2009: Sandusky quit his coaching position at Central Mountain, telling school officials he was devoting more time to The Second Mile. "I didn't want to play against State College," he jokes.
July 8, 2009: Sandusky visits a Walmart in State College to collect a $37,000 donation for the Second Mile.
Aug. 8, 2009: Sandusky makes an appearance at a motorcycle rally fundraiser in State College for the Second Mile.
Dec. 13, 2009: Sandusky gives an interview to the Patriot-News on Paterno's legacy: "You know what drives him? It's the same thing today. It's no different than what it was: being in the center of a fight."
January 21, 2010: Sandusky's son, Jon, is hired as the director of player personnel by the Cleveland Browns.
August 27, 2010: Sandusky participates in the Ned Smith Center for Nature and Art's Annual celebrity clay shoot in Linglestown.
September 2010: Sandusky resigns from The Second Mile, claiming he wants to spend more time with his family and handle personal matters.
Sept. 25, 2010: Sandusky returns to Juniata, where he started his coaching career, and watches the football game from the coaching area of the press box.
December 2010: McQueary testifies before grand jury.
January 5, 2011: Bradley interviews for the Pittsburgh coaching position.
January 12, 2011: Curley and Schultz testify before the grand jury.
January 25, 2011: Sandusky, Paterno and Curley are among the mourners at the funeral for Lou Gatto, known as Northeastern Pennsylvania's Mr. Penn State.
April 1, 2011: Paterno, at Penn State's spring-practice media day, declines to answer questions about the Sandusky investigation. "I came here to talk about football, so I don't have any comment,'' he says.
April 2011: Spanier testifies before the grand jury and says he did not know the identity of the staff member who had reported the behavior in the shower incident. Spanier denies the incident was reported to him as sexual in nature.
April 11, 2011: Second Mile Executive Director Jack Raykovitz testifies before the grand jury along with Matthew Sandusky and his birh mother, Debra Long.
June 2011: Sandusky attends the Second Mile golf tournament.
July 2011: Paterno sells his share of home to wife Sue for $1. Another home, in Avalon, N.J. remains in both their names.
Mid-August 2011: Investigators from the state attorney general's office tell witnesses in Clinton County that the grand jury investigation is nearly complete.
Oct. 8, 2011: Penn State honors 25th anniversary of the 1986 National Championship team. Sandusky does not attend.
Nov. 5, 2011: Prosecutors release a 23-page grand jury report detailing the child sex abuse allegations against Sandusky and charges of an official cover up involving Curley and Schultz. Prosecutors charge Sandusky with 40 counts of sexual abuse and Curley and Schultz with perjury and failing to report the abuse to the authorities.
Nov. 9, 2011: The university's board of trustees votes to fire Paterno and forces president Graham Spanier to resign. The board announces the decision at a contentious 10 p.m. press conference. Students rally outside Paterno's home, while others riot along College Avenue in State College.
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