- Band Becomes All-Male - 1961
- The band, including a majority of the female members, votes to become all male, in conformance with common practice with the belief that an all-male band would be more spirited, harder playing and harder marching." Because separate accommodations are no longer needed during away games, it is also cheaper.
- Band Plays at World's Fair - 1962
- The band plays at the World's fair in Seattle, partially funded by a benefit concert. One appreciative audience member was Soviet Cosmonaut Gherman Titov. The long bus trip up and back marks the debut of an unofficial songbook, a compilation of the band's more bawdy songs and limericks, which would get members in trouble in the 90's.
- First Retreat is Held - 1962
- The first band retreat is held. It was here that the freshmen "learned what it was meant to be Aggie Bandsmen." In later years, activities at the retreat, some of which the administration felt crossed the line into hazing, were modified.
- Arthur Woodbury becomes faculty director - 1964
- Women's Opportunities Brought into Question - 1970
- Chancellor James Meyer establishes a task force to study opportunities for women on the Davis campus.
- Traditions Change - 1971
- As school spirit gives away to student activism and Homecoming and Pajamarino are discarded as outmoded traditions, the Aggie band also becomes a target for criticism for its lack of sophistication and for its promotion of the university.
- Bands Plays at Boardwalk Bowl - 1972
- The band travels to Atlantic City for the Boardwalk Bowl, the Aggie's first bowl game since 1951. The members perform on the Boardwalk in the rain for no one.
- Campaigns Begin to End All-Male Status - 1972
- The California Aggie prints a letter from a parent wondering his daughter cannot join the band, and student Anne Glicken begins a campaign to end the band's all male status. "Marching bands are a lot of fun and the female population of UCD shouldn't be deprived that kind of enjoyment merely on the basis of their sex," she writes in a California Aggie editorial. Band members counter that the presence of women would make them feel inhibited and stifle their creativity.
- Equal Rights Amendment Passes - 1972
- The Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is passed, and many college campuses begin to evaluate organizations that exclude women.
- Women Join the Band-Uh! - 1973-1974
- On the advice of the university counsel, the ASUCD Senate votes to freeze the band funds until women are admitted. That fall Anne Gilken and several other women join the band.
