John Galt Timeline and Summary

Dagny meets John Galt in Atlantis
Through flashbacks we learn the order of events leading up to this meeting:
Galt invented the motor at the Twentieth Century Motor Factory.
He quit the factory when the Starnes kids took over, vowing to stop the motors of the world.
He began his strike with his friends Ragnar and Francisco.
He slowly began recruiting more people to his cause.
He started working a menial job at Taggart Transcontinental.
He saw Dagny and fell in love with her.
He watched her for a decade before meeting her.
He often meets with Eddie Willers in the cafeteria and gets intel from him.
He reluctantly lets Dagny go after she meets him in Atlantis.
He follows her back to New York.
The two have an encounter in one of the Taggart Terminal tunnels and start a romantic relationship.
Galt gives a three-hour radio address on his values
Dagny inadvertently leads the police to Galt and he is arrested.
He refuses to cooperate with the government.
He is forced onto TV for a sham banquet.
He is tortured at the State Science Institute.
His friends and Dagny rescue him.
The group all escape back to Atlantis.
Galt declares that their strike is over.