1991 - MTV plays the "Smells Like Teen Spirit" video debuted in MTV for the first time and a little over a month later, the song is #1 on the Hot 100.
1997 - The Clinton White House awards Don Henley a National Medal of the Humanities for his work on the Walden Woods Project.
1989 - Bruce Springsteen stopped in a small salon in Prescott, AZ, and played a few songs with the band.
1976 - Rush release their first live album.
1974 - John Lennon appeared on WNEW-FM in New York as a guest DJ.
1973 - Grand Funk score their first #1 record when "We're An American Band" tops the Billboard Hot 100.
1967 - Mickey Hart joins Grateful Dead as its new drummer.
1966 - Jimi Hendrix meets the final member of the Jimi Hendrix Experience, bassist Noel Redding.
1963 - The Rolling Stones begin their first British tour at the New Victoria Theatre in London.
1961 - The New York Times publishes a glowing review of a Bob Dylan performance, giving the 20-year-old upstart his first press in a major publication.