1970: The Woodstock movie premieres in Hollywood, the critically acclaimed film earns $50 million at the box office.
1978: The Philadelphia Fury soccer team made its debut. The team was owned by Paul Simon, Peter Frampton, James Taylor and others, the team would play for 3 years in Philly before being sold and relocated.
1983: Kirk Hammett joins Metallica
1985: David Lee Roth left Van Halen to begin a solo career. Roth later re-joined Van Halen briefly in 1996 & 2000 before re-joining permanently in 2006.
1986: Williamsburg’s own Bruce Hornsby and the Range release The Album The Way It Is.
2016: Guns N’ Roses announce that original members Slash and Duff McKagan are back in band and are joining Axl Rose for a “Not In This Lifetime tour”.
2017: Bob Dylan finally accepted the 2016 Nobel Prize in literature, he was given the honor in October and blew off the academy, that awards the prize, for a number of weeks.