1975 – The first episode of Saturday Night Live then titled “Saturday Night” premieres on NBC. George Carlin was the first host and the first musical guests were Janis Ian & Billy Preston.
1988 – Van Halen is awarded the Gold Ticket during a concert at Madison Square Garden for playing to over 100,000 fans at the Garden.
1990 – Nirvana performed their first concert with Dave Grohl on drums in Olympia, WA.
1999 – Motley Crue’s Tommy Lee is arrested in North Carolina after avoiding arrest for charges of instigating a riot at a concert in Greensboro two years earlier.
2016 – Rod Stewart is knighted at Buckingham Palace, becoming Sir Roderick David Stewart.