1942 Jerry Garcia, Grateful Dead, is born in San Francisco.

1971 The Concert For Bangla Desh, organised by George Harrison to aid victims of famine and war in Bangla Desh took place at New York's Madison Sq Garden. Featuring Bob Dylan, Ringo Starr, Billy Preston, Eric Clapton, Ravi Shankar and members from Badfinger. Harrison had to shell out his own money to maintain the fund after legal problems froze all proceeds. The triple album release (the second in a row by Harrison), hit number 1 in the UK and No.2 in the US and received the Grammy Award for Album of the Year.

　
1981 MTV launches in the United States at 12:01am. The first broadcasted video is "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles. Nina Blackwood, Mark Goodman, Alan Hunter, J.J. Jackson and Martha Quinn become MTV's first VJs.

1987 Longtime fans the Pet Shop Boys enlist Dusty Springfield to duet on "What Have I Done to Deserve This?" It reaches #2 in both the U.S. and U.K.

1987 MTV Europe was launched, the first video played being 'Money For Nothing' by Dire Straits which contained the appropriate line 'I Want My MTV'.

1993 'River of Dreams', Billy Joel's 12th studio album, is released. Featuring a cover painted by then-wife Christie Brinkley, it yields hits in "All About Soul" and the title track.