On the 19th September 1970 the first Glastonbury Festival took place at Worthy Farm in Somerset.
26th March 1830: The Book of Mormon first went on sale at E. B. Grandin’s book store
26th March 2020
American rock band Nirvana released the critically acclaimed single “Smells Like Teen Spirit”.
The world’s first radio news program was broadcast on the station 8MK in Detroit, Michigan.
Originally broadcast from a studio in New Jersey, MTV launched at 12:01am with the words ‘Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll’.
The Hollywood Bowl opened in Bolton Canyon near Los Angeles.
Authorities in the Californian city of Santa Cruz banned rock and roll music at public gatherings.
On the 19th March 1962, American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan released his eponymous debut album.
Gold records were originally presented to artists by their own label, primarily as a form of self-congratulatory publicity.
On the 17th February 1966 Brian Wilson, the co-founder of the Beach Boys, began the first recording session for the song Good Vibrations at Gold Star Studios in Los Angeles.
George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue was performed for the first time at a concert by Paul Whiteman and his Palais Royal Orchestra called An Experiment in Modern Music.
27th September 1908: First Model T Ford produced in Detroit
27th September 2020
26th September 1960: Kennedy and Nixon take part in their first televised debate
26th September 2020
25th September 1513: European ‘discovery’ of the Pacific Ocean
25th September 2020
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2019
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018