On the 30th November 1982, Michael Jackson released the album Thriller, which went on to become the best-selling album of all time.
30th October 1961: The Tsar Bomba detonated by the USSR
30th October 2020
The Grand Ole Opry moved to its current home at the 4,000-seater Grand Ole Opry House in 1974.
The world’s first ‘Nickel-In-The-Slot Phonograph’ introduced the concept of the jukebox to the public.
On the 6th November 1975, the Sex Pistols played their first gig at St. Martin’s College of Art in London.
On the 27th October 1960 American singer Ben E. King recorded the renowned song Stand By Me.
Lead singer Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines, and backing singer Cassie Gaines were all killed in the crash.
On the 19th September 1970 the first Glastonbury Festival took place at Worthy Farm in Somerset.
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’.
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2020
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2019