1977
March
WLUP signs on
1977
April 6-10
Led Zeppelin plays Chicago Stadium
1977
June 19
Pink Floyd plays Soldier Field
1977
July 7
Styx releases "The Grand Illusion"
1977
August 16
Elvis found dead at Graceland
1977
October 20
Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash
1978
February 10
Van Halen releases first album
1978
August 5
AC/DC and Aerosmith play Comiskey Park
1978
August 18
The Who release "Who Are You"
1978
December 21
John Wayne Gacy arrested
1979
Steve and Garry teamed up in mornings on the Loop
1979
January
Blizzard of 79
1979
April 27
Ozzy fired from Black Sabbath
1979
July 12
Disco Demolition
1979
August 21
Cheap Trick "Dream Police"
1979
November 30
Pink Floyd releases "The Wall"
1980
February 19
Bon Scott dies of "Acute alcohol poisoning" and "Death by Misadventure"
1980
June 16
"Blues Brothers" movie released
1980
July 25
AC/DC releases "Back in Black"
1980
September 20
AC/DC plays first Chicago show with Brian Johnson at the Rosemont Horizon
1980
September 25
John Bonham found dead
1980
December 8
John Lennon killed
1981
February 9
Jonathan Brandmeier debuts on the Loop
1981
February 12
Rush releases "Moving Pictures"
1981
April
Mayor Jane Byrne relocates to Cabrini Green
1981
August 1
MTV debuts
1982
January 20
Ozzy bites head off bat in Des Moines
1982
February 19
Ozzy urinates on the Alamo
1983
August 13
Metallica plays first Chicago show, at Cabaret Metro
1983
September 18
Kiss performs without makeup for the first time
1984
March 2
"This Is Spinal Tap" released
1984
December 31
Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen loses arm in car wreck
1984
Michael Jordan is the NBA Rookie of the Year
1985
May 13
Dire Straits release "Brothers in Arms"
1985
July 13
Live Aid
1986
January 26
Bears win Super Bowl XX
1986
January 30
First Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony
1987
March
Kevin Matthews starts at the Loop
1987
March 9
U2 releases "The Joshua Tree"
1987
July 21
Guns N' Roses release "Appetite for Destruction"
1987
August 3
Def Leppard releases "Hysteria"
1988
June 25
Jonathon Brandmeier headlines Poplar Creek
1988
July 9
First public performance of Smashing Pumpkins, at Chicago 21 Club
1988
August 8
First night game at Wrigley Field
1990
August 27
Stevie Ray Vaughan killed in helicopter crash
1991
August 12
Metallica releases "The Black Album"
1991
August 27
Pearl Jam releases debut album
1991
September 24
Nirvana releases "Nevermind"
1991
November 19
U2 releases "Achtung Baby"
1992
April 13
Chicago flood
1992
July 11
Guns N' Roses song "November Rain" sets record as longest single (8:57) to reach the top 20
1993
October 23, October 25
Nirvana plays last Chicago shows before Kurt Cobain's death, at Aragon Ballroom
1994
February 1
Green Day releases "Dookie"
1994
April 8
Kurt Cobain's body discovered
1995
July 9
Grateful Dead performs its final show with Jerry Garcia at Soldier Field
1995
August 9
Jerry Garcia dies
1995
October 24
Smashing Pumpkins release "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness"
1996
Ozzy Osbourne launches Ozzfest
1998
February 5
Judas Priest singer Rob Halford comes out
1998
March 17
Van Halen releases ill-fated Van Halen III with Gary Cherone on vocals
1998
June 14
Bulls win 2nd three-peat
1999
July 23
Woodstock 99 kicks off in Rome, New York
2000
April 12
Metallica files lawsuit against Napster
2002
April 5
Layne Staley of Alice in Chains dies
2002
June 27
John Entwistle of the Who found dead in his hotel room
2002
December 29
Creed singer Scott Stapp infamously delivers incoherent stage performance in Chicago
2003
March 30
Mayor Daley "X's" out Meigs Field
2005
October 26
White Sox win World Series
2005
November 8
First Guitar Hero game released
2005
The Loop revives the "Rock Girl"
2009
January 9
Governor Rod Blagojevich impeached
2009
June 16
Sears Tower renamed Willis Tower
2015
February 16
Mancow starts as morning host
2016
November 2
Cubs win World Series