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