1961: About 50 people, mostly friends, are on hand to see Bob Dylan make his concert hall debut at New York City's Carnegie Recital Hall.
1970: Just days after completing her Pearl album, Janis Joplin dies of a drug overdose in her room at the Landmark Hotel in Hollywood. The Texas-born singer was just 27.
1986: Two thugs yelling "What's the frequency, Kenneth?" attack CBS news anchor Dan Rather. A decade later, REM uses the phrase for a song title.
1996: Van Halen announces that they've picked former Extreme singer Gary Cherone to replace Sammy Hagar.
2000: Pearl Jam make chart history, as five of their "official bootleg" albums debut on the Billboard album chart.
2002: Bob Dylan opens his fall US tour in Seattle. He plays piano for most of the show, and covers three Warren Zevon songs as well asa The Rolling Stones' "Brown Sugar."
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