In 1977, The Patti Smith Group, David Johansen, the Dead Boys, Blondie, Suicide and Richard Hell & The Voidoids all appeared at a Punk Benefit at CBGB's in New York City.
In 1996, Alanis Morrissette hit #1 with "You Oughta Know" from the album Jagged Little Pill.
On this date in 1997, Courtney Love listed "for sale" the Seattle home she had shared with husband Kurt Cobain. Missing, of course, was the carriage house where Cobain had killed himself, which had been demolished during renovations.
BIRTHDAYS
1951 Mick Mars, Motley Crue
1970 Gregg Alexander, New Radicals
1972 Mike Dirnt, Green Day