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May 10, 1965 | Krist Novoselic is born. |
February 20, 1967 | Kurt Cobain is born. | January 14, 1969 | Dave Grohl is born. | Fall 1985 | Kurt meets Krist. They play in several bands together, including Stiff Woodies. | December 1987 | Kurt, Krist and drummer Aaron Burckhard form the original lineup of Nirvana in Aberdeen, Washington. | January 23, 1988 | Nirvana records a 10-song demo with the "Godfather of Grunge," legendary Seattle producer Jack Endino. Sub Pop co-honcho Jonathan Poneman hears the tape and offers to put out a Nirvana single. The band accepts. | October 30, 1988 | Kurt smashes his first guitar. | June 1989 | Bleach is released on Sub Pop. Nirvana embarks on a month-long U.S. tour. | September 25, 1990 | Dave Grohl, former drummer for Washinton, D.C.'s Scream, joins Nirvana. | October 1990 | Nirvana briefly tours England with L7. | Winter 1991 | Nirvana signs with DGC Records. | August 1991 | Nirvana opens for Sonic Youth on a European festival tour, which includes a landmark performance at the Reading Festival. The tour is documented in the film 1991: The Year Punk Broke. | September 24, 1991 | Nevermind is released. | October 12, 1991 | Nevermind is certified a gold album. | November 1991 | The band starts a six-week European tour as Nirvanamania sweeps the United States. MTV airs "Smells Like Teen Spirit" video constantly; the song is hailed as an anthem for a generation. | January 11, 1992 | Nevermind hits No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart. | January/February 1992 | Nirvana tours Australia, Japan and Hawaii. | April 1992 | Nirvana appears on the cover of Rolling Stone. | June/July 1992 | Nirvana tours Europe. | December 15, 1992 | Incesticide, a collection of B-sides and rarities, is released. It goes gold the following spring. | April 9, 1993 | Nirvana plays a concert at San Francisco's Cow Palace to raise awareness of and generate aid for rape survivors in Bosnia-Herzegovina. L7, the Breeders and Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy are also on the bill. | September 21, 1993 | In Utero is released. | October 18, 1993 | Nirvana starts a three-month tour of North America. | November 19, 1993 | Nirvana tapes an all-acoustic show for "MTV Unplugged" at Sony Studios in New York. Cris and Curt Kirkwood of the Meat Puppets sit in on three Meat Puppets songs. | December 16, 1993 | MTV airs Nirvana's "Unplugged" show. | January 7, 1994 | Nirvana plays the Seattle Arena. It will be the band's last U.S. show. | February 6, 1994 | Nirvana embarks on a tour of Europe. | April 8, 1994 | Kurt Cobain is found dead of a self-inflicted shotgun wound. | November 1, 1994 | Nirvana's "MTV Unplugged" performance is released as MTV Unplugged in New York. Two tracks not aired on the MTV broadcast appear on the album. | October 1, 1996 | The Nirvana live album, From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah, is released, featuring performances from 1989 to 1994. |