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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.