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On November 1, 1994, Nirvana's first live album, "MTV Unplugged in New York," was released: 14 songs in one take, covers of Bowie and Lead Belly, and the band's only…
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On 1 November 1755 an earthquake destroyed Lisbon, and tsunami waves and fires followed. The catastrophe marked the beginning of modern seismology and earthquake-resistant construction.
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On 31 October 1975 Queen released “Bohemian Rhapsody”: nearly six minutes without a chorus, opera, hard rock and a video that helped drive the development of the music video.
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The U.S. Atomic Energy Commission detonated the “Mike” device at Enewetak Atoll. Its yield was 10.4 megatons.
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On October 29, 1993, the stop-motion animated film by Henry Selick about Jack Skellington, who decides to celebrate Christmas in a Halloween style, began its wide release in the United…
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On October 29, 1969, Charley Kline of UCLA and Bill Duvall of SRI transmitted data between two ARPANET nodes.
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Bill Gates, an American entrepreneur and philanthropist, was born in Seattle on October 28, 1955. In 1975, he and Paul Allen founded Microsoft.
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On October 27, 2013, musician and songwriter Lou Reed died. He was 71; his music influenced generations of rock musicians.
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A combination of features in the data transmission code and the algorithm for deleting old messages took ARPANET offline for four hours.
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On October 26, 2000, PlayStation 2 went on sale in North America. The console supported games from the original PlayStation and played DVDs.
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On 26 October 1992, the London Ambulance Service began using the LASCAD system. Its introduction led to delays, and the system later failed.
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On October 25, 2010, Taylor Swift released her third studio album. She wrote all the songs on the standard edition herself.
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