Nirvana timeline

05/16/65 Krist Novoselic is born

01/31/67 Chad Channing is born

02/20/67 Kurt Cobain is born

01/14/69 David Eric Grohl is born

02/20/81 Kurt gets his first guitar

01/23/88 Nirvana records a demo with Dale Crover

10/30/88 Kurt smashes his first guitar

11/??/88 Love Buzz/Big Cheese single released

06/??/89 Bleach is released

10/20/89 Nirvana plays first European show, Newcastle, England

12/30/89 Krist and Shelli get married in Tacoma

04/17/91 Nirvana first plays Smells Like Teen Spirit

04/30/91 Nirvana formally signs with Geffen Records

05/??/91 Started recording Nevermind

08/??/91 The video for Smells Like Teen Spirit is made

09/13/91 The release party for Nevermind

09/20/91 Tour for Nevermind begins in Toronto

09/24/91 Nevermind is released, debuted at #144 on Billboard

01/11/92 Nirvana plays Saturday Night Live, Nevermind hits #1

01/??/92 Hormoaning released in Australia and Japan

01/24/92 Nirvana begins a world tour

02/??/92 Come As You Are video is made

02/24/92 Kurt Cobain marries Courtney Love in Waikiki, Hawaii

08/18/92 Francis Bean Cobain is born

09/??/92 Nirvana plays Lithium at MTV music awards, wins 2 awards

11/??/92 In Bloom Video hits MTV

12/15/92 Incesticide released

03/??/93 In Utero recorded

05/??/93 Sliver video hits MTV

09/??/93 Nirvana wins Best Alternative Video award at MTV Video awards

09/14/93 In Utero released in UK

09/19/93 Heart Shaped Box video premieres

09/21/93 After a week delay, In Utero released in US

10/10/93 Nirvana begins tour supporting In Utero

11/18/93 Nirvana records Unplugged session for MTV

12/12/93 All Apologies video hits MTV

12/16/93 MTV Unplugged airs on MTV

03/01/94 The final Nirvana show is played in Munich

03/04/94 Kurt Cobain is hospitalized comatose

03/05/94 Kurt awakens from coma, asks for milkshake

03/08/94 Kurt leaves hospital under his own power

04/08/94 The body of Kurt Cobain is found. Kurt died 3 days before.

04/10/94 Memorial Service held in Seattle, Courtney reads from suicide note.

09/??/94 Nirvana wins Best Alternative Video for Heart/Shaped Box

11/01/94 Unplugged in New York is released

11/15/94 Live! Tonite! Sold Out! is released

12/??/94 Courtney Love's PI reports that he believes Kurt was murdered

10/08/96 "Muddy banks of Wishkah" will be released



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