History

05-16-65: Krist Anthony Novoselic born to Krist and Maria Novoselic
02-20-67: Kurt Donald Cobain born to Wendy and Donald Cobain
01-14-69: David Eric Grohl born to James and Virginia Grohl
??-??-75: Kurt's parents divorce, Kurt lives with mother
02-??-78: Kurt's father remarries
??-??-79: Krist's family moves to Aberdeen
06-??-80: Krist sent to Croatia for a year to live with relatives
02-20-81: Kurt gets his first guitar
??-??-81: While working at Taco Bell, Krist meets Buzz Osbourne
??-??-82: Kurt and Krist finally meet thru Buzz Osbourne
05-??-84: Kurt's mother remarries to Pat O'Connor
05-11-85: Kurt drops out of high school
??-??-86: Krist and Kurt form various bands, they change band names often
01-23-88: Nirvana records demo with Dale Crover
04-24-88: Nirvana plays their first show in Seattle at the Vogue
10-30-88: Kurt smashes his first guitar
11-??-88: First single: Love Buzz/Big Cheese released
02-xx-89: First west coast tour
04-11-89: Kurt and Courtney meet for the first time at the Satyricon in Portland
06-09-89: Bleach released
06-22-89: The tour for Bleach begins in San Francisco
10-23-89: Nirvana plays first European show, Newcastle, England
12-30-89: Krist and Shelli get married in Tacoma, WA
02-xx-90: Nirvana begins another short US tour
05-??-90: Chad Channing is kicked out of the group
09-??-90: Sliver/Dive single released on Sub-Pop
10-11-90: Dave Grohl's first show with Nirvana
04-17-91: Nirvana first plays Smells Like Teen Spirit
04-30-91: Nirvana formally signs with Geffen Records
06-??-91: Begin recording Nevermind with Butch Vig
08-17-91: The video for Smells Like Teen Spirit is made
09-13-91: Release party for Nevermind
09-14-91: MTV debuts Smells Like Teen Spirit on 120 minutes
09-24-91: Nevermind is released, debuted at #144 on Billboard
10-12-91: Nevermind goes Gold
12-10-91: Soundscan reports Nevermind selling 300,000 per week
01-07-92: Nirvana turns down Guns & Roses tour invitation
01-10-92: Nirvana plays MTV studios
01-11-92: Nirvana plays Saturday Night Live, Nevermind hits #1
02-24-92: Kurt Cobain marries Courtney Love in Waikiki, Hawaii
06-22-92: Kurt collapses in Belfast due to stomach problems
08-18-92: Frances Bean Cobain is born at 7:45
09-08-92: Nirvana plays Lithium at MTV music awards, wins 2 awards
11-??-92: In Bloom Video premieres on MTV
12-15-92: Incesticide released
03-xx-93: In Utero recorded in 2 weeks
09-08-93: Nirvana wins Best Alternative Video award at MTV Video awards
09-??-93: Pat Smear joins Nirvana
09-25-93: Nirvana plays Saturday Night Live for a second time
10-18-93: Nirvana begins US tour supporting In Utero
11-18-93: Nirvana records Unplugged session for MTV
12-13-93: MTV's Live and Loud is recorded
12-16-93: Nirvana Unplugged airs on MTV
03-01-94: The Final Nirvana show is played in Munich, Germany
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
04-05-94: Kurt died from apparently self-inflicted gunshot to the head
04-08-94: The body of Kurt Cobain is found
09-08-94: Nirvana wins Best Alternative Video for Heart-Shaped Box
11-01-94: Nirvana: Unplugged in New York is released in the US
11-15-94: Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out! is released in US
10-01-96: From the Muddy Banks Of The Wishkah released