Join Gunner as he goes over all the important Rock dates in history weekdays at 3:50. Relive all the chart-topping moments, milestones, bad breakups and first times again.

There will be no hall pass today. Here’s what happened today in Rock N’ Roll.

1981 At 12:01 am ET, MTV makes its debut. The first video shown is “Video Killed The Radio Star” by the Buggles.

1992 Countdown To Extinction by Megadeth enters the album chart at its peak position of Number Two.

1994 Hole takes the stage unannounced at the Lollapalooza stop in Philadelphia, playing two songs and asking for a minute of silence in memory of Kurt Cobain.

1995 Former Cult singer Ian Astbury forms a new band called the Holy Barbarians.

1996 MTV launches another channel, M2.

1996 Rage Against The Machine‘s second album, Evil Empire, is certified platinum.

2000 Papa Roach‘s Infest reaches the platinum mark in sales.

2003 Strays, the first new studio album in 12 years from Jane’s Addiction, debuts at Number Four on the Billboard 200 album chart.

2004 P.O.D. vocalist Sonny Sandoval is named as an investor in Gamecaster, Inc. The company, which produces and promotes video game competitions, also makes Sandoval its music director.

Today’s Birthdays

• Dan Donegan (guitarist, Disturbed) (50)
• Joe Elliott (lead singer, Def Leppard) (59)
• Chuck D. (MC, Public Enemy, Prophets Of Rage) (58)
• Suzi Gardner (singer-guitarist, L7) (58)
• Sam Mendes (director, American Beauty, Road To Perdition, Jarhead, Revolutionary Road, Skyfall, Spectre; ex-husband of actress Kate Winslet) (53)
• Jason Momoa (actor, Khal Drago on Game of Thrones, Conan the Barbarian, Stargate: Atlantis, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Justice League, Aquaman) (39)
• Adam Duritz (singer, Counting Crows) (54)
• Tempestt Bledsoe (Actress, played Vanessa on TV’s The Cosby Show) (45)
• Coolio (rap artist) (55)

And that’s what happened today in Rock.