1970, Diana Ross made her last appearance with The Supremes at The Frontier Hotel, Las Vegas.
1978, The Sex Pistols played their last live gig at Winterland, San Francisco, (they re-formed in 96).
1984, Paul McCartney was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Pipes Of Peace.' With this release McCartney made chart history by becoming the first artist to have a No.1 in a group, (The Beatles), in a duo, (with Stevie Wonder), in a trio, (with Wings) and as a solo artist.
1989, Bobby Brown went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'My Prerogative.'
1989, Compilation albums were excluded from the UK chart and were listed in the new Top 20 Compilation Albums.
1993, US alternative group The Pixies announced that they had split. (They re-formed in 2004).
1996, Oasis went to No.1 on the UK album chart with '(What's The Story) Morning Glory', the group's second UK No.1 spent a total of 145 week's on the chart.
2007, Amy Winehouse started a two week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Back To Black’ (which went on to become the biggest-selling album of 2007 with sales over 1.5m copies).
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