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Rock and Metal History, a day like today October 30

1939: Grace Slick (of Jefferson Airplane) is born in Highland Park, Illinois.

1946: Drummer Chris Slade (of Uriah Heep, AC/DC, Manfred Mann) is born Christopher Rees in Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales.

1947: Timothy B. Schmit (bass guitarist for Eagles, Poco) is born in Oakland, California.

1949: David Green, bassist of Air Supply, was born in Melbourne, Australia.

1960: Joey BellaDonna (vocalist for Anthrax) is born Joseph Bellardini in Oswego, New York.

1964: Roy Orbison is awarded his ninth Gold record for "Oh! Pretty Woman", which topped the charts in ten countries, including the US, Canada and the UK, selling over seven million copies worldwide.

1965: Gavin Rossdale (Bush frontman) is born in London, England.

1968: Marvin Gaye released the single "I Heard It Through The Grapevine".

1971: Pink Floyd release their sixth album, Meddle, in the US.

1984: Bruce Springsteen released the single "Born In The U.S.A."

1985: MTV premieres the music video “” by Artists United Against Apartheid. Artists United Against Apartheid was a protest group of world-famous musicians, founded by activist and guitarist Steven Van Zandt, aka Little Steven, along with record producer Arthur Baker. The mission was to protest apartheid in South Africa.

1985: Anthrax-Spreading the Disease, their second studio album. It was the band's first album to feature vocalist Joey Belladonna and bassist Frank Bello. A special two-disc edition of the album was released in 2015, celebrating its 30th anniversary

1988: Nirvana singer Kurt Cobain smashed his very first guitar.

1988: The Metallica single "Eye of the Beholder" was released.

1995: David Bowie, Tom Donahue, Gladys Knight And The Pips, The Velvet Underground, Jefferson Airplane, Little Willie John, Pink Floyd, Pete Seeger, and The Shirelles are inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.

1996: Oasis released the single "Wonderwall".

1996: Elite guitarist Slash announced that he was leaving Guns N' Roses.

1998: Original members of Black Sabbath reunite for a one-off performance on Late Show with David Letterman, to play Paranoid.

2000: All That You Can't Leave Behind is the tenth studio album by Irish rock band U2. It was produced by Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois, and was released through Island Records and Interscope Records.

2001: Tim Booth announces that James' forthcoming UK tour is to be his last with the band.