Rock Calendar 10-22-09: The NBA referees union agrees on a two-year contract, ending a 53-day lockout. No.1 Song: Down- Jay Sean featuring Lil Wayne -- No.1 LP: Love Is The Answer- Barbra Streisand
Rock Calendar 10-22-96: A poll shows 40% of the sales of the recently-released "Beatles Anthology" were to teens who had not yet been born when The Beatles broke up in 1970. No.1 Song:" Macarena- Los Del Rio -- No.1 LP: From The Muddy Banks Of The Wishkah- Nirvana
Rock Calendar 10-21-75: Boston's Carlton Fisk hits a dramatic 12th-inning home run off the left-field foul pole to force the World Series to a deciding seventh game. Cincinnati will win Game Seven and the Series. No.1 Song: Bad Blood- Neil Sedaka -- No.1 LP: Windsong- John Denver
Rock Calendar 10-21-92: Madonna's erotic book "Sex" goes on sale. It costs fifty dollars to see pictures reflecting her fantasies. No.1 Song: End of the Road- Boyz II Men -- No.1 LP: The Chase- Garth Brooks
Rock Calendar 10-21-58: In his last recording session, Buddy Holly cuts "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" in one take. It became a hit after he died. No.1 Song: It's All in the Game-Tommy Edwards - No.1 LP: Sinatra Sings For Only The Lonely
Rock Calendar 10-21-95: Blind Melon Singer Shannon Hoon, 28, dies of a cocaine overdose in New Orleans. No.1 Song: Fantasy- Mariah Carey -- No.1 LP: Daydream- Mariah Carey
Rock Calendar 10-21-03: Elliott Smith ("Miss MIsery"), 34, who often spoke and wrote of suicide, dies from an apparent self-inflicted knife wound. No.1 Song: Baby Boy: Beyoncé featuring Sean Paul -- No.1 LP: Speakerboxxx/The Love Below- OutKast
Rock Calendar 10-21-76: In Toronto, The Who play the last date of the band's North American tour. It will be Keith Moon's last concert with The Who. Moon will die of an overdose in Sept. 1978. No.1 Song: Disco Duck- Rick Dees -- No.1 LP: Songs In The Key Of Life- Stevie Wonder
Rock Calendar 10-21-16: Chicago Cubs win their first pennant since 1945, beating L. A. Dodgers 5-0 in Game Six of the NL Championship Series. No.1 Song: Closer- The Chainsmokers feat. Halsey
Rock Calendar 10-21-95: Green Day singer Billie Joe Armstrong is arrested and fined $141 after mooning the audience in Milwaukee. No.1 Song: End of the Road- Boyz II Men -- No.1 LP: The Chase- Garth Brooks
Rock Calendar 10-21-07: Kid Rock and five of his entourage are arrested after an argument escalates into a fight in a restaurant in Atlanta. No.1 Song: Crank That (Soulja Boy)- Soulja Boy Tell 'Em -- No.1 LP: Magic- Bruce Springsteen
Rock Calendar 10-21-14: South African Olympic star Oscar Pistorius is sentenced to five years for killing his girlfriend. He said it was accidental. No.1 Song: All About That Bass- Meghan Trainor -- No.1 LP: Bringing Back The Sunshine- Blake Shelton
Rock Calendar 10-21-61: Bob Dylan records his self-titled first album for Columbia Records. It's recorded in one day at a cost of $400. No.1 Song: Hit The Road Jack- Ray Charles
Rock Calendar 10-21-69: New York disc jockey Roby Yonge devotes his overnight show on 50,000 watt WABC-AM to discussing rumors that Beatle Paul McCartney is dead. In response, WABC management fires Yonge while he's on the air, and has an armed guard escort him from the building.
Rock Calendar 10-21-97: 37 days after release, Elton John's "Candle In The Wind '97," a re-working of his classic, with lyrics honoring Princess Diana, becomes the best-selling single ever, passing "White Christmas." No.1 LP: You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs- LeAnn Rimes
Rock Calendar 10-21-75: Boston's Carlton Fisk hits a dramatic 12th-inning home run off the left-field foul pole to force the World Series to a deciding seventh game. Cincinnati will win Game Seven and the Series. No.1 Song: Bad Blood- Neil Sedaka -- No.1 LP: Windsong- John Denver
Rock Calendar 10-21-92: Madonna's erotic book "Sex" goes on sale. It costs fifty dollars to see pictures reflecting her fantasies. No.1 Song: End of the Road- Boyz II Men -- No.1 LP: The Chase- Garth Brooks
Rock Calendar 10-21-58: In his last recording session, Buddy Holly cuts "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" in one take. It became a hit after he died. No.1 Song: It's All in the Game-Tommy Edwards - No.1 LP: Sinatra Sings For Only The Lonely
Rock Calendar 10-21-95: Blind Melon Singer Shannon Hoon, 28, dies of a cocaine overdose in New Orleans. No.1 Song: Fantasy- Mariah Carey -- No.1 LP: Daydream- Mariah Carey