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The future Van Halen frontman gave one of his most famous solo shows at the Checkerdome in St. Louis, Mo.

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1842 – The Lombard Street Riot erupts in Philadelphia (More info) 1914 – Germany declares war on Russia, launching World War I (More info)

When Beavis and Butt-head return to the couch and watch television beginning Oct. 27 2011 on MTV, there will be far fewer music videos for the boys to critique. They will be commenting on the network's current fare -- "Jersey Shore," "16 and Pregnant," Teen Mom"

MTV celebrated their 30th anniversary yesterday... and that has everyone talking about music videos.  Last week, "Time" magazine released a list of The 30 All-Time Best Music Videos, and now Billboard.com has done the same thing.

So today I looked on the Music calender and realized that On this day in 1981 an ambitious cable television network debuted with footage of the Apollo 11 launch and a promise from then unknown video jockey Mark Goodman that “you’ll never look at music the same way again...