ON THIS DAY IN ALTERNATIVE MUSIC HISTORY
 GIGS |
| 1983 |
| The Sisters of Mercy played at The Crypt, Hastings, England |
| 1985 |
| The Sisters of Mercy played at Leeds University, Leeds, England |
| 1986 |
| The Rose of Avalanche played at The Warehouse, Leeds, England |
| 1987 |
| Fields of the Nephilim played at Thames Polytechic, London, England |
| 1989 |
| Birdland played at Adelphi, Hull, England |
| The Rose of Avalanche played at Manchester International, Manchester, England |
| 1990 |
| Birdland played at Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, London, England |
| 1995 |
| Hole played at The New Daisy Theatre, Memphis, USA |
| 2006 |
| The Sisters of Mercy played at The Fillmore, Denver, USA |
| 2009 |
| The Sisters of Mercy played at Coliseu, Lisbon, Portugal |
 RECORD RELEASES |
| 1984 |
| The Siouxsie and the Banshees single Swimming Horses was released |
| 1987 |
| The Siouxsie and the Banshees single The Passenger was released |
| 1992 |
| The Cure single High was released |
 BIRTHS |
| There were no births on this day in alternative music history |
 DEATHS |
| There were no deaths on this day in alternative music history |
Love and Rockets, Tones on Tail, Bauhaus, Grinderman, The Sisters of Mercy, Flesh for Lulu, Birdland, The Sex Pistols, Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine, Hole, Slowdive, Spiritualized, Spacemen 3, Spectrum, The Teardrop Explodes, Julian Cope, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, The Birthday Party, Einsturzende Neubauten, Pop Will Eat Itself, The Wonder Stuff, Joy Division, Alien Sex Fiend, New Order, Fields of the Nephilim, The Cult, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Nefilim, The Slits, Ramones, The Blockheads, The Gun Club, New York Dolls, The Jim Carroll Band, The Clash, John Peel, A Place to Bury Strangers, All About Eve, Black Flag, Rollins Band, Dirty Three, Factory Records, Gene Loves Jezebel, Generation X, My Bloody Valentine, Nirvana, Pixies, The Breeders, Primal Scream, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Sonic Youth, The BBC Radiophonic Workshop, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Damned, The Fall, The Happy Mondays, The Stone Roses, The Pogues, The Mission, The Smiths, The Stooges, The Velvet Underground, The Verve, Throwing Muses, PJ Harvey, Tom Waits, Patti Smith
