The database currently contains 7367 historical events.
- Led Zeppelin released the album "In Through the Out Door" in the UK.
- Led Zeppelin's album In Through the Out Door remained at number one on the US album chart for a fifth consecutive week.
- The funeral for Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham took place at Rushock Parish Church in Worcestershire, England. Bonham had died at age 32 after asphyxiation following excessive vodka consumption. Among the 250 mourners were Paul McCartney, Phil Collins, Denny Laine, Carl Palmer, Jeff Lynne, Roy Wood and Bev Bevan.
- Led Zeppelin topped the chart of British artists with the largest number of bootleg recordings. The British Phonographic Industry recorded 384 bootleg titles featuring their performances. The Beatles were second with 320 titles.
- BBC Radio 2 listeners voted Led Zeppelin's “Whole Lotta Love” the greatest guitar riff of all time. It beat, among others, “Sweet Child O' Mine” by Guns N' Roses, “Back In Black” by AC/DC, “Smoke On The Water” by Deep Purple and “Layla” by Derek and the Dominos.
- Judge R. Gary Klausner denied Led Zeppelin and its publishing company nearly $800,000 in legal fees related to the lawsuit over whether the band had plagiarized the chord progression in “Stairway to Heaven”.
- In a long-running copyright dispute over the opening riff of “Stairway to Heaven,” a new legal filing was submitted in support of Led Zeppelin. Signatories included members of Korn, Tool, Judas Priest and Linkin Park, and a total of 123 musicians joined the amicus curiae filing.
- A Houses Of The Holy album cover signed by all four members of Led Zeppelin was sold at auction for £15,000, even though it did not include the actual record. The item was exceptionally rare because of drummer John Bonham’s death in 1980 and the subsequent breakup of the group.