Milestones

Dec. 3, 1948 - Ozzy Osbourne is born in Aston, Birmingham, England

Dec. 6 ,1956 - Randy Rhoads is born.

1962 - Ozzy joins one of his first bands at age 14, Black Panthers.

1967 - Ozzy, Geezer, Tony and Bill form Earth.

1969 - Earth calls themselves Black Sabbath.

1969 - Black Sabbath returns to England from Germany. So far they have not found someone to carry their record.

Jan. 1970 - Vertigo decides to sign Sabbath to their label.

Feb. 1970 - Sabbath breaks the audience record at Henry's.

Feb.13 ,1970 - Black Sabbath releases its debut self titled album. This would set the stage for the term 'heavy metal'.

Oct.23 ,1970 - A near riot results when a drunken crowd awaits the band.

Sept.4 ,1970 - Simpson and Sabbath part ways.

April 6,1974 - Sabbath plays the huge California Jam. Soon after, they fired their manager.

1975 - Free from their manager's greedy hands, the band releases the Sabotage album.

1976 - We Sold Our Souls is released. Reached #48 in the US, #35 in UK.

1977 - Ozzy's father passes away. Oz quits Black Sabbath but comes back in time for the Never Say Die album and tour.

1978 - Ozzy is fired from Sabbath, Ronnie James Dio replaces him.

1980 - Ozzy signs with Jet Records. He releases his first solo album, Blizzard of Ozz which goes platinum plus in the U.S.

Sept.12,1980 - Ozzy plays his first concert in Glasgow, Scotland.

1981 - Ozzy divorces his first wife. He goes on to release his second album, Diary of a Madman. This album also goes platinum.

Jan. 20,1982 - Ozzy bites the head off the bat.

Feb. 19,1982 - Ozzy urinates on the Alamo and goes to jail.

Mar. 19,1982 - Randy Rhoads dies in a plane accident in Leesburg, Florida.

1982 - Bernie Torme replaces Randy but backs out and so did the Speak of the Devil album.

1982 - Black Sabbath releases 'Live Evil', Ozzy releases 'Speak of the Devil'.

July 4, 1982 - Ozzy marries his long time companion, Sharon Arden.

Sept 2, 1983 - Aimee Rachel is born.

1983 - Ozzy signs to Epic Records. Bill Ward quits Black Sabbath.

Feb. 1984 - Glass from a broken mirror gets lodged in Ozzy's throat.

Oct. 27,1984 - Kelly Lee Osbourne is born.

Nov. 1984 - Ozzy enters the Betty Ford clinic for drinking problems. He also begins his Bark at the Moon project.

1985 - Ozzy plays the first Rock in Rio festival to over 200,000 people.

July 13,1985 - He also reunites with his ex-Sabbath members for the Live Aid reunion in PA.

1986 - Ozzy wins a lawsuit that claimed "Suicide Solution" was responsible for a teenage suicide in California.

May 2, 1986 - Ozzy co-hosts Friday Night Videos with Dr. Ruth

1987 - Due to popular demand by his fans, Ozzy puts out the Randy Rhoads tribute album. He only plays one concert that year at the Wormwood Scrubs prison.

1987 - Contrary to the above, Ozzy is reported to have played a 6 six week tour of UK prisons. He also played "Jailhouse Rock"

1988 - Zakk Wylde joins Ozzy's lineup of guitar players.

1989 - Ozzy donates $15,000 to AIDS charities in Philadelphia.

Aug.12-13/89 - Ozzy plays the Moscow Music Festival which benefits drug and alcohol programs.

Sept. 2,1989 - Ozzy is jailed after threatening Sharon.

Oct. 1990 - The parents of two Georgia teens file lawsuits against Ozzy for the deaths of their children.

Dec. 16, 1990 - Ozzy appears on the TV show Parker Lewis Can't Lose

May 6, 1991 - Lawsuit filed in Georgia is dismissed on First Amendment grounds.

1991 - No More Tears is released setting new grounds in Ozzy's career. No more macabre album covers and titles.

Oct. 1, 1992 - Ozzy plays San Antonio, TX after being banned for 10 years. He donates $10,000 to the caretakers of the Alamo.

1992 - Ozzy announces this will be his last tour.

1992 - Ozzy wins a grammy award for "I Don't Want to Change the World". Ozzy announces he is going to retire and embarks on the "No More Tours" tour.

Mar. 28, 1992 - Fans cause $100,000 damage when Ozzy invites audience members on stage.

Nov. 15,1992 - Ozzy plays his last show at Costa Mesa, CA

1993 - Live and Loud is released to accompany his last tour.

1993 -> 1995 - Ozzy takes three years off to relax and be a family man. Finally he heads back into the studio and comes up with Ozzmosis. A spectacle in his history of albums. He says he is never going to retire again: The next time that he retires will be when they lower him into the ground.

Oct.25, 1995 - Ozzmosis album is sold in stores.

Dec. 31, 1995 - Ozzy's Retirement Sucks tour begins.

Sept.14,1996 - Ozz-Fest begins

October 1996 - Ozzy announces he is starting his own record label, "Ozz-Records" to promote smaller bands.

March 1997 - The Ozzfest Live album is released with bands from the 1996 tour.

May 1997 - Ozzfest 1997 begins

June 15, 1997 - Ozzfest plays in East Rutherford, NJ despite threats to pull the show if Marilyn Manson took part. The show went on.

Nov. 11, 1997- Ozzman Cometh double CD is released featuring some old Sabbath songs with alternative lyrics and a new song called "Back on Earth".

Dec. 4/5,1997- Black Sabbath reunites in Birmingham, UK to do two live shows. Ozzy is very happy about the second show.

July 3, 1998 - Ozzfest kicks off in New Jersey.

Oct.31, 1998 - Black Sabbath and Ozzy to release a live album from the Dec. 5/97 UK show, along with two new studio tracks.

Jan. 1, 1999 - Black Sabbath's original four members launch a North American tour.

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