2012 Event Ballerina Natalia Makarova, blues legend Buddy Guy, actor Dustin Hoffman, American television host David Letterman, and surviving members of Led Zeppelin, receive 2012 Kennedy Center Honors for their contributions to American culture 1989 Death Anton Diffring, actor (Zeppelin, Fahrenheit 451), dies at 70 1980 Event 2 months after death of drummer John Bonham, Led Zeppelin breaks up 1980 Death John Bonham, English pop drummer (Led Zeppelin), overdoses at 32 1980 Event Led Zeppelin begins their last European tour 1976 Death Rupert Davies, actor (Zeppelin, Oblong Box), dies at 59 1975 Event Led Zeppelin fans riot before Boston concert, causing $30,000 damage 1973 Event $180,000 in Led Zeppelin receipts are robbed from New York, Hilton 1969 Event Debut album of Led Zeppelin released in US 1968 Event Led Zeppelin's concert debut in Boston as opener for Vanilla Fudge 1946 Birthday John Paul Jones, rock bassist, Led Zeppelin 1938 Event Graf Zeppelin II, world's largest airship, makes maiden flight 1929 Event German airship Graf Zeppelin ends a round-the-world flight 1929 Event Graf Zeppelin passes over San Francisco for LA after trans-Pacific voyage 1929 Event German airship Graf Zeppelin begins a round-the-world flight 1928 Event Graf Zeppelin sets airship distance record of 6384 km 1928 Event German dirigible "Graf Zeppelin" lands in Lakehurst, New Jersey 1917 Death Ferdinand von Zeppelin, Dutch count/air pioneer, dies at 78 1915 Event 1st Zeppelin air raid over England 1915 Event An LZ-38 Zeppelin makes an air raid on London 1915 Event Zeppelin drops hundred of bombs on Southend-on-Sea 1915 Event 1st German Zeppelin attack over Great Britain, 4 die 1914 Event German Zeppelin bombs Liege City, 9 killed 1911 Event Zeppelin "Deutscheland" wrecked at Dusseldorf 1910 Event 1st Zeppelin with passengers sets afloat 1900 Event Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin 1st airship LZ-1, flies 1838 Birthday Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin, inventor, rigid dirigibles
