- 1689 Henry Purcell & Nahum Tate's opera "Dido & Aeneas" premieres at Josias Priest's girls' school in Chelsea, London
- 1731 One of the earliest music concerts in North America held at Peter Pelham's Great Room in Boston, Massachusetts
- 1844 Opera "Stradella" after being rewritten is produced (Hamburg)
The Pirates of Penzance
1879 W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan's comic opera "The Pirates of Penzance" premieres in Paignton, England and at Fifth Avenue Theatre NYC the next day
Symphony No. 7 in E
1884 Anton Bruckner's "Symphony No. 7 in E", premieres led by Arthur Nikisch at the Stadtheater in Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony
The Merry Widow
1905 Franz Lehár's operetta "The Merry Widow" premieres at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna, Austria
Wake Up And Dream
1929 Cole Porter's musical "Wake Up And Dream" opens at the Selwyn Theatre, NYC; runs for 136 performances
Sinatramania
1942 NYC's Times Square greets Frank Sinatra at Paramount Theater, initiating the term "Sinatramania"
- 1944 Sergei Prokofjev's 8th Piano sonata, premieres in Moscow
- 1948 "Kiss Me, Kate" opens at New Century Theater NYC for 1077 performances
- 1948 Cole Porter's musical "Kiss Me Kate" opens at the New Century Theatre, NYC, later transferred to Sam S. Shubert Theatre; runs for 1077 performances
- 1950 "Sixty Minute Man" record single released by The Dominoes (Billboard Song of the Year 1951)
Tennessee Waltz
1950 "Tennessee Waltz" sung by Patti Page hits #1 on the Billboard Pop Chart (stays for 9 weeks)
- 1967 Beatles' "Hello Goodbye" single goes #1 & stays #1 for 3 weeks
- 1968 Frank Sinatra records "My Way" for the first time, based on the French song "Comme d'habitude" with lyrics by Paul Anka
- 1974 Beatles are legally disbanded (4 years after suit was brought)
- 1975 "Boccaccio" closes at Edison Theater NYC after 7 performances
- 1979 English Progressive rock group, Emerson, Lake & Palmer break up
That Girl
1981 "That Girl" single released by Stevie Wonder (Billboard Song of the Year -1982)
- 1990 "Miser" closes at Circle in Sq Theater NYC after 93 performances
- 1993 "Candles, Snow, & Mistletoe" closes at Palace NYC after 7 performances
Brian May Honored
2022 "Queen" guitarist and astrophysicist Brian May (75) receives a British knighthood for his service to music and charity [1]
