The Flying Dutchman
1843 Richard Wagner's opera "The Flying Dutchman" premieres in Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony
Violin Concerto No. 3
1881 Camille Saint-Saëns' 3rd Violin Concerto in B, premieres in Paris, France, with Spanish virtuoso Pablo de Sarasate as soloist and dedicatee
- 1926 Melody Maker, British popular music magazine, publishes 1st issue
Pal Joey
1952 Revival of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart's musical "Pal Joey", starring Harold Lang and Vivienne Segal, opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC; runs for 540 performances, and wins 3 Tony Awards
Shostakovich' 2nd Piano Concert
1958 Dmitri Shostakovich' 2nd Piano Concerto has US premiere, with Leonard Bernstein as soloist and conductor of the New York Philharmonic at Carnegie hall in NYCs in NY
Sessions' 4th Symphony
1960 Roger Sessions' 4th Symphony, in honor of the Minnesota Centennial, premieres by the Minnesota Orchestra conducted by Antal Doráti
- 1968 Roland Petit's French song and dance revue "Zizi" closes at the Broadway Theater, NYC after 49 performances
- 1969 Allan Sherman and Albert Hague's musical "The Fig Leaves Are Falling", starring Dorothy Loudon, Barry Nelson, and David Cassidy, opens at Broadhurst Theater, NYC; runs for 4 performances
- 1969 The Beatles begin rehearsals, while being filmed, for the Let It Be project at Twickenham Film Studios, London
- 1970 Dutch premiere of Galt MacDermot, Gerome Ragni and James Rado's hippie musical "Hair" in Amsterdam
- 1972 "Rothschilds" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC after 505 performances
- 1978 Rhino Records releases their 1st album "Wildmania", by Larry "WIld Man" Fischer
Vicious' Murder Trial Begins
1979 British punk rocker Sid Vicious' trial for murder of girlfriend Nancy Spungen begins in New York City
Annie
1983 Charles Strouse, Martin Charnin, and Thomas Meehan's musical "Annie" closes at the Alvin Theater NYC, after 2,377 performances, winning and seven Tony Awards and a Grammy
Sophisticated Ladies
1983 Duke Ellington musical revue "Sophisticated Ladies", starring Gregory Hines and Hinton Battle, closes at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, NYC after 767 performances and two Tony Award wins
- 1989 "Superwoman" single released by Karyn White (Billboard Song of the Year 1989)
- 1993 Tomas Rodriquez-Pantoja's flamenco musical revue "Gypsy Passion" closes at Plymouth Theater, NYC, after 55 performances
Shakespeare for My Father
1994 Lynn Redgraves's one-woman show "Shakespeare for My Father" closes at Helen Hayes, NYC, after 266 performances
Fela!
2011 "Fela!", based on music and lyrics by Nigerian singer Fela Kuti, closes at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre, NYC, after 463 performances and 3 Tony Award wins [1]
