- 1633 M Rossi's opera "Erminia sul Giordano" premieres in Rome
Artaxerxes
1762 Thomas Arne's opera "Artaxerxes" premieres at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden in London, England
Haydn's 102nd Symphony
1795 Joseph Haydn's 102nd Symphony in B premieres at the King's Theatre in London, England
Semiramide
1823 Gioachino Rossini's opera "Semiramide" first performed at La Fenice in Venice, Lombardo-Venetian Kingdom
- 1900 Gustave Charpentiers opera "Louise" premieres at the Salle Favart, in Paris France; performed by the Opéra-Comique conducted by André Messageri
- 1914 James Royce Shannon's musical "Shameen Dhu" premieres in NYC
- 1926 3 men dance Charleston for 22 hours
- 1927 Harry Tierney and Joseph McCarthy's musical "Rio Rita" premieres in NYC
Sinatra in Indianapolis
1940 Frank Sinatra performs at the Lyric Theater in Indianapolis, Indiana, his first as featured singer with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
Music History
1946 James Van Heusen and Johnny Burke's musical "Nellie Bly" closes at the Adelphi Theater, NYC, after 16 performances
Arms and the Girl
1950 Morton Gould and Dorothy Field's colonial-era musical "Arms and the Girl", starring Nanette Fabray and Pearl Bailey, opens at 46th St Theater, NYC; runs for 134 performances
3 O’Clock Blues
1952 B.B. King's “3 O’Clock Blues” hits #1 on the US Billboard's R&B hit parade to become his first national hit
Candide
1957 Leonard Bernstein's musical "Candide" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 73 performances
Holly's Last Performance
1959 Buddy Holly's last performance at Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa [1]
- 1963 British pop singer Helen Shapiro begins an English tour, the Beatles are part of undercard
The Midnight Special
1973 "The Midnight Special" late night rock music show debuts on NBC-TV; performers include Ike and Tina Turner, Curtis Mayfield, Don Mclean, the Byrds, and George Carlin
Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood
1986 "Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood" closes at Ritz NYC after 13 performances
The Soul Cages
1991 Sting scores his second UK #1 album with 'The Soul Cages'
Music History
1993 Frito Lay pays court ordered $2,500,000 to singer-songwriter Tom Waits for using his distinctive voice song style in radio advertisement
- 1995 "Molière Comedies" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 56 performances
- 1997 "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus" closes at Gershwin NYC
- 2002 Philip Glass' Symphony No. 6 (Plutonian Ode), for soprano and orchestra, based on the poem by Allen Ginsberg, premieres with the American Composers Orchestra conducted by Dennis Russell Davies, at Carnegie Hall, NYC
All I Have
2003 Jennifer Lopez starts a three week run at #1 on the US singles chart with "All I Have"
- 2003 Russian pop girl duo Tatu start a four-week run at #1 on the UK singles chart with "All The Things She Said"
RuPaul's Drag Race" Premieres
2009 "RuPaul's Drag Race" hosted by RuPaul premieres on Logo TV
R. Kelly Arrested
2019 American singer R. Kelly arrested after turning himself in on ten counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, including with three minors
