The Governor's Son
1901 George M. Cohan's 1st Broadway musical "The Governor's Son"opens at the Savoy Theatre, NYC; runs for 32 performances
- 1904 J M Synge's "Riders to the Sea" opens at Irish National Theater Society
- 1911 Victor Herbert's opera "Natoma" premieres at Metropolitan Opera House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- 1944 Alexander Gretchaninov's "Missa Oecumenica" (Ecumenical Mass) premieres in Boston with Serge Koussevitzky conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra; the composer wrote the work in memory of the conductor's wife Natalie (1880-1942)
- 1951 "Michael Todd's Peep Show" closes at Winter Garden, NYC, after 278 performances
That'll Be the Day
1957 Buddy Holly and the Crickets record their smash hit "That'll Be the Day" in Clovis, New Mexico
Music for Amplified Toy Pianos
1960 John Cage's musical composition "Music for Amplified Toy Pianos" premieres in Middletown, Connecticut
- 1963 The Beatles release their first US single, "Please Please Me"
1971 Peter Schickele, Robert Dennis and Stanley Walden's musical revue "Oh! Calcutta!" moves to Belasco Theater in NYC; runs for 1,316 performances
Give Ireland Back to the Irish
1972 Paul McCartney releases "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" single
A Little Night Music
1973 Stephen Sondheim's musical "A Little Night Music" premieres at Shubert Theatre, later transferring to the Majestic, NYC; runs for 601 performances, winning 6 Tony Awards, 6 Drama Desk Awards, and a Grammy Award
1981 23rd Grammy Awards: "Sailing" - Christopher Cross; and Billy Joel win
Music History
1990 On a BBC taped interview, American rock star Stevie Nicks breaks down, saying that she will never have children and that no man can stand her for long
- 1992 34th Grammy Awards: "Unforgettable," Marc Cohn win
1992 Muddy Waters wins Lifetime Achievement Award at the 34th Annual Grammy Awards
- 1993 David Shiner and Bill Irwin's comedy revue "Fool Moon" opens at the Richard Rodgers Theater, NYC; runs for 207 performances
Sinatra's Last Performance
1995 Singer Frank Sinatra performs for final time before a live audience of 1200 select guests at the Palm Desert Marriott Ballroom, in Palm Desert, California, on the closing night of his charity golf tournament
- 1996 August Strickland's 1887 stage drama "The Father", starring Frank Langella, closes at the Criterion Theater, NYC, after 52 performances
- 1998 40th Grammy Awards: "Sunny Came Home" best song, Paula Cole best new artist
Music History
1998 Pamela Lee has husband Tommy Lee arrested on battery charges
Stevie Wonder Receives Gershwin Prize
2009 American singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder receives Library of Congress Gershwin Prize at the White House in Washington, D.C.
2015 BRIT Awards: Best Single "Uptown Funk", Best Album "X" by Ed Sheeran
Is This What We Want?
2025 A group of 1,000 artists including Annie Lennox, Billy Ocean, and Kate Bush, release a lyric-less album to protest a proposed British law allowing developers access to copyrighted material to train AI [1]
