- 1760 Niccolò Piccinni's opera buffa "La buona figliuola" (The Good-Natured Girl) first performed at the Teatro delle Dame, Rome, Italy, with an all-male cast
- 1898 Concert debut of Romanian composer George Enescu (16), as the Orchestre de Édouard Colonne premieres his "Poema Română" in Paris, France
- 1946 "Lute Song" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 142 performances
- 1964 "Rugantino" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 28 performances
- 1965 Righteous Brothers' music single "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" hits #1
- 1969 A&M Records releases "The Gilded Palace of Sin", the debut studio album by American country-rock band The Flying Burrito Brothers; Gram Parsons and Chris Hillman's fusion of modern country, psychedelic rock, and folk music was a favorite of critics, but not a commercial success
Dear World
1969 Jerry Herman's musical "Dear World", starring Angela Lansbury, opens at the Mark Hellinger Theater, NYC; runs for 132 performances, and a Tony Award for Lansbury
Rich at Top of the Plaza
1973 American jazz drummer Buddy Rich plays influential performance at the Top of the Plaza in Richmond, New York, later televised by PBS
- 1973 Nancy Ford and Gretchen Cryer's musical "Shelter" opens at John Golden Theater, NYC; runs for 31 performances
This Guitar (Can't Keep From Crying)
1976 George Harrison releases single "This Guitar (Can't Keep From Crying)"
- 1982 "Centerfold" by J. Geils Band hits #1 on pop chart
- 1990 Steve Briers of Wales recites entire lyrics of Queen's album "A Night At The Opera" in 9 minutes 58.44 seconds backwards!
- 1992 "Late Night's 10th Anniversary Show At Radio City Music Hall" on NBC
- 1994 Nikolai Gogol's stage drama "The Government Inspector" closes at the Lyceum Theater, NYC, after 37 performances
Tennessee Moon
1996 Columbia Records releases "Tennessee Moon", the twenty-third studio album by Neil Diamond; the record features original collaborations with a variety of country music songwriters and performers
Tupac Shakur Sentenced
1996 Rapper Tupac Shakur sentenced to up to 4 1/2 years in prison for sexual assault
Get Rich or Die Trying
2003 American rapper 50 Cent releases his album "Get Rich or Die Trying" (2003 Billboard Album of the Year)
Violin Concerto
2009 "Violin Concerto", by Jennifer Higdon premieres, in Indianapolis, Indiana (Pulitzer Prize for Music 2010) [1]
Gordon Lightfoot Honored
2012 Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot is presented with the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal by the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
Davido's 'Fall"
2019 Davido's "Fall" becomes longest-charting Nigerian pop song in US Billboard history
