- 1822 Italian composer Luigi Cherubini becomes director of the Conservatoire de Paris music college, holds position for nearly 20 years
The Blue Angel
1930 "The Blue Angel" starring Marlene Dietrich in her breakthrough role premieres in Germany
Music History
1964 John Lennon is reunited with his father Freddie 17 years after being abandoned at age 5
- 1966 "Hold On, I'm Comin'" single released by Sam & Dave
- 1970 John Lennon and Yoko Ono release hoax they are having dual sex change operations
- 1972 30,000 people attend the Mar y Sol Pop Festival in Manatí, Puerto Rico
- 1973 John Lennon and Yoko Ono form a new country with no laws or boundaries, called Nutopia, its national anthem is silence
Music History
1981 CBS-TV special "Country Comes Home" includes final television appearance of songwriter Hoagy Carmichael, in a duet segment with country star Crystal Gayle
- 1990 It becomes illegal in Salem, Oregon, to be within 2 feet of nude dancers
- 1992 "Dancing with Myself" singer Billy Idol (36) is sentenced to two years probation and ordered to pay a $2,700 fine for punching a woman in the face in 1991 in Beverly Hills, California; he is also ordered to undergo therapy and prepare a one-minute public service announcement about the effects of drugs and alcohol [1]
Nobel Prize in Literature
2017 Bob Dylan receives his Nobel Prize for Literature at a private ceremony in Stockholm
