- 1857 Stefano Ronchetti-Monteviti's opera "Pergolese" premieres at La Scala in Milan, Kingdom of Lombardy
Thaïs
1894 Jules Massenet's opera "Thaïs" premieres in Paris, includes piece “Méditation” for violin and orchestra
Songs of a Wayfarer
1896 Gustav Mahler conducts premiere of his "Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen" (Songs of a Wayfarer), leading the Berlin Philharmonic and Dutch baritone Anton Sistermans as soloist
Life Begins at 8:40
1935 Harold Arlen, Ira Gershwin and Yip Harburg's musical "Life Begins at 8:40", starring Ray Bolger and Lulla Gear, closes at the Winter Garden Theatre, NYC, after 237 performances
- 1946 Bobby Clark's stage farce "The Would-Be Gentleman", adapted from Moliére’s "Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme", closes at the Booth Theater, NYC. after 77 performances
Billie Holiday Released
1948 Jazz musician Billie Holiday is released early from Alderson Federal Prison Camp in West Virginia due to good behavior
- 1969 Sherman Edwards' historical musical "1776", starring William Daniels and Ken Howard, opens at 46th St Theater (transferring to the St. James, and later the Majestic), NYC; runs for 1217 performances, winning 3 Tony Awards
- 1971 13th Grammy Awards: Simon & Garfunkel's "Bridge Over Troubled Water", and the Carpenters win
John and Yoko's Deportation Battle
1972 John Lennon and Yoko Ono are served with deportation papers by US Immigration Department
Brown Performs at Rikers Island
1972 Singer James Brown performs two shows for over 1,000 detainees awaiting trial at the Adolescent Remand Shelter on Rikers Island, NYC
- 1974 1st performance at new Grand Ole Opry House at Opryland in Nashville, Tennessee
- 1975 Gene Curty, Nitra Scharfman and Chuck Strand's musical rock opera "The Lieutenant" closes at the Lyceum Theater, NYC, after 9 performances
Reba McEntire Plane Crash
1991 Seven members of Reba McEntire's band, and the road manager, are killed in a plane crash; one of two private jets being used by the group clipped a mountain near San Diego, California shortly after take-off, pilot and co-pilot also
- 2008 Rock Musical "Next to Normal" by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey premieres Off-Broadway at the Second Stage Theatre in New York (Pulitzer Prize for Drama 2010) [1]
Latin Music Legends
2011 U.S. Postal Service issues a set of five "Latin Music Legends" stamps, including one of Carlos Gardel
