- 1808 First college orchestra in the US is founded at Harvard in Cambridge, Massachusetts
- 1831 Vincenzo Bellini's opera "La Sonnambula" premieres at Teatro Carcano in Milan, Italy
La Traviata
1853 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "La Traviata" premieres at Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Italy
- 1922 George Bernard Shaw's largest-scale play "Back to Methusaleh (Part 2)" opens at the Garrick Theatre, NYC; runs for 25 performances
How to Succeed...
1965 Frank Loesser's musical "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying", starring Robert Morse and Rudy Vallée, closes at 46th Street Theatre, NYC, after 1415 performances, 7 Tony Awards, and a Pulitzer Prize
My Girl Hits #1
1965 The Temptations' single "My Girl" reaches #1 on the Billboard Pop Chart; written and produced by the Miracles members Smokey Robinson and Ronald White
- 1966 Barry Sadler's "Ballad of the Green Berets" becomes #1 (13 weeks)
- 1970 The Beatles release single "Let it Be" in UK
Closing Time
1973 Asylum Records releases "Closing Time," the debut album by singer-songwriter Tom Waits
- 1974 Richard Sherman and Robert Sherman's musical "Over Here!", opens at Shubert Theater, NYC; runs for 341 performances and becomes top-grossing production of the year
On Your Toes
1983 Revival of George Abbott, Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart's musical "On Your Toes" opens at Virginia Theater, NYC; runs for 505 performances
- 1986 After losing all appeals, American rock singer David Crosby begins serving 5 year sentence for drug and weapons convictions in Texas state prison
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
2000 15th Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees: Eric Clapton; Earth, Wind, and Fire; Lovin' Spoonful; The Moonglows; Bonnie Raitt; James Taylor; Nat King Cole; Billie Holiday; Hal Blaine; "King" Curtis; James Jamerson; Scotty Moore; Earl Palmer; and Clive Davis
- 2020 American rapper Lil Uzi Vert second album, "Eternal Atake", tops the Billboard charts upon its release
