Frasquita
1925 1st London performance of Franz Lehár’s operetta "Frasquita" is staged
- 1940 Dance hall fires kills 198 in Natchez, Mississippi
- 1955 Robert Wright and George Forrest's musical "Kismet" closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 583 performances
- 1958 Robert Kurka's "The Good Soldier Schweik", with libretto written by Abe Meeropol, premieres at the New York City Opera
- 1959 "Destry Rides Again" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 472 performances
- 1961 Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick's musical comedy "Tenderloin" closes at 46th St Theater, NYC, after 216 performances
Music History
1961 Singer Judy Garland appears in concert at Carnegie Hall, NYC; the event is recorded for a double live album and wins a Grammy Award for Album of the Year, the first by a female artist
- 1963 Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick's musical "She Loves Me", based on the film "The Shop Around the Corner", opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater, NYC; runs for 302 performances and a Tony Award for Jack Cassidy
Blues for Mister Charlie
1964 James Baldwin's stage drama "Blues for Mister Charlie", directed by Burgess Meredith, opens at the ANTA Playhouse, NYC; runs for 148 performances
- 1965 "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" single released by the Four Tops (Billboard Song of the Year 1965)
Music History
1965 American composer Randall Thompson marks his retirement from the Harvard faculty conducting the debut of his orchestrated arrangement of "Frostiana: Seven Country Songs" with the Harvard Glee Club and Radcliffe Choral Society singing poetry of Robert Frost
- 1968 Ernest Gold and Anne Croswell's musical "I'm Solomon", starring Dick Shawn, opens at Mark Hellinger Theater, NYC; runs for 7 performances
- 1983 28th Eurovision Song Contest: Corinne Hermes for Luxembourg wins singing "Si la vie est cadeau" in Munich
1997 32nd Academy of Country Music Awards: Brooks & Dunn, George Strait, and Patty Loveless win
Lemonade
2016 Beyoncé releases her 6th album "Lemonade" with a 1 hour film on HBO
