Music Premiere
1848 American premiere of Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Nabucco" at the Astor Opera house in New York City
- 1859 Opera "Dinorah" is produced in Paris
- 1903 Will Marion Cook's musical "In Dahomey," the first full African American musical on Broadway, starring George Walker and Bert Williams, closes at the New York Theater, after 53 performances
Music History
1929 Sigmund Romberg and Oscar Hammerstein II's operetta "The New Moon" opens at the Drury Lane Theatre in London's West End
Too True To Be Good
1932 George Bernard Shaw's comedy play "Too True To Be Good" premieres in NYC; runs for 59 performances
- 1957 Heitor Villa-Lobos' 10th Symphony premieres French Radio National Orchestra, conducted by the composer, in Paris
Anyone Can Whistle
1964 Stephen Sondheim's musical "Anyone Can Whistle" opens at Majestic Theater, NYC; runs for 9 performances
- 1964 The Beatles' "Can't Buy Me Love" single goes #1 and stays #1 for five weeks
- 1968 Paul Nassau and Oscar Brand's musical "Education of H*Y*M*A*N K*AP*L*A*N", starring Tom Bosley, opens at the Alvin Theater, NYC; runs for 28 performances
- 1971 Stephen Sondheim's "Follies" opens at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York City and runs for 524 performances, becoming the most expensive Broadway musical at the time
- 1977 Polish composer Henryk Górecki's Symphony No. 3 ("Symphony of Sorrowful Songs") premieres at the Royan International Festival in France, led by Ernest Bour with soprano soloist Stefania Woytowicz; initial response was tepid, but a 1991 recording tops US classical charts for 38 weeks, selling over a million copies
- 1981 26th Eurovision Song Contest: Bucks Fizz for United Kingdom wins singing "Making Your Mind Up" in Dublin
Music History
1987 "Always & Forever" second studio album by Randy Travis (Billboard Album of the Year 1988)
Music History
1990 Singer Gloria Estefan released from hospital after her tour bus accident
- 1991 "Lucifer's Child" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 28 performances
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
2009 24th Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees: Jeff Beck; Little Anthony and the Imperials; Metallica; Run-D.M.C.; Bobby Womack; Wanda Jackson; Bill Black; DJ Fontana; and Spooner Oldham
