- 1887 Emmanuel Chabrier's opera "Le roi malgré lui" (King, in spite of himself) premieres at the Opéra-Comique in Paris; after 3 performances the theatre burns down
- 1897 Irish Music Festival first held in Dublin
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
1897 Paul Dukas' symphonic scherzo "The Sorcerer’s Apprentice" (used in Disney's Fantasia film) premieres, based on poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Musical Finale
1946 Dan Shapiro, Milton Pascal, and Phil Charig's musical "Follow the Girls', starring Gertrude Niesen and Jackie Gleason, closes at the Broadhurst Theatre, NYC, after 888 performances
- 1948 Jerome Moross and John Latouche'a musical "Ballet Ballads" opens at Music Box Theater, NYC; for 62 performances
- 1950 John Mundy and Edward Eager's musical "Liar", starring Martin Balsam and Walter Matthau, closes at the Broadhurst Theater, NY; runs 12 performances
- 1959 "Castin' My Spell" by The Johnny Otis Show hits #52
- 1959 "Judy" by David Seville hits #86
- 1959 "Russian Band Stand" by Spencer & Spencer hits #91
- 1961 "Donnybrook!" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 68 performances
- 1963 "Beast in Me" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 4 performances
- 1963 "If You Wanna Be Happy" by Jimmy Soul hits #1
- 1969 "Canterbury Tales" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC after 122 performances
- 1970 The Beatles' final released LP, "Let It Be," is released in the US
- 1972 American pop rock band Looking Glass release their single "Brandy"
- 1986 "Singin' in the Rain" closes at Gershwin Theater NYC after 367 performances
- 1996 41st Eurovision Song Contest: Eimear Quinn for Ireland wins singing "The Voice" in Oslo
- 1997 "King David" opens at New Amsterdam Theater NYC
- 1999 "Millennium," the Backstreet Boys' third studio album, is released; it becomes one of the best-selling albums of all time, with over 30 million copies sold
- 2013 58th Eurovision Song Contest: Emmelie de Forest for Denmark wins singing "Only Teardrops" in Malmo
Love Yourself: Tear
2018 K-pop boy band BTS release their album "Love Yourself: Tear", sells 135,000 first week
- 2025 69th Eurovision Song Contest won by JJ from Austria singing "Wasted Love" in Basel, Switzerland
- 2025 English rock band "The Who" announce the resignation of Zak Starkey, their drummer since 1996; Starkey claims that he did not quit, but was fired - later revising that he instead "had been retired"
