- 1869 Opera and music hall Folies Bergère opens in Paris, France
- 1869 The Folies Trévise (later cabaret hall Folies Bergère) opens as an opera house in Paris, France
Transfer of Rossini's Body
1887 Gioachino Rossini's corpse transferred from Paris, France to thr Basilica of Santa Croce in Florence, Kingdom of Italy
Billie Holiday Arrested
1929 Billie Holiday (14) and her mother are arrested for prostitution following a raid of a brothel in Harlem, New York City
A-Tisket, A-Tasket
1938 American singer Ella Fitzgerald records "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" with Chick Webb and His Orchestra
Water Music
1952 John Cage's "Water Music" - for a solo pianist, using a piano, a radio, whistles, water containers, and a deck of cards - premieres in New York City
- 1964 The Beatles' "The Beatles' Second Album" goes #1 and stays #1 for 5 weeks
- 1965 Musical revue "New Faces of 1965" opens at the Booth Theater in NYC and runs for 52 performances
Music Premiere
1968 Roger Sessions' 8th Symphony premieres in New York City with William Steinberg conducting the New York Philharmonic
- 1971 Gretchen Cryer and Nancy Ford's rock musical "The Last Sweet Days of Isaac" closes off-Broadway at the East Side Playhouse, NYC
- 1975 The Beatles' Apple Corps headquarters on Savile Row in London closes down
The King & I
1977 Revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical "The King and I," with Yul Brynner reprising the role he created in 1951, opens at the Uris Theater in NYC and runs for 695 performances
Quadrophenia
1979 Film "Quadrophenia" premieres in London, based on The Who's 1973 rock opera; starring Phil Daniels, the cast also includes musicians Sting and Toyah Wilcox
Music History
1980 Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in Wall (Part II)" is banned in South Africa
Sunday in the Park with George
1984 Stephen Sondheim's musical "Sunday in the Park with George," a fictionalized version of painter Georges Seurat's relationship with his grandson, starring Mandy Patinkin, opens at Booth Theater in NYC; runs for 604 performances and wins a Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Killin' Time
1989 "Killin' Time" debut album by Clint Black is released (Billboard Album of the Year, 1990)
- 1990 Richard Nelson's stage comedy "Some Americans Abroad" opens at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre in NYC and runs for 55 performances
High Rollers Social & Pleasure Club
1992 Allen Toussaint's musical revue "High Rollers Social and Pleasure Club" closes at the Helen Hayes Theater in NYC after 13 performances
- 1993 Clarke Peters' musical crafted from songs of Louis Jordan "Five Guys Named Moe" closes at the Eugene O'Neill Theater in NYC after 445 performances
- 1993 Lanford Wilson's play "Redwood Curtain" closes at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre in NYC after 40 performances
- 1993 Musical dance revue "Tango Passion" closes at the Longacre Theater in NYC after 5 performances
Candida
1993 Revival of George Bernard Shaw's stage comedy "Candida" closes at the Criterion Theatre in NYC after 45 performances
Music History
1995 Revival of William Shakespeare's stage drama "Hamlet," starring Ralph Fiennes, opens at the Belasco Theater in NYC and runs for 91 performances
Flavor Flav Arrested
2011 Flavor Flav is arrested on four outstanding misdemeanor warrants for various driving offenses
Kanye West Criticized
2018 American singer Kanye West is widely criticized for saying "slavery is a choice" in an interview with TMZ
