- 1921 Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake's musical revue "Shuffle Along", the 1st hit Broadway show with an all-Black cast opens at Cort 63rd Street Theatre, NYC; runs for 504 performances [1]
- 1922 Comedic play "Abie's Irish Rose" premieres at Fulton Theatre, NYC; runs for 2,327 performances (longest run at the time)
A Party with Betty Comden and Adolph Green
1959 Musical revue "A Party with Betty Comden and Adolph Green" return engagement closes at John Golden Theatre, NYC, after 44 performances
- 1960 "Got A Girl" by The Four Preps hits #24
- 1960 Revival of Burton Lane and Yip Harburg's musical "Finian's Rainbow" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 12 performances
- 1968 Beatles open 2nd Apple Boutique at 161 New Kings Road, London
- 1969 Track Records releases The Who's double album rock opera "Tommy" in the UK
- 1970 Grateful Dead's 1st performance outside US, as part of 'The Hollywood Rock Music Festival', in Newcastle under Lyme, England
- 1971 American rock group Iron Butterfly ("In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida") disbands
Tom Petty Files for Bankruptcy
1979 American rock singer-songwriter Tom Petty files for chapter 11 bankruptcy
1980 33rd Cannes Film Festival: "All That Jazz" directed by Bob Fosse and "Kagemusha" directed by Akira Kurosawa jointly awarded the Palme d'Or
1984 37th Cannes Film Festival: "Paris, Texas" directed by Wim Wenders wins the Palme d'Or, starring Harry Dean Stanton and Nastassja Kinski
- 1997 "King David" closes at New Amsterdam Theater NYC
The Marshall Mathers LP
2000 Eminem releases his third studio album "The Marshall Mathers LP," the fastest-selling studio album ever (Grammy - Best Rap Album, 2001)
2006 41st Academy of Country Music Awards: Kenny Chesney, Sara Evans and Keith Urban win
Gershwin Prize
2007 American singer-songwriter Paul Simon receives Library of Congress Gershwin Prize at the Warner Theatre in Washington, D.C.
Pauline
2014 "Pauline" a chamber opera by Margaret Atwood and Tobin Stokes premieres at the York Theatre in Vancouver
- 2015 60th Eurovision Song Contest: Mans Zelmerlow for Sweden wins singing "Heroes" in Vienna
2021 28th Billboard Music Awards: The Weeknd wins 10; Pop Smoke wins 5
Apple's Best Album Ever
2024 Apple Music names Lauryn Hill's "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" the best album ever made [1]
