Beethoven and Bridgewater Perform
1803 Ludwig van Beethoven and black violinist George Bridgewater perform a concert together at the Augarten, Vienna [1]
Alexandra Palace Opens
1873 Alexandra Palace opens on Queen Victoria's 54th birthday with a grand celebration including concerts, recitals and fireworks
- 1873 Leo Delibes' opera "Le Roi l'a Dit" ("The King Has Spoken") premieres at the Opéra-Comique in Paris
Carousel
1947 Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein's musical "Carousel", starring John Raitt, closes at the Majestic Theatre, NY, after 890 performances
Beggar's Opera
1948 Benjamin Britten's "Beggar's Opera" premieres at Arts Theatre, Cambridge, England
- 1956 1st Eurovision Song Contest: Lys Assia for Switzerland wins singing "Refrain" in Lugano
- 1958 Bob Merrill's musical "New Girl in Town", starring Gwen Verdon and Thelma Ritter, closes at 46th St Theater, NYC, after 432 performances and 2 Tony Award wins
Sweet Georgia Brown
1962 The Beatles record "Sweet Georgia Brown" and "Swanee" in Hamburg, Germany to close out their contract with producer Bert Kaempfert; Tony Sheridan later dubs vocal over tracks
1964 The Beatles' 4th appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show", features an interview and pre-recorded performance of "You Can't Do That"
Jagger and Faithfull Busted
1968 Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithfull arrested for drug possession in England
- 1969 "Sugar, Sugar" single released by cartoon band The Archies (Billboard Song of the Year, 1969)
- 1969 The Beatles' "Get Back" single goes #1 and stays #1 for 5 weeks
- 1970 British guitarist Peter Green quits Fleetwood Mac to join a religious cult
Diamond Dogs
1974 RCA releases "Diamond Dogs", David Bowie's 8th studio album, recorded in London and the Netherlands, with cover design by artist Guy Peellaert, it peaks in the U.S. charts at No. 5, and goes to No. 1 in the U.K. and Canada
- 1980 "Rock Lobster" single by B-52s hits #56
- 1984 Revival of musical "The Wiz" opens at the Lunt-Fontanne Theater, NYC; runs for 13 performances
- 1994 "Poison" singer Bret Michaels is involved in a car crash
- 2003 48th Eurovision Song Contest: Sertab Erener for Turkey wins singing "Everyway That I Can" in Riga, Laivia
McCartney Rocks Red Square
2003 Paul McCartney performs in his first-ever concert in Russia, in Moscow's Red Square, to a crowd of over 100,000 people
- 2008 53rd Eurovision Song Contest: Dima Bilan for Russia wins singing "Believe" in Belgrade
Aerosmith Halts Vegas Shows
2022 American rock band Aerosmith cancels planned Las Vegas concerts in June and July as singer Steven Tyler returns to drug rehab
