Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
1946 Darius Milhaud's 3rd Concerto for Piano and Orchestra premieres in Prague
- 1955 Musical adaptation of the 1927 silent film "7th Heaven", starring Gloria DeHaven and Ricardo Montalbán, opens at ANTA Theater, NYC; runs for 44 performances
All American Finale
1962 Charles Strouse and Lee Adams' musical "All American", starring Ray Bolger, closes at the Winter Garden Theater, NYC after 80 performances
1967 EMI rush releases The Beatles' album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" in London and select markets in the UK, goes to #1 for 22 weeks in the UK and 15 weeks in the US
Bed-In for Peace
1969 John Lennon and Yoko Ono begin their second Bed-In for Peace at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- 1973 "Funky Worm" by Ohio Players hits #15
- 1973 "Super Fly Meets Shaft" by John & Ernest hits #31
- 1973 Beatles' "Beatles 1967-1970" album (the blue one) goes #1
- 1973 British composer Michael Tippett's 3rd Piano Sonata premieres
- 1974 During a David Cassidy concert at London's White City, a 14-year-old is trampled, and dies four days later
Rhinestone Cowboy
1975 "Rhinestone Cowboy" single released by Glen Campbell (Billboard Country Song of the Year, 1975)
Dancin' Fool
1979 CBS Records releases Frank Zappa's "Dancin' Fool" single from his album "Sheik Yerbouti"; it peaks at #45, his biggest hit at the time
McCartney II
1980 Columbia Records releases "McCartney II" album by Paul McCartney in the US; his second solo home-recorded record peeks at No. 3 on the charts, spurred by the No. 1 single "Coming Up"
- 1996 Revival of William Shakespeare's comedy "A Midsummer Night's Dream" closes at Lunt-Fontanne, NYC after 65 performances
The Eminem Show
2002 Eminem releases his 4th studio album "The Eminem Show" (2002 Billboard Album of the Year, Grammy Award Best Rap Album 2003)
- 2012 57th Eurovision Song Contest: Loreen for Sweden wins singing "Euphoria" in Baku
- 2015 Henry Threadgill releases his album "In for a Penny, In for a Pound" with jazz quintet Zooid (Pulitzer Prize for Music 2016)
ABBA Voyage
2022 Premiere of "ABBA Voyage," a virtual concert featuring computer-generated images of the Swedish pop band and live musicians at the specially built 3,000-seat ABBA Arena in London, England; all four members, as well as the King and Queen of Sweden, attend
