Schelomo
1917 Ernest Bloch's "Schelomo: Rhapsodie Hébraïque" and "Israel Symphony" premiere in Carnegie Hall, NYC, with Artur Bodanzky conducting the former, and the composer conducting the latter
- 1941 WPAT-AM radio in Patterson, New Jersey begins broadcasting
Going My Way
1944 "Going My Way," directed by Leo McCarey and starring Bing Crosby, premieres in New York (Academy Award for Best Picture, 1945)
- 1952 "Call Me Madam" closes at the Imperial Theater in NYC after 644 performances
The Most Happy Fella
1956 Frank Loesser's musical "The Most Happy Fella," based on Sidney Howard's 1924 stage drama "They Knew What They Wanted," opens at the Imperial Theater in NYC and runs for 678 performances
- 1960 Musical "The Fantasticks" by Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones opens in Greenwich Village, NYC; becomes “the longest-running musical in the universe”
- 1969 "Trumpets of the Lord" closes at Brooks Atkinson in NYC after 7 performances
- 1970 World premiere of The Beatles' "Let it Be" documentary film directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg, in New York City
- 1981 "Can-Can" closes at the Minskoff Theater in NYC after 5 performances
- 1984 Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey's stage adaptation of her 1978 novel "A Woman of Independent Means," starring Barbara Rush, opens at the Biltmore Theatre in NYC and runs for 13 performances
- 1986 31st Eurovision Song Contest: Sandra Kim for Belgium wins singing "J'aime la vie" in Bergen
- 1987 "Mikado" closes at the Virginia Theater in NYC after 46 performances
- 1993 Musical "Kiss of the Spider Woman" opens at Broadhurst in NYC for 906 performances (1993 Tony for Best Musical)
- 1995 "My Thing of Love" opens at the Beck Theater in NYC for 16 performances
- 1997 42nd Eurovision Song Contest: Katrina and the Waves for United Kingdom wins singing "Love Shine a Light" in Dublin
From Under the Cork Tree
2005 Fall Out Boy's breakthrough album "From Under the Cork Tree" is released through Island Records
Appointment of Interest
2015 Chris Isaak is confirmed as a judge on the seventh season of "The X Factor Australia"
Largest Concert for a Female artist
2025 Lady Gaga's free concert at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, draws crowd estimated at 2.5 million attendees, the largest concert in history for a female artist; police later reveal they thwarted a bombing attempt
