- 1866 Opera "Die Verkaufte Braut" premieres (Prague)
- 1917 Jazz standard "Darktown Strutters' Ball" by Shelton Brooks is recorded by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band
The Incredible Flutist
1938 Walter Piston's dance work, The Incredible Flutist, written for the Boston Pops Orchestra, which premieres it, Arthur Fiedler conducting
- 1959 "Nervous Set" closes at Henry Miller's Theater NYC after 23 performances
First Impressions
1959 George Weiss, Bo Goldman, and Glenn Paxton's musical "First Impressions," adapted from Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice," starring Polly Bergen, Farley Granger, and Hermione Gingold, closes at Alvin Theatre, NYC, after 84 performances
Beyond the Fringe
1964 Alan Bennett, Peter Cook, Dudley Moore and Jonathan Miller comedy revue "Beyond the Fringe" closes at John Golden Theater, NYC, after 667 performances
Cry for a Shadow
1964 The Beatles 1961 recording of an original instrumental "Cry for a Shadow" is #1 in Australia; it is the only song credited to songwriting team of George Harrison and John Lennon
- 1964 The Beatles' "Love Me Do" single goes #1 in the United States
- 1966 The Beatles release single "Paperback Writer" / "Rain" in US; "Rain" featured experimental studio tricks of slowed down bass and drums tracks, and backwards vocals in the fade out
- 1968 Beatles begin work on their only double album, "The Beatles," popularly known as "The White Album"
- 1970 "Minnie's Boys" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 80 performances
- 1971 36 hospitalized during Grateful Dead concert; drunk LSD apple juice
- 1973 George Harrison releases his fourth studio album "Living in the Material World" in the US
Venus and Mars
1975 Capitol Records releases "Venus and Mars", the fourth studio album by Paul McCartney & Wings in the US
- 1982 Musical "Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?", after successful runs in Chicago and Philadelphia, closes at Alvin Theatre, NYC, after 5 performances
Newton-John's Breast Cancer Returns
2017 Singer and actress Olivia Newton-John reveals her breast cancer has returned after 25 years
R. Kelly Faces New Charges
2019 Singer R. Kelly charged with 11 new counts of sexual assault and abuse in Chicago
Swift Buys Back her Recordings
2025 Taylor Swift announces she has bought back the rights to her entire discography from Shamrock, including the master recordings of her first six studio albums [1]
