- 1726 French ballerina Marie-Anne de Cupis de Camargo, aged 16, makes her debut at Paris Opera Ballets in "Les Caractères de la Danse"
Carnegie Hall Opens
1891 Music Hall (now Carnegie Hall) opens in New York City, with Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky as guest conductor of the New York Music Society Orchestra
- 1900 "The Billboard" began weekly publication
- 1948 Gerald Marks and Samuel M. Lerner's musical "Hold It!" opens at the National Theater, NYC; runs for 46 performances
Out of This World
1951 Cole Porter's musical "Out of This World" an adaptation of Titus Plautus's mythological comedy Amphitryon, starring George Gaynes, closes at New Century Theater, NYC, after 157 performances
- 1955 Richard Adler and Jerry Ross' musical "Damn Yankees", starring Gwen Verdon and Ray Walston, opens at 46th St Theater, NYC; runs for 1022 performances, winning 7 Tony Awards
West Side Story
1962 "West Side Story" soundtrack album goes #1 and stays #1 for 54 weeks, more than 20 weeks longer than any other album
- 1967 The Kinks release "Waterloo Sunset" as a single; peaks at #2 on the British charts
- 1971 Courtney, Courtney, and Link's musical "Earl of Ruston" opens at Billy Rose Theater, NYC, runs for 5 performances
There Goes Rhymin' Simon
1973 Columbia Records releases "There Goes Rhymin' Simon", the third solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Paul Simon; it features songs "Loves Me Like a Rock", "Kodachrome", and "American Tune"
- 1984 29th Eurovision Song Contest: Herreys for Sweden wins singing "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley" in Luxembourg
- 1986 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation announces Cleveland, Ohio chosen as the site of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum
- 1990 35th Eurovision Song Contest: Toto Cutugno for Italy wins singing "Insieme: 1992" in Zagreb
Music History
1992 American country singer Tammy Wynette hospitalized with bile duct infection
Music History
1994 Joan Rivers and Erin Sander's stage comedy "Sally Marr...and Her Escorts", starring Joan Rivers, opens at the Helen Hayes Theatre, NYC; runs for 50 performances
- 1996 Nicol Williamson and Leslie Megahey's stage play "Jack: A Night on the Town with John Barrymore", starring Nicol Williamson, closes at the Belasco Theatre, NYC, after 12 performances
Home Before Dark
2008 American/Columbia Records releases "Home Before Dark", the 27th studio album by Neil Diamond; tops charts in US, UK and NZ
Traveller
2015 "Traveller" debut album by Chris Stapleton is released (Grammy Award Best Country Album, 2016; Billboard Album of the Year, 2016)
This is America
2018 Childish Gambino [Donald Glover] releases the music video to new single "This is America" to wide acclaim
