Teatro Rossini
1818 Opera venue Teatro Nuovo (now Teatro Rossini) opens with Gioachino Rossini's "La gaza ladra" (The Thieving Magpie") in Pesaro, Italy
Tristan und Isolde
1865 Richard Wagner's opera "Tristan und Isolde" (Tristan and Isolde) premieres in Munich, Germany
- 1964 Rolling Stones record their "12x5" album at Chess Studios in Chicago, Illinois
Music Concert
1966 Janis Joplin plays her 1st live gig with Big Brother & The Holding Company, at Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco, California
- 1966 The Beatles release single "Paperback Writer" / "Rain" in UK; "Rain" featured experimental studio tricks of slowed down bass and drums tracks, and backwards vocals in the fade out
- 1967 15,000 attend Fantasy Faire and Magic Mountain Music Festival, California
- 1972 "Too Young" single released by Donny Osmond
Music Recording
1972 Elvis Presley records a live album at NYC's Madison Square Garden
#1 in the Charts
1972 Sammy Davis Jr.'s cover of "The Candy Man" by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse (from the film "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory") goes to #1 on the charts - his biggest single
- 1973 American rock band the Grateful Dead perform their longest concert, 30 songs clocking in at approximately 4:41:37, at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium in Washington, D.C.
Feel Like Makin' Love
1974 "Feel Like Makin' Love" single released by Roberta Flack (Billboard Song of the Year 1974)
Music Concert
1976 67,000 fans attends Paul McCartney & Wings concert at the Kingdome in Seattle, Washington
- 1990 Hugh Martin Ralph Blane's musical "Meet Me In St Louis", based on the 1944 film, closes at Gershwin Theatre, NYC, after 253 performances
- 1990 Rap group "2 Live Crew" members arrested in Florida for obscenity
- 1990 Rupert Holmes' stage play "Accomplice" closes at Richard Rodgers Theater, NYC, after 52 performances
- 1991 25th Music City News Country Awards: Ricky Van Shelton wins
The Price
1992 Revival of Arthur Miller's stage play "The Price", starring Eli Wallach, opens at Criterion Theater, NYC; runs for 47 performances
- 1993 Revival of Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick's musical "She Loves Me" opens at Criterion Center Stage Right, later transferred to Atkinson Theater, NYC; runs for 354 performances and a Tony Award
Music History
1995 Revival of Ivan Turgenev's stage drama "A Month in the Country", starring F. Murray Abraham and Helen Mirren, closes at Roundabout Theater, NYC, after 79 performances
Wicked
2003 Stephen Schwartz' musical "Wicked", starring Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth, officially opens at the Curran Theatre in San Francisco, California
- 2007 Novelty dance song "I'm a Gummy Bear" by German band Gummibär released
Music History
2022 Ringo Starr suspends his half-completed summer All-Starr Band tour when two musicians test positive for COVID-19
