- 1914 Foxtrot is first danced at the New Amsterdam Roof Garden in New York City by Harry Fox
Poor Little Ritz Girl
1920 Sigmund Romberg and Alex Gerber's musical "Poor Little Ritz Girl", with additional songs by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, marking their Broadway debut, opens at the Central Theatre, NYC, and runs for 93 performances
First Singing Telegram
1933 First singing telegram delivered to Rudy Vallée in New York City
Kiss Me, Kate
1951 Cole Porter's musical "Kiss Me, Kate," an adaptation of Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew," closes at Shubert Theatre, NYC, after 1077 performances and 5 Tony Awards
Alice in Wonderland
1951 Walt Disney releases the animated musical film "Alice in Wonderland," featuring Kathryn Beaumont, J. Pat O'Malley, Ed Wynn, and Sterling Holloway, with songs by Sammy Fain and Bob Hilliard
Jerry Lee Lewis TV Debut
1957 Rock and roll piano player-singer Jerry Lee Lewis makes his first TV appearance with a raucous rendition of "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" on "The Steve Allen Show"
- 1973 600,000 attend the "Summer Jam" rock festival featuring The Grateful Dead, The Band, and The Allman Brothers Band at Watkins Glen, New York, at the time the largest ever audience at a pop festival
Gypsy
1991 Revival of Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim's musical "Gypsy," starring Tyne Daly, closes at the Marquis Theatre, NYC, after 581 performances and two Tony Award wins
- 1994 Last steel beam is placed on Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum in Cleveland, Ohio
