Today's 21 March Film TV in History
1921 Walter Kerr Theater (Ritz, CBS, NBC, ABC) opens at 223 W 48th St NYC 1948 "Stop the Music" with Bert Parks premier…
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Today's 21 March Music in History
String Quartet No. 13 1826 Beethoven's "String Quartet No. 13" in B flat major (Op 130) premieres in Vienna 1948 &q…
Today's 14 March Music in History
Macbeth 1847 Premiere of Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Macbeth" at the Teatro della Pergola, Florence Petite Messe Solenn…
Today's 14 March Major Events in History
1489 The last Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro is forced to abdicate by Venice 1559 Storm floods ravage Gorinchem, Dordrecht & Woudr…
Today's 4 March Music in History
1830 Vincenzo Bellini's opera "I Capuleti e i Montecchi" premieres at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Italy Resurre…
Today's 4 March Film TV in History
London Assurance 1841 Dion Boucicault's stage comedy "London Assurance" opens at Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, London …
Today's 24 February Music in History
1607 Claudio Monteverdi's opera "L'Orfeo" premieres in Mantua, the oldest opera still regularly performed 1939 …
Today's 17 February Music in History
Un Ballo in maschera 1859 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Un Ballo in maschera" premieres in Naples 1889 Caesar Franck'…
Today's 12 February Music in History
Westminster Jousting Tournament 1511 King Henry VIII issues challenge, beginning a jousting tournament to celebrate the birth of his son H…
Today's 12 February Major Events in History
1049 Bruno, Count of Egisheim-Dagsburg, is crowned Pope Leo IX Investiture Controversy 1111 King Henry V, King of Germany and Italy…
Today's 12 February Film TV in History
The Squaw Man 1914 "The Squaw Man," the first feature-length film shot in Hollywood, directed by Cecil B. DeMille and Oscar Ap…
Today's 19 November Fun Facts in History
1872 E. D. Barbour of Boston is awarded the U.S. patent for a "calculator," the first adding machine with keys capable of printing totals…
Today's 22 October Music in History
1868 Jacques Offenbach's opera "Genevieve de Brabant" premieres in NYC 1881 Boston Symphony Orchestra gives its first concer…
Today's 13 October Music in History
Mahler's 1st Concert 1870 Gustav Mahler (10) gives his 1st public piano concert in Jihlava, Kingdom of Bohemia (now Czech Republic) …
Today's 6 October Film TV in History
1927 "The Jazz Singer," directed by Alan Crosland and starring Al Jolson and May McAvoy, is released as the first film with a sync…
Today's 6 October Music in History
1871 Fisk Jubilee Singers, an African-American a cappella ensemble from Nashville's Fisk University, begin their first national tour of th…
Today's 6 October Fun Facts in History
1863 Dr. Charles H. Sheppard opens the first public bath in Brooklyn 1889 Famed cabaret Moulin Rouge opens as the Jardin de Paris at the foot of t…