Messiah
1742 George Frideric Handel's oratorio "Messiah" performed for the 1st time at New Music Hall in Dublin
- 1840 William Henry Lane ("Juda") perfects tap dance
El Capitan
1896 John Philip Sousa's "El Capitan" premieres at the Tremont Theatre in Boston
- 1957 Musical "Shinbone Alley", starring Eartha Kitt, opens at Broadway Theater NYC; runs for 49 performances
- 1958 Classical pianist Van Cliburn (23) is the first American to win the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, USSR
- 1961 "Carnival!" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 719 performances
- 1965 7th Grammy Awards: "The Girl From Ipanema", The Beatles win
- 1965 The Beatles record their single "Help!"
Academy of Country Music Awards
1970 5th Academy of Country Music Awards: Merle Haggard and Tammy Wynette win
- 1970 Greek composer and counter-revolutionary Mikis Theordorakis freed from Oropos concentration camp, and allowed to be exiled to France
- 1980 Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey's musical "Grease" closes at Majestic Theatre, NYC, after 3,388 performances (including Broadhurst and Royale Theatre runs)
- 1980 Musical "Reggae", starring Philip Michael Thomas, closes at Biltmore Theater, NYC, after 21 performances
- 1989 "Welcome to the Club" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 12 performances
- 1992 "2 Trains Running" opens at Walter Kerr Theater NYC for 160 performances
- 1993 "3 Men on a Horse" opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 40 performances
- 1997 "American Daughter" opens at Cort Theater NYC for 88 performances
Music Concert
2000 Rock for the Rainforest benefit concert held at Carnegie Hall, NYC; performers include: Sting, Elton John, James Taylor, Stevie Wonder, Ricky Martin, Billy Joel, Gladys Knight, Percy Sledge, Tom Jones, Martha Reeves, Macy Gray, Sam Moore, and The Impressions
Music Concert
2002 Rock for the Rainforest benefit concert held at Carnegie Hall, NYC; performers include: Sting, Elton John, James Taylor, Nina Simone, Smokey Robinson, Lulu, Patti Labelle, Ravi Shankar, Anoushka Shankar, Jeff Beck, Wynonna Judd, and Rebecca Del Rio
Phil Spector Found Guilty
2009 US record producer Phil Spector is found guilty of second-degree murder of actress Lana Clarkson in 2003
Album Release
2012 Jason Mraz's fourth studio album, "Love Is a Four Letter Word", is released
Music Concert
2020 Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli sings a special Easter concert in the deserted Milan cathedral, accompanied by an organist