Pennsylvania 6-5000
1940 Glenn Miller records "Pennsylvania 6-5000"
My Name is Barbra
1965 "My Name is Barbra", Barbra Streisand's first television special, premieres on CBS
Music Concert
1965 Luciano Pavarotti makes his debut at La Scala, Milan in Franco Zeffirelli's production of "La bohème" with Mirella Freni
Music Premiere
1966 David Diamond's 5th Symphony premieres with the New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein; the work was dedicated to the conductor
Academy of Country Music Awards
1969 4th Academy of Country Music Awards: Glen Campbell and Cathie Taylor win
- 1969 British progressive rock band King Crimson with Robert Fripp, Greg Lake & Ian McDonald debuts
TV Show Appearance
1975 Ringo Starr appears on "The Smothers Brothers Show", singing Hoyt Axton's "No No Song", and John Lennon is the guest on Tom Snyder's "Tomorrow" program, in what turns out to be his final television interview; both on NBC-TV
- 1984 "La Tragedie de Carmen" closes at Beaumont Theater NYC after 187 performances
Chess
1988 Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, and Tim Rice's musical "Chess" opens at Imperial Theater, NYC; runs for 68 performances
Music Premiere
1991 Revival of Jules Styne and Stephen Sondheim's musical "Gypsy" starring Tyne Daly, re-opens at Marquis Theater, NYC, after a short break and venue transfer; runs for an additional 105 performances
- 1993 "Tango Passion" opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 5 performances
- 1996 "Big" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 193 performances
- 1997 "Jekyll & Hyde" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC
- 1997 Ringo Starr's fourth All-Starr Band debuts in concert; members include: Peter Frampton, Jack Bruce, Gary Brooker, Simon Kirke, and Mark Rivera
- 2016 George Wolfe's musical "Shuffle Along, Or The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed", based on Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle's original revue, and featuring Audra MacDonald and Billy Porter, opens at the Music Box Theatre, NYC; runs for 100 performances
