- 1527 Composer Adrian Willaert moves from Milan to Venice
Beethoven's Lesson with Hayden
1792 In Vienna, Ludwig van Beethoven (22) receives 1st lesson in music composition from Franz Joseph Haydn (60)
Lift Every Voice and Sing
1900 James Weldon Johnson's poem "Lift Every Voice and Sing", is set to music by his brother J. Rosamond Johnson; the hymn becomes known as the Black national anthem [1] [2]
- 1912 Rudolf Friml and Otto Harbach's musical "Firefly" premieres in New York City
La Valse
1920 Maurice Ravel's ballet "La Valse" premieres in Paris
- 1965 The Beatles' last concert in Great Britain at Capitol Theatre in Cardiff, Wales
Missing Stones Film
1968 Rolling Stones film TV show "Rock and Roll Circus"- guest performers include The Who, Jethro Tull, Taj Mahal, Marianne Faithfull, and John Lennon and Yoko Ono; the program never airs aired
The Magic Christian
1969 Comedy film "The Magic Christian", starring Peter Sellers and Ringo Starr premieres in London, England
Saturday Night Fever
1977 "Saturday Night Fever", film starring John Travolta, with music by the Bee Gees, premieres in NYC
- 1981 "1st" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 37 performances
- 1982 "Herman Van Veen: All of Him" closes at Ambassador NYC after 6 performances
- 1993 "Any Given Day" closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 32 performances
- 1993 "Kentucky Cycle" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 34 performances
- 2004 On This Day launches MusicOrb.com and TodayinSport.com, separate sites for music and sports history, now our music and sport channels
