"Lucrezia Borgia"
1833 Gaetano Dinozetti's opera "Lucrezia Borgia" premieres at La Scala Teatro in Milan, Italy
"Thespis"
1871 W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan collaborate for the first time, on their lost opera "Thespis"; despite modest success they do not collaborate again for four years
"Tragic Ouverture"
1879 Johannes Brahms' "Tragic Ouverture" premieres in Vienna, Austria
- 1892 Alberto Franchetti's opera "Cristoforo Colombo" opens at La Scala Teatro in Milan, Italy
Judy Garland's Debut
1924 Frances Gumm (later Judy Garland), age 2½, billed as 'Baby Frances', makes her show business debut at her father's vaudeville theater in Grand Rapids, Minnesota
"Of Thee I Sing"
1931 George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind's musical political satire "Of Thee I Sing" opens at the Music Box Theatre, NYC; runs for 441 performances, and becomes first musical to win Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Music Premiere
1946 Duke Ellington and John La Touche's musical "Beggar's Holiday" opens at Broadway Theater, NYC; runs for 111 performances
- 1946 Sammy Fain and George Marion Jr's musical "Toplitzky of Notre Dame" opens at Century Theater ,NYC; runs for 60 performances
Theater Premiere
1947 Marc Blitzstein's play with music "The Cradle Will Rock", directed by Orson Welles, opens at Mansfield Theater, NYC; runs for 34 performances
"Christmas Show of Stars"
1957 Alan Freed's "Christmas Show of Stars", featuring the Everly Brothers, Paul Anka; Fats Domino, and Jerry Lee Lewis, opens at the Paramount Theatre, NYC; runs for 14 performances
"Do Re Mi"
1960 Jule Styne, Betty Comden and Adolph Green's musical "Do Re Mi" starring Phil Silvers and Nancy Walker, opens at the St James Theater, later transferring to the 54th Street, NYC; runs for 400 performances
Katerina Ismailova
1962 Dmitri Shostakovich's opera "Katerina Ismailova" premieres at the Stanislavski-Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theatre, in Moscow, USSR
McCartney on Pirate Radio
1965 Paul McCartney is interviewed on pirate radio station Radio Caroline
"Purple Haze"
1966 Jimi Hendrix writes the song "Purple Haze" backstage at the Upper Cut Club, London
George Harrison Teases Hit
1975 George Harrison teases his hit "My Sweet Lord" before breaking into "The Pirate Song" on Eric Idle's Rutland Weekend Television Christmas Special (UK)
- 1976 Richard Adler and Will Holt's musical "Music Is" based on Shakespeare's "The Tempest", starring Christopher Hewitt, and directed by George Abbott, closes at St James Theater, NYC after 8 performances
- 1988 Peter Allen's musical "Legs Diamond" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater, NYC; runs for 64 performances
