Symphony No. 4
1878 Peter Tchaikovsky's 4th Symphony in F premieres at a Russian Musical Society concert in Moscow [February 10 O.S.]
The Little Colonel
1935 "The Little Colonel" premieres starring Shirley Temple, Lionel Barrymore and Bill Robinson, featuring famous stair dance with Hollywood's first interracial dance couple
- 1941 Paul Creston's 1st Symphony premieres
- 1941 Roy Harris' "Ballad of a Railroad Man" premieres
Tagus River Plane Crash
1943 Plane crash in the Tagus River, Lisbon, Portugal kills 23 with 15 survivors including singer Jane Froman
- 1950 Brockway & Weinstock publish "Men of Music" (rev ed)
- 1958 "Portotino" closes at Adelphi Theater NYC after 3 performances
- 1963 Beatles begin their own music publishing company (Northern Songs)
- 1964 Beatles arrive back in England after their 1st US visit
- 1965 Rodgers & Hammerstein's television musical "Cinderella", starring Lesley Ann Warren and Stuart Damon, with Pat Carroll and Celeste Holm, premieres on CBS-TV
- 1969 Beatles begin recording what becomes their "Abbey Road" album at EMI Recording Studio at 3 Abbey Road in Westminster, London, England; the studio was later renamed in honor of their achievements there
- 1970 "Charles Aznavour" closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 23 performances
- 1989 1st Spanish commercial on network TV (Pepsi-Cola-CBS Grammy Award)
Grammy Awards
1989 31st Grammy Awards: "Don't Worry Be Happy" by Bobby McFerrin; "Faith"by George Michael; and Tracy Chapman win
- 1992 "Park Your Car in Harvard Yard" closes at Music Box NYC
Streisand on SNL
1992 Barbra Streisand surprises cast members in a cameo appearance at the end of a "Coffee Talk" sketch on "Saturday Night Live"
Music History
1996 Revival of William Inge's stage drama "Bus Stop", starring Billy Crudup and Mary-Louise Parker, opens at the Circle in the Square Theater, NYC; runs for 29 performances
- 1998 "King & I" closes at Neil Simon Theater NYC after 781 performances
- 2019 Musician Peter Frampton announces he has a degenerative muscular disease and his next tour will be his last
