- 1770 Date of action in the opera "Madeleine"
Brahms' Violin Concerto
1879 Johannes Brahms' Violin Concerto in D major premieres in Leipzig
Shostakovich's 5th String Quartet
1952 Dmitri Shostakovich completes his 5th string quartet - premieres Leningrad 1953
"Suite Hebraique"
1953 Ernest Blochs's work for viola and piano "Suite Hebraique,", part of his "Jewish Cycle", premieres in Chicago
"Prince of the Pagodas"
1957 Benjamin Britten's only full-length ballet "Prince of the Pagodas," premieres at Covent Garden, London
Johnny Cash's Prison Show
1960 Johnny Cash plays first of many free concerts behind bars at San Quentin Prison, California; Merle Haggard among the inmate audience
The Beatles? 'They have no future in show business'
1962 Beatles' Decca Records audition is unsuccessful - they are told “guitar groups are on the way out..."
"Top of the Pops"
1964 "Top of the Pops", British pop music television program premieres; acts performing include Dusty Springfield; The Rolling Stones; Dave Clark Five: The Hollies; Swinging Blue; and The Beatles
"Promises, Promises"
1972 Burt Bacharach and Hal David's musical "Promises, Promises", based on the 1960 Billy Wider film "The Apartment", closes at Shubert Theater, NYC, after 1281 performances, winning a Grammy and 2 Tony Awards
- 1976 "A Musical Jubilee" closes at St James Theater, NYC, after 92 performances
Your Arm's Too Short To Box With God
1978 Alex Bradford, Vinnette Carroll, and Micki Grant's musical "Your Arm's Too Short To Box With God" closes at Lyceum Theatre, NYC, after 429 performances and 1 Tony Award
- 1983 'New age music' radio program "Hearts of Space" makes its national syndication debut on U.S. National Public Radio
Streisand and Peters Part
1986 American singer Barbra Streisand and hairdresser/film producer Jon Peters' romantic relationship ends
- 1994 "Flying Karamzov Brothers" closes at Helen Hayes NYC after 50 performances
- 1994 "Grand Night after Singing" closes at Criterion NYC after 52 performances
- 1995 "A Tuna Christmas" closes at Booth Theater NYC after 20 performances
- 1995 "Glass Menagerie" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 57 performances
- 1995 "Shadow Box" closes at Circle in Square Theater NYC after 49 performances
- 2012 Philip Glass' Symphony No. 9 premieres with the Bruckner Orchester Linz conducted by Dennis Russell Davies, at Brucknerhaus in Linz, Austria
