"Jenufa"
1904 Leos Janacek's opera "Jenufa" premieres in Brno
- 1927 1st national opera broadcast from a US opera house (Faust, Chicago)
"One O'Clock Jump"
1942 Count Basie records the music single and Jazz standard "One O'Clock Jump"
Honegger's 4th Symphony
1947 Arthur Honegger's 4th Symphony premieres in Basel, Switzerland
- 1950 "Lend an Ear" closes at National Theater NYC after 460 performances
"Comedy in Music"
1956 Victor Borge's one-man show "Comedy in Music" closes at John Golden Theatre, NYC; runs for 849 performances, a Guinness world record
- 1961 "Conquering Hero" closes at ANTA Theater NYC after 8 performances
- 1961 Francis Poulenc's "Gloria" premieres in Boston< Massachusetts by Boston Symphony and Chorus Pro Musica under conductor Charles Münch
"Saturday Night Fever"
1978 Bee Gees' album "Saturday Night Fever" goes #1 for 24 weeks
Norman Sings at Inauguration
1985 Jessye Norman sings "Simple Gifts" at the second inauguration of US President Ronald Reagan in Washington, D. C.
Second Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
1987 Second Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees: The Coasters; Eddie Cochran; Bo Diddley; Aretha Franklin; Marvin Gaye; Bill Haley; B.B. King; Clyde McPhatter; Ricky Nelson; Roy Orbison; Carl Perkins; Smokey Robinson; Joe Turner; Muddy Waters; Jackie Wilson; Louis Jordan; T-Bone Walker; Hank Williams; Leonard Chess; Ahmet Ertegun; Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller; and Jerry Wexler