Boris Godunov
1874 Modest Mussorgsky's opera "Boris Godunov" premieres in St Petersburg, Russia
- 1875 Camille Saint-Saëns' orchestral tone poem "Danse Macabre" premieres
- 1914 Victor Herbert's second opera "Madeleine" premieres at the Metropolitan Opera, NYC, with Frances Alda in the title role
Design for Living
1933 Noël Coward's stage comedy "Design for Living", starring Alfred Lunt; Lynn Fontanne, and Coward himself, opens at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, NYC; runs for 155 performances
Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District
1934 Dmitri Shostakovich's opera "Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District" is performed in Moscow; roundly criticized by the Communist Party and banned in the Soviet Union until 1961
Stompin' at the Savoy
1936 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra record "Stompin' at the Savoy" for Victor Records in Chicago, Illinois
- 1942 Mike Todd's musical revue "Star & Garter" featuring Gypsy Rose Lee opens at the Music Box Theatre, NYC
- 1948 Henry Duffy's musical "Music in My Heart", based on life and work of Piotr Tchaikovsky, closes at Adelphi Theater, NYC, after 124 performances
- 1959 Dmitri Shostakovich's operetta "Moscow, Cheryomushki" premieres in Moscow
A Party with Betty Comden and Adolph Green
1959 Musical revue "A Party with Betty Comden and Adolph Green" closes at John Golden Theatre, NYC after 38 performances
Epstein Signs with Beatles
1962 Brian Epstein signs management contract with the Beatles
Paul Simon
1972 Columbia Records releases "Paul Simon", the second solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Paul Simon; it includes singles "Mother and Child Reunion" and "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard"
- 1992 Chalino Sánchez is attacked and shot while performing at the Plaza Los Arcos restaurant in Coachella, California
