- 1728 John Gays' satiric work "The Beggar's Opera" premieres at the Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre in London, England [NS=Feb 9]
"The Fair of Venice"
1772 "La Fiera di Venezia (The Fair of Venice)", a commedia per musica by Antonio Salieri first performed at Carnival in Venice
First Burns Night
1802 First celebration of Burns Night, in honor of poet Robert Burns's birthday by The Mother Club in Greenock (later realized his actual birthday 25th January)
"Look Ma, I'm Dancin'"
1948 Hugh Martin's musical comedy "Look Ma, I'm Dancin'" starring Nancy Walker and choreographed by Jerome Robbins, opens at Adelphi Theater, NYC; runs for 188 performances
"De Profundis"
1954 Arnold Schoenberg's last musical work "De Profundis" premieres in Cologne, Germany
- 1964 The Beatles record in German language versions of their hits "Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand" ("I Want to Hold Your Hand") and "Sie Liebt Dich" (She Loves You") at EMI's Pathé Marconi Studios in Paris, France
"Sweet Charity"
1966 Neil Simon, Cy Coleman, and Dorothy Fields' musical "Sweet Charity", starring Gwen Verdon, and directed by Bob Fosse, opens at the Palace Theater, NYC for 608 performances, winning a Tony Award for choreogrphy
- 1967 "Let's Sing Yiddish" closes at Brooks Atkinson NYC after 107 performances
Music Premiere
1975 John Phillips' musical "Man on the Moon", produced by Andy Warhol, opens at the Little Theater, NYC; runs for 5 performances
- 1979 Brenda Spencer (16) kills 2 adults and injures 8 children and a police officer in a San Diego, California schoolyard shooting; incident inspires Irish rockers Boomtown Rats' song "I Don't Like Mondays"
- 1983 "Down Under" by Men At Work hits #1 on UK pop chart
- 1991 "Piano Lesson" closes at Walter Kerr Theater NYC after 320 performances
23rd American Music Awards
1996 23rd American Music Awards: Garth Brooks wins
- 1996 6,138th performance of "Cats" is held in London, surpassing record of Broadway's longest-running musical, "A Chorus Line"
- 1996 La Fenice, Venice's opera house, is destroyed by fire
"The Capeman"
1998 Paul Simon and Derek Walcott's musical "The Capeman", about a 1959 gang murder, starring Marc Anthony and Ruben Blades, opens at the Marquis Theatre, NYC; runs for 68 performances
- 1998 Singer Bobby Brown found guilty of DWI in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
- 2002 "Foolish" single released by Ashanti (Billboard Song of the Year 2002)
