"Jeanie Deans"
1860 Dion Boucicault's stage drama "Jeanie Deans" opens at Laura Keene's Theatre, NYC
Octet opus 11
1927 Dmitri Shostakovich' Octet opus 11 premieres in Moscow
- 1929 Buddy DeSylva & Lew Brown's musical "Follow Thru" premieres in NYC
"Astonished Heart"
1936 Noël Coward's stage drama "Astonished Heart" premieres in London
Sessions' 2nd Symphony
1947 Roger Sessions' 2nd Symphony premieres in San Francisco with Pierre Monteux conducting the San Francisco Symphony,
Piston's 3rd Symphony
1948 Walter Piston's 3rd Symphony in E, premieres in Boston by the Boston Symphony Orchestra; conducted by Serge Koussevitzky; wins 1947 Pulitzer Prize
"Peter Pan"
1956 Musical "Peter Pan", starring Mary Martin broadcast live, for a 2nd time, on NBC as part of "Producers' Showcase" series
- 1965 Beatles '65 album goes #1 & stays #1 for 9 weeks
Hey, Hey – We're The Monkees
1967 "More of the Monkees" second album by The Monkees is released
"Oh My My"
1976 Ringo Starr releases single "Oh My My" in the UK
- 1977 Revival of George Gershwin's "Porgy & Bess" closes at Uris Theater, NYC, after 122 performances
"Nobody Told Me"
1984 John Lennon single "Nobody Told Me" released posthumously
Sinatra Heart Attack
1997 Heart attacks sends singer Frank Sinatra back to hospital
"Seven Gates of Jerusalem"
1997 Krzysztof Penderecki's choral symphony "Seven Gates of Jerusalem" premieres in Jerusalem, Israel
- 2001 Apple announced iTunes at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco, for organizing and playing digital music and videos
Jackson Artist of the Century
2002 29th American Music Awards: Janet Jackson and Lenny Kravitz win. Michael Jackson receives Artist of the Century award.
