- 1933 Strauss & von Hofmannsthal's opera "Arabella," premieres at the Semperoper Opera House in Dresden, Germany
Lost in the Stars
1950 Maxwell Anderson and Kurt Weill's "Lost in the Stars", based on Alan Paton's novel "Cry the Beloved Country", closes at Music Box Theater, NYC, after 281 performances
TV Show Appearance
1956 Elvis Presley, wearing a tuxedo, appears on Steve Allen Show
Music History
1960 Benjamin Britten's cantata "Carmen Baseliense" premieres in Basel, Switzerland
- 1963 The Beatles record "She Loves You" and "I'll Get You"
Music History
1967 Jule Styne and Bob Merrill's musical "Funny Girl", starring Barbra Streisand as Fanny Brice, closes at Winter Garden Theater, NYC, after 1348 performances
Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1967 The Beatles' album "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" goes #1 in the United States, stays there for 15 weeks
Music History
1968 John Lennon's 1st full art exhibition (You Are Here) opens at Robert Fraser Gallery in London
- 1969 John Lennon and Yoko Ono are admitted to hospital after he crashes his car near Durness in the Scottish Highlands
- 1972 Galt MacDermot, Gerome Ragni and James Rado's hippie musical "Hair" closes at Biltmore Theater, NYC, after 1750 performances
Follies
1972 Stephen Sondheim's "Follies" closes at Winter Garden Theater, NYC, after 524 performances
Jesus Christ Superstar
1973 Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's rock opera "Jesus Christ Superstar", starring Jeff Fenholt and Ben Vereen closes at Mark Hellinger, NYC, after 711 performances
Music History
1978 John Kander and Fred Ebb's musical "The Act", starring Liza Minnelli and directed by Martin Scorsese closes at Majestic Theater, NYC, after 233 performances
- 1980 'O Canada' officially becomes the national anthem of Canada
- 1982 ABC national music radio network scheduled premiere (never happened)
- 1984 "Baby" closes at Barrymore Theater NYC after 241 performances
- 1987 WHN-AM in NY City changes call letters to WFAN (now WEVD) replacing WHN's country music, WYNY-FM adopts country music format
- 1995 "Kiss of the Spider Woman" closes at Broadhurst theater, NYC, after 906 performances
Music History
1996 Placido Domingo becomes artistic director of Washington Opera
