- 1950 "Liar" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 12 performances
West Side Story
1959 Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim and Jerome Robbins' musical "West Side Story" closes at Winter Garden Theater, NYC, after 734 performances and 2 Tony Award wins
- 1964 "Sie Liebt Dich (She Loves You)" by Die Beatles peaks at #97
Music History
1969 Denver Pop Festival opens; 50,000 attend; Frank Zappa, Creedence Clearwater Revival, and Jimi Hendrix headline; other performers include Three Dog Night, Tim Buckley, Big Mama Thornton, Johnny Winter, Joe Cocker, and Poco
Music History
1970 Festival Express opens in Toronto, Canada - The Grateful Dead, The Band, Janis Joplin, Flying Burrito Bros, Buddy Guy, Great Speckled Bird, and Delaney & Bonnie & Friends cross Canada together by train, for 5 shows in 3 cities
You're a Good Man Charlie Brown
1971 "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown" closes at the John Golden Theatre, NYC, after 31 performances
Labyrinth
1986 Jim Henson's fantasy film "Labyrinth" written by Terry Jones, starring David Bowie and Jennifer Connelly is released in the US
Music History
1992 "57 Channels (And Nothin' On)" by Bruce Springsteen peaks at #68
- 1993 "Falsettos" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 487 performances
Music History
1993 Don Henley booed in Milwaukee when he dedicates the song "It's Not Easy Being Green" to President Clinton
- 1994 Aerosmith become first major band to let fans download a full new track free from the internet
Gray's Anatomy
1994 Spalding Gray's one-man show "Gray's Anatomy" closes at Beaumont Theater, NYC, after 8 performances
Glastonbury Festival
1997 Glastonbury Festival in Pilton, England opens: The Prodigy, and Radiohead headline; other performers include Smashing Pumpkins, Ray Davies, Van Morrison, Sting, Beck, Phish, and Nanci Griffith
- 2005 "Bad Day" single is released by Daniel Powter, 1st song to sell 2 million digital copies in the US (Billboard Song of the Year 2006)
Glastonbury Festival
2008 Glastonbury Festival in Pilton, England opens: Kings Of Leon, Jay-Z, and The Verve headline; other performers include Leonard Cohen, Neil Diamond, The Ting-Tings, Sinéad O'Connor, Gilbert O'Sullivan, Joan Baez, Jimmy Cliff, Suzanne Vega, and Crowded House
