- 1682 De Italiaanse Opera (The Italian Opera) theater on the Leidsegracht in Amsterdam closes less than 1-1/2 years after opening
Nabucco
1842 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Nabucco" premieres in Milan
- 1844 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Hernani" premieres in Venice
- 1849 Carl Nikolais opera "Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor" premieres
- 1868 The opera "Hamlet" by Ambroise Thomas premieres in Paris
Mahler's 3rd Symphony
1897 Premiere of (parts of) Gustav Mahler's 3rd Symphony, in Berlin, Germany
The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
1930 Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht's satirical opera "The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny" premieres in Leipzig, Germany
- 1933 "42nd Street" a musical film revolving around rehearsals for a Broadway show, directed by Lloyd Bacon, with choreography by Busby Berkeley, and songs by Harry Warren and by Al Dubin, premieres at the Strand, NYC; later adapted as a stage musical
- 1959 "Juno" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 16 performances
- 1959 The Coasters' single "Charlie Brown" peaks at #2 on the Billboard Top 100
I Want a Guy
1961 The Supremes release singles "I Want a Guy" and "Never Again"
Borrowed Time
1984 John Lennon single "Borrowed Time" released posthumously
Soul Train Music Awards
1993 7th Soul Train Music Awards: Michael Jackson, Mary J. Blige win
Music History
2011 Bonham's Auctions in New York City conducts sale of Eric Clapton and friends' guitars and amplifiers to benefit Crossroads Centre at Antigua, a drug and alcohol residential rehabilitation facility he co-founded in 1997, raising over $1.75M
Music History
2022 American singer-songwriter Lionel Richie receives Library of Congress Gershwin Prize at the DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C.
