- 1869 The Folies Trévise (later cabaret hall Folies Bergère) opens as an opera house in Paris, France
Music History
1887 Gioachino Rossini's corpse transferred to Santa Croce, Florence
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1929 Billie Holiday (14) and her mother are arrested for prostitution following a raid of a brothel in Harlem, New York City
Peter and the Wolf
1936 Sergei Prokofiev's musical "Peter and the Wolf" premieres in Moscow
A-Tisket, A-Tasket
1938 American singer Ella Fitzgerald records "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" with Chick Webb and His Orchestra
- 1952 John Cage's "Water Music" (for a solo pianist, using a piano, a radio, whistles, water containers, and a deck of cards) premieres in New York City
Music Concert
1960 Harry Belafonte's 2nd Carnegie Hall performance (New York City)
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1968 Roger Sessions' 8th Symphony premiers in New York City with William Steinberg conducting the New York Philharmonic
The King & I
1977 Revival of Rodgers & Hammerstein's musical "The King & I"', with Yul Brynner reprising the role he created in 1951, opens at Uris Theater, NYC; runs for 695 performances
Academy of Country Music Awards
1979 14th Academy of Country Music Awards: Kenny Rogers and Barbara Mandrell win
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1980 Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in Wall (Part II)" is banned in South Africa
Sunday in the Park with George
1984 Stephen Sondheim's musical "Sunday in the Park with George", a fictionalized version of painter Georges Seurat's relationship with his grandson, starring Mandy Patinkin, opens at Booth Theater, NYC; runs for 604 performances, wins a Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Killin' Time
1989 "Killin' Time" debut album by Clint Black is released (Billboard Album of the Year, 1990)
- 1990 "Some Americans Abroad" opens at Vivian Beaumont NYC for 62 performances
High Rollers Social & Pleasure Club
1992 Allen Toussaint's musical revue "High Rollers Social & Pleasure Club" closes at the Helen Hayes Theater, NYC, after 13 performances
- 1993 "5 Guys Named Moe" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC after 445 performances
- 1993 "Candida" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 45 performances
- 1993 "Tango Passion" closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 5 performances
- 1993 Lanford Wilson's play "Redwood Curtain" closes at Brooks Atkinson Theatre NYC after 40 performances
- 1995 "Hamlet" opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 121 performances
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2011 Flavor Flav is arrested on four outstanding misdemeanor warrants for various driving offenses
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2018 Kanye West widely criticized for saying "slavery is a choice" in TMZ interview
