Mendelssohn's 1st Concert
1818 Felix Mendelssohn, aged 9, performs his first public concert in Berlin, Germany
- 1885 Johann Strauss' operetta "Zigeunerbaron (Gypsy Baron)" premieres in Vienna
Music History
1929 Rudy Vallee's "The Fleishmann's Yeast Hour" begins broadcasting on NBC radio
Mulatto
1935 Langston Hughes' stage drama "Mulatto: A Tragedy of the Deep South", opens at Vanderbilt Theatre, NYC; runs for 373 performances
Let's Dance
1939 Benny Goodman records "Let's Dance"
- 1948 Francis Poulenc's "Sinfonietta" premieres
Music Concert
1959 US premiere of Dmitri Shostakovich's 1st Cello concert
- 1961 "Evening with Yves Montand" opens at John Golden Theatre, NYC for 55 performances
The Manchurian Candidate
1962 "The Manchurian Candidate", directed by John Frankenheimer, starring Frank Sinatra and Laurence Harvey, is released
Music History
1965 Benjamin Britten's "Voices for Today" premieres
Music History
1968 Mick Jagger & Marianne Faithful busted for pot, released on £50 bail
Music History
1973 John Lennon sues US government to admit FBI is tapping his phone, they deny doing so
Music History
1978 Keith Richards convicted of heroin possession in Toronto
Music History
1979 Guinness Book of Records presents Paul McCartney with a rhodium disc as all-time best selling singer-songwriter
- 1980 John Lennon releases single "(Just Like) Starting Over" in UK
- 1982 "Rock 'n Roll!: The 1st..." opens at St James Theater NYC for 9 performances
- 1991 Brian Friels' stage drama "Dancing at Lughnasa" opens at Plymouth Theater, NYC; runs for 421 performances, wins 3 Tony Awards
- 1993 "Wonderful Tennessee" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 9 performances
Music History
2002 Twyla Tharp's rock ballet "Movin' Out", set to songs of Billy Joel, opens at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, NYC; runs for 1,303 performances
Music History
2019 Jason Mraz endorses Bernie Sanders for president in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries
The Woman in Me
2023 American pop singer Britney Spears releases her memoir "The Woman in Me" [1]
