- 1881 Edward Leveaux patents automatic player piano
Top Banana
1952 Johnny Mercer's musical "Top Banana", starring Phil Silvers, closes at Winter Garden Theater, NYC. after 356 performances and a Tony Award win
Music Concert
1959 Dmitri Shostakovich's 1st Cello concert premieres in Leningrad
Pickwick
1965 Cyril Ornadel and Leslie Bricusse's musical "Pickwick", based on Charles Dickens' novel "The Pickwick Papers', featuring Harry Secombe and Charlotte Rae, opens at 46th St Theater, NYC; runs for 56 performances
Walls & Bridges
1974 Apple Records releases John Lennon's fifth studio album, "Walls & Bridges" in UK; features No. 1 single "Whatever Gets You Through the Night" (with Elton John) and "#9 Dream"
Farm Aid Concert
1997 Farm Aid 10 held in Tinley Park, Illinois; performers include Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Fogerty, Beck, Dave Matthews Band, Steve Earle, and The Allman Brothers [1]
Breathe
1999 "Breathe" single released by Faith Hill (Billboard Song of the Year 2000)
- 2000 34th Country Music Association Awards: Dixie Chicks, Faith Hill & Tim McGraw win
- 2005 "All the Right Reasons", fifth studio album by Nickelback, is released
- 2005 Palace of the Arts - the world's tallest opera house and last major structure of the City of Arts and Science's complex, designed by Santiago Calatrava, opens in Valencia, Spain [1]
Farm Aid 22
2009 Farm Aid 22 held in Maryland Heights, Missouri; performers include Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young, Dave Matthews, Jason Mraz, and Wilco [1]
- 2013 German singer Helene Fischer releases "Farbenspiel", most successful album ever by a German female artist, over 2.4 million sold
- 2017 Chinese pianist Lang Lang plays Carneige Hall one-handed due to injury with 14 year-old Maxim Lando playing his left hand for Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue"
