Handel Buried
1759 George Frideric Handel is buried in Westminster Abbey, London
- 1865 Crosby Opera House opens in Chicago, Illinois; destroyed in the Great Fire of 1871
El Capitan
1896 John Philip Sousa's operetta "El Capitan" premieres on Broadway at Broadway Theatre, NYC
- 1954 "Golden Apple" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 125 performances
- 1960 "From A to Z" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 21 performances
- 1963 "Sophie" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 8 performances
- 1968 British rock band billed as "Roundabout" debuts in Kastrup, Denmark; after a brief tour of Scandinavia, they change their name to "Deep Purple"
We've Only Just Begun
1971 Barbra Streisand records "We've Only Just Begun"
Lord Byron
1972 Virgil Thomson's final opera, "Lord Byron", with libretto by Jack Larson, first performance at Lincoln Center, New York City
Music History
1976 George Harrison sings "The Lumberjack Song" with Monty Python in NYC
Music Concert
1992 All-star benefit concert in memory of Freddie Mercury held at Wembley Stadium, London; performers include: Queen, Roger Daltry, Robert Plant, Zucchero, Paul Young, Seal, David Bowie, Annie Lennox, Mick Ronson, George Michael, Elton John, Axl Rose, and Liza Minnelli
Shania Twain
1993 Mercury Nashville Records releases "Shania Twain", the debut studio album by Shania Twain
- 1997 "Gin Game" opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 144 performances
- 1997 "Present Laughter" closes at Walter Kerr Theater NYC