Rossini's Early Performance
1804 Gioachino Rossini performs as a singer in Imola, Italy, aged only 12 years old
Swan Lake Completed
1876 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky completes his ballet "Swan Lake"
- 1927 Roger Sessions' 1st Symphony in E premieres with Serge Koussevitzky conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra
- 1970 Lance Mulcahy and Paul Cherry's musical "Park" opens at John Golden Theater, NYC; runs for 5 performances
- 1978 23rd Eurovision Song Contest: Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta for Israel wins singing "A-Ba-Ni-Bi" in Paris
Rolling Stones Benefit Concerts
1979 The Rolling Stones play two benefit concerts for the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, in Oshawa, Ontario; performance part of guitarist Keith Richards’ sentence for heroin conviction on heroin charges
The Who's Tommy
1993 Pete Townshend's rock musical "The Who's Tommy" adapted for theatrical stage, opens at St James Theater, NYC; runs for 899 performances, winning 5 Tony Awards, and a Grammy Award
Academy of Country Music Awards
1998 33rd Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood and George Strait win