- 1876 Amiliare Ponchielli's opera "La Gioconda" premieres in Milan
The Arrow
1931 Dmitri Shostakovich's ballet "The Arrow" premieres
Bartók's 5th String Quartet
1935 Béla Bartók's 5th String quartet premieres in Washington, D.C.
Piston's 1st Symphony
1938 Walter Piston's 1st Symphony in E, premieres in Boston, by the Boston Symphony, conducted by the composer
Pillar of Fire
1942 Arnold Schoenberg & Tudor's ballet "Pillar of Fire" premieres in NYC
- 1950 "Miss Liberty" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 308 performances
Music Premiere
1954 Andrew Schwartz and Dorothy Fields' musical "By the Beautiful Sea", starring Shirley Booth, opens at the Majestic Theatre, later transferring to the Imperial, NYC; runs for 270 performances
- 1961 "Show Girl" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC after 100 performances
- 1967 12th Eurovision Song Contest: Sandie Shaw for United Kingdom wins singing "Puppet on a String" in Vienna
- 1970 Mitch Leigh, William Alfred and Phyllis Robinson's musical melodrama "Cry for Us All" opens at Broadhurst Theater, NYC; runs for 9 performances
Band on the Run
1974 Paul McCartney & Wings release single "Band on the Run" in the US
Academy Awards
1975 47th Academy Awards: "The Godfather Part II", Ellen Burstyn & Art Carney win
Carmelina
1979 Burton Lane and Alan Jay Lerner's musical "Carmelina", based on the 1968 film "Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell", opens at St James Theater, NYC; runs for 17 performances
Twin Peaks
1990 "Twin Peaks" created by David Lynch and starring Kyle MacLachlan premieres on ABC-TV
So Beautiful or So What
2011 Hear Music Records releases "So Beautiful or So What", the twelfth solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Paul Simon
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
2016 31st Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees: Chicago, Cheap Trick, Deep Purple, Steve Miller, and N.W.A
