Music History
1846 Felix Mendelssohn's oratorio "Elijah" premieres at the Birmingham Festival in England
An American In Paris
1951 Film "An American In Paris" with music by George Gershwin, directed by Vincente Minnelli, starring Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron premieres in London (Academy Awards Best Picture, 1952)
Music History
1967 The Beatles, Mick Jagger, Marianne Faithfull, and Donovan meet Maharishi Mahesh Yogi at a retreat in Bangor, Wales
- 1968 "Hey Jude" single released by the Beatles in US (Billboard Song of the Year 1968, Billboard 10th biggest song of all time 2013)
- 1977 Ian Dury releases the single "Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll"
- 1980 Pete Comita replaces Tom Peterson as bassist of American rock band Cheap Trick
- 1992 "Anna Karenina" opens at Circle in Square Theater, NYC; runs for 46 performances
Music History
2005 US Postal Service christens a Los Angeles facility as "The Ray Charles Station"
Music History
2006 David Gilmour performs with his band and the Polish Baltic Philharmonic Orchestra before a crowd of 50,000 at Gdańsk Shipyard, Poland
Music Concert
2007 The Rolling Stones close their two-year, 147 concert "A Bigger Bang" tour at O2 Arena in London, England; box office gross of tour exceeds $558M, a record at the time
- 2018 Moroccan pop singer Saad Lamjarred arrested in Saint-Tropez, France on a rape allegation