- 1633 M Rossi's opera "Erminia sul Giordano" premieres in Rome
"Poro"
1731 George Frideric Handel's opera "Poro" premieres at the King's Theatre in London, England
"Artaxerxes"
1762 Thomas Arne's opera "Artaxerxes" premieres at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden in London, England
Haydn's 102nd Symphony
1795 Joseph Haydn's 102nd Symphony in B premieres at the King's Theatre in London, England
"Semiramide"
1823 Gioachino Rossini's opera "Semiramide" first performed at La Fenice in Venice, Lombardo-Venetian Kingdom
- 1900 Gustave Charpentiers opera "Louise" premieres at the Salle Favart, in Paris France; performed by the Opéra-Comique conducted by André Messageri
- 1914 James Royce Shannon's musical "Shameen Dhu" premieres in NYC
- 1926 3 men dance Charleston for 22 hours
- 1927 Harry Tierney and Joseph McCarthy's musical "Rio Rita" premieres in NYC
Sinatra in Indianapolis
1940 Frank Sinatra performs at the Lyric Theater in Indianapolis, Indiana, his first as featured singer with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
- 1946 "Nellie Bly" closes at Adelphi Theater NYC after 16 performances
"Arms and the Girl"
1950 Morton Gould and Dorothy Field's colonial-era musical "Arms and the Girl", starring Nanette Fabray and Pearl Bailey, opens at 46th St Theater, NYC; runs for 134 performances
"The Nutcracker"
1954 "The Nutcracker" ballet choreographed by George Balanchine with Maria Tallchief as the Sugar Plum Fairy opens in New York, establishes its popularity in the US
- 1957 "Candide" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 73 performances
Holly's Last Performance
1959 Buddy Holly's last performance at Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa [1]
- 1963 Helen Shapiro begins tour (Beatles are part of undercard)
"The Midnight Special"
1973 "The Midnight Special" late night rock music show debuts on NBC-TV; performers include Ike and Tina Turner, Curtis Mayfield, Don Mclean, the Byrds, and George Carlin
"The Way We Were"
1974 Barbra Streisand's 1st #1 hit, "The Way We Were"
"Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood"
1986 "Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood" closes at Ritz NYC after 13 performances
Willie Nelson's Tax Bill
1992 IRS & Willie Nelson settle on $9M tax bill (of $16.7M)
"Plutonian Ode"
2002 Philip Glass' Symphony No. 6 (Plutonian Ode), for soprano and orchestra, based on the poem by Allen Ginsberg, premieres with the American Composers Orchestra conducted by Dennis Russell Davies, at Carnegie Hall, NYC
"All I Have"
2003 Jennifer Lopez starts a three week run at #1 on the US singles chart with "All I Have"
- 2003 Russian pop girl duo Tatu start a four-week run at #1 on the UK singles chart with "All The Things She Said"
