Die Eerste Walpurgisnacht
1833 Felix Mendelssohn's cantata "Die erste Walpurgisnacht" premieres in Berlin, Germany
Istar
1897 Vincent d'Indy's "Istar" premieres in Amsterdam & Brussels
- 1927 Howard Lindsay and Bertrand Robinson's stage comedy "Tommy", starring Alan Bunce, Peg Entwistle, and Sidney Toler, opens at the Gaiety Theatre, NYC; runs for 232 performances
Rosalie
1928 George Gershwin, Sigmund Romberg and P. G. Wodehouse's musical "Rosalie" premieres in New York
- 1932 "Mickey Mouse" & "Silly Symphony" comics syndicated
- 1938 Eduard van Beinum debuts as conductor of the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 1947 Burton Lane and Yip Harburg's musical "Finian's Rainbow" opens at 46th St Theater, NYC; runs for 725 performances, winning 3 Tony Awards
- 1948 Harold Rome's musical "Call Me Mister", starring Betty Garrett closes at Plymouth Theater, NYC, after 734 performances
- 1948 J.B. Priestley's stage drama "An Inspector Calls" closes at the Booth Theatre, NYC, after 95 performances
My Darlin' Aida
1953 Charles Friedman and Giuseppe Verdi's musical '"My Darlin' Aida", an adaptation of Verdi's opera "Aida" closes at Winter Garden Theater, NYC, after for 89 performances
Heartbreak Hotel
1956 Elvis Presley records single "Heartbreak Hotel", written by Mae Boren Axton and Tommy Durden, at RCA Studios in Nashville, Tennessee
Commissioner's Bing Crosby Decision
1957 Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick rules Bing Crosby can keep token stock in Detroit Tigers, even though he owns part of Pittsburgh Pirates
Great Balls of Fire
1958 Jerry Lee Lewis' "Great Balls of Fire" reaches #1 on the UK pop charts
Ormandy's Last Phillies Concert
1984 Conductor Eugene Ormandy leads his last concert, with the Philadelphia Orchestra, at Carnegie Hall, NYC
- 1988 "Don't Get God Started" closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 86 performances
- 1993 "Sea Gull" closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 48 performances
- 1993 Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens, musical "My Favorite Year", adapted from the 1982 film, and starring Evan Pappas, Tim Curry, Andrea Martin, and Lainie Kazan, closes at Vivian Beaumont Theater, NYC, after 37 performances and a Tony Award for Martin
- 1997 "Rehearsal" closes at Criterion Theater NYC
Praise You
1999 Fatboy Slim's music single "Praise You" hits #1 in the UK
Symphony No. 12
2019 Philip Glass' Symphony No. 12 (Lodger), based loosely on David Bowie's 1979 album "Lodger" premieres with the Los Angeles Philharmonic conducted by John Adams, at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, California
79th Golden Globes
2022 79th Golden Globes: Best film "The Power of the Dog" (drama), "West Side Story" (comedy/musical), Best TV series "Succession", Best Director Jane Campion (Motion Picture)
- 2023 80th Golden Globe Awards: Film "The Fabelmans" best drama, "The Banshees of Inisherin" best comedy/musical, TV "House of the Dragon", best drama, "Abbott Elementary" best comedy
