The Flying Dutchman
1843 Richard Wagner's opera "The Flying Dutchman" premieres in Dresden, Germany
- 1881 Camille Saint-Saëns' 3rd Violin Concerto in B, premieres in Paris, France, with Spanish virtuoso Pablo de Sarasate as soloist and dedicatee
- 1926 Melody Maker, British popular music magazine, publishes 1st issue
Pal Joey
1952 Revival of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart's musical "Pal Joey", starring Harold Lang and Vivienne Segal, opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC; runs for 540 performances, and wins 3 Tony Awards
Shostakovich' 2nd Piano Concert
1958 Dmitri Shostakovich' 2nd Piano concert, premieres in NY
Sessions' 4th Symphony
1960 Roger Sessions' 4th Symphony, in honor of the Minnesota Centennial, premieres by the Minnesota Orchestra conducted by Antal Doráti
- 1968 "Zizi" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 49 performances
- 1969 Allan Sherman and Albert Hague's musical "The Fig Leaves Are Falling", starring Dorothy Loudon, Barry Nelson, and David Cassidy, opens at Broadhurst Theater, NYC; runs for 4 performances
- 1969 The Beatles begin rehearsals, while being filmed, for the Let It Be project at Twickenham Film Studios, London
- 1970 Dutch premiere of Galt MacDermot, Gerome Ragni and James Rado's hippie musical "Hair" in Amsterdam
- 1972 "Rothschilds" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC after 505 performances
- 1978 Rhino Records releases their 1st album "Wildmania"
Vicious' Murder Trial Begins
1979 British punk rocker Sid Vicious' trial for murder of girlfriend Nancy Spungen begins
Sophisticated Ladies
1983 Duke Ellington's musical "Sophisticated Ladies" closes at Lunt-Fontanne, NYC after 767 performances
- 1989 "Superwoman" single released by Karyn White (Billboard Song of the Year 1989)
- 1993 Tomas Rodriquez-Pantoja's flamenco musical revue "Gypsy Passion" closes at Plymouth Theater, NYC, after 55 performances
- 1994 "Shakespeare after My Father" closes at Helen Hayes NYC after 266 performances
- 1994 Revival of Robert E. Sherman's stage drama "Abe Lincoln in Illinois", starring Sam Waterston, closes at Beaumont NYC after 40 performances
