Music History
1762 Louis-François Roubiliac's monument to George Frideric Handel is unveiled at Westminster Abbey in London, England [1]
Music History
1937 Belgian-Romani-French jazz guitarist'Django Reinhardt's "Quintette du Hot Club" 'debuts at La Grosse Pomme nightclub in Montmartre, Paris
Look Ma, I'm Dancin'
1948 Hugh Martin's musical comedy "Look Ma, I'm Dancin'" starring Nancy Walker and choreographed by Jerome Robbins, closes at Adelphi Theater, NYC, after 188 performances
- 1948 Jerome Moross and John Latouche'a musical "Ballet Ballads" closes at Music Box Theater, NYC, after 62 performances
Allegro
1948 Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein's musical "Allegro" closes at Majestic Theater, NYC, after 318 performances
Gladys Knight and The Pips
1975 Gladys Knight and Pips Summer Series premieres on NBC-TV
- 1977 "Happy End" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 75 performances
Music History
1979 Chuck Berry begins 4 months term in prison for $200,000 in tax evasion
Music History
1994 Revival of Henrik Ibsen's stage drama "Hedda Gabler", starring Kelly McGillis, opens at Criterion Theater, NYC; runs for 33 performances
Music History
2019 Taylor Swift named the world's highest paid entertainer by Forbes earning $185 million in 2018