1st Billboard Singles Chart
1940 Billboard publishes its 1st singles record chart - "I'll Never Smile Again" by Tommy Dorsey, with vocal by Frank Sinatra is #1
Music History
1940 Hoagy Carmichael and Johnny Mercer's musical "Walk With Music", closes at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, NYC, after 50 performances
Music History
1942 Time magazine puts Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich on its cover
- 1961 Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley's musical "Stop The World - I Want To Get Off" premieres at Queen's Theater in London's West End
- 1962 Dmitri Shostakovich completes his 13th Symphony
- 1964 Dmitri Shostakovich completes his 10th String quartet
- 1968 Iron Butterfly's "In-a-gadda-da-vida" becomes 1st heavy metal song to hit charts, it comes in at #117
Engagement of Interest
1968 Jane Asher breaks her engagement with Beatle bassist, singer, and songwriter Paul McCartney, live on BBC-TV's "Dee Time" programme
Music Concert
1968 Judy Garland headlines concert also featuring Count Basie and Jackie Wilson at JFK Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; her last US concert
Theatrical Finale
1975 Murray Schisgal's stage comedy "All Over Town", directed by Dustin Hoffman, closes at the Boothe Theatre, NYC, after 233 performances
- 1982 T Macauly & D Vosburghs musical "Windy City," premieres in London
Famous Photo
1984 Vanessa Williams is asked to resign as Miss America due to publication of nude photos of her