Ebony Concerto
1946 1st performance of Igor Stravinsky's "Ebony Concerto", by Woody Herman and His Thundering Herd, at Carnegie Hall, New York City
Music Concert
1961 Elvis Presley performs live at Pearl Harbor’s Bloch Arena in a benefit for the USS Arizona Memorial; his return to the concert stage after a stint in the US Army raises $60K and worldwide awareness of the project [1]
Music History
1961 Jules Styne and Stephen Sondheim's musical "Gypsy", starring Ethel Merman and Jack Klugman, closes at the Imperial Theatre, NYC, after 702 performances
Music History
1962 "Family Affair" closes at Billy Rose Theater NYC after 65 performances
Music Concert
1969 American singer Judy Garland’s gives what becomes her very last concert, at Falkoner Centret in Copenhagen, Denmark
Music History
1969 Beatle John Lennon and new wife Yoko Ono stage their 1st bed-in for peace, at the Hilton Hotel in Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 1972 "Selling of the President" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 5 performances
- 1972 17th Eurovision Song Contest: Vicky Leandros for Luxembourg wins singing "Apres toi" in Edinburgh
- 1972 America's LP "America" goes #1
- 1973 27th Tony Awards: "That Championship Season" (play) and "A Little Night Music" (musical) win
Academy of Country Music Awards
1974 9th Academy of Country Music Awards: Charlie Rich and Loretta Lynn win
Butterfly
1974 Barbra Streisand records the album "Butterfly"
When Will I Be Loved
1975 Linda Ronstadt releases cover of the Everly Brothers' 1960 song "When Will I Be Loved" as a single; climbs to No. 2 in the charts
Music History
1976 Revival of Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's musical "My Fair Lady" opens at St James Theater, later transferring to the Lunt-Fontaine, NYC; runs for 377 performances
Music History
1976 Richard Rodgers, Sheldon Harnick, and Sherman Yellen's musical "Rex", starring Nicol Williamson and Glenn Close, opens at Lunt-Fontaine Theater, NYC; runs for 48 performances
Music History
1983 Motown 25, a concert celebrating the anniversary of Motown records is taped for broadcast at the Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California; performers include: The Miracles; The Temptations; The Four Tops; Diana Ross and the Supremes; The Jackson 5; and Michael Jackson, who unveils his "moonwalk" dance move
- 1990 "Lettice & Lovage" opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 284 performances
Academy Awards
1991 63rd Academy Awards: "Dances with Wolves", Kathy Bates & Jeremy Irons win
Academy Awards
1991 Country singer Reba McEntire performs as scheduled at the Academy Awards ceremony, just 9 days after nearly her entire band dies in a plane crash
Life After Death
1997 "Life After Death" second studio album by The Notorious B.I.G. is released (Billboard Song of the Year 1997)
Soul Train Music Awards
1999 13th Soul Train Music Awards: Luther Vandross, R. Kelly & Lauryn Hill win
Rules of Travel
2003 Capitol/Nashville Records releases "Rules of Travel", the tenth studio album by singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash; produced by husband John Leventhal, it includes a duet with her father Johnny Cash
Music History
2015 British musician Zayn Malik announces he is leaving the band One Direction
Music Concert
2016 The Rolling Stones perform a free outdoor concert at the Ciudad Deportiva de la Habana sports complex, in Havana, Cuba, before an estimated crowd of 500,000
- 2016 Zayn's [Zayn Malik] solo debut album "Mind of Mine" is released, 1st British male artist to debut at No. 1 in US
- 2024 Homes belonging to Sean "Diddy" Combs searched by federal authorities amid allegations of sex trafficking, sexual assault, against the rap singer and producer [1]
