Music History
1868 Bedřich Smetana's opera "Dalibor" premieres at the New Town Theatre in Prague
Annie Get Your Gun
1946 Irving Berlin, Dorothy and Herbert Fields' musical "Annie Get Your Gun" starring Ethel Merman and featuring "There's No Business Like Show Business" opens at Imperial Theater, NYC
Billie Holiday Arrested
1947 Billie Holiday is arrested in her New York apartment for possession of narcotics
- 1952 "New Faces of 1952" opens at Royale Theater, NYC; runs for 365 performances
Copacabana Incident
1957 NY Yankee players including Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, Whitey Ford, and Hank Bauer are involved in a brawl at the Copacabana nightclub while watching Sammy Davis Jr. perform, leads to Billy Martin trade
- 1963 "Beast in Me" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 4 performances
- 1965 "Roar of the Greasepaint" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 232 performances
- 1966 The Beach Boys release their groundbreaking album "Pet Sounds", containing hit singles "Sloop John B" and "Wouldn't It Be Nice", and "God Only Knows"
Music History
1969 Barbra Streisand appears at a Friars Club Tribute
Music History
1969 The Who's Pete Townsend and Roger Daltrey charged with assault
Music History
1970 "Grover Henson Feels Forgotten" by Bill Cosby hits #70
Owen Wingrave
1971 Benjamin Britten's opera "Owen Wingrave" premieres in Aldwych, London
Don't Play Us Cheap
1972 Melvin Van Peebles' musical "Don't Play Us Cheap" opens at Barrymore Theater, NYC; runs for 164 performances
- 1975 Wings release "Listen to What the Man Said" in UK
McCartney II
1980 Paul McCartney releases "McCartney II" album
#1 in the Charts
1981 "Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes hits #1 for next 9 weeks
- 1982 "Barnum" closes at St James Theater NYC after 854 performances
- 1982 "Is There Life After High School?" closes at Barrymore after 12 performances
Music History
1983 NBC broadcasts "Motown 25", a concert celebrating the anniversary of Motown Record held in Pasadena, California in March; 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
When Doves Cry
1984 "When Doves Cry" single released by Prince Rogers Nelson (Billboard Song of the Year, 1984)
Musical Finale
1987 Rupert Holmes' musical "The Mystery of Edwin Drood", based on an unfinished work of Charles Dickens, closes at the Imperial Theatre, NYC, after 608 performances and 5 Tony Award wins
Music History
1987 Weird Al Yankovic performs live at 72nd National Orange Show
- 1992 "Smells Like Nirvana" by Weird Al Yankovic hits #35
- 1993 "3 Men on a Horse" closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 40 performances
- 1993 "Wilder, Wilder, Wilder" closes at Circle in Square, NYC after 30 performances
- 1994 Norwegian black metal musician Varg Vikernes is sentenced to 21 years in prison for the murder of musician Euronymous and for the arson of three churches
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
2002 "Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones" directed by George Lucas, starring Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christensen and Natalie Portman, opens in cinemas
- 2009 54th Eurovision Song Contest: Alexander Rybak for Norway wins singing "Fairytale" in Moscow
Music History
2018 American singer-songwriter Paul Simon begins his "Homeward Bound – The Farewell Tour" at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Music History
2018 Painting "Past Times" by Kerry James Marshall is bought by Sean Combs for $21.1 million, most paid for a living African American artist
Rocketman
2019 "Rocketman" film based on life of singer Elton John starring Taron Egerton premieres at the Cannes Film Festival
