- 1796 James S McLean patents his piano
Mahler's 6th Symphony
1906 1st outlining of Gustav Mahler's 6th symphony, in Essen, Germany
Arms and the Girl
1950 Morton Gould and Dorothy Field's colonial-era musical "Arms and the Girl", starring Nanette Fabray and Pearl Bailey, closes at 46th St Theater, NYC, after 134 performances
Imagine
1971 John Lennon records the song "Imagine" at his Ascot Sound home studio at Tittenhurst Park, England
Applause
1972 Charles Strouse, Lee Adams, Betty Comden and Adolph Green's musical "Applause", starring Lauren Bacall, closes at Palace Theater, NYC, after 896 performances, winning 4 Tony Awards
- 1972 Jimmy Castor Bunch's "Troglodyte (Cave Man)" hits #6
Venus and Mars
1975 Paul McCartney & Wings release their "Venus and Mars" album
- 1976 Musical whodunit "Something's Afoot" opens at Lyceum Theater, NYC; runs for 61 performances
Music History
1977 The Sex Pistols release "God Save the Queen", sparking major controversy and leading to a ban on the song by the BBC
- 1982 Musical "Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?", after successful runs in Chicago and Philadelphia, opens at Alvin Theatre, NYC; runs for 5 performances
The Flintstones
1994 "The Flintstones" live action movie based in the 1960s cartoon, starring John Goodman (as Fred), Rick Moranis (as Barney), and Rosie O'Donnell (as Betty) premieres
- 2022 Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels' opera "Omar" premieres at the Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, South Carolina (2023 Pulitzer Prize for Music winner)
Music Concert
2022 Ringo Starr's fifteenth All-Starr Band debuts in concert; members include: Steve Lukather, Edgar Winter, Colin Hay, Hamish Stuart, Gregg Bissonette, and Warren Ham