The Limping Devil
1753 Joseph Haydn's first opera "Krumme Teufel" (The Limping Devil) premieres in Vienna
Manru
1901 Ignacy Jan Paderewski's opera "Manru" has its world premiere in Dresden, Germany
The Rite of Spring
1913 Igor Stravinsky's avant-garde ballet score "Le Sacre du Printemps" (The Rite of Spring) for the Ballets Russes premieres at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, provoking a riot
Yankee Doodle Dandy
1942 "Yankee Doodle Dandy", based on life of George M. Cohan, directed by Michael Curtiz, starring James Cagney and Joan Lesley, premieres in NYC (Academy Awards Best Actor 1943)
White Christmas
1942 Bing Crosby records Irving Berlin's song "White Christmas", with the John Scott Trotter Orchestra and the Ken Darby Singers, in just 18 minutes; becomes world's best-selling single (estimated 100 million copies sold)
Carter Family Debut
1950 The Carter Family debut on the Grand Ole Opry with Chet Atkins
Music History
1956 Arnold Schoenberg's "Modern Psalm" premieres
#1 in the Charts
1960 Everly Brothers single "Cathy's Clown" hits #1
- 1962 4th Grammy Awards: "Moon River", Peter Nero win
TV Show Appearance
1962 Barbra Streisand appears on "The Garry Moore Show"
Music History
1967 Elvis and Priscilla Presley hold a wedding reception at Graceland for friends and family not at the original ceremony
Music History
1976 Car tune "One Piece At A Time" by Johnny Cash hits #29
- 1980 John MacLachlan Gray's musical "Billy Bishop Goes to War" opens at Morosco Theater, NYC; runs for 12 performances, then moves to Off-Broadway
- 1982 "I Know What Boys Like" by The Waitresses hits #62
- 1987 British pop singer Freddie Mercury and Spanish opera diva Montserrat Caballé debut their song "Barcelona" at the Ibiza Fest
Music History
1987 Michael Jackson attempts to buy Elephant Man's remains
Joseph and the Amazing Dreamcoat
1994 Revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's biblical rock opera "Joseph and the Amazing Dreamcoat" closes at Minskoff Theater, NYC, after 223 performances
- 1994 Revival of William Inge's stage drama "Picnic" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 45 performances
- 1999 44th Eurovision Song Contest: Charlotte Nilsson for Sweden wins singing "Take Me to Your Heaven" in Jerusalem
Music Concert
2006 Singer David Bowie joins guitarist David Gilmour as special guest during encore at Royal Albert Hall, London concert; they perform "Arnold Layne" and "Comfortably Numb" in what becomes Bowie's final UK appearance
- 2010 55th Eurovision Song Contest: Lena for Germany wins singing "Satellite" in Oslo
