The Barber of Seville
1825 Gioachino Rossini's comic opera "Il barbiere di Siviglia" (The Barber of Seville) become 1st opera performed in Italian in US, staged at New York City's Park Theater
- 1921 Zoel Parenteau and André Picard's musical "Kiki" opens at the Belasco Theatre, NYC; runs for 233 performances
Gay Divorcee
1932 Cole Porter's musical "Gay Divorcee" opens at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, NYC, later transferred to the Schubert Theater; runs for 248 performances
Pal Joey
1941 Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart's musical "Pal Joey", starring Gene Kelly and Vivienne Segal, closes at the St. James Theatre, NYC, after 374 performances
- 1948 1st opera to be televised, "Othello", broadcast from the Metropolitain Opera House in New York City
Bells Are Ringing
1956 Jule Styne, Betty Comden and Adolph Green's musical "Bells Are Ringing", starring Judy Holiday, opens at Shubert Theater, NYC; runs for 924 performances, wins 2 Tony Awards
Two Virgins
1968 John Lennon and Yoko Ono release their 1st album "Two Virgins" in UK
- 1969 The Beatles' single "Something / Come Together" reaches #1
Yale-Princeton Football Game
1970 Modernist composer Charles Ives' "Yale-Princeton Football Game", a two-minute piece written in 1897 premieres
My Fair Lady
1981 Revival of Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's musical "My Fair Lady" closes at Uris Theater, NYC, after 119 performances
- 1987 Revival of Henry Krieger and Tom Eyen's musical ."Dreamgirls" closes at Ambassador Theater, NYC, after 177 performances
- 1990 Paul Chihara and John Driver's musical "Shogun - The Musical", based on James Clavell's novel, opens at Marquis Theater, NYC; runs for 72 performances
Music History
1992 Revival of Anton Chekov's stage drama "The Sea Gull", starring Tyne Daly, Ethan Hawke, and Jon Voight, opens at Lyceum Theater, NYC; runs for 48 performances
- 1992 Rupert Holmes' stage drama "Solitary Confinement", starring Stacy Keach, closes at the Nederlander Theatre, NYC, after 25 performances
- 1993 Revival of Robert E. Sherman's stage drama "Abe Lincoln in Illinois", starring Sam Waterston, opens at the Beaumont Theater ,NYC; runs for 40 performances
My Life
1994 "My Life" second studio album by Mary J. Blige is released (Billboard Music Award Top R&B Album 1995)
- 1995 "Garden District" closes at Circle in the Square Theater, NYC
The Concert for George
2002 "The Concert for George", a benefit memorial to George Harrison held at the Royal Albert Hall, London, features Eric Clapton; Paul McCartney; Ringo Starr; Jeff Lynne; Tom Petty; Joe Brown; Anoushka Shankar; Billy Preston; and members of Monty Python
Mandela's AIDS Concerts
2003 The first of Nelson Mandela's 46664 AIDS benefit concerts held at Green Point Stadium, Capetown
Music History
2023 Taylor Swift is Spotify's most-streamed global artist of the year with 26.1 billion streams, with Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers” the most-streamed song [1]
