Tamerlano
1724 George Frideric Handel's opera "Tamerlano" premieres at the King's Theatre in London
Jamaica
1957 Yip Harburg, Fred Saidy, and Harold Arlen's musical "Jamaica", starring Lena Horne, opens at Imperial Theater, NYC; runs for 558 performances
The Beatles on Ed Sullivan
1963 Ed Sullivan witnesses Beatlemania firsthand at London's Heathrow Airport as the Beatles are greeted by their fans upon returning from Sweden
#1 in the Charts
1964 Barbra Streisand's "People" album goes #1 for 5 weeks
Music History
1968 Linda Eastman moves to UK permanently
Something
1969 George Harrison's "Something" is released by the Beatles as a single in UK, his first "A" side
Music History
1970 Jim Morrison is sentenced to six months in jail and a $500 fine for indecent exposure and open profanity, though remains free on a $50,000 bond pending appeal
On the Town
1971 Revival of Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden and Adolph Green's musical "On the Town" opens at Imperial Theater, NYC; runs for 65 performances
Music History
1975 Irish singer-songwriter Bob Geldof's first appearance with The Boomtown Rats
- 1982 Musical revue "Rock 'n Roll!: The First 5,000 Years" closes at St James Theatre. NYC, after 9 performances
Pipes of Peace
1983 Paul McCartney releases "Pipes of Peace" album
Music History
1993 Rapper Tupac Shakur charged with aggravated assault
- 1994 "Creep" single released by TLC – their 1st US No.1 (Billboard Song of the Year 1995)
- 1994 American jam band Phish performs The Beatles "White Album" as a musical costume during a show at the Glens Falls Civic Center in Glens Falls, New York.
- 1995 American jam band Phish performs The Who's "Quadrophenia" as a musical costume during a show at the Rosemont Horizon in Rosemont, Illinois
- 1996 American jam band Phish performs The Talking Heads' "Remain In Light" as a musical costume during a show at the Omni Coliseum in Atlanta, Georgia
- 1998 American jam band Phish performs The Velvet Underground's "Rock and Roll" as a musical costume during a show at the Thomas & Mack Center at the University of Nevada in Paradise, Nevada
Music History
2022 Taylor Swift becomes the first artist in history to claim all top 10 slots on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, all tracks from her album "Midnights" [1]