Enrico Caruso's Final Recording Session
1920 Italian tenor Enrico Caruso finishes what becomes his final recording session, singing the "Domine Deus" and "Crucifixus" from Gioachino Rossini's "Petite messe solennelle", at Victor's Trinity Church studio in Camden, New Jersey
- 1922 Goodman & Atteridge's musical "Passing Show," opens at Winter Garden Theatre, NYC
- 1938 Emlyn Williams' semi-autobiographical comedic play "Corn is Green," premieres in London; runs for 600 performances
- 1948 Heitor Villa-Lobos' folk operetta "Magdalena" opens at Ziegfeld Theater, NYC; runs for 88 performances
Dialogues of the Carmelites
1957 Leontyne Price makes her operatic stage debut singing Madame Lidoine in the US premiere of "Dialogues of the Carmelites" in San Francisco
- 1964 The Beatles close out their first North American tour returning to New York City, for a benefit concert titled "An Evening With The Beatles" at the Paramount Theatre; the show was for the United Cerebral Palsy of NYC charity, Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gormé were also on the bill
Music History
1969 John Lennon privately announces to Paul and Ringo (George was not there) that he is leaving "The Beatles" at a London business meeting
- 1969 Virtual 'cartoon' band Archies' single "Sugar Sugar" hits #1
Music History
1970 Jim Morrison found guilty of "open profanity and indecent exposure" after allegedly exposing himself at a concert in Miami in 1969
Music History
1972 Police find cannabis growing on Paul & Linda McCartney's farm
#1 in the Charts
1975 David Bowie's "Fame," single goes #1 for 2 weeks
- 1976 "The Captain and Tennille" television musical-variety show debuts in US (ABC)
Blizzard of Ozz
1980 "Blizzard of Ozz", the debut solo album by English rock musician Ozzy Osbourne, is released in the United Kingdom
Big River
1987 Roger Miller's musical "Big River", based on Mark Twain's 1884 novel "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater, NYC, after 1005 performances and 3 Tony Awards
- 1988 "Loving Proof" second studio album by Ricky Van Shelton is released (Billboard Song of the Year 1989)
Miss Saigon
1989 Musical "Miss Saigon" premieres in London, created by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil
The First Wives Club
1996 Paramount Pictures releases cult revenge comedy "The First Wives Club" starring Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn and Diane Keaton, and directed by Hugh Wilson
Farm Aid Concert
2008 Farm Aid 21 held in Mansfield, Massachusetts; performers include Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young, Dave Matthews, Jerry Lee Lewis, Kenny Chesney, The Pretenders, moe., Arlo Guthrie, Steve Earle, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, Jakob Dylan and The Gold Mountain Rebels [1]
Call Me Maybe
2011 "Call Me Maybe", single by Canadian singer Carly Rae Jepsen, is released
This Is Us
2016 "This Is Us" TV drama premieres in the US starring Mandy Moore and Milo Ventimiglia