- 1786 The oldest musical organization in the United States is founded in Boston, Massachusetts as the Stoughton Musical Society
Little Johnny Jones
1904 George M. Cohan's 1st full-length musical "Little Johnny Jones", featuring the songs "Yankee Doodle Dandy" and "Give My Regards To Broadway", opens at the Liberty Theatre, NYC; runs for 52 performances be before going on tour
- 1921 Ed Wynn's musical revue "The Perfect Fool" premieres in NYC
- 1946 Katherine Dunham's song and dance revue "Bal Nègre" opens at Belasco Theater, NYC; runs for 54 performances
- 1962 Columbia Records completes a three-night live recording of Barbra Steisand at the Bon Soir nightclub in Greenwich Village, NYC for her debut album; technical issues force them to shelf the release and bring her to a studio to record
John Meets Yoko
1966 John Lennon meets Yoko Ono at an avante-garde art exposition at Indica Gallery in London [1]
Your Arms are Too Short to Box With God
1982 Revival of Alex Bradford, Vinnette Carroll, and Micki Grant's "Your Arms are Too Short to Box With God", based on the Bible's Book of Matthew, and featuring Al Green and Patti LaBelle, closes at Alvin Theatre, NYC. after 69 performances
- 1990 English-Yiddish musical revue "Those Were The Days" opens at Edison Theater, NYC; runs for 126 performances
A Little Night Music
1990 New York City Opera's limited run production of Stephen Sondheim's musical "A Little Night Music" closes at New York State, NYC, after 11 performances
- 1991 "Park Your Car in Harvard Yard" opens at Music Box NYC
Brigadoon
1991 Revival of Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's musical "Brigadoon" opens at New York State Theater, NYC; runs for 12 performances
- 1996 "3 Sisters" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC
35th Awards
2001 35th Country Music Association Awards: Tim McGraw, Lee Ann Womack & Toby Keith win
41st Awards
2007 41st Country Music Association Awards: Kenny Chesney, Carrie Underwood & Brad Paisley win
- 2017 Opera soprano Audrey Luna sings highest-ever note at Met Opera in New York, A above high C
35th Inductees
2020 35th Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees: Depeche Mode; The Doobie Brothers; Whitney Houston; Nine Inch Nails; The Notorious B.I.G.; T-Rex; Jon Landau; and Irving Azoff