Messiah
1741 George Frideric Handel finishes his "Messiah" oratorio after working on it non-stop for 23 days
Turn of the Screw
1954 Benjamin Britten's opera "Turn of the Screw" premieres in Venice
Tutti Frutti
1955 Little Richard records "Tutti Frutti" at J & M Studio in New Orleans, Louisiana
Music History
1960 Dmitri Shostakovich becomes member of Communist Party of USSR
- 1968 Dmitri Shostakovich' 12th string quartet, premieres in Moscow
Music History
1968 While on tour in England, a fire at singer Roy Orbison's Henderson, Tennessee home kills the two eldest of his three sons
Video Music Awards
1984 1st MTV Video Music Awards: The Cars win with "You Might Think", and David Bowie wins with "China Girl"
Music History
2017 Selena Gomez reveals she had a kidney transplant, because of lupus, donated by her friend Francia Rais