Rossini's Early Performance
1804 Gioachino Rossini performs as a singer in Imola, Italy, aged only 12 years old
Swan Lake Completed
1876 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky completes his ballet "Swan Lake"
- 1927 Roger Sessions' 1st Symphony in E premieres with Serge Koussevitzky conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra
- 1970 Lance Mulcahy and Paul Cherry's musical "Park" opens at John Golden Theater, NYC; runs for 5 performances
- 1978 23rd Eurovision Song Contest: Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta for Israel wins singing "A-Ba-Ni-Bi" in Paris
Rolling Stones Benefit Concerts
1979 The Rolling Stones play two benefit concerts for the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, in Oshawa, Ontario; performance part of guitarist Keith Richards’ heroin conviction sentence
The Who's Tommy
1993 Pete Townshend's rock musical "The Who's Tommy" adapted for theatrical stage, opens at St James Theater, NYC; runs for 899 performances, winning 5 Tony Awards, and a Grammy Award
Academy of Country Music Awards
1998 33rd Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood and George Strait win