Yesterday in Music History

Welcome to Today in Music for Tuesday, March 10, 2010.

1842 - Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Nabucco," premieres in Milan
1844 - Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Hernani," premieres in Venice
1849 - Carl Nikolais opera "Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor," premieres
1868 - The opera "Hamlet" premieres in Paris
1902 - Composer Gustav Mahler marries Alma Schindler in Vienna
1914 - Henry Colijn appointed as director of Bataafsche Petroleum Co
1922 - KJR-AM in Seattle Washington begins radio transmissions
1963 - Beatles began 1st British tour, supporting Tommy Roe and Chris Montez
1968 - 10th Grammy Awards: Up Up and Away, Sgt Pepper's wins 4
1974 - Last Japanese soldier, a guerrilla operating in Philippines, surrenders, 29 years after World War II ended
1984 - John Lennon releases "Borrowed Time"
1993 - 7th Soul Train Music Awards

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