Mahler's 1st Concert
1870 Gustav Mahler (10) gives his 1st public piano concert in Jihlava, Kingdom of Bohemia (now Czech Republic)
Nellie Melba Debuts
1887 Australian soprano Nellie Melba makes her operatic debut as Gilda in "Rigoletto" at Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels
- 1903 Victor Herbert and by Glen MacDonough's operetta "Babes in Toyland" premieres at Majestic Theater, New York City
- 1931 Musical "Everybody's Welcome" with Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey premieres in NYC
- 1949 "Touch & Go" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 176 performances
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
1962 Edward Albee's play "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" opens on Broadway featuring actress Uta Hagen
- 1963 The term "Beatlemania" is coined after Beatles appear at the London Palladium
Jimi Hendrix Experience
1966 Jimi Hendrix Experience rock trio debuts with American guitarist Jimi Hendrix, British bassist Noel Redding and British drummer Mitch Mitchell in Évreux, Normandy, France
- 1972 Bill Weeden and David Finkle's musical "Hurry, Harry" closes at the Ritz Theater, NYC, after 2 performances
Young Undergoes Surgery
1975 Rock vocalist Neil Young undergoes throat surgery
52nd Street
1978 "52nd Street" 6th studio album by Billy Joel is released (Grammy Award Album of the Year 1979)
- 1985 "Sunday in the Park with George" closes at Booth NYC after 604 performances
- 1988 Concert at Masada ends Israel's 40th-anniversary festival
- 1996 "Big" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 193 performances
- 2011 Italian conductor Riccardo Muti is awarded the second $1 million Birgit Nilsson Prize
Music History
2012 "I Won't Give Up," a single by Jason Mraz, is certified 4x multi-platinum
Nobel Prize in Literature
2016 American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan is named as recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature
Music Concert
2022 Ringo Starr cancels five remaining scheduled All-Starr Band tour concert dates in California and Mexico, after getting rebound COVID-19 infection
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