Mendelssohn's 1st Concert
1818 Felix Mendelssohn, aged 9, performs his first public concert in Berlin, Germany
- 1885 Johann Strauss' operetta "Zigeunerbaron (Gypsy Baron)" premieres in Vienna
- 1908 Edward Meeker hits the charts with "Take Me Out to the Ball Game"; songwriters Edward Albert Von Tilzer and Jack Norworth had yet to attend a baseball game, the 1st recording is often misattributed to singer Billy Murray [1] [2]
The Fleishmann's Yeast Hour
1929 Rudy Vallee's "The Fleishmann's Yeast Hour" begins broadcasting on NBC radio
Cole Porter Falls from Horse
1937 American songwriter Cole Porter (46) and his horse fall during a ride at the Piping Rock Club in Locust Valley, New York; Porter's pelvis and legs are crushed, crippling him for the rest of his life [1]
- 1948 Francis Poulenc's "Sinfonietta" premieres
- 1961 "Evening with Yves Montand" opens at John Golden Theatre, New York City, for 55 performances
The Manchurian Candidate
1962 "The Manchurian Candidate," directed by John Frankenheimer and starring Frank Sinatra and Laurence Harvey, is released
- 1963 N. Richard Nash, Harvey Schmidt, and Tom Jones' musical "110 in the Shade" opens at Broadhurst Theater, New York City, and runs for 330 performances
- 1964 "Cambridge Circus" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 23 performances
Voices for Today
1965 Benjamin Britten's choral work "Voices for Today," commissioned by UN Secretary-General U Thant, premieres
Music History
1968 Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithful are busted for pot and released on £50 bail
Lennon Sues US Government
1973 John Lennon sues US government to admit FBI is tapping his phone; they deny doing so
All-Time Best Selling Singer-Songwriter
1979 Guinness Book of Records presents Paul McCartney with a rhodium disc as the all-time best-selling singer-songwriter
- 1980 John Lennon releases his single "(Just Like) Starting Over" in the UK
- 1982 "Rock 'n Roll!: The 1st..." opens at St. James Theater in New York City for 9 performances
- 1993 "Wonderful Tennessee" opens at Plymouth Theater, New York City, for 9 performances
Movin' Out
2002 Twyla Tharp's rock ballet "Movin' Out," set to songs by Billy Joel, opens at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, New York City, and runs for 1,303 performances
Lil Durk Arrested
2024 American rapper Lil Durk is arrested on federal charges of conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire as he attempts to flee the US [1]
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