- 1762 Opera "Orfeo ed Euridice" by Christoph Willibald Gluck is first produced in Vienna in front of Empress Maria Theresa
- 1944 Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg's musical "Bloomer Girl" premieres in New York City
- 1946 "Yours Is My Heart" closes at the Shubert Theatre in New York City after 36 performances
Vice Squad Arrest Musicians
1955 Police vice squad officers raid dressing rooms during a concert intermission at Music Hall in Houston, Texas, and arrest musicians Illinois Jacquet and Dizzy Gillespie for playing dice games, and singer Ella Fitzgerald and her assistant for allowing it; the foursome is whisked to the police station, pays their fines, and returns to the venue to play the second set
- 1962 The Beatles release their first record, "Love Me Do"
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
1973 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, the 7th studio album by Elton John, is released
- 1977 Revival of Galt MacDermot, Gerome Ragni, and James Rado's hippie musical "Hair" opens at Biltmore Theater, NYC, and runs for 43 performances
Interiors
1990 Columbia Records releases "Interiors," the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash, produced by Cash herself
1994 28th Country Music Association Awards: Vince Gill and Pam Tillis win
- 1995 "Company" opens at the Criterion Theater in New York City for 68 performances
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