- 1900 Inaugural concert by the Philadelphia Orchestra, led by Fritz Scheel at the Academy of Music; program includes works of Carl Goldmark, Ludwig von Beethoven, Piotr Tchaikovsky, Carl Maria von Weber, and Richard Wagner, with Russian pianist Ossip Gabrilowitsch as soloist [1]
- 1903 V Herbert & H Smith's musical "Babette" premieres in NYC
- 1916 I. Berlin, V. Herbert, H. Blossoms musical premieres in NYC
Anything Goes
1935 Cole Porter's musical "Anything Goes" closes at 46th Street Theatre, NYC, after 420 performances
- 1956 Guido Cantelli, Italian conductor, named Musical Director of La Scala Teatro in Milan, Italy
- 1957 "Copper & Brass" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 36 performances
1957 BBC’s 1st pop music show, the "Six-Five Special", is broadcast from the tiny 2i’s Coffee Bar in London
- 1959 Musical "The Sound of Music" by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II opens at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in NYC and runs for 1,443 performances
- 1966 "Greatest Hits" album by The Temptations is released (Billboard Album of the Year 1967)
- 1972 "Dear Oscar" opens at Playhouse Theater NYC for 5 performances
- 1972 Elektra Records releases "No Secrets', the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Carly Simon; her commercial breakthrough spends 5 weeks at top of US charts and contains the hit singles "You're So Vain" and "The Right Thing to Do"
Mind Games
1973 Apple Records releases John Lennon's fourth studio album, "Mind Games" in UK
Bowie on Midnight Special
1973 Singer David Bowie performs on TV's "Midnight Special", set includes duet with Marianne Faithfull covering Sonny & Cher's hit "I Got You, Babe"
ABBA On Tour
1974 ABBA departs Sweden for their first tour of Europe - their first tour outside of their home country
- 1974 John Lennon's single "Whatever Gets You Through the Night," featuring Elton John, goes to #1 in the US; he is the last of the Beatles with a solo chart-topper, and it is the only one during his lifetime
Merrily We Roll Along
1981 Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's musical "Merrily We Roll Along", based on George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart's play, opens at Alvin Theater, NYC; runs for 16 performances
- 1984 John Lennon's "Every Man has a Woman Who Loves Him" is released posthumously
- 1987 Paul McCartney releases single "Once Upon a Long Ago"
- 1989 Revival of Jules Styne and Stephen Sondheim's musical "Gypsy" starring Tyne Daly, opens at St James Theater, NYC; runs for 476 performances, winning 2 Tony Awards
- 1993 "Any Given Day" opens at Longacre Theatre in NYC; runs for 32 performances
- 1996 "Into the Whirlwind" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 2 performances
- 1997 Revival of Sherman Edwards' historical musical "1776", featuring Brent Spiner, closes at the Criterion Theater to transfer to the George Gershwin Theatre, NYC
The Chronic 2001
1999 "The Chronic 2001" second studio album by rapper Dr. Dre is released
- 2004 "Let Me Love You" single released by Mario (Billboard Song of the Year 2005)
Bono Crashes Bicycle
2014 Irish rocker Bono crashes his bicycle and suffers arm, hand and eye socket injuries in Central Park, NYC
Spamalot
2023 Revival of John Du Prez and Eric Idle's musical "Spamalot", based on the film "Monty Python and the Holy Grail," opens at the St. James Theatre, NYC
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