Oberto
1839 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Oberto, Conte di San Bonifacio" premieres at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan
- 1842 Opera "Linda di Chamounix" by Gaetano Donizetti is produced in London
- 1866 Opera "Mignon" by Ambroise Thomas premieres at the Opéra-Comique in Paris, Francce
Very Warm for May
1939 Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II's musical "Very Warm for May", featuring June Allyson, Eve Arden, and Vera-Ellen, and directed by Vincente Minnelli opens at the Alvin Theatre, NYC; runs for 59 performances, inspiring 9-year-old audience member Stephen Sondheim's love for musical theater
- 1941 Virgil Thomson's 2nd Symphony, premieres
- 1945 "Girl from Nantucket" closes at Adelphi Theater NYC after 12 performances
- 1945 Jacques Belasco and Kay Twomey's musical "The Girl from Nantucket" closes at Adelphi Theater, NYC, after 12 performances
- 1962 "Nowhere to Go, But Up" closes at Winter Garden NYC after 9 performances
Little Me
1962 Neil Simon, Cy Coleman and Carolyn Leigh's musical "Little Me" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater, NYC; runs for 257 performances
- 1967 Beatles Ltd and Apple Music Ltd swap names
Monkee Opens Boutique
1967 Davy Jones of the Monkees opens a boutique, Zilch I, in Greenwich Village, New York
TV Show Appearance
1968 Beatle George Harrison makes cameo appearance on American television's "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour"
Zorba
1968 John Kander and Fred Ebbs' musical "Zorba" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 305 performances
Elton John's Live Studio Concert
1970 Elton John performs a live studio concert broadcast for WABC in New York City, later released as his 11-17-70 album
Music History
1974 Swedish pop group ABBA begins their first international tour at the Kalkonerteater in Copenhagen, Denmark
- 1977 Bernard Pomerance's "Elephant Man" premieres in London
9 to 5 and Odd Jobs
1980 RCA-Victor Records releases "9 to 5 and Odd Jobs", the 23rd studio album by country singer-songwriter Dolly Parton
- 1981 "1st" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 37 performances
- 1983 "La Tragedie de Carmen" opens at Beaumont Theater NYC for 187 performances
Diamond's 9th Symphony
1985 David Diamond's 9th Symphony, dedicated to Dmitri Mitropoulos, premieres with the American Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leonard Bernstein
Oh, Coward!
1986 Musical revue "Oh, Coward!" featuring the songs of Noël Coward, opens at the Helen Hayes Theater, NYC; runs for 56 performances
You Can Dance
1987 The Madonna compilation album "You Can Dance" is released
- 1990 American singer David Crosby breaks his left leg, ankle and shoulder in a motorcycle accident in Los Angeles, California
- 1992 "The Bodyguard" movie soundtrack is released by Arista Records (Billboard Album of the Year 1993)
- 1992 Tomas Rodriquez-Pantoja's flamenco musical revue "Gypsy Passion" opens at Plymouth Theater, NYC; runs for 55 performances
- 1993 "Grand Night For Singing" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 52 performances
Sunset Boulevard
1994 Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black and Christopher Hampton's musical "Sunset Boulevard" opens at Minskoff Theater, NYC; runs for 977 performances, wins 7 Tony Awards
- 1996 "Present Laughter" opens at Walter Kerr Theater NYC
My Love is Your Love
1998 Whitney Houston releases her fourth studio album "My Love is Your Love"
Britney Spears
2003 Britney Spears, at 21 years old, becomes the youngest singer to get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Rent
2005 Film adaptation of Joanthan Larson's musical "Rent", starring Idina Menzel and Taye Diggs, premieres at Ziegfeld Theater, NYC
- 2005 Italy's choice of national anthem, "Il Canto degli Italiani", becomes official in law for the first time, almost 60 years after it was provisionally chosen following the birth of the republic.
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