Il mercante di Venezia
1873 Ciro Pinsuti's opera "Il mercante di Venezia", based on William Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice" is first performed, at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Italy
1926 George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, and P. G. Wodehouse's musical "Oh, Kay!" opens at the Imperial Theatre in NYC and runs for 256 performances
Treasure Girl
1928 George and Ira Gershwin's musical "Treasure Girl" premieres in NYC
Music in the Air
1932 Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II's Musical "Music in the Air" opens at the Alvin Theatre, later transferring to th 44th Street Theatre, NYC; runs for 342 performances
- 1945 Jacques Belasco and Kay Twomey's musical "The Girl from Nantucket" opens at Adelphi Theater, NYC; runs for 12 performances
- 1958 Gian Carlo Menotti's musical drama "Maria Golovin" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 5 performances
Greatest Hits
1974 "Greatest Hits" 11th studio album by Elton John is released
The Buddha of Suburbia
1993 Arista Records releases David Bowie's 19th studio "The Buddha of Suburbia", based on the novel of the same name by Hanif Kureishi, in the UK and Europe only; it is not released in US until nearly 2 years later
Sonny Bono
1994 Voters in California elect entertainer Sonny Bono to US Congress
- 1995 Comedy revue "Danny Gans on Broadway: The Man of Many Voices" opens at Neil Simon Theater, NYC; runs for 6 performances
Sacred Arias
1999 Tenor Andrea Bocelli releases his "Sacred Arias" album, the world's best-selling classical album by a solo artist
Greatest Hits
2004 Mercury Nashville Records releases "Greatest Hits" album by Shania Twain (Billboard Album of the Year, 2005)
12 Songs
2005 American/Columbia records releases "12 Songs", the twenty-sixth studio album by Neil Diamond; the album produced by Rick Rubin is one of the most critically acclaimed of his career
- 2013 27th Soul Train Music Awards: Miguel, Tamar Braxton win
2023 57th Country Music Association Awards: Lainey Wilson, Luke Combs & Tracy Chapman win
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