The Childhood of Christ
1854 Hector Berlioz premieres his oratorio "L'enfance du Christ (The Childhood of Christ)", conducting musicians and soloists from the Opéra-Comique, at the Salle Herz, Paris
Song of the Fates
1882 Johannes Brahms' choir and orchestra piece "Gesang der Parzen" (Song of the Fates) premieres in Basel
- 1927 "Grand Ole Opry" first named as such during Barn Dance radio broadcast, in Nashville, Tennessee
- 1937 William Grant Still's Symphony No. 2 ("Song of a New Race") premieres at the Academy of Music by the Philadelphia Orchestra led by conductor Leopold Stokowski
John Murray Anderson's Almanac
1953 Musical revue "John Murray Anderson's Almanac", starring Harry Belafonte, Hermione Gingold, and Orson Bean, opens at Imperial Theatre, NYC; runs for 229 performances, with Belafonte earning a Tony Award
Osmond Debuts on Andy Williams
1963 6-year old Donny Osmond's singing debut on "The Andy Williams Show"
Kaddish
1963 Leonard Bernstein premieres his Third Symphony "Kaddish" with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, in Tel Aviv, Israel
- 1965 Michael Leonard and Herbert Martin's musical "The Yearling" opens at Alvin Theater, NYC; runs for 3 performances
- 1978 Gary William Friedman and Will Holt's musical "Platinum" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater, NYC, after 33 performances
- 1981 Jules Feiffer's stage play "Grown Ups", featuring Harold Gould and Frances Sternhagen, opens at the Lyceum Theatre, NYC; runs for 83 performances
Rock and Roll Museum
1991 Architect I. M. Pei receives $5 million for design of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum to be built in Cleveland, Ohio
- 1992 Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens, musical "My Favorite Year", adapted from the 1982 film, and starring Evan Pappas, Tim Curry, Andrea Martin, and Lainie Kazan, opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater, NYC; runs for 37 performances, with Drama Desk and Tony Award wins for Martin
BBC Music Awards
2015 "Take Me to Church" by Hozier wins Song of the Year at the BBC Music Awards
Dylan Awarded Nobel
2016 Bob Dylan is awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature at a ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden; he does not attend
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