Iolanthe
1882 Boston's Bijou Theatre, the first American playhouse lit exclusively by electricity, holds its first performance: W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan's comic opera "Iolanthe"
Williams Records with Sterling
1946 Hank Williams begins recording for the Sterling Records label
- 1947 Bob Hilliard and Sigman's musical "Angel in the Wings" opens at Coronet Theater NYC for 308 performances
The Wild Side of Life
1951 "The Wild Side of Life" single recorded by Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys (Billboard Song of the Year, 1952)
Blue Hawaii
1961 Elvis Presley's "Blue Hawaii" album goes #1 and stays #1 for 20 weeks
- 1961 Motown Records releases "Please, Mr. Postman" by the Marvelettes; it is the group and the label's 1st #1 pop song
- 1965 Michael Leonard and Herbert Martin's musical "The Yearling" closes at Alvin Theater, NYC, after 3 performances
- 1965 Robert Wright and George Forrest' musical "Anya" closes at Ziegfeld Theater, NYC, after 16 performances
- 1967 The Beatles' Apple Music signs its first group - Grapefruit
- 1984 "Doug Henning & His World..." opens at Lunt-Fontanne NYC for 60 performances
Nuts
1987 Martin Ritt's dramatic film "Nuts", starring Barbra Streisand and Richard Dreyfus premieres
City of Angels
1989 Cy Coleman and David Zippel's musical "City of Angels" opens at Virginia Theater, NYC; runs for 878 performances, wins 6 Tony Awards and 8 Drama Desk Awards
Movin' Out
2005 Twyla Tharp's rock ballet "Movin' Out", set to songs of Billy Joel, closes at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, NYC after 1,303 performances
- 2022 Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman's musical "Some Like It Hot", based on the 1959 feature film comedy, opens at the Shubert Theatre, NYC; garners 13 Tony Award nominations
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