- 1830 Gaetano Donizetti's opera "Anna Bolena" premieres in Milan
- 1831 Vincenzo Bellini's opera "Norma" premieres in Milan
Lucrezia Borgia
1833 Gaetano Dinozetti's opera "Lucrezia Borgia" premieres at La Scala Teatro in Milan, Kingdom of Lombardy
First Gilbert and Sullivan Collaboration
1871 W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan collaborate for the first time, on their lost opera "Thespis"; despite modest success they do not collaborate again for four years
- 1892 Alberto Franchetti's opera "Cristoforo Colombo" opens at La Scala Teatro in Milan, Italy
Judy Garland's Debut
1924 Frances Gumm (later Judy Garland), age 2½, billed as 'Baby Frances', makes her show business debut at her father's vaudeville theater in Grand Rapids, Minnesota
Of Thee I Sing
1931 George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind's musical political satire "Of Thee I Sing" opens at the Music Box Theatre, NYC; runs for 441 performances, and becomes first musical to win Pulitzer Prize for Drama
- 1932 Revival of Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle's musical "Shuffle Along" opens at Mansfield Theater, NYC; runs for 17 performances
- 1936 Israel's Philarmonic Orchestra forms
Beggar's Holiday
1946 Duke Ellington and John La Touche's musical "Beggar's Holiday" opens at Broadway Theater, NYC; runs for 111 performances
- 1946 Sammy Fain and George Marion Jr's musical "Toplitzky of Notre Dame" opens at Century Theater ,NYC; runs for 60 performances
The Cradle Will Rock
1947 Marc Blitzstein's play with music "The Cradle Will Rock", directed by Orson Welles, opens at Mansfield Theater, NYC; runs for 34 performances
Christmas Show of Stars
1957 Alan Freed's "Christmas Show of Stars", featuring the Everly Brothers, Paul Anka; Fats Domino, and Jerry Lee Lewis, opens at the Paramount Theatre, NYC; runs for 14 performances
Katerina Ismailova
1962 Dmitri Shostakovich's opera "Katerina Ismailova" premieres at the Stanislavski-Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theatre, in Moscow, USSR
- 1963 "Double Dublin" opens at Little Theater, NYC; runs for 4 performances
- 1963 The Beatles release "I Want To Hold Your Hand" and "I Saw Her Standing There" in the US
- 1964 Beatles single "I Feel Fine" goes #1 and stays #1 for 3 weeks
McCartney on Pirate Radio
1965 Paul McCartney is interviewed on pirate radio station Radio Caroline
Purple Haze
1966 Jimi Hendrix writes the song "Purple Haze" backstage at the Upper Cut Club in London
- 1967 BBC television broadcasts The Beatles psychedelic travelogue "Magical Mystery Tour"
- 1968 Led Zeppelin's US concert debut in Denver, Colorado, as opening act for Vanilla Fudge
Harrison Teases Hit
1975 George Harrison teases his hit "My Sweet Lord" before breaking into "The Pirate Song" on Eric Idle's Rutland Weekend Television Christmas Special (UK)
- 1976 Richard Adler and Will Holt's musical "Music Is" based on Shakespeare's "The Tempest", starring Christopher Hewitt, and directed by George Abbott, closes at St James Theater, NYC after 8 performances
- 1988 Peter Allen's musical "Legs Diamond" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater, NYC; runs for 64 performances
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