- 1903 "Sweet Adeline", a barbershop quartet favorite, with lyrics by Richard Husch Gerard and music by Harry Armstrong, is first sung
- 1932 Radio City Music Hall, designed by Edward Durell Stone and Donald Deskey, opens at Rockefeller Center in Manhattan, New York City
Thumbs Up
1934 Musical revue "Thumbs Up", including music and lyrics by Vernon Duke, James Hanley, and Ira Gershwin (among others), premieres at the St. James Theatre, NYC; runs for 156 performance
- 1954 Gian Carlo Menotti's Pulitzer Prize winning opera "The Saint of Bleecker Street" opens at Broadway Theater in ,NYC; runs for 92 performances
- 1966 Flander and Swann's musical revue "At the Drop of Another Hat" opens at Booth Theater, NYC; runs for 105 performances
Songs of Leonard Cohen
1967 Columbia Records releases Leonard Cohen's debut album "Songs of Leonard Cohen"
Hello, Dolly!
1970 Jerry Herman's musical "Hello, Dolly!", starring Carol Channing, closes at the St. James Theatre, NYC, after 2,844 performances and 10 Tony Award wins
- 1972 Revival of Gary Geld and Peter Udell's musical "Purlie", based on Ossie Davis' "Purlie Victorious", opens at Billy Rose Theater, NYC; runs for 14 performances
Les Misérables
1978 CBS Television's premiere of its version of "Les Misérables", starring Richard Jordan and Anthony Perkins
- 1986 Musical "Les Misérables" opens in the US at the Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C.
- 1992 "Tommy Tune Tonite! Song & Dance Act" opens at Gershwin Theatre, NYC; runs for 10 performances
Connick Caught with Gun
1992 American jazz singer and piano player Harry Connick Jr is caught with 9mm gun in NYC's JFK airport
- 1992 Sandi Merle and Steve Michaels' musical "3 From Brooklyn" closes at Helen Hayes Theater, NYC, after 45 performances
- 1993 "Candles, Snow, & Mistletoe" opens at Palace Theater, NYC; runs for 7 performances
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