- 1910 Englebert Humperdink's opera "Konigskinder" premiers at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City
- 1928 Ma Rainey, "Mother of the Blues" makes her last record - "Big Feelin' Blues"
- 1958 "The Chipmunk Song" by the Chipmunks (Alvin, Simon & Theodore with David Seville) hits #1
- 1963 "Double Dublin" closes at Little Theater, NYC, after 4 performances
Jennie
1963 Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz's musical "Jennie", starring Mary Martin, closes at the Majestic Theater, NYC, after 82 performances
Sing a Sad Song
1963 Merle Haggard's 1st appearance on country music chart with "Sing a Sad Song"
Miami Pop Festival
1968 100,000 attend Miami Pop Festival in Florida; performers included: The Jimi Hendrix Experience; The Mothers of Invention; Chuck Berry; John Lee Hooker; The Crazy World of Arthur Brown; and Blues Image
- 1968 The Beatles' "The Beatles" aka "The White Album" goes #1 & stays #1 for 9 weeks
- 1970 Stan Freeman and Franklin Underwood's musical "Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen", based on John Patrick's novel "The Teahouse of the August Moon", opens at the Majestic Theatre, NYC; runs for 19 performances
- 1975 1st broadcast of Dutch public radio service Hilversum IV; programming chiefly classical music
Fiddler on the Roof
1976 Revival of Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick's musical "Fiddler on the Roof", starring Zero Mostel, opens at Winter Garden Theater, NYC; runs for 167 performances
Bocelli's Debut
1993 Andrea Bocelli makes his classical debut singing at a concert at Teatro Romolo Valli in Reggio Emilia, Italy
Tammy Wynette Hospitalized
1994 American country singer Tammy Wynette admitted to the hospital with bile duct infection
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