La Damnation de Faust
1846 Hector Berlioz's dramatic oratorio "La Damnation de Faust" premieres, conducted by the composer at the Opéra-Comique, Paris
Du Barry Was A Lady
1939 Cole Porter's musical "Du Barry Was A Lady" opens at 46th Street Theatre, NYC; runs 408 performances
Happy Hunting
1956 Harold Karr and Matt Dubey's musical "Happy Hunting", starring Ethel Merman and Fernando Lamas, opens at Majestic Theater, NYC; runs for 412 performances
Sessions' 3rd Symphony
1957 Roger Sessions' 3rd Symphony premieres in Boston with Charles Munch conducting the Boston Symphony
Presidential Medal of Freedom
1963 President Lyndon B. Johnson confers Presidential Medal of Freedom on 31 recipients selected by JFK, including: contralto Marian Anderson; diplomat Ralph Bunche; cellist Pablo Casals; Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter; labor leader George Meaney; architect Mies van der Rohe; pianist Rudolf Serkin; writers E. B. White and Thorton Wilder; and painter Andrew Wyeth; as well as posthumously to JFK himself, and Pope John XXIII
- 1963 The Beatles begin a tradition of releasing a Christmas record for fan club members
- 1965 2 trucks crash into a crowd of dancers in Sotouboua Togo, kills 125
Beggar's Banquet
1968 Decca Records releases Rolling Stones album "Beggar's Banquet" in UK, the last during Brian Jones' lifetime (US release the next day)
Altamont Free Concert
1969 300,000 attend a free concert featuring The Rolling Stones in Altamont, California; the event is marred by violence and four deaths
Buck White
1969 Oscar Brown, Jr's musical "Buck White", starring Muhammad Ali, closes at George Abbott Theatre, NYC, after 7 performances
- 1995 6th Billboard Music Awards: TLC & Hootie & The Blowfish win
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