- 1925 George S. Kaufman and Irving Berlin's musical "The Cocoanuts" starring the Marx Brothers opens at the Lyric Theatre, NYC; runs for 276 performances
The New Yorkers
1930 Cole Porter's musical "The New Yorkers" opens at B. S. Moss's Broadway Theatre, NYC; runs for 169 performances
- 1948 Emmerich Kálmán's dramatic operetta "Marinka" closes at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre (after transfer from Winter Garden Theater), NYC. after 168 performances
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1949 Jule Styne and Leo Robin's musical "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes", starring Carol Channing, opens at Ziegfeld Theater, NYC; runs for 740 performances
- 1956 Guy Mitchell's "Singing the Blues" single goes #1 for 10 weeks
The Sound of Jazz
1957 CBS broadcasts "The Sound of Jazz", live from NYC: an all-star program featuring swing era and contemporary jazz artists, including Count Basie, Red Allen, Ben Webster;, Thelonious Monk, and Gerry Mulligan; highlight is the final collaboration of Billie Holiday and Lester Young on "Fine and Mellow"
Peter Pan
1960 Musical "Peter Pan," starring Mary Martin, is broadcast for the third time on NBC as a special event, the first full-length production videotaped in color
- 1962 "I Can Get It For You Wholesale" closes at Shubert NYC after 300 performances
- 1963 "Girl Who Came to Supper" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 112 performances
- 1967 The Beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour" EP is released in UK; issued in US as an album, including additional singles from 1967
- 1973 "Seesaw" closes at Uris Theater NYC after 296 performances
- 1975 "Raisin" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 847 performances
Lennon's Last Photo-shoot
1980 Annie Leibovitz has a photo-shoot with John Lennon, the last person to professionally photograph him before he is murdered on the same day
- 1982 "Herman Van Veen: All of Him" opens at Ambassador. NYC; runs for 6 performances
Nick & Nora
1991 Charles Strouse and Richard Maltby, Jr's musical "Nick & Nora" opens at Marquis Theater, NYC; runs for 9 performances
- 1994 Revival of Donald Margulies' stage dramedy "What's Wrong With This Picture?" opens at Brooks Atkinson Theatre, NYC; runs for 12 performances
- 1996 Julia Sweeney's one-woman show "God Said Ha!" closes at Lyceum Theater, NYC, after 22 performances
- 1999 10th Billboard Music Awards: Brittney Spears, Backstreet Boys, and Creed win
- 2019 Vienna State Opera stages its first show by a female composer in 150 years: Olga Neuwirth’s opera “Orlando”
Celine Dion Reveals Diagnosis
2022 Canadian pop singer Celine Dion reveals via Instagram that she has been diagnosed with Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS), a rare neurological disorder
The Eras Tour Finale
2024 American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift concludes "The Eras Tour" with her 149th show, at BC Place in Vancouver, Canada; the 21 month international concert tour is the highest-grossing of all time, with box office gross just over $2 billion [1]
Tammy Faye
2024 Elton John and Jake Shears' musical "Tammy Faye", based on the life of televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker, closes at the Palace Theatre, NYC after 29 performances
Kennedy Center Honors
2024 Kennedy Center Honors ceremony held for filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola, jazz musician Arturo Sandoval, singer-songwriter Bonnie Raitt, rock band The Grateful Dead, and Harlem's Apollo Theater, in Washington D.C.
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