Skating Rink
1922 Arthur Honegger's ballet "Skating Rink" premieres at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, France
Bartók's 6th String Quartet
1941 Béla Bartók's 6th String Quartet, premieres in NYC
- 1950 "Dance Me a Song" opens at Royale Theater NYC for 35 performances
Blue Days Black Night
1956 Buddy Holly records "Blue Days Black Night" in Nashville, Tennessee for country music producer Owen Bradley
Declaration
1957 Morton Gould's orchestral work "Declaration" premieres in Washington, D.C.
- 1962 "Kean" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 92 performances
- 1964 Capitol Records releases "Meet The Beatles" album by the Beatles, in US
What's Going On
1971 Tamla Records releases Marvin Gaye's single "What's Going On" about police brutality, from the album of the same name
Osbourne Bites Head Off Bat
1982 Heavy metal musician Ozzy Osbourne allegedly bites the head off a bat on stage in Des Moines, Iowa
- 1987 Rhino Records 1st #1, Billy Vera & Beaters' "At This Moment"
- 1991 "Black & Blue" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 829 performances
Shogun - The Musical
1991 Paul Chihara and John Driver's musical "Shogun - The Musical", based on James Clavell's novel, closes at Marquis Theater, NYC, after 72 performances
- 1991 Revival of Leigh, Charlap, Styne, Comden and Green's musical "Peter Pan", starring Cathy Rigby, closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater, NYC, after 45 performances
- 1995 "Love! Valor! Compassion!" opens at Walter Kerr, NYC; runs for 276 performances
Wigstock: The Movie
1995 The documentary "Wigstock: The Movie", directed by Barry Shils and starring RuPaul, premieres at the Sundance Film Festival
- 2005 Philip Glass' Symphony No. 7 (Toltec) premieres with the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leonard Slatkin, at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
High School Musical
2006 "High School Musical" debuts, starring Zac Efron and Vanessa Hugdens; becomes Disney Channel's most successful TV movie
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