La Cenerentola
1817 Gioachino Rossini's opera "La Cenerentola" (Cinderella) premieres at Rome's Teatro Valle
- 1835 Vincenzo Bellini's opera "I Puritani" premieres in Paris
Saugefleurie
1885 Vincent d'Indy's symphonic poem "Saugefleurie" premieres with the Concerts Lamoureux in Paris
- 1895 New Haven Symphony Orchestra of Connecticut performs its first concert
- 1902 Aleksandr Skriabin's 2nd Symphony in C premieres in St Petersburg, Russia
Pelleas und Melissande
1905 Arnold Schoenberg's symphonic poem "Pelleas und Melissande" premieres at the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria
Elektra
1909 Richard Strauss' one-act opera "Elektra" premieres at the Königliches Opernhaus in Dresden, Germany
- 1915 Umberto Giordano and Renato Simoni's operatic adaptation of "Madame Sans Gêne", a 1893 play by Victorien Sardou and Émile Moreau, premieres at the Metropolitan Opera in NYC
- 1946 Richard Strauss' composition "Metamorphosen" premieres with the Collegium Musicum in Zürich, Switzerland
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1964 Dale Wasserman's stage play "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", adapted from the novel by Ken Kesey, starring Kirk Douglas, Ed Ames; Joan Tetzel, and Gene Wilder, closes at Cort Theatre, NYC, after 82 performances
- 1964 The Beatles get their first US #1, "I Want to Hold Your Hand" (Cashbox)
McCartney Released From Jail
1980 Paul McCartney is released from jail after his detention for pot possession in Tokyo, Japan, and is deported
When We Was Fab
1988 George Harrison releases nostalgic single "When We Was Fab", peaks at #23 in the US
Bump n' Grind
1994 "Bump n' Grind" single released by R. Kelly (Billboard Song of the Year 1994)
- 1994 Accused of molesting a 13-year-old boy, King of Pop Michael Jackson settles a civil lawsuit out of court
- 1998 "Patti LaBelle On Broadway" closes at St James Theater NYC
- 1998 Revival of Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey's musical "Grease" closes at the Eugene O'Neill Theater, NYC after 1,505 performance
- 2019 Documentary "Leaving Neverland" detailing singer Michael Jackson's relationship with two boys premieres at the Sundance Film Festival
- 2024 British researchers Christopher Marsh and Angela McShane launch website 100Ballads.org detailing top-selling broadside ballads of 17th century England, including images of original lyric sheets, and new musical recordings of the very old pop songs [1]
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