- 1924 Francis Poulenc's ballet "Les Biches", choreographed by Bronislava Nijinska, and danced by the Ballets Russe, premieres in Monte Carlo
Happy As Larry
1950 Mischa Portnoff, Wesley Portnoff, and Donagh MacDonagh's musical "Happy As Larry", starring Burgess Meredith and Gene Barry, opens at the Coronet Theater, NYC; runs for 3 performances
Oliver!
1963 Lionel Bart's musical "Oliver!", based on Charles Dickens' "Oliver Twist", and featuring a young Davy Jones, opens at Imperial Theater, NYC; runs for 774 performances, winning 3 Tony Awards
- 1964 Rolling Stones' 1st tour of England as headline act: The Ronettes and The Swinging Blue Jeans open for them
- 1968 The Beatles' album "Magical Mystery Tour" goes #1 and stays #1 for 8 weeks
Neil Young's Canadian Homecoming
1971 Neil Young returns to his homeland of Canada for his first concert there since his pre-stardom days, performing at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver, British Columbia
- 1975 A thousand Led Zeppelin fans, waiting overnight inside the lobby of the Boston Garden for tickets to the group's February 4th gig to go on sale, cause a riot and an estimated $30,000 damage
EMI Drops Sex Pistols
1977 Record label EMI drops punk rock group the Sex Pistols
- 1979 Village People's "Y.M.C.A." becomes their only UK #1 single; at its peak, it sells over 150,000 copies per day
- 1980 Walton Jones' musical "The 1940's Radio Hour" employing popular songs of the time, closes at the St James Theater, NYC, after 105 performances
Gypsy
1991 Revival of Jules Styne and Stephen Sondheim's musical "Gypsy" starring Tyne Daly, closes at St James Theater, NYC. after 476 performances; transfers to Marquis Theatre after 5 month break
Wyman Leaves the Rolling Stones
1993 Bassist Bill Wyman announces he will leave the band the Rolling Stones
- 1994 Nikolai Gogol's stage drama "The Government Inspector" opens at the Lyceum Theater, NYC; runs for 37 performances
It's a Slippery Slope
1997 Spalding Gray's one-man show "It's a Slippery Slope" closes at the Vivian Beaumont Theater, NYC, after a limited-run of 17 performances
- 2016 Opera "Angel's Bone" by composer Du Yun and librettist Royce Vavrek premieres at the Prototype Festival, New York City (Pulitzer Prize for Music 2017)
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