- 1734 Premiere of George Frideric Handel's opera "Ariodante" at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
- 1833 Boston Academy of Music, first US music school, is established
- 1923 Romanian conductor George Enescu makes his American debut, leading the Philadelphia Orchestra at Carnegie Hall in New York City
- 1949 "Make Mine Manhattan" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 429 performances
- 1949 "My Romance" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 95 performances
- 1949 "Small Wonder" closes at Coronet Theater NYC after 134 performances
- 1966 British rock bands The Who and The Kinks perform on the last "Shindig" TV show on ABC
- 1966 The Beatles' album "Rubber Soul" goes to #1 and stays there for six weeks, while the single "We Can Work It Out" also charts at #1 for three weeks
- 1972 Dmitri Shostakovich' 15th Symphony premieres in Moscow
- 1973 Jerry Blatt and Lonnie Burstein's musical "Tricks", based on Molière's classic “The Pranks of Scapin” and starring René Auberjonois, opens at Alvin Theater, NYC; runs for 8 performances
- 1974 Earl Wilson, Jr. and Phil Oesterman's musical "Let My People Come" premieres in NYC
The Pirates of Penzance
1981 Joseph Papp's revival of Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta "The Pirates of Penzance", starring Linda Ronstadt, Rex Smith, and Kevin Kline, opens at the Uris Theater, NYC; runs for 772 performances and wins a Tony Award
- 1989 "42nd Street" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 3,486 performances
- 1989 "Starlight Express" closes at Gershwin Theater in NYC after 761 performances
Guys & Dolls
1995 Revival of Frank Loesser's musical "Guys & Dolls", starring Nathan Lane, closes at Martin Beck Theater, NYC, after 1143 performances, winning 4 Tony and 7 Drama Desk Awards
Blackstar
2016 ISO/Columbia Records/Sony Music release David Bowie's 26th and final studio album "Blackstar" on his 69th birthday; enters charts in US and UK at #1
Bieber's Lyme Disease
2020 Singer Justin Bieber reveals he has Lyme disease, an infectious disease spread by ticks
- 2023 Luke Cresswell and Steve McNicholas' percussion revue "Stomp" closes at the Orpheum Theatre, NYC, after for 11,475 performances
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