- 1904 Victor Herbert and Harry B. Smith's musical "Babette" closes at the Broadway Theatre, NYC;, after 59 performances
- 1929 Buddy DeSylva & Lew Brown's musical "Follow Thru" premieres in NYC
Astonished Heart
1936 Noël Coward's stage drama "Astonished Heart" premieres in London
- 1946 "Would-Be Gentleman" opens at Booth Theater NYC for 77 performances
- 1947 "Street Scene" opens at Adelphi Theater NYC for 148 performances
Sessions' 2nd Symphony
1947 Roger Sessions' 2nd Symphony premieres in San Francisco with Pierre Monteux conducting the San Francisco Symphony,
Piston's 3rd Symphony
1948 Walter Piston's 3rd Symphony in E, premieres in Boston by the Boston Symphony Orchestra; conducted by Serge Koussevitzky; wins 1948 Pulitzer Prize
Peter Pan
1956 Musical "Peter Pan," starring Mary Martin, is broadcast live for a second time on NBC as part of the "Producers' Showcase" series
- 1965 Beatles '65 album goes #1 and stays #1 for 9 weeks
1967 "More of the Monkees" second album by The Monkees is released
- 1971 "Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen" closes at Majestic Theater, NYC, after 19 performances
- 1976 C. W. McCall CB song "Convoy" hits #1 on the country music charts
Porgy and Bess
1977 Revival of George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, and Ira Gershwin's folk-opera "Porgy and Bess" closes at Uris Theater, NYC, after 122 performances
Nobody Told Me
1984 John Lennon's single "Nobody Told Me" is released posthumously
1984
1984 Rock band Van Halen release their most successful album "1984"
Sinatra Suffers Heart Attack
1997 Heart attacks sends singer Frank Sinatra back to hospital
Seven Gates of Jerusalem
1997 Krzysztof Penderecki's choral symphony "Seven Gates of Jerusalem" premieres in Jerusalem, Israel
- 2001 Apple announced iTunes at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco, for organizing and playing digital music and videos
- 2006 "If You're Going Through Hell (Before the Devil Even Knows)" single released by Rodney Atkins (Billboard Song of the Year 2006)
- 2012 "Time is Love" single released by Josh Turner (Billboard Song of the Year 2012)
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