On This Day in Music
Events in Music
- 1821 Opera "Der Freischutz" is produced (Berlin)
- 1949 "Along Fifth Avenue" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 180 performances
- 1955 "3 for Tonight" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 85 performances
- 1960 "Destry Rides Again" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 472 performances
- 1967 Monterey International Pop Festival rocks Southern California
- 1977 Sex Pistols johnny rotten & Paul Cook, beaten and robbed by London pub
- 1983 "Pump Boys & Dinettes" closes at Princess Theater NYC after 573 performances
- 1989 "Starmites" closes at Criter Ctr SR Theater NYC after 60 performances
Paul McCartney
XXXTentacionWeddings in Music
- 1953 Civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. (24) marries fellow activist and singer Coretta Scott (26)
- 1965 Actress and singer Rita Moreno (33) weds cardiologist Leonard Gordon
- 2006 "Weezer" lead vocalist Rivers Cuomo (36) weds Kyoko Ito at a secluded beach on Paradise Cove in Malibu
- 2012 R&B singer Bobby Brown (43) weds Alicia Etheridge in Honolulu, Hawaii
- 2015 Dancing with the Stars pro dancer Lindsay Arnold (21) weds highschool sweetheart Samuel Lightner Cusick in Salt Lake City