On This Day in Music
Events in Music
- 1792 "La Marseillaise", later the national anthem of France, is composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle in Strasbourg
- 1896 Fight in Central Dance Hall starts fire at Cripple Creek, Colorado
- 1896 Sidney Jones & Harry Greenbacks musical premieres in London
- 1926 Giacomo Puccini's opera "Turandot" premieres in Milan
- 1956 Noel Coward's musical "South Sea Bubble" premieres in London
- 1961 "Young Abe Lincoln" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC for 27 performances
- 1968 "Half a Sixpence" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 512 performances
- 1970 "Park" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 5 performances
Ella Fitzgerald
Ginger Rogers