- 1865 Giacomo Meyerbeer's opera "L'Africaine" premieres in Paris
- 1892 1st performance of Antonín Dvořák's overture "Carnival Overture"
Music Recording
1940 Glenn Miller records "Pennsylvania 6-5000"
Television Premiere
1965 "My Name is Barbra", Barbra Streisand's first television special, premieres on CBS
Music Concert
1965 Luciano Pavarotti makes his debut at La Scala, Milan in Franco Zeffirelli's production of "La bohème" with Mirella Freni
- 1969 Rock band King Crimson with Robert Fripp, Greg Lake & Ian McDonald debuts
Music Awards
1969 4th Academy of Country Music Awards: Glen Campbell and Cathie Taylor win
TV Show Appearance
1975 Ringo Starr appears on "The Smothers Brothers Show", singing Hoyt Axton's "No No Song", and John Lennon is the guest on Tom Snyder's "Tomorrow" program, in what turns out to be his final television interview
- 1984 "La Tragedie de Carmen" closes at Beaumont Theater NYC after 187 performances
Music Premiere
1988 Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, and Tim Rice's musical "Chess" opens at Imperial Theater, NYC; runs for 68 performances
- 1990 Marvin Hamlisch and Edward Kleban's "A Chorus Line" closes at Shubert Theater, NYC after 6,137 performances
- 1991 "Gypsy" opens at Marquis Theater NYC for 105 performances
- 1991 "Taking Steps" closes at Circle in Sq Theater NYC after 78 performances
- 1993 "Tango Passion" opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 5 performances
- 1996 "Big" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 193 performances
- 1997 "Jekyll & Hyde" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC
