Music Premiere
1894 1st performance of Anton Bruckner's 5th Symphony in B in Graz
Anton Bruckner
Event of Interest
1939 Marian Anderson sings before 75,000 at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
Marian Anderson
Event of Interest
1957 Howard Hanson's "Song of Democracy" premieres in Washington, D.C.
Howard Hanson
Academy Awards
1962 34th Academy Awards: "West Side Story" (Best Picture, Director, and 8 more), Sophia Loren (Two Women) & Maximilian Schell (Judgement At Nuremberg) win
- 1965 Beatles "Ticket to Ride" is released in UK
- 1967 "At the Drop of Another Hat" closes at Booth NYC after 105 performances
- 1972 "Sugar", a musical adaptation of 1959 film "Some Like It Hot", opens at Majestic Theater, NYC for 506 performances
- 1988 "Les Miserables" opens at Umeda-Koma Theatre, Osaka
- 1990 World's largest bunny hop at Radio City Music Hall (NYC)
- 1995 "Translations" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 25 performances
- 2012 "The Lion King" becomes highest grossing Broadway show after overtaking "The Phantom of the Opera"
- 2018 Fleetwood Mac announce new members Neil Finn and Mike Campbell after firing long-standing member Lindsey Buckingham
