Music Premiere
1894 1st performance of Anton Bruckner's 5th Symphony in B in Graz
Music History
1939 Marian Anderson sings before 75,000 at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
Music Premiere
1942 Alexander Gretchaninov's 4th Symphony premieres at Carnegie Hall, NYC, with John Barbirolli conducting the New York Philharmonic
Music History
1957 Howard Hanson's "Song of Democracy" premieres in Washington, D.C.
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
Music Single
1971 Ringo Starr releases single "It Don't Come Easy" in the UK
Music Concert
1994 Rock for the Rainforest benefit concert held at Carnegie Hall, NYC; performers include: Sting, Elton John, James Taylor, Whitney Houston, Luciano Pavarotti, Aaron Neville, Tammy Wynette, Branford Marsalis, and Larry Adler
- 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
- 2021 Uganda opposition party National Unity Platform Party, headed by Bobi Wine, claims 623 people have been abducted and tortured by the government of President Yoweri Museveni [1]
