Music Premiere
1920 Jerome Kern/BG DeSylva's musical "Sally" premieres in NYC
Jerome Kern
Film Premier
1934 French film "Zouzou" premieres in Paris, starring Josephine Baker; 1st black woman to star in a major motion picture
Josephine Baker
Music Premiere
1950 Cole Porter's musical "Out of this World" premieres at New Century Theater NYC for 157 performances
Cole Porter
Music Recording
1960 Ornette Coleman records his influential album "Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation", establishes the name for the Free Jazz sound
Ornette Coleman
- 1961 Beatles record "Sweet Georgia Brown" & "Ready Teddy"
#1 in the Charts
1968 Glen Campbell's album "Wichita Lineman" goes to #1 in the US
Glen Campbell
TV Show Appearance
1969 Diana Ross' final TV appearance as a Supreme on The Ed Sullivan Show
Diana Ross
Ed Sullivan
Elvis Meets Nixon
1970 Elvis Presley meets US President Richard Nixon in the White House - the image of this meeting is the most requested photo from the entire National Archives
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- 1975 "Hello, Dolly" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 51 performances
- 1975 "Very Good Eddie" opens at Booth Theater NYC for 307 performances
- 1978 "Broadway Musical" opens/closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC
- 1983 Musical "Tap Dance Kid" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 669 performances
- 1985 Heart's "Heart" album goes #1
- 1993 "The Sign" single released in the US by Ace of Base (Billboard Song of the Year 1994)
- 2005 Civil Partnership Act comes into force in the UK, with singer Elton John and David Furnish one of the first couples to form a same-sex civil union
Event of Interest
2012 Flavor Flav's Chicken & Ribs opens in Sterling Heights, Michigan
Flavor Flav
