- 1689 Henry Purcell & Tates opera "Dido & Aeneas" premieres in Chesea
- 1731 1st US music concert (Peter Pelham's great room in Boston)
- 1844 Opera "Stradella" after being rewritten is produced (Hamburg)
Music Premiere
1877 Johannes Brahms' 2nd Symphony in D, premieres in Vienna

Johannes Brahms
Music Premiere
1884 Anton Bruckner's 7th Symphony in E, premieres in Leipzig

Anton Bruckner
Music Premiere
1929 Cole Porter's musical "Wake Up & Dream" premieres in NYC

Cole Porter
Music Premiere
1954 Harold Arlen and Truman Capote's musical "House of Flowers" premieres at Alvin Theater in NYC

Truman Capote
Music Premiere
1961 Premiere of Dmitri Shostakovich's 4th Symphony in Moscow (completed 1936)

Dmitri Shostakovich
- 1967 Beatles' "Hello Goodbye" single goes #1 & stays #1 for 3 weeks
Music Recording
1968 Frank Sinatra first records "My Way" with lyrics were written by Paul Anka and based on the French song "Comme d'habitude"

Frank Sinatra
Music Single
1981 "That Girl" single released by Stevie Wonder (Billboard Song of the Year 1982)

Stevie Wonder
Knighthood
2016 British singer-songwriter Ray Davies, of The Kinks, is awarded a knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II

Elizabeth II