Music Premiere
1786 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera "Marriage of Figaro" premieres in Vienna with Mozart himself directing
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- 1931 Singer Kate Smith begins her long-running radio program on CBS
- 1950 Pulitzer prize awarded to Rodgers & Hammerstein for musical "South Pacific"
- 1966 Last British concert by Beatles (Empire Pool in Wembley)
- 1968 "Ben Franklin in Paris" closes at Lunt Fontanne NYC after 215 performances
- 1971 Rolling Stones release "Brown Sugar"
- 1972 "Different Times" opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 24 performances
Event of Interest
1979 Elton John becomes 1st pop star to perform in Israel
Elton John
Event of Interest
1984 Mick Fleetwood (of Fleetwood Mac) files for bankruptcy
Mick Fleetwood
- 1988 "Romance/Romance" opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 297 performances
- 1990 "Prelude to a Kiss" opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC
- 1991 "Will Rogers Follies" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 983 performances
- 1994 "My Fair Lady" closes at Virginia Theater NYC after 165 performances
- 1994 "Rise & Fall of Little Voice" opens at Neil Simon NYC for 9 performances
- 1995 "On the Waterfront" opens at Atkinson Theater NYC for 8 performances
- 1995 "Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)" single released by John Michael Montgomery (Billboard Song of the Year 1995)
- 1996 "Ideal Husband" opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 308 performances
Event of Interest
2000 Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli sings for Pope John Paul II in Rome
Andrea Bocelli
John Paul II
Event of Interest
2010 Canadian singer Bryan Adams is given the Governor General's Performing Arts Award for his 30 years of contributions to the arts
Bryan Adams
Agreement of Interest
2017 Billy Corgan agrees to purchase the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA)
Billy Corgan
May in History
Strike A Light! I've Created Flames
John Walker liked to experiment with the chemicals in his pharmacy. To his surprise, one mixture he scraped up burst into flames – and the match was born.
May 1, 1859The 100-year Football Curse that Appears to be Working
S.L. Benfica has failed to win a European Championship since 1962, when former coach Béla Guttmann placed a 100 year curse on the club. Is the curse working?
May 2, 1962Volunteers Help Defeat General Strike
Britain's fist and only General Strike occurred in May 1926 and was quickly defeated by volunteers and a cunning plan by Winston Churchill.
May 3, 1926Latest Wonder of the World
Often referred to as "the Chunnel", the 31-mile undersea tunnel linking England to France has been hailed as one of the "seven wonders of the modern world".
May 6, 1994
