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 Cy Coleman, Betty Comden and Adolph Green' s musical "Will Rogers Follies" premieres at The Palace Theater, NYC; runs for 981 performances
- 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
