- 1868 Bedřich Smetana's opera "Dalibor" premieres at the New Town Theatre in Prague
- 1879 Antonín Dvořák's "Slavonic Dances" premieres
- 1941 1st US radio performance of Robert Russell Bennett''s "Symphony in D for the Dodgers"
Music Premiere
1946 Irving Berlin, Dorothy and Herbert Fields' musical "Annie Get Your Gun" starring Ethel Merman and featuring "There's No Business Like Show Business" opens at Imperial Theater, NYC
Music History
1947 Billie Holiday is arrested in her New York apartment for possession of narcotics
- 1952 "New Faces of 1952" opens at Royale Theater, NYC; runs for 365 performances
- 1963 "Beast in Me" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 4 performances
- 1965 "Roar of the Greasepaint" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 232 performances
- 1966 The Beach Boys release their groundbreaking album "Pet Sounds", containing hit singles "Sloop John B" and "Wouldn't It Be Nice", and "God Only Knows"
Music History
1969 Barbra Streisand appears at a Friars Club Tribute
- 1969 The Who's Pete Townsend and Roger Daltrey charged with assault
Music History
1970 "Grover Henson Feels Forgotten" by Bill Cosby hits #70
Music Premiere
1971 Benjamin Britten's opera "Owen Wingrave" premieres in Aldwych, London
Theater Premiere
1972 Melvin Van Peebles' musical "Don't Play Us Cheap" opens at Barrymore Theater, NYC; runs for 164 performances
Album Release
1980 Paul McCartney releases "McCartney II" album
#1 in the Charts
1981 "Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes hits #1 for next 9 weeks
Music Single
1984 "When Doves Cry" single released by Prince Rogers Nelson (Billboard Song of the Year, 1984)
- 1987 "Mystery of Edwin Drood" closes at Imperial NYC after 608 performances
Music History
1987 Weird Al Yankovic performs live at 72nd National Orange Show
- 1992 "Smells Like Nirvana" by Weird Al Yankovic hits #35
- 1993 "3 Men on a Horse" closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 40 performances
- 1993 "Wilder, Wilder, Wilder" closes at Circle in Square, NYC after 30 performances
- 1994 Norwegian black metal musician Varg Vikernes is sentenced to 21 years in prison for the murder of musician Euronymous and for the arson of three churches
Film Release
2002 "Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones" directed by George Lucas, starring Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christensen and Natalie Portman, opens in cinemas
- 2009 54th Eurovision Song Contest: Alexander Rybak for Norway wins singing "Fairytale" in Moscow
Music History
2018 Painting "Past Times" by Kerry James Marshall is bought by Sean Combs for $21.1 million, most paid for a living African American artist
Film Premiere
2019 "Rocketman" film based on life of singer Elton John starring Taron Egerton premieres at the Cannes Film Festival
