On this day in 1955, American poet Allen Ginsberg performed his poem “Howl” for the first time at the Six Gallery in San Francisco.
On this day in 1889, the Moulin Rouge opened in Paris.
On this day in 1568, the Earl of Moray produced the Casket letters of Mary, Queen of Scots at a conference in York, headed by Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk.
On this day in 1961, Noël Coward‘s musical Sail Away opened at the Broadhurst Theater.
On this day in 1849, American author Edgar Allan Poe was found delirious in a gutter in Baltimore, Maryland under mysterious circumstances.
Born on this day in 1890 Groucho Marx, American comedian, actor, and singer.
On this day in 1907, the Plaza Hotel opened in New York.
On this day in 1908, Maurice Maeterlinck‘s play L’Oiseau bleu premiered in Moscow.
Born on this day in 1904 Greer Garson, English-American actress.
On this day in 1836, Thomas Crapper, English plumber, was born.
Born on this day in 1898 composer Vincent Youmans.
On this day in 46 BC, Julius Caesar dedicated a temple to his mythical ancestor Venus Genetrix in accordance with a vow he made at the battle of Pharsalus.
On this day in 1979, the musical Evita opened at the Broadway Theater in New York City.
On this day in 1180, Manuel I Komnenos, last Emperor of the Komnenian restoration, died, and the Byzantine Empire slipped into terminal decline.
On this day in 1962, Philharmonic Hall (since renamed Avery Fisher Hall) opened as the first unit of Lincoln Center for Performing Arts.
On this day in 1869, Richard Wagner‘s opera Das Rheingold premiered in Munich.
Born on this day in 1912 Chuck Jones, American animator, screenwriter, and producer.
On this day in 451 AD, Roman General Flavius Aetius defeated Attila the Hun at The Battle of the Catalaunian Plains, halting the Hun invasion of Roman Gaul.
Born on this day in 1949 Twiggy.
On this day in 14 AD, Tiberius was confirmed as Roman Emperor by the Roman Senate, following the death of Augustus.
On this day in 1964, the sitcom Bewitched premiered on ABC television.
On this day in 1966, the Metropolitan Opera House opened at Lincoln Center in New York City with the world premiere of Samuel Barber‘s opera Antony and Cleopatra.
On this day in 1923 Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin.
On this day in 1968, the television newsmagazine program 60 Minutes premiered on CBS-TV.
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