Music Events:

• 1845 - Adolph Sax inventor of the saxophone sells his instrument to French Army Bands.


• 1856 - First performance of Offenbach: "Le"66" Paris (1856).


• 1869 - First performance of Offenbach: "La Princesse de Trébizonde" Baden-Baden (1869); rev. Dec. 7, 1869.


• 1915 - Home Sweet Home recorded by Alice Nielsen begins a run of 2 weeks at #1 on the US charts.


• 1922 - First performance of Paul Hindemith's Kammermusik No. 1, Op. 42a, with Hermann Scherchen conducting at Donaueschingen, Germany.


• 1937 - Smarty recorded by Fats Waller begins a run of 2 weeks at #1 on the US charts.


• 1937 - Gone with the Wind recorded by Hoarce Heidt begins a run of 1 week at #1 on the US charts.


• 1938 - First performance of Morton Gould's Second American Sinfonietta conducted by Gould at a New York Philharmonic concert at Lewisohn Stadium in NYC.


• 1945 - Clarinetist Artie Shaw’s Gramercy Five with trumpeter Roy Eldridge and pianist Dodo Marmorosa record Scuttlebutt


• 1951 - Tommy Duncan recorded "The Gossip Song" and "Footloose Buckaroo".


• 1952 - Jimmie Osborne recorded "Mama Don't Agree" and "This Evil Life Don't Pay".


• 1961 - I Like It Like That recorded by Chris Kenner peaks at #2 on the Top 100 chart for 3 weeks.


• 1971 - You've Got a Friend recorded by James Taylor begins a run of 1 week at #1 on Billboard's Hot 100.


• 1976 - Love Is Alive recorded by Gary Wright peaks at #2 on the Top 100 chart for weeks.


• 1982 - First performance of George Rochberg's opera The Confidence Man based on the novel by Hermann Melville, at the Sante Fe Opera, NM.


• 1985 - Patsy Cline's "Greatest Hits" album certified gold


• 1993 - Whoomp! (There It Is) recorded by Tag Team peaks at #2 on the Top 100 chart for 7 weeks.


• 1999 - Genie in a Bottle recorded by Christina Aguilera begins a run of 5 weeks at #1 on Billboard''s Hot 100.


• 2002 - Blake Shelton's self-titled debut album certified gold.


• 2004 - First performance of Jennifer Higdon's Loco by the Chicago Symphony, Christoph Eschenbach conducting at the Ravinia Festival.