1937 - The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down recorded by Russell Hunting begins a run of 2 weeks at #1 on the US charts.
1941 - Wiley Walker and Gene Sullivan recorded "Make Room in Your Heart for a Friend"
1941 - Cab Calloway and his orchestra recorded the standard, St. James Infirmary.
1943 - Comin' In on a Wing and a Prayer recorded by the Song Spinners begins a run of 3 weeks at #1 on the US charts.
1944 - First performance of Robert Wright & George Forest's musical The Song of Norway, with music of Norwegian composer Edward Grieg, in San Francisco. It opened on August 21, 1944 in New York City.
1945 - Danish concert pianist and comedian Victor Borge premiered on NBC radio. The network gave the comedian/pianist the summer replacement slot for Fibber McGee and Molly.
1948 - Woody Woodpecker recorded by Kay Kyser begins a run of 6 weeks at #1 on the US charts.
1950 - Moon Mullican recorded "Goodnight Irene" and "Well, Oh Well!"
1967 - First performance of Havergal Brian's Symphony No. 4 Das Siegeslied [1929], in London.
1973 - David Bowie 'retires' his stage persona 'Ziggy Stardust' in front of a shocked audience at the Hammersmith Odeon at the end of his British tour.
2000 - Harvard professor Ronald Ferguson accused the culture of hip-hop and rap music of stalling academic progress among young American blacks. He claimed time spent learning intricate rhyming lyrics detracted from reading.