Music Events:

• 1859 - French Opera House, New Orleans opens with a gala performance of Rossini's William Tell.


• 1902 - Carl Nielsen conducts the premiere of his Symphony No. 2, The Four Temperaments, in Copenhagen.


• 1935 - Second violin concerto of Sergei Prokofiev premieres in Madrid


• 1944 - Béla Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra is premiered in Boston, Massachusetts by the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Serge Koussevitzky


• 1968 - Jimi Hendrix's manager Chas Chandler quits over differences with Hendrix during the recording of Electric Ladyland


• 1976 - The Sex Pistols cause media furor when they swear on prime time British TV.


• 1978 - Tenor saxophonist Johnny Griffin records Five Birds and a Monk with pianist Stanley Cowell


• 1981 - Bassist/composer Jaco Pastorius records The Birthday Concert


• 1984 - Frankie Goes To Hollywood become the first act to take their first three singles to the UK #1 position since Gerry and the Pacemakers in 1963, when "The Power Of Love" tops the chart.