1657 – Composer Michel-Richard Delalande was born.

1893 – Anton Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 in E-minor, Opus 95, “From the New World,” was performed in New York City during a “public rehearsal” at Carnegie Hall. The official world premier was the next day.

1944 – A single-engine plane carrying U.S. Army Major Glenn Miller disappeared in thick fog over the English Channel while en route to Paris. The true fate of the plane and its passengers has never been determined.

1959 – The Everly Brothers recorded “Let It Be Me” in New York City. It was the first time they recorded outside of Nashville and it was the first time they recorded with strings.

1967 – The Beach Boys met Maharishi Yogi in Paris and learned transcendental meditation.

1968 – Grace Slick appeared in blackface when Jefferson Airplane appeared on the “Smothers Brothers” TV show on CBS.

1969 – John Lennon gave his last live performance in England. It was a UNICEF benefit in London.

1977 – The Sex Pistols were denied visas to enter the U.S. only two days before they are to appear on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live.”

1988 – James Brown was sentenced to a six-year jail term for leading police on a late-night, two-state car chase. He was released on February 27, 1991.

1991 – The musical “Nick and Nora” closed after 9 performances.

1992 – Nirvana released “Incesticide,” a collection of b-sides and rarities.

1997 – The movie “Spice World” premiered.

1997 – The surviving members INXS released a tape of an interview in which they talk about the life and death of the group’s late vocalist Michael Hutchence. The band members had been reluctant to give interviews until this release.

1998 – Andrew Lloyd Webber was acquitted on charges that he plagiarized a 20-year-old song to write the theme from “The Phantom Of The Opera.”

1999 – Garth Brooks said on TNN’s “Crook & Chase” show that he planned to keep an “extremely low” profile in 2000 and that he would “probably” announce his retirement at the end of the year.

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