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12/17

Updated Dec. 16, 2019

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1770 Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (5th Symphony, Ode to Joy), born in Bonn, Electorate of Cologne (d. 1827)
1877 Anton Bruckner's 3rd Symphony in D, premieres
1893 Anton Dvorak's Symphony No. 9 "New World Symphony" premieres at Carnegie Hall, New York
1966 The Beatles release "Everywhere it's Christmas" in UK
1969 "Hello Dolly" with Barbra Streisand premieres

1865 Franz Schubert's Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished Symphony" premieres in Vienna with Johann von Herbeck conducting
1953 Dmitri Shostakovich's 10th Symphony premieres in Leningrad
1957 The last episode of The Nat King Cole Show airs on NBC due to lack of national sponsorship
1962 Beatles 1st British TV appearance (People & Places)

1892 Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ballet "Nutcracker Suite" premieres
1892 Anton Bruckner's 8th Symphony premieres
1961 Britain's EMI Records originally rejects the Beatles
1962 Dmitri Shostakovich's 13th Symphony premieres in Moscow
1963 "The Pink Panther" film premieres directed by Blake Edwards and starring Peter Sellers and David Niven with theme by Henry Mancini
1976 "A Star is Born" film directed by Frank Pierson with Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson, premieres

1915 Édith Piaf, [E Giovanna Gassion], chanteuse (Little Sparrow), born in Paris, France (d. 1963)
1919 Composer and songwriter Cole Porter (28) weds socialite Linda Lee Thomas (36)
1957 "Music Man" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 1375 performances
1960 Frank Sinatra's 1st session with Reprise Records (Ring-A-Ding-Ding)
1969 Beatle's 7th Christmas album is released

1823 Play "Rosamunde, Princess of Cyprus" by Helmina von Chézy with incidental music by Franz Schubert premieres in Vienna
1957 Elvis Presley receives his draft notice to join the US Army for National Service
1969 Peter, Paul & Mary's "Leaving on a Jet Plane" reaches #1

1950 Cole Porter's musical "Out of this World" premieres at New Century Theater NYC for 157 performances
1960 Ornette Coleman records his influential album "Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation", establishes the name for the Free Jazz sound
1968 Glen Campbell's album "Wichita Lineman" goes to No. 1 in the US
1970 Elvis Presley meets US President Richard Nixon in the White House - the image of this meeting is the most requested photo from the entire National Archives

1858 Giacomo Puccini, Italian opera composer (La bohème, Tosca, Madame Butterfly), born in Lucca, Italy (d. 1924)
1894 Claude Debussy's first orchestral masterpiece "Prélude à l'apres-midi d'un faune" premieres in Paris
1958 "Chipmunk Song" reaches #1