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Timeline of Events
YearMonthDayEvent
1749 Apr 27 Handel's, Music For Royal Fireworks, First Performed In London
1783 Nov 04 Mozart Symphony 36 Unveiled In Linz
1800 Apr 02 Beethoven Premiers First Symphony In Vienna
1810 Apr 27 Beethoven Composes Für Elise
1813 Dec 08 Premier Of Beethoven's Seventh Symphony
1829 May 23 Accordion Patent Granted To Demian In Vienna
1848 May 13 Finland's National Anthem Performed First Time
1865 Dec 17 Schubert's Unfinished Symphony Debuts
1888 Apr 11 Concertgebouw In Amsterdam Inaugurated
1897 May 14 Philadelphia: Stars And Stripes Forever First Performed
1927 Dec 10 Phrase ""Grand Ole Opry"" Used On Air
1939 Apr 20 Strange Fruit: Holiday Records Civil Rights Song
1945 Jul 29 BBC Light Programme Launched
1954 Jul 05 Presley Recorded 'That's All Right' In Memphis
1956 Sep 09 Elvis: First Appearance On Ed Sullivan
1958 Mar 24 Elvis Drafted Into U.S. Army
1958 Apr 13 American Wins Music Competition In Moscow Mid-Cold War
1964 Apr 04 The Beatles: Top 5 Billboards Pop Hits
1965 Dec 10 The Grateful Dead's First Concert
1966 Aug 29 The Beatles Perform Last Concert In San Francisco
1966 Oct 22 The Supremes Album Reaches Number 1
1967 Jun 01 The Beatles Release Sgt. Pepper Album
1969 Aug 15 Woodstock Features Top Rock Musicians
1969 Sep 26 Abbey Road, Last Album By Beatles
1970 Feb 14 The Who Records Live At Leeds
1970 Apr 10 Paul McCartney Announces He Is Leaving The Beatles
1970 Jun 13 Beattles Swan Song: Long And Winding Road
1981 Sep 19 Simon And Garfunkel Reunite For Concert
1982 Aug 17 First CDs Released To German Public
1982 Oct 01 Sony Launches First Compact Disc Player
1983 May 01 Mikis Theodorakis Awarded Lenin Peace Prize
1985 Mar 07 'We Are The World' Released Internationally
1994 Apr 05 American Musician Kurt Cobain Commits Suicide
2007 Jul 01 Wembley Stadium Held The Diana Concert