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    Posted: 05-May-2012 at 01:13
May 4th:
1256 - The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV issues a papal bull Licet ecclesiae catholicae.
1415 - Religious reformers John Wycliffe and Jan Hus are condemned as heretics at the Council of Constance.
1728 - Georg F Handel's opera "Tolomeo, re di Egitto," premieres in London
1780 - American Academy of Arts & Science founded
1883 - John Gordon Cashmans begins "Vicksburg Evening Post" (Miss)
1957 - Alan Freed hosts "Rock n' Roll Show" 1st prime-time network rock show
1973 - Wings release "Red Rose Speedway" in UK
1975 - Ed Bullins' "Taking of Miss Jane," premieres in NYC
1976 - "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue" opens at Mark Hellinger NYC for 7 perfs
1993 - "Angels in America-Millennium Approaches" opens at Kerr for 367 perfs

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May 5th:
1726 - Marie de Camargo (16) premieres at Opera of Paris
1764 - Smolny-institution forms in St Petersburg for noble girls
1780 - 2nd oldest learned society in US (American Academy of Arts & Sciences) forms (Boston)
1816 - American Bible Society organized (NY)
1891 - Music Hall (Carnegie Hall) opens in NY, Tchaikovsky as guest conductor
1900 - "The Billboard" began weekly publication
1921 - Miniature newspaper published (Brighton Gazette 10 x 13 cm)
1926 - Sinclair Lewis refuses his Pulitzer Prize for "Arrowsmith"
1927 - Dmitri Sjostakovitch' 1st Symphony, premieres in Berlin
1941 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Robert E Sherwood (There shall be no night)
1947 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Robert Penn Warren (All the King's Men)
1949 - Statue of Council of Europe drawn
1951 - "Out of This World" closes at New Century Theater NYC after 157 perfs
1955 - "Damn Yankees" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 1022 performances
1955 - Indies parliament accept hindu-divorce
1969 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Norman Mailer (Armies of the Night)
1971 - "Earl of Ruston" opens at Billy Rose Theater NYC for 5 performances
1994 - "Sally Marrand Her Escorts" opens at Helen Hayes NYC for 50 perfs
1996 - "Jack-Night on Town with J Barrymore" closes at Belasco after 12 perfs
1997 - "Married With Children" final episode on Fox TV



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May 6th:
1312 - Pope Clement V closes Council of Vienna
1536 - King Henry VIII, orders bible be placed in every church
1604 - Leon VII Spanish poet's first poem is published: La Cocina.
1902 - Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place" (BG)
1939 - 1st performance of Honegger/Claudel's "Jeanne d'Arc Ouch B-cher"
1946 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Arthur M Schlesinger (Age of Jackson)"
1948 - "Sally" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 36 performances
1950 - "Great to Be Alive" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 52 perfs
1957 - Last broadcast of "I Love Lucy" on CBS-TV
1957 - Pulitzer prize awarded to John F Kennedy (Profiles in Courage)
1964 - Joe Orton's "Entertaining Mr Sloan," premieres in London
1974 - Stolen "Guitar Player" painting by Jan Vermeer found in London
1977 - "Beatles at Hollywood Bowl," released in UK
1979 - Louis LaRusso II's "Knockout," premieres in NYC
1981 - "Inacent Black" opens at Biltmore Theater NYC for 14 performances

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May 7th:
558 - In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses. Justinian I immediately orders the dome rebuilt.
1274 - 2nd Council of Lyons (14th ecumenical council) opens
1824 - Beethoven's 9th (Chorale) Symphony, premieres in Vienna
1877 - Cin Enquirer, 1st uses term "Bullpen" to indicate foul territory
1888 - Edouard Lalo's opera "Le roi d'Ys," premieres in Paris
1912 - Columbia University approves plans for awarding the Pulitzer Prize in several categories The award is established by Joseph Pulitzer
1914 - US Congress establishes mother's day
1941 - Glenn Miller records "Chattanooga Choo Choo" for RCA
1947 - "Kraft Television Theater" premieres on NBC
1953 - "Can Can" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 892 performances
1960 - "Christine" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 12 performances
1960 - "Flower Drum Song" closes at St James Theater NYC after 602 perfs
1960 - "From A to Z" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 21 performances
1961 - "Young Abe Lincoln" closes at Eugene O'Neill NYC after 27 perfs
1966 - Mamas & Papas "Monday Monday" hits #1
1970 - "Long & Winding Road" becomes Beatles' last American release
1977 - "Happy End" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 75 performances
1977 - 103rd Kentucky Derby: Jean Cruguet on Seattle Slew wins in 2:02.2
1980 - Samm-Art Williams' "Home," premieres in NYC
1982 - "Is There Life after High School?" opens at Barrymore NYC for 12 perfs
1994 - Edvard Munchs painting "The Scream" recovered 3 months after stolen
1995 - "On the Waterfront" closes at Atkinson Theater NYC after 8 perfs

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May 8th:
535 - John II ends his reign as Catholic Pope
589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo
615 - St Boniface IV ends his reign as Catholic Pope
685 - St Benedict II ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1823 - "Home Sweet Home" 1st sung (London)
1882 - David Belasco's "La Belle Russe," premieres in NYC
1931 - Operette "Land of Smiles," premieres in London
1938 - Stravinsky's "Dumbarton Oaks," premieres in Washington, DC
1952 - "Of Thee I Sing" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 72 performances
1952 - "Shuffle Along" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 4 performances
1956 - John Osbornes "Look Back in Anger," premieres in London
1963 - "Dr No" premieres in US
1970 - Beatles release "Let it Be" album
1971 - "Earl of Ruston" closes at Billy Rose Theater NYC after 5 performances
1976 - "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue" closes at Mark Hellinger NYC after 7 perfs
1988 - "Oba Oba" closes at Ambassador Theater NYC after 46 performances
1989 - Paul McCartney releases "My Brave Face" & remake of "Ferry Cross the Mersey"
1994 - "Rise & Fall of Little Voice" closes at Neil Simon NYC after 9 perfs

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May 9th:
328 - Athanasius is elected Patriarch bishop of Alexandria.
1092 - Lincoln Cathedral consecrated
1336 - Italian poet Francesco Petrarca climbs Mont Ventoux
1964 - Peter & Gordon release "World Without Love"
1976 - "So Long 174th St" closes at Harkness Theater NYC after 16 perfs
1978 - "Ain't Misbehavin'" opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 1604 perfs
1978 - Musical "Ain't Misbehavin'," premieres in NYC
1982 - Arthur Kopit's musical "Nine," premieres in NYC
1989 - "Saratina!" closes at Cort Theater NYC after 597 performances
1993 - "Ain't Broadway Grand" closes at Lunt-Fontanne NYC after 25 perfs
1993 - "Song of Jacob Zulu" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 53 perfs
1993 - Mustapha Matura's "Playboy of West Indies," premieres in NYC
1994 - "Passion" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 280 performances
2006 - George Preca is canonised as the first Maltese saint in history.
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May 10th:
1796 - French government arrest 10 utopists
1824 - The National Gallery in London opens to the public in its temporary home in a townhouse on Pall Mall St
1849 - Pack destroys Astor Place opera house in NYC (22 killed)
1893 - Imperial Institute in London opens
1907 - Paul Dukas' opera "Ariane et Barbe Bleue," premieres in Paris
1921 - Luigi Pirandello's "Sei Personaggi in Cerca d'Autore," premieres
1930 - 1st US planetarium opens (Adler-Chicago)
1947 - "Chocolate Soldier" closes at Century Theater NYC after 69 perfs
1952 - "Shuffle Along" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 4 performances
1957 - Dmitri Sjostakovitsch 2nd Piano concert, premieres in Moscow
1961 - "Beyond the Fringe," premieres in London
1978 - "Angel" opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 5 performances
1980 - "Happy New Year" closes at Morosco Theater NYC after 17 performances
1983 - "Laverne & Shirley," last airs on ABC-TV
1986 - "Rock Me Amadeus," by Falco hit #1 on UK pop chart
1990 - "Zoya's Apartment" opens at Circle in Sq Theater NYC for 45 perfs
1992 - "Hamlet" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 45 performances
1993 - Paul Cezannes still life sells for $28,600,000 in NYC
1996 - "Twister" premieres

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May 11th:
330 - Constantinople (Byzantium) becomes capital of Roman Empire
1310 - Fifty-four members of the Knights Templar are burned at the stake in France for being heretics.
1421 - Jews are expelled from Styria Austria
1816 - American Bible Society forms (NY)
1916 - Einstein's Theory of General Relativity presented
1959 - Elvis Presley's 1st entry on UK charts with "Heartbreak Hotel"
1959 - Rodgers & Barer's musical "Once upon a mattress," premieres in NYC
1965 - "Flora, the Red Menace" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 87 performances
1974 - "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" by Frank Sinatra hits #83
1974 - "Tubular Bells" by Mike Oldfield hits #7
1974 - Steely Dan releases "Rikki Don't Lose that Number"
1981 - Andrew Lloyd Webber/TS Eliot's musical "Cats," premieres in London
1983 - "Dance a Little Closer" opens & closes at Minskoff Theater NYC
1997 - "Play On!" closes at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC after 61 performances
2002 - Last performance of the musical Cats in London's West End.
2007 - Pope Benedict XVI canonizes the first Brazilian-born saint, Frei Galvão.
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May 12th:
254 - Stephan I replaces Lucius I as Catholic Pope
1534 - Wurttemberg becomes Lutherian
1551 - San Marcos University in Lima Peru, opens
1832 - Gaetano Donizetti's opera "L'elisir d'amore," premieres in Milan
1894 - Ludwig Englander's musical "Passing Show," premieres in NYC
1934 - "Cocktails For Two," by Duke Ellington hits #1
1936 - Ralph Vaughan Williams' "Poisoned Kiss," premieres in London
1959 - "Nervous Set" opens at Henry Miller's Theater NYC for 23 performances
1988 - "Carrie" opens at Virginia Theater NYC for 5 performances
1989 - "Entertainment Tonight" performs their 2,000th TV performance
1996 - "Inherit the Wind" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 45 performances

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May 13:
535 - St Agapitus I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
609 - Pope Boniface I turns Pantheon into Catholic church
641 - Eligius (Saint Eloy) becomes bishop of Doornik-Noyon
1767 - Mozart's opera "Apollo et Hyacinthus," premieres in Salzburg
1877 - Caesar Franck's "Lesson Eolides," premieres
1954 - "Pajama Game" opens at St James Theater NYC for 1063 performances
1973 - "Cyrano" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 49 performances
1975 - "Rodgers & Hart" opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 108 performances
1978 - "Angel" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 5 performances
1978 - Musical "Runaways" with Elizabeth Swados premieres in NYC
1979 - "Utter Glory... Morrissey Hall" opens & closes at Mark Hellinger NYC
1990 - "Change in the Heir" closes at Edison Theater NYC after 16 perfs
1991 - "Michael Jackson: Magic & Madness" goes on sale

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May 14th:
649 - Theodore I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1832 - Felix Mendelssohn's "Hebrides," premieres
1842 - 1st edition of London Illustrated News
1925 - Virginia Woolf's novel Mrs Dalloway is published.
1927 - "Ain't She Sweet?" hits #1 on the pop singles chart by Ben Bernie
1927 - The University of Chicago's local collegiate organization, Phi Sigma, becomes incorporated under Illinois law as Eta Sigma Phi, the National Honorary Classical Fraternity.
1935 - Griffith Planetarium opens in LA
1935 - LA's Griffith Planetarium opens, 3rd in US
1949 - "Love Life" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 252 performances
1951 - "Flahooley" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 40 performances
1957 - "New Girl in Town" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 432 performances
1957 - Bob Merrill's musical "New Girl in Town," premieres in NYC
1960 - "At the Drop of a Hat" closes at John Golden NYC after 216 perfs
1960 - Virgil Thomson's "Missa Pro Defunctis," premieres in Potsdam NY
1978 - "Working" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 25 performances
1980 - "Musical Chairs" opens at Rialto Theater NYC for 15 performances
1983 - "She Blinded Me with Science" by Thomas Dolby hits #5
1987 - "Little Shop of Horrors" is released in Germany
1988 - "Mail" closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 36 performances
1995 - Dalai Lama proclaims 6-year-old Gedhun Choekyi Nyima 11th reincarnation of Panchen Lama, Tibet's 2nd most sr spiritual leader

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May 15th:
884 - Marinus I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1213 - English king John names Stephen Langton Archbishop of Canterbury
1514 - Jodocus Badius Ascensius publishes Christiern Pedersen's Latin version of Saxo's Gesta Danorum, the oldest known version of that work.
1536 - Anna Boleyn & Lord Rochford accused of adultery/incest
1567 - Mary, Queen of Scots marries James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell
1665 - Pope Alexander VII convicts Jansenisme
1672 - 1st copyright law enacted by Massachusetts
1791 - Maximilien Robespierre proposes the Self-denying Ordinance.
1829 - Joseph Smith ordained by John the Baptist according to Joseph Smith
1849 - Philadelphia Turngemeinde founded
1858 - Royal Italian Opera opens in Covent Garden London
1891 - Jules Massenets opera "Griselde," premieres in Paris
1891 - Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Rerum novarum
1914 - Henri Rabauds opera "Marouf, Savetier de Caire," premieres in Paris
1931 - Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Quadragesimo anno
1968 - "Wonderwall" with George Harrison premieres at Cannes Film Festival
1972 - "Hard Job Being God" opens at Edison Theater NYC for 6 performances
1981 - "Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island" airs

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May 16th:
955 - Alberich II, (bastard?) son of Octavianus elected pope
1532 - Sir Thomas More resigns as English Lord Chancellor
1571 - Johannes Kepler, by his own calculations, is conceived at 4:37 AM
1605 - Camillo Borghese elected to succeed Pope Leo XI becomes Paul V
1763 - Samuel Johnson meets his future biographer James Boswell in London
1879 - Antonin Dvorák's "Slavic Dances," premieres
1946 - Musical "Annie Get Your Gun," starring Ethel Merman premieres in NYC
1952 - "New Faces (of 1952)" opens at Royale Theater NYC for 365 performances
1963 - "Beast in Me" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 4 performances
1965 - "Roar of the Greasepaint" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 232 perfs
1971 - Benjamin Britten's opera "Owen Wingrave," premieres in Aldwych
1972 - "Don't Play Us Cheap" opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 164 perfs
1981 - "Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes hits #1 for next 9 weeks
1982 - "Barnum" closes at St James Theater NYC after 854 performances
1982 - "Is There Life after High School?" closes at Barrymore after 12 perfs

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May 17th:
352 - Liberius begins his reign as Catholic Pope replacing Julius I
884 - St Adrian III begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1890 - Clyde Fitch's "Beau Brummel," premieres in NYC
1890 - Comic Cuts, 1st weekly comic paper, published in London
1890 - Pietro Mascagni's opera "Rustic Chivalry" premieres in Rome at the Teatro Costanzi
1938 - Radio quiz show "Information Please!" debuts on NBC Blue Network
1947 - "Street Scene" closes at Adelphi Theater NYC after 148 performances
1969 - "My Wife, My Dog, My Cat," by Maskman & The Agents hits #92
1971 - Stephen Schwartz' musical "Godspell," premieres off-Broadway
1971 - Washington State bans sex discrimination
1973 - "Nash at Nine" opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 21 performances
1973 - Stevie Wonder releases "You are the Sunshine of my Love"
1981 - "Inacent Black" closes at Biltmore Theater NYC after 14 performances
1987 - "Stardust" closes at Biltmore Theater NYC after 102 performances
1989 - Vincent Van Gogh's "Portrait of Dr Gachet" auctioned for $825M
1990 - the WHO takes Homosexuality out of its list of mental illnesses.

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May 18th:
1593 - Playwright Thomas Kyd's accusations of heresy lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe.
1631 - English colony Massachusetts Bay grants puritarian voting right
1652 - Rhode Island enacts 1st law declaring slavery illegal
1887 - Emmanuel Chabriers opera "Le Roi Malgré Luis," premieres in Paris
1889 - Jules Massenets opera "Esclarmonde," premieres in Paris
1897 - Irish Music Festival 1st held (Dublin)
1897 - Paul Dukas "L'Apprenti Sorcier Pruimtabak on the Market," premieres
1897 - Dracula, a novel by Irish author Bram Stoker is published.
1899 - World Goodwill Day-26 nations meet in 1st Hague Peace Conference
1917 - Satie/Massine/Picasso's ballet "Parade," premieres in Paris
1927 - "Slide Lake" in Gros Ventre Wyoming collapses
1948 - "Ballet Ballads" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 62 performances
1950 - "Liar" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 12 performances
1959 - "Castin' My Spell" by Johnny Otis Show hits #52
1959 - "Judy" by David Seville hits #86
1959 - "Russian Band Stand" by Spencer & Spencer hits #91
1960 - Eillen Fulton begins playing Lisa on As the World Turn (for > 30 yrs)
1960 - Jean Genets "Le Balcon," premieres in Paris
1961 - "Donnybrook!" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 68 performances
1963 - "Beast in Me" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 4 performances
1963 - "If You Wanna Be Happy" by Jimmy Soul hits #1
1969 - "Canterbury Tales" closes at Eugene O'Neill NYC after 122 perfs
1974 - "Streak" by Ray Stevens hits #1
1985 - "One Night In Bangkok" by Murray Head hits #3
1985 - 1st remote location for "Nightline" (South Africa)
1986 - "Singin' in the Rain" closes at Gershwin Theater NYC after 367 perfs
1997 - "King David," opens at New Amsterdam Theater NYC

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May 19th:
1884 - Ringling Brothers circus premieres
1886 - Camille Saint-Saëns' 3rd Symphony in C, premieres
1892 - National Society of Colonial Dames of America founded
1906 - Federated Boys' Club (Boys' Club of America) organizes
1911 - Maurice Ravels opera "L'Heure Espagnole," premieres in Paris
1944 - 240 gypsies transported to Auschwitz from Westerbork Neth
1958 - Premiere of Harold Pinter's "Birthday Party," in London
1962 - "Bravo, Giovanni" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 76 performances
1962 - "John Birch Society," by Chad Mitchell Trio hits #99
1973 - "Daisy" A Day by Jud Strunk hits #14
1973 - "Smith" opens at Eden Theater NYC for 17 performances
1977 - "Smokey & the Bandit," premieres
1979 - "In The Navy" by Village People hits #3
1980 - "Blackstone" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 104 performances
1984 - "King Of Suede" by Weird Al Yankovic hits #62
1991 - "Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story" closes at Shubert NYC after 225 perfs

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May 20th:
325 - 1st Christian ecumenical council opens at Nicaea, Asia Minor
1570 - Egidius Coppens publishes Abraham Ortelius' "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum"
1571 - Venice, Spain & Pope Pius form anti-Turkish Saint League
1939 - "3 Little Fishies," by Kay Kyser hits #1
1941 - Archer's "Christian Calendar & Gregorian Reform" published
1972 - "Different Times" closes at ANTA Theater NYC after 24 performances
1972 - "Hard Job Being God" closes at Edison Theater NYC after 6 performances
1973 - "2 Gentlemen of Verona" closes at St James Theater NYC after 613 perfs
1979 - "I Love My Wife" closes at Barrymore Theater NYC after 864 perfs
1984 - "On Your Toes" closes at Virginia Theater NYC after 505 performances
1986 - Flintstones 25th Anniversary Celebration airs on CBS-tv

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