1742George Frideric Handel's oratorio "Messiah" is performed for the first time at the New Music Hall in Dublin

1896John Philip Sousa's "El Capitan" premieres at the Tremont Theatre in Boston

1970 5th Academy of Country Music Awards:Merle Haggard andTammy Wynette win

1992August Wilson's stage drama "Two Trains Running", featuring Roscoe Lee Browne andLaurence Fishburne, opens at the Walter Kerr Theater, NYC; runs for 160 performances

2000 Rock for the Rainforest benefit concert held at Carnegie Hall, NYC; performers include:Sting,Elton John,James Taylor,Stevie Wonder,Ricky Martin,Billy Joel,Gladys Knight, Percy Sledge,Tom Jones, Martha Reeves, Macy Gray, Sam Moore, and The Impressions

2002 Rock for the Rainforest benefit concert held at Carnegie Hall, NYC; performers include:Sting,Elton John,James Taylor,Nina Simone,Smokey Robinson, Lulu, Patti Labelle,Ravi Shankar, Anoushka Shankar,Jeff Beck,Wynonna Judd, and Rebecca Del Rio

2009 US record producerPhil Spector is found guilty of second-degree murder of actress Lana Clarkson in 2003

2012Jason Mraz's fourth studio album, "Love Is a Four Letter Word", is released

2019BTS is the first K-pop band to perform on US TV show "Saturday Night Live"

2020 Italian tenorAndrea Bocelli sings a special Easter concert in the deserted Milan cathedral, accompanied by an organist