1751George Frideric Handel completes oratorio "Jephtha"

1945Dmitri Shostakovich completes his 9th Symphony

1969 3-day 2nd Annual Sky River Rock Festival opens in Tenino, Washington - 25,000 attend; performers include: James Cotton; Country Joe and the Fish; Flying Burrito Brothers; Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks; Mississippi Fred McDowelll;Steve Miller Band; and Sons of Champlin

1969 3-day New Orleans Pop Festival opens - 25,000 attend; performers include: Spiral Staircase; T.Rex; The Byrds;Janis Joplin: Grateful Dead; Chicago;Dr. John; and Santana

1972John Lennon andYoko Ono's "One on One" benefit shows (matinee and evening) for children at Madison Square Garden, New York, his final full concert performance

1973 Drummer Danny Seiwell quits rock band Wings, which he co-founded withPaul McCartney

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

1992 Philip Glass' Symphony No. 1 (Low), based loosely onDavid Bowie's 1977 album "Low", premieres with the Junge Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie conducted by Dennis Russell Davies, in Munich, Germany

1992 Revival ofFrank Loesser's 1956 musical "The Most Happy Fella" closes at Booth Theater, NYC, after 229 performances

1993 "Late Show withDavid Letterman" debuts on CBS, from the Ed Sullivan Theater in NYC;Bill Murray is his first guest,Billy Joel performs

2015 Rap artistKanye West announces he will run for President in 2020 at the MTV Video Music Awards

2018 Ugandan pop star MPBobi Wine is arrested again as he attempts to leave the country