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1998 "Funny Thing Happened," closes at St. James New York City after 715 perform

1996 "King and I," premieres at Neil Simon Theater in New York City for 781 perform

1994 3 tenors-Placid Domingo, Luciano Parvoti, Jose Carreras, perform in Los Angeles

1982 Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel perform in Rotterdam

1982 28 skiers perform backflips while holding hands, Bromont, Quebec

1981 Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel perform a reunion concert in Central Park

1981 New York City mayor Koch turns down a $7,500 offer to perform comedy

1979 Elton John becomes 1st western rocker to perform live in U.S.S.R.

1979 Elton John becomes 1st pop star to perform in Israel

1978 Grateful Dead perform in Cairo, Egypt

1977 Soviet figure skaters Sergei Shakrai and Marine Tcherkasova are 1st to perform a quadruple twist lift, Helsinki

1972 John Lennon and Yoko Ono perform at Madison Square Garden

1972 Barbra Striesand, James Taylor, Carole King and Quincy Jones perform at a benefit for George McGovern for President

1970 Scientists perform 1st artificial synthesis of a live cell

1969 The Band (formerly The Hawks), perform their 1st concert

1969 Beatles perform last live gig (42-minute concert on roof of Apple HQs)

1969 Beatles perform their last gig together, a free concert

1969 Soviet Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5 perform 1st transfer of crew in space

1967 Monkees perform at Forest Hills, New York, Jimi Hendrix is opening act

1966 Love, Moby Grape and Lee Michaels perform at Fillmore East

1966 Rolling Stones perform on Ed Sullivan Show

1966 Who and the Kinks perform on the last "Shindig" TV show on ABC

1963 Beatles perform as a trio, John Lennon is ill with a cold

1962 Mick Jagger and Keith Richards perform as Little Boy Blue and Blue Boys

1962 Beatles, with Pete Best, TV debut (perform "Dream Baby" on BBC)

1958 Dr. F. Mason Sones is 1st doctor to perform a coronary angiogram

1958 Dodgers announces mascot/clown Emmett Kelly will not perform in 1958

1956 John Lennon (15) and Paul McCartney (13) meet for 1st time as Lennon's rock group Quarrymen perform at a church dinner

1955 Marian Anderson becomes 1st black singer to perform at Met (New York City)

1954 IBM announces vacuum tube "electronic" brain that could perform 10 million operations an hour

1926 DeFord Bailey is 1st black to perform on Nashville's Grand Ole Opry

1922 Christiaan Barnard, South Africa, surgeon, perform 1st heart transplant


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