1858 – Mendelssohn’s “Wedding March” was presented for the first time, as the daughter of Queen Victoria married the Crown Prince of Prussia.

1886 – Composer Wilhelm Furtwängler was born.

1913 – Composer Witold Lutoslavski was born.

1940 – Mary Martin recorded “My Heart Belongs to Daddy.”

1958 – Elvis Presley’s “Jailhouse Rock” became the first single to ever enter the U.K. pop chart at Number One.

1962 – Sam Cooke’s “Twistin’ the Night Away” was released.

1963 – Cilla Black debuted as a vocalist at the Cavern Club in Liverpool.

1969 – Creedence Clearwater Revival released the “Proud Mary” LP.

1980 – Paul McCartney was released from a Tokyo jail where he had been imprisoned for nine days after trying to carry a half pound of marijuana through customs at the Tokyo airport.

1984 – Yoko One donated $375,000 to Liverpool’s Strawberry Fields retirement home.

1987 – Neil Diamond sang the U.S. national anthem at Super Bowl XXI.

1990 – Paul McCartney (Beatles) was profiled on CBS-TV’s “48 Hours”.

1990 – Bill Medley (Righteous Brothers) appeared on NBC-TV’s “Cheers.”

2002 – “Les Miserables” played for the 6,138th time to become the second-longest running show in Broadway history. “Cats” closed in 2000 with the record of 7,485 shows.

2010 – KISS rang the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange.