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After several months of relatively minor volcanic activity, the island of Krakatoa, in the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in Indonesia, is destroyed by a massive volcanic eruption. The eruption will inspire the 1985 song Krakatoa by the English heavy metal band Saxon.
The musical comedy The Cadet Girl is playing at The Herald Square Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 48 performances.
The Moonlight Maids Burlesquers are playing at The Dewey Theatre, New York City, USA.
The continuous Vaudeville show at The Columbia Theatre, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, features The Russell Brothers, The Harmony Four, Carrie Scott, Carson And Willard, The Reese brothers, The Brothers Bright, The Knight Brothers and others.A show described as 'opulent vaudeville' is playing at The Orpheum, San Francisco, California, USA. Artists appearing include Edwin Keough and Dorothy Ballard, The Fleury Trio, Sam Edwards And Co, James Roberti and Arnold Billoski, Rosie Rendel ('a transformative dancer') and Lew Hawkins ('the Chesterfield of Minstrelsy')
Martha Raye, who will become a comic actress and singer in theatre, radio, movies and tv, is born in Butte, Montana, USA.
Blues drummer Odie Payne, who will play with Elmore James, Magic Sam, Otis Rush, Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy and others, is born in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Thomas Adrian Sands is born in Grant Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, USA. He will find success in the 1950s as rock'n'roll singer and guitarist Tommy Sands.
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Duke Ellington And His Orchestra play at The Grand Ball of The Elks Convention in the Municipal Auditorium, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Gene Autry records Good Old-Fashioned Hoedown, When The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano, I'll Never Smile Again, We Never Dream The Same Dream Twice, The Cowboy's Trademarks and The Last Letter, for Columbia/OKeh Records in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Glen Matlock, future bassist for the first line-up of The Sex Pistols, is born in Paddington, London, England, UK, Europe.
Connie Francis plays the third of seven days at The Gatineau Country Club, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
The musical Irma La Douce is running at The Plymouth Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. It runs at The Plymouth for more than a year before transferring to The Alvin Theatre.
Lonnie Donegan, Miki And Griff, Suzie Miller, The Dallas Boys, Gil And Freddie Levedo, The Tiller Girls and Norman Vaughan are appearing in Putting On The Donegan at The Winter Gardens Pavilion, Blackpool, England, UK, Europe.
Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper play a live show in Luray, Virginia, USA.Brenda Lee plays the eleventh night in two weeks of appearances in the musical Bye Bye Birdie at The Starlight Theater, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
The Everly Brothers play the last of eight nights at Freedomland Amusement Park, The Bronx, New York City, bringing their current tour of the USA to an end.
Jazz vocalist Keely Smith is playing during three weeks at The Venetian Room, Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, California, USA.
Johnny Cash records the Bob Dylan composition It Ain't Me Babe, at Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Sessioneers include Charlie McCoy on harmonica and Norman Blake on guitar, with The Carter Family supplying harmony vocals.
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The Yardbirds, with Eric Clapton on lead guitar, play at The Lugano Hotel, Lugano, Switzerland, Europe.
Capitol Records in Los Angeles, California, USA, prepares stereo mixes from the three-track concert tape of The Beatles performing at Hollywood Bowl four days earlier. The plan is to release a live album but it will be stopped by the band and producer George Martin who are not happy with the quality of the performances.
During a month-long tour, Johnny Cash plays the first of two days at Lagoon Park, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
Ross And The Majestics are appearing at The Charade A Go Go discotheque, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The musical Fiddler On The Roof, starring Zero Mostel, is performed at The Majestic Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. It will run continuously (but at three different theatres) until 1972 notching up 3,242 performances.
UK newspaper The Sunday Express reveals that The Beatles' former drummer Pete Best is now earning £18 a week, working in a bakery.
The musical comedy The Happy Time is presented at The Broadway Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 286 performances. The show features music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb.
Paul Anka is playing during a two-week season at Mr. D's, San Francisco, California, USA.
Roy Orbison plays the twenty-third night of a four-week residency at The Talk Of The Town, London, England, UK, Europe.Chicago-based jazz pianist Lil Hardin Armstrong (wife of Louis Armstrong) dies of a heart-attack.
The musical Your Arms Too Short To Box With God is presented at The Lyceum Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. It will run on Broadway for 429 performances. The musical is based on the Biblical Book of Matthew.
The Voyager 2 spacecraft is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, to begin a Grand Tour of the Solar System and beyond. On board (as was the case with Voyager 1) is the Voyager Golden Record, carrying a collection of 116 images plus a variety of natural sounds, including surf, wind, thunder and animal sounds. Examples of music by Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Chuck Berry, Louis Armstrong, Blind Willie Johnson and others are also included.
Hall And Oates play at The Stanley Theatre, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, supported by Silencers.
Marillion play at Nostell Priory Festival, Wakefield, England, UK, Europe. Also on the bill is former Thin Lizzy leader Phil Lynott's new band Grand SlamStevie Ray Vaughan plays the second of two nights at The Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, California, USA, supported by B.B. King.
Bob Dylan plays the first of two nights at the Holiday Star Theater, Merriville, Indiana, USA.
Shake It Off by Mariah Carey enters the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the USA at No6. We Belong Together, also by Mariah Carey, remains at No1.
Avenged Sevenfold release their fifth album, Nightmare, in Germany, Europe, and Brazil, South America.
Natalie Merchant plays at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.On her Born This Way Ball Tour, Lady Gaga plays the first of two nights at Hartwall Areena, Helsinki, Finland, Europe.
Ed Sheeran plays a one-man show to an audience of 20,000 at The Staples Centre, Los Angeles, California, USA.
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