JANUARY 13
1966:Robert C. Weaver is selected by President Lyndon B. Johnson to serve as secretary of housing and urban development, becoming the first African American member of a presidential Cabinet.
1968: Johnny Cash performs two shows for the inmates at California's Folsom State Prison, beginning each set with his 1955 hit "Folsom Prison Blues." The performances are recorded for Cash's live album, At Folsom Prison, which will be released later that year.
1976: Sarah Caldwell becomes the first woman to conduct at the Metropolitan Opera, leading the orchestra in the first of 11 performances of Verdi's La Traviata, starring soprano Beverly Sills.
1968: Johnny Cash performs two shows for the inmates at California's Folsom State Prison, beginning each set with his 1955 hit "Folsom Prison Blues." The performances are recorded for Cash's live album, At Folsom Prison, which will be released later that year.
1976: Sarah Caldwell becomes the first woman to conduct at the Metropolitan Opera, leading the orchestra in the first of 11 performances of Verdi's La Traviata, starring soprano Beverly Sills.
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