Wednesday, December 28, 2011

TODAY IN HISTORY

DECEMBER 28

1944:Composer Leonard Bernstein's first big musical On The Town, featuring the hit show tune "New York, New York," opens at the Adelphi Theater on Broadway. The show, with book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, tells the story of three sailors on shore leave in New York City during World War II, and of the three women who catch their fanc

1897: Edmond Rostand's play Cyrano de Bergerac is first performed at the Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin in Paris, France, with Constant Coquelin in the role of Cyrano, a dashing 17th century poet and soldier with an enormously large nose. After the play's premiere, the audience applauds for a full hour.

1958: In a match-up often called "the greatest game ever played," the Baltimore Colts beat the New York Giants 23-17 in sudden death overtime to win the 1958 NFL championship game at Yankee Stadium in New York. An estimated 45 million Americans watch the game, televised by NBC, marking the beginning of a surge in the popularity of football in the United States.
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