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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