1935
Porgy and Bess premieres on Broadway
This day in 1935, George Gershwin’s opera Porgy and Bess premieres on Broadway.
Singer Al Jolson attempted to mount a musical version of Porgy starring himself in blackface, but that effort foundered in 1932, leaving the way open for the Gershwin-Heyward collaboration that would feature an all-African American cast of classically trained singers—revolutionary casting in 1930s America.
Today in 10, 1973, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, resigned from office after pleading guilty to one count of federal income tax evasion.
2004
Superman Christopher Reeve dies at age 52
Lastly, in 2004, actor Christopher Reeve, who became famous for his starring role in four Superman films, dies from heart failure at the age of 52 at a hospital near his home in Westchester County, New York.
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