2013 Event Author J.K. Rowling announces she is producing a play based on the life of her character Harry Potter; the play tells the previously untold story of life before the boy wizard goes to Hogwarts; the play will premiere in London's West End within the next two years 2012 Event In London, the 23rd James Bond film, 'Skyfall' receives its Royal premiere at the Royal Albert Hall 1994 Event 20th century premiere of 6 restored Haydn-sonatas in Boston 1982 Event ABC national music radio network scheduled premiere (never happened) 1970 Event Dutch premiere of musical "Hair" in Amsterdam 1968 Event David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash premiere together in California 1961 Event Premiere of Dmitri Shostakovitsch' 12nd Symphony 1959 Event "On The Beach," is 1st film to premiere on both sides of Iron Curtain 1958 Event Premiere of Harold Pinter's "Birthday Party," in London 1958 Birthday John Bracewell, New Zealand cricketer, premiere spinner of 80's 1957 Event Premiere of only prime-time network TV show beginning with an "X": "Xavier Cugat Show" on NBC (until X-Files) 1955 Event Dutch premiere of Samuel Becketts' "Waiting for Godot" 1953 Event Premiere of 1st 3-D feature film-"Bwana Devil" (New York City) 1947 Event CBS radio premiere of Villa-Lobos' "Bachianas Brasilieras No 3" 1943 Event Jimmy Durante and Garry Moore premiere on radio 1940 Event Ernest Hemingway and Benjamin Glazer premiere in New York City 1935 Event "Porgy and Bess," by George Gershwin, New York premiere 1933 Event New York City premiere of "King Kong" 1924 Event Premiere of Bernard Shaw's "Saint Joan," in London 1923 Event Premiere of 1st celluloid film "Das Leben auf dem Dorfe" (Berlin) 1910 Event English premiere of Richard Strauss' "Elektra" 1897 Event Premiere of (parts of) Gustav Mahler's 3rd Symphony (Berlin) 1896 Event Premiere of Mahler's "Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen" 1893 Birthday Dragisa Cvetkovic, Serbian premiere of Yugoslavia, 1939-4. 1865 Birthday Max HHR Nettlau, Austrian historian, Le Premiere Internationale 1805 Event Premiere of Beethoven's "Eroica" (conducted by himself) 1784 Event Premiere of Mozart's Sonata in B flat, K454 (Vienna) 1781 Event Premiere of Mozart's violin sonata K379 1778 Birthday Franz Anton graaf von Kolowrat, Austrian premiere of Bohemia, 1848 1752 Event Premiere of Rousseau's opera "Le Devin du Village" 1743 Event English premiere of Handel's "Messiah" 1702 Event Premiere of Colley Cibber's "King Imposter" 1668 Event Dutch Prince William III dances in premiere of "Ballet of Peace"
