Event:
Tennessee Williams' "Orpheus Descending," premieres in New York City
Tennessee Williams History:
February 25, 1983 - Tennessee Williams, U.S. playwright (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof), dies at 71
April 2, 1972 - Tennessee Williams' "Small Craft Warnings," premieres in New York City
January 16, 1963 - Tennessee Williams' "Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore," premieres
December 28, 1961 - Tennessee Williams' "Night of the Iguana," premieres in New York City
March 10, 1959 - Tennessee Williams' "Sweet Bird of Youth," premieres in New York City
May 2, 1955 - Pulitzer prize awarded Tennessee Williams for (Cat on Hot Tin Roof)
March 24, 1955 - Tennessee Williams, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" opens for 694 performances
March 19, 1953 - Tennessee Williams' "Camino Real," premieres in New York City
February 3, 1951 - Tennessee Williams' "Rose Tattoo," premieres in New York City
December 3, 1947 - Tennessee Williams' "Streetcar Named Desire," premieres in New York City
March 31, 1945 - Tennessee Williams' "Glass Menagerie," premieres in New York City
December 26, 1944 - Tennessee Williams' play "Glass Menagerie," premieres in Chicago
March 26, 1911 - Tennessee Williams, born in Columbus, Mississippi, playwright, 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'
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1985 Arthur Ashe is named to International Tennis Hall of Fame
1984 Part of Central Park is named Strawberry Fields honoring John Lennon
1979 Egyptian Parliament unanimously approve peace treaty with Israel
1963 Alcatraz federal penitentiary in San Francisco Bay closed
1851 Yosemite Valley discovered in California
