1660 - Composer Alessandro Scarlatti born in Palermo, Italy
born in Tacoma, Washington1910 - Artie Shaw
, bandleader, dies1919 - Folk singer Pete Seeger born in NYC
1928 - James Brown
born in Augusta Georgia1936 - Engelbert Humperdinck [Arnolde Dorsey], born in India
1937 - Four Seasons singer Frankie Valli, [Castelluccio] born in Newark NJ
1960 - "The Fantasticks
" opened. The show became the longest-running musical in theater history on May13, 1984 with performance number 10,0001969 - Jimi Hendrix was arrested when Canadian customs officials found heroin in his bag.
1971 - National Public Radio begins programming
May 4
1878 - Phonograph shown for 1st time at Grand Opera House
1955 - Georges Enescu, Romanian/French violist/composer, dies at 73
1959 - 1st Grammy Awards: Perry Como and Ella Fitzgerald win
1976 - KISS performed their first concert in their hometown of New York City.
