Grease The Musical first opened at the Eden Theatre in Manhattan, New York.
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Opera 'Alexander's Feast' by George Frideric Handel premiered in London.
Telegraph wires linked new York and Boston.
The final commercial Concorde flight took place between New York and London Heathrow.
The RMS Titanic departed Queenstown, Ireland, for its fatal journey to New York.
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky composed his 'Swan Lake' ballet.
