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Aaron H. Allen, of Boston, Massachusetts, USA, is granted a patent for a "new and Improved Self-Adjusting Opera Seat", which is described as "a folding chair for theatres or other public buildings; pivoted seat constructed with weights or springs to assume and retain a vertical position when pressure upon it is relieved as the occupant rises from it."
In Old Kentucky is presented at The Boston Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. The show features a "Pickaninny Brass Band" and is described as "The Frolic Of The Inimitable Pickanannies In Southern Songs And Plantation Dances".In Old Kentucky is presented at The Boston Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. The show features a "Pickaninny Brass Band" and is described as "The Frolic Of The Inimitable Pickanannies In Southern Songs And Plantation Dances".
Abraham Arthur Drelinger is born in Grafton, Massachusetts, USA. He will find acclaim as jazz saxophonist and reeds player Art Drelinger, working with Bunny Berigan, Paul Whiteman, Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday and Doris Day - to name just a few. Chick Webb and his Orchestra, with Ella Fitzgerald on vocals, play the twenty-first night of a lengthy engagement at The Flamingo Room in Levaggi's Restaurant, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Playing in the restaurant's basement are The Ink Spots.
The Everly Brothers play the fifth night of a week at The Frolics Club, Salisbury, Massachusetts, USA.
Dick Dale, soon to be known as the King Of The Surf Guitar, records Let's Go Trippin' in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Pete Seeger plays the second of two nights at The Berkshire Music Barn, Music Inn, Lenox, Massachusetts, USA.
Bunky And Jake are playing during a week of shows at The Unicorn, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Quicksilver Messenger Service play the second of three nights at The Boston Tea Party, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
The Jeff Beck Group, with Rod Stewart on vocals, plays the second of four nights at The Boston Tea Party, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Kay Hanley, vocalist of Letters To Cleo, is born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA.
The Sonny Stitt Quartet record Over The Rainbow, Bye Bye Blackbird, P.S. I Love You and other tracks in Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA, for his Prestige Records album Soul Electricity.
The Cars release the album Candy-O in the USA.
The 
DEVO play at The Orpheum Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. 
The Cars play in Spokane, Washington, USA.
The Joe Perry Project, formed by Joe Perry of Aerosmith fame, plays at L’Amour, Brooklyn, New York City, USA.
The Cars release their fourth LP, Duran Duran's Sing Blue Silver tour plays the second of two nights at The Centrum, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
Husker Du play at 
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As the last date on their Magic Summer tour, New Kids On The Block play at Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki, Finland, Europe.
The first Sonoria Festival, a three-day event, begins in Parco Aquatica, Milan, Italy, Europe. Artists appearing on this first day are Aerosmith, Extreme, Sepultura, Whitesnake, Helmet, Huey Lewis And The News, Jackyl, Les Tambours du Bronx, Los Lobotomys, Pride And Glory, Sass Jordan, Steve Lukather and Timoria.
Steven Tyler of Aerosmith announces in Los Angeles, California, USA, that he and Teresa, his wife of seventeen years, have separated.
A family court judge gives Bobby Brown two days to prove he has the means to fund educational trusts for two children he had with Kim Ward. Brown has been failing to pay child support to his offspring.
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Aaron Carter and Joey Fatone take part in a fund-raising concert in Orlando, Florida, USA, to aid The Rich Cronin Hope Foundation which raises money for The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. The foundation has been set up by Rich Cronin, former lead vocalist of LFO (aka Lyte Funkie Ones), who is himself suffering from leukaemia.
Jason Aldean headlines the first country music concert at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Also performing are Jake Owen and Miranda Lambert.
Arcade Fire, Vampire Weekend, Soundgarden, Johnny Marr, New Order, Pixies and others play at Lollapalooza, Parque O'Higgins, Santiago, Chile, South America.
Pharrell Williams, Pixies, Queens Of The Stone Age, Mogwai, Bombay Bicycle Club, Nas, Pet Shop Boys, Skrillex, Solange, Julian Casablancas, MGMT, Laura Mvula, Fatboy Slim and others play at The Coachella Festival in the Empire Polo Grounds, Indio, California, USA.
On her Touring in support of her ninth album, Mental Illness, Aimee Mann plays at Neptune, Seattle, Washington, USA.
On their Villains World Tour, Queens Of The Stone Age play at Harvard Athletic Complex, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Rani Arbo and daisy mayhem play at The Me And Thee Coffeehouse in Marblehead, near Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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