Porgy and Bess, an opera by George Gershwin, had a premiere on Broadway on this day in 1935.
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Jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk was born on this day in 1917 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. He is widely considered one of the most innovative and important in all of Jazz.
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On this day in 1899, Isaac R. Johnson received a patent for a bicycle frame that could be folded or taken apart for easy storage.
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David N. Dinkins, first African American mayor of New York City, was born on this day in 1927, in Trenton, New Jersey.
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