Leonard Bernstein died in New York City.

Bernstein conducted his last concert with the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood.

Bernstein conducted Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 in East Berlin's Konzerthaus as part of a celebration of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Bernstein's opera A Quiet Place premiered at the Houston Grand Opera.

Bernstein's Songfest: A Cycle of American Poems for Six Singers and Orchestra premiered at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

Dybbuk, a ballet by Bernstein and Jerome Robbins, premiered with the New York City Ballet at the New York State Theater.

Bernstein's Mass: A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players, and Dancers premiered at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.

Bernstein's Chichester Psalms premiered at Philharmonic Hall in New York City.

Bernstein conducted the New York Philharmonic and the Schola Cantorum of New York in a nationally televised memorial featuring Mahler's Symphony No. 2: 'Resurrection' after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

The New York Philharmonic moved from Carnegie Hall to its new home, Philharmonic Hall (now David Geffen Hall), with Bernstein conducting the gala opening concert.

President Dwight D. Eisenhower broke ground for Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.

West Side Story, a musical by Bernstein, Jerome Robbins, Arthur Laurents, and Stephen Sondheim, opened on Broadway at the Winter Garden Theatre.

Candide, an operetta-style musical by Bernstein, Lillian Hellman, John Latouche, and Richard Wilbur, opened on Broadway at the Martin Beck Theatre.

Bernstein married actress Felicia Montealegre Cohn.

Bernstein's incidental music for a Broadway production of J. M. Barrie's play Peter Pan premiered.

On the Town, a musical by Bernstein, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, and Jerome Robbins, opened on Broadway's Adelphi Theatre.

Fancy Free, a ballet by Bernstein and Jerome Robbins, premiered with the Ballet Theatre at the old Metropolitan Opera House.

Bernstein conducted the premiere of his Symphony No. 1: Jeremiah with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and soloist Jennie Tourel.

Bernstein made his major conducting debut at short notice with the New York Philharmonic after guest conductor Bruno Walter came down with the flu.

Bernstein played Brahms's Rhapsody in G minor at his first public piano performance in Susan Williams's studio recital at the New England Conservatory.

Leonard Bernstein was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts.