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The Phantom of the Opera, which would become the longest-running musical in Broadway history, plays its first night.

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Beginning of Time

1889

Vincent van Gogh paints The Starry Night, later to become one of the most recognised paintings in Western culture.

Present Day

Note: BCE means that the date is the number of years before the current era (CE/AD).
c. is short for 'circa' and indicates that the date is considered approximate.

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