KBEAR: Billings' Greatest Hits » symphony http://kbear.com Billings' Greatest Hits Fri, 24 May 2013 20:13:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 This Day in History for May 7 – Beethoven's Ninth Symphony Debuts and More http://kbear.com/this-day-in-history-for-may-7-beethovens-ninth-symphony-debuts-and-more/ http://kbear.com/this-day-in-history-for-may-7-beethovens-ninth-symphony-debuts-and-more/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 11:34:33 +0000 Nick Romano http://tsminteractive.com/?p=96890 Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1718 – New Orleans, Louisiana (first named La Nouvelle-Orléans) was founded by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville (More info)

1824 – Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, famous for its ‘Ode to Joy’ melody, debuts in Vienna (More info)

]]> http://kbear.com/this-day-in-history-for-may-7-beethovens-ninth-symphony-debuts-and-more/feed/ 0 Rischgitz, Hulton Archive/Ian Waldie, Getty Images