Historical Anniversary Thread

[Syt]

Just a new (mega?) thread for various historical anniversaries.

200 years ago today, this little tune premiered in Vienna:

[Duque de Bragança]

Arte, the Franco-German cultural channel, has the whole evening dedicated to it.
Over here, for once, the crappy M6 channel shows a movie, and a pretty good one, Die Hard.

Back in the day, they used to get their best ratings with the likes of Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren.