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May 9: Happy Birthday Billy Joel!

Musician Billy Joel is 63 years old today.

Celebrate by watching his classic anthem “Piano Man” from his “Last Play at Shea” concerts in 2008.

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FEB. 17, 1972: PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON VISITS CHINA

Forty years ago today, President Richard Nixon flew to China for a historic visit.

Watch James Maddalena (as Nixon) sing the aria “News Has a Kind of Mystery,” a scene from last year’s performance of “Nixon in China” at the Met.

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