1805 Beethoven’s opera "Fidelio" first produced at Vienna.

1873 Daniel Gregory Mason, American composer and educator, born in Brookline, Mass. (died 1953). On faculty of Columbia University 1910-1942.

1925 Copland’s "Music for the Theatre" is premiered in Boston.

1929 Kenneth Schermerhorn, American conductor, born in Schenectady.

1937 Rene Kollo, German tenor, born in Berlin.

1941 Gary Karr, American virtuoso on the doublebass, born in Los Angeles. Came from a family of musicians which included seven bass players.