1745 Carl Stamitz baptized – German composer (d.1801); eldest son of Johann Stamitz, and the most prominent composer of the second generation of the influential Mannheim School.
1829 Louis Moreau Gottschalk – American composer and pianist (d.1869); a virtuoso performer of his own romantic piano works, the earliest of which created a sensation in Europe.
1945 Keith Jarrett – American pianist and composer who performs both jazz and classical music (79 years old); one of his trademarks is frequent, loud vocalizations (grunting, squealing, and tuneless singing), similar to that of Glenn Gould, Thelonious Monk, Erroll Garner and others.
1945 Aaron Copland's Pulitzer Prize for Music for his Appalachian Spring ballet score was announced on V-E Day (the end of World War II in Europe)7
1956 Javier Álvarez – Mexican composer (died May 23, 2023); one of the best-known Mexican composers of his generation.