1898 Ernst Bacon – American composer, pianist and conductor (d.1990); composed more than 250 songs over his career.
1914 premiere of Stravinsky's opera Le rossignol (The Nightingale) at the Palais Garnier in Paris, with Pierre Monteux conducting; based on a tale by Hans Christian Andersen; Le chant du rossignol (The Song of the Nightingale), using music from the opera, is a separate concert work.
1938 William Bolcom – American pianist and composer (86 years old); he has received the Pulitzer Prize, the National Medal of Arts, two Grammy Awards and was named 2007 Composer of the Year by Musical America.
1973 Magdalena Kozená – Czech mezzo-soprano (51 years old); recorded songs from Mahler’s Des Knaben Wunderhorn with Pierre Boulez and the Cleveland Orchestra in 2010; in England she is sometimes called ‘Lady Rattle’ as she is married to conductor Sir Simon Rattle.