1914 Andrzej Panufnik – Polish composer pianist, conductor and pedagogue (d.1991); one of the leading Polish composers, and as a conductor was instrumental in the re-establishment of the Warsaw Philharmonic after World War II; increasing frustration with the demands made on him by the country's regime led to his defection to the UK in 1954.
1919 Vaclav Nelhybel – Czech-born American composer (d.1996); mainly wrote works for student performers; one of the most prolific composers of the 20th century.
1945 John Rutter – English composer, conductor, editor, arranger and record producer (80 years old); founded the Cambridge Singers in 1981; conducts his own recordings principally on his Collegium label.
1946 Marc Neikrug – American pianist and composer (79 years old); artistic director of the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival; wrote a musical theater piece Through Roses (1980) about a violinist who survives Auschwitz.
1962 first performance of Samuel Barber's Piano Concerto Op 38, with soloist John Browning, was the second concert scheduled at the newly-opened ‘Philharmonic Hall’ (now Avery Fisher Hall) at Lincoln Center in New York.