On this day in 1919 Mary Pickford, D. W. Griffith, Charlie Chaplin and Douglas Fairbanks launched United Artists.

Born on this day in 1900 soprano Oxana Petrusenko

Born on this day in 1904 soprano Erna Schlüter

Born on this day in 1911 tenor Jussi Björling

Born on this day in 1917 bass-baritone Otto Edelmann

Born on this day in 1921 conductor John Pritchard

Happy 71st birthday tenor Josef Protschka