On this day in 1968 Stanley Kubrick‘s film 2001: A Space Odyssey was released.

Born on this day in 1805 writer and librettist Hans Christian Andersen

Born on this day in 1840 novelist Émile Zola

Born on this day in 1892 baritone George Cehanovsky

Born on this day in 1892 bass-baritone Rudolf Bockelmann

Born on this day in 1905 conductor Kurt Herbert Adler

Born on this day in 1928 tenor Alain Vanzo

Happy 87th birthday soprano April Cantelo

Born on this day in 1928 tenor Fritz Uhl

Happy 85th birthday mezzo-soprano Barbro Ericson