You mean all this time we could have been friends?

On this day in 1568 Queen Elizabeth I of England arrested Queen Mary of Scotland.

Born on this day in 1861 soprano Nellie Melba

Born on this day in 1872 soprano Rosina Storchio (the first Butterfly)

Born on this day in 1896 mezzo-soprano Kerstin Thorborg

Happy 84th birthday tenor Eric Tappy

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