On this day in 1040 King Duncan I of Scotland was killed in battle against his first cousin and rival Macbeth (not, as per Shakespeare’s play, murdered in his sleep.)  

Born on this day in 1771 novelist Walter Scott

Born on this day in 1872 composer Harold Fraser-Simson

Born on this day in 1875 composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

Born on this day in 1890 composer Jacques Ibert

Born on this day in 1895 tenor Ettore Parmeggiani

Born on this day in 1922 composer Lukas Foss

Happy 91st birthday soprano Elsie Morison

Happy 90th birthday baritone Robert Massard

Born on this day in 1933 soprano Rita Hunter

Born on this day in 1936 soprano Rita Shane

Happy 72nd birthday mezzo-soprano Hanna Schwarz

Happy 59th birthday tenor Bruce Ford