On this day in 79 AD Mount Vesuvius began stirring, on the feast day of Vulcan, the Roman god of fire. 

Born on this day in 1900 composer Ernst Krenek

Born on this day in 1904 soprano Stella Roman

Happy 87th birthday bass-baritone Raimund Herincx

Happy 85th birthday baritone Franz Ferdinand Nentwig

Happy 75th birthday soprano Celestina Casapietra