On this day in 490 BC Athenians and their Plataean allies defeated the first Persian invasion force of Greece at the Battle of Marathon.  

Born on this day in 1801 composer and pedagogue Giuseppe Concone

Born on this day in 1890 composer Guido Guerrini

Born on this day in 1906 composer Dmitry Shostakovich

Born on this day in 1938 mezzo-soprano Tatiana Troyanos

Happy 70th birthday conductor John Mauceri

Happy 67th birthday tenor Luis Lima