On this day in 1908 Maurice Maeterlinck‘s L’Oiseau bleu premiered at Constantin Stanislavski‘s Moscow Art Theatre.  

Born on this day in 1852 composer Charles Villiers Stanford

Born on this day in 1919 soprano Patricia Neway

Born on this day in 1923 tenor Giuseppe Campora

Born on this day in 1924 writer Truman Capote

Happy 63rd birthday baritone Andrew Shore