On this joyous day in 1818 Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus was published anonymously. 

Born on this day in 1834 librettist Ludovic Halévy

Born on this day in 1861 writer John Luther Long

Born on this day in 1879 writer and librettist E M Forster

Born on this day in 1892 conductor Artur Rodzinski

Born on this day in 1898 soprano Marta Fuchs

Born on this day in 1932 conductor Giuseppe Patanè

Born on this day in 1947 bass László Polgár