On this day in 1968, Stanley Kubrick‘s classic science-fiction movie 2001: A Space Odyssey premiered at the Uptown Theater in Washington D.C.

Born on this day in 1805 writer and librettist Hans Christian Andersen.

Born on this day in 1840 novelist Emile Zola.

Born on this day in 1892 baritone George Cehanovsky.

Born on this day in 1892 bass-baritone Rudolf Bockelmann.

Born on this day in 1905 conductor Kurt Herbert Adler.

Born on this day in 1928 tenor Alain Vanzo.

Happy 89th birthday soprano April Cantelo.

Born on this day in 1928 tenor Fritz Uhl.

Happy 87h birthday mezzo-soprano Barbro Ericson.