On this day in 1925 English-American actress Angela Lansbury was born.

Born on this day in 1854 writer Oscar Wilde

Born on this day in 1888 playwright Eugene O’Neill

Born on this day in 1913 bass Guus Hoekman

Born on this day in 1913 baritone Gino Bechi

Happy 84th birthday conductor James Lockhart

Born on this day in 1932 or 1930 mezzo-soprano Margreta Elkins

Born on this day in 1932 conductor Henry Lewis

Happy 52nd birthday baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky