On this day in 1949, Jule Styne‘s musical Gentlemen Prefer Blondes opened at the Ziegfeld Theater.

Born on this day in 1865 composer Jean Sibelius

Born on this day in 1877 conductor Emil Cooper

Born on this day in 1879 composer Rudolf Friml

Born on this day in 1890 composer Bohuslav Martinu

Born on this day in 1903 soprano Irene Eisinger

Born on this day in 1920 baritone Gérard Souzay