On this day in 1949 J. Edgar Hoover gave Shirley Temple a tear gas fountain pen.

Born on this day in 1809 composer Sebastián Yradier

Born on this day in 1855 composer Ernest Chausson

Born on this day in 1886 conductor Gabriele Santini

Born on this day in 1928 conductor Antonio de Almeida

Happy 82nd birthday tenor André Jobin

Happy 80th birthday tenor Ugo Benelli