Happy 100th birthday actress Patricia Morison.

Born on this day in 1661 composer Francesco Gasparini

Born on this day in 1801 librettist Salvadore Cammarano

Born on this day in 1872 impresario Sergey Pavlovich Dyagilev

Born on this day in 1898 baritone Armando Borgioli

Born on this day in 1911 tenor Erich Witte

Born on this day in 1912 lyricist and librettist Hugh Callingham Wheeler

Born on this day in 1915 mezzo-soprano Nancy Evans

Born on this day in 1921 baritone Robert McFerrin

Born on this day in 1930 bass Boris Timofeyevich Shtokolov

Born on this day in 1939 baritone Hermann Becht

Happy 69th (72nd?) birthday soprano Diana Soviero

Happy 71st birthday soprano Eugenia Moldoveanu

Happy 66th birthday mezzo-soprano Carolyn Watkinson