On this day in 1828, the mysterious feral child Kaspar Hauser was discovered wandering the streets of Nuremberg.

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FioGST4B4Jg

Born on this day in 1893 composer and conductor Eugene Goossens
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGMKtN_Mk6o

Happy 94th (98th?) birthday soprano Inge Borkh
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZgryGXd-TU

Happy 89th birthday tenor and conductor Herbert Handt
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeV4rUGpYGM

Born on this day in 1933 baritone Kari Nurmela
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFhaYPDZ_rU

Happy 77th birthday soprano Teresa Stratas
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8M5ZXKV0wQ

Also Happy 77th birthday composer William Bolcom
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdNYZDMxwKc

And, previously…

Born on May 25 in 1917 bass-baritone Heinz Rehfuss
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQuc794j-pE

Born on that day in 1929 soprano Beverly Sills
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnmivlmQA2Y

Born on that day in 1937 tenor Franco Bonisolli
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pRAY07k_GE

Happy 77th birthday soprano Maria Slatinaru
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjjTuAp3Nyg

Born on that day in 1943 soprano Elena Souliotis
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhfqplkfe6k

Born on May 24 in 1912 soprano Joan Hammond
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3SjOQHnapQ

Born on that day in 1914 baritone Giuseppe Valdengo
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jhp8HfEqg6g

Born on that day in 1922 conductor András Kórodi
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_61f7-YS9ak

Happy 63rd birthday mezzo-soprano Fiona Kimm
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEIhfo1d_PU