On this day in 1040 King Duncan I of Scotland was killed in battle against his first cousin and rival Macbeth (not, as per Shakespeare’s play, murdered in his sleep.)  

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Born on this day in 1771 novelist Walter Scott
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Born on this day in 1872 composer Harold Fraser-Simson
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Born on this day in 1875 composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
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Born on this day in 1890 composer Jacques Ibert
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Born on this day in 1895 tenor Ettore Parmeggiani
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Born on this day in 1922 composer Lukas Foss
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Happy 91st birthday soprano Elsie Morison
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Happy 90th birthday baritone Robert Massard
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Born on this day in 1933 soprano Rita Hunter
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Born on this day in 1936 soprano Rita Shane
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Happy 72nd birthday mezzo-soprano Hanna Schwarz
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Happy 59th birthday tenor Bruce Ford
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