On this day in 1792 King Gustav III of Sweden died after being shot in the back at a midnight masquerade ball at Stockholm’s Royal Opera 13 days earlier. 

On this day in 1879 Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin premiered in Moscow.

Born on this day in 1890 baritone Robert Burg.

Born on this day in 1902 composer William Walton.

Born on this day in 1931 soprano Gloria Davy.

Born on this day in 1936 composer Richard Rodney Bennett.