On this day in 1911, the fifth edition of the Ziegfeld Follies opened at the Jardin de Paris, with a cast including Fanny Brice, Bert Williams, The Dolly Sisters, Leon Errol, Lillian Lorraine, Vera Maxwell and Bessie McCoy. 

Born on this day in 1916 baritone Giuseppe Taddei.

Born on this day in 1933 conductor Claudio Abbado.