Born on this day in 1939 soprano Arleen Augér.

Birthday anniversaries of composers Luca Antonio Predieri (1688), Arnold Schoenberg (1874);and Robert Ward (1917); conductor and composer Roger Désormière (1898); bass Nicolai Ghiaurov (1929) and tenor Werner Hollweg (1936).

Happy 88th birthday soprano Tamara Milashkina.