Born on this day in 1867 conductor Arturo Toscanini.

Happy 76th birthday soprano Gabriela Benackova.

Birthday anniversaries of composers Béla Bartók (1881) and Julia Perry (1924); baritones Karl Hammes (1896) and Mario Sereni (1928); conductor and composer Pierre Boulez (1925) and conductor Zdenek Kosler (1928).