On this day in 1686 Lully‘s Armide premiered in Paris.

Birthday anniversaries of tenor Dino Borgioli (1891),
sopranos Hina Spani (1896) and Kathryn Harries (1951),
composer Georges Auric (1899),
songwriter Harold Arlen (1905),
and baritones Raymond Wolansky (1926) and Zoltan Pesko (1937).