Born on this day in 1903 actress and soprano Jeanette MacDonald

On this day in 1821 Weber‘s Der Freischütz premiered in Berlin

Birthday anniversaries of composer Richard Heuberger (1850),
librettist Maurice Ordonneau (1854),
composer and conductor Manuel Rosenthal (1904),
composer and lyricist Sammy Cahn (1913),
tenor Robert Ilosfalvy (1927),
and conductor Hans Vonk (1942)