On this day in 1868 Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for an invention he called the “Type-Writer.”  

Born on this day in 1837 composer Ernest Guiraud

Happy 72nd birthday tenor William Cochran

Happy 72nd birthday conductor James Levine

Happy 65th birthday mezzo-soprano Livia Budai

Happy 63nd birthday tenor Kim Begley

Happy 59th birthday soprano Sylvia McNair