On this day in 1962 Harold Rome’s musical I Can Get It For You Wholesale opened on Broadway. 

Born on this day in 1893 soprano Edith Mason.

Born on this day in 1912 soprano/mezzo-soprano Martha Mödl.

Happy 87th birthday composer Stephen Sondheim.

Happy 77th birthday bass-baritone Günter von Kannen.

Happy 72nd birthday baritone Alan Opie.

Happy 69th birthday composer Andrew Lloyd Webber.