On this day in 1965, LIza Minnelli made her Broadway debut at the age of 19 in Flora, the Red Menace.

Today is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Miss Show Business.

Born on this day in 1891 composer Cole Porter.

Happy 82nd birthday singer and actress Nancy Sinatra.

Happy 59th birthday tenor Roberto Alagna.

Happy 68th birthday to playwright and actor Harvey Fierstein.

On this day in 1883, the Orient Express departed on its maiden journey, from Paris to Vienna.

Born on this day in 1907 actress Rosalind Russell.

Born on this day in 1906 actress, singer, dancer and Résistance operative Josephine Baker.

Happy 72nd birthday actress and singer Joanna Gleason.

Born on this day in 1926 actress Marilyn Monroe.

Born on this day in 1921 actress Alida Valli.

Happy 51st birthday to Broadway and soundtrack diva Idina Menzel.

Born on this day in 1894 actress and singer Beatrice Lillie.

On this day in 1940 Louisiana Purchase (a musical comedy with the unlikely subject matter of political corruption under the administration of Governor Huey Long) opened at the Imperial Theatre, to run 444 performances.

Born on this day in 1911 actor and bon vivant Vincent Price.

Born on this day singer and songwriter Peggy Lee.

Happy 79th birthday to songstress and actress Leslie Uggams.

On this day in 1966 Jerry Herman‘s Mame opened at the Winter Garden Theatre, to run 1,508 performances.

Happy birthday Dame Joan Collins, who is 89 years young today.

Happy 80th birthday to actress, photographer and activist Barbara Parkins.

On this day in 1959, Ethel Merman bellowed “Sing out, Louise!” into a Broadway theater for the first of 702 times, as the world’s greatest musical (per La Cieca) sprang forth.

Happy 76th birthday to mean, moody, mononymous Cher.

Happy 74th birthday model, singer and actress Grace Jones.