Births and Deaths
- Born 1909: Licia Albanese, soprano
- Born 1986: Robert Bethea, composer/clarinetist
- Born 1960: Sergei Edelmann, pianist
- Born 1914: Cecil Effinger, composer
- Born 1848: Lucien Fugére, baritone, died 01-15-1935
- Died 1990: Clifford Harvuot, bass-baritone, born 09-10-1902
- Died 1987: Natalie Hinderas, pianist, born 06-15-1927
- Born 1936: Ann Howard, mezzo-soprano
- Died 1910: Giuseppe Pacini, baritone, born 07-16-1862
- Born 1890: Lee Pattison, pianist/teacher, died 11-22-1966
- Died 1998: Hermann Prey, baritone, born 07-11-1929
- Born 1809: Heinrich Proch, composer/teacher, died 12-18-1878
- Born 1895: Hans Rosbaud, conductor/pianist, died 12-29-1962
- Died 1886: Emil Scaria, bass-baritone, born 09-18-1838
- Died 1999: Marianne Schech, soprano, born 01-18-1914
- Born 1911: Helen Schnabel, pianist, died 09-29-1974 [wife of pianist/teacher Karl Ulrich Schnabel, himself the son of pianist Artur Schnabel]
- Died 1989: Martti Talvela, bass singer, born 02-04-1935
"... 25 fur coats, 40 suits, 150 pairs of shoes, 300 hats and 200 dresses."
Time magazine on Callas's chic wardrobe, 1956
