Check out some of the events that took place on this day in history:

1877 Swan Lake Takes To The Stage

The ballet Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky premiered on this day back in 1877

BORN ON THIS DAY

  • 1711 – William Boyce, the English composer/organist
  • 1945 – Franz Beckenbauer, the German footballer and football manager
  • 1967 – Harry Connick Jr, the American singer-songwriter/pianist and actor
  • 1971 – Richard Ashcroft, the English singer-songwriter/musician

DIED ON THIS DAY

  • 2014 – Donald Sinden, the English actor.