1882 Birthday of , best known as the creator of the Winnie-the-Pooh books, but also a prolific Broadway playwright, author of , , , , and .
1913 Birthday of funnyman , who stars on Broadway in , (singing "Tchaikovsky"), and other shows before going off to Hollywood for a series of comedies and musicals. He returns to Broadway in 1970 for and 's .
1945 First a novel, then a film, then a radio drama, now finally arrives on Broadway. adapts her own work. The cast includes , , and , directed by . In 2008, a musical version of Rebecca is announced for Broadway, but it is postponed after .
1953 On his birthday, Danny Kaye opens a revue show at the Palace Theatre featuring The Dunhills, The Marquis Family, Senor Wences, and The Johnny Mann Singers. The show earns a Special Tony Award.
1964 The Tony-nominated play Dylan by Sidney Michaels opens at the Plymouth Theatre. Based on the lives of John Malcolm Brinnin and Caitlin Thomas, the production features Alec Guinness and Kate Reid as the two respective playwrights.
1968 Songwriters and follow their success in with , based on a play about a French-Canadian photographer, and his relationship with his adoring nephew. , then near the top of his popularity, stars.
1974 Choreographer and director responds to an idea for a show about the lives of dancers in Broadway choruses. Bennett assembles a group of dancers, including , and has them discuss their experiences in an all-night session tonight. The show that will become begins to take shape.
1978 is My Astonishing Self, a solo show about . adapted Shaw's writings for a six-week run at the Astor Place Theatre.
1998 It's at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts. The show's epic journey to a home on Broadway nearly matches that of 's novel, adapted by . directs the cast of 59, led by , , , and . It wins several Tony Awards, including Best Book of a Musical and Best Score.
2004 Billed as North America's current longest-running theatrical production, The Toronto Truck Theatre staging of 's durable murder mystery, The Mousetrap, closes after a run of 26-1/2 years.
More of Today's Birthdays: A. A. Milne (1882-1956), (a.k.a. W. Franke Harling) (1887-1958), (1904鈥�1986), (1912鈥�1992), Nikos Psacharopoulos (1928-1989), Artie Siccardi (1931-2020), Shaun Davey (b. 1948), (b. 1960), (b. 1969), Maulik Pancholy (b. 1974)
Watch a cast including original star Brian Stokes Mitchell perform Ragtime in concert on Ellis Island:
