Events May 28 - Gilbert & Sullivan's H.M.S. Pinafore debuts in London Published popular songs "Aloha Oe" w.m. Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii "Carry Me Back To Old Virginny" w.m. James A. Bland "De Gospel Raft" by Frank Dumont "Emmet's Lullaby" Joseph K. Emmet "I Am The Captain Of The Pinafore" w. W. S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan "I Am The Ruler Of The Queen's Navee" w. W. S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan "I'm Called Little Buttercup" w. W. S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan "In The Evening By the Moonlight" w.m. James A. Bland "Keep In De Middle Ob De Road" w.m. Will Hays "Kind Captain" w. W. S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan "Never Mind The Why And Wherefore" w. W. S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan Musical theater H.M.S. Pinafore, London production Madame Favart, Paris production Births March 29 - Albert Von Tilzer July 4 - George M. Cohan October 19 - Alphonse Picou Deaths