Events George W. Johnson records phonograph cylinders Published popular music "The Commodore Song" "Little Pig Went To Market" by J. Cheever Goodwin & Gustave Kerker "Maggie Murphy's Home" w. Edward Harrigan m. David Braham "Passing By" w. Robert Herrick m. Edward C. Purcell "Throw Him Down McCloskey" w.m. John W. Kelly "You'll Miss Lots of Fun When You're Married" by John Philip Sousa & Edward M. Taber Musical theater The Gondoliers Broadway production Love And Law Broadway production Robin Hood Chicago production The Sentry London production Opera Cavalleria Rusticana by Pietro Mascagni Prince Igor commenced by Alexander Borodin completed by Alexander Glazunov and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Queen of Spades by Peter Tchaikovsky Classical music Scheherazade m. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Births February 27 - Freddie Keppard March 20 - Beniamino Gigli March 28 - Paul Whiteman April 17 - Gussie Mueller June 6 - Ted Lewis December 8 - Bohuslav Martinu Deaths