Gonna be a bright sunshiney day

On this day in 1547, Miguel de Cervantes was born.
In 1813, Guiseppe Verdi was born.
In 1835, Camille Saint-Saens was born.
In 1855, Joshua Stoddard patented the first calliope.
In 1919, the Chicago White Sox “lost” the World Series to the Cincinnati Reds in a fix that would later become known as the Black Sox scandal: eight members of the White Sox colluded with gamblers to throw games.
In 1940, John Lennon was born.
In 1986, “Phantom of the Opera” premiered in London.