On This Day – 18 February

1743 – the first performance of Handel’s Samson

1869 First full performance of Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem

1905 – the first performance of Debussy’s “Masques”, L.105

1930 Discovery of Pluto

Born OTD in 1632 Giovanni Battista Vitali

Born OTD in 1850 George Henschel

Born OTD in 1920 Rolande Falcinelli

Died OTD in 1455 Fra Angelico

Died OTD in 1546 Martin Luther