1952 Event Dmitri Sjostakovitch's cantata "About our Fatherland," premieres 1941 Birthday Ivana Loudova, born in Chlumec nad Cidlinou, Czech Republic, composer, wrote chamber, orchestral, children's choral works, including 'Little Christmas Cantata' 1834 Birthday Peter Benoit, Flemish composer and conductor, Leie/Rubens Cantata