1960 Actress Lillah McCarthy died in London today. George Bernard Shaw wrote Fanny's First Play for her. At one time she was married to Harley Granville-Barker. She was 84 years old.

1969 Peter Foy obtains a U.S. patent for a flying apparatus in which both vertical and lateral motion of the performer can be controlled.

1974 Edward J. Moore wrote and stars opposite Conchata Ferrell in The Sea Horse, a Circle Repertory transfer at the Westside Theatre. Marshall W. Mason stages the four-month run of this tale of a lonely barmaid and the man who wants to marry her.

1987 Alfred Uhry's Driving Miss Daisy opens at the John Houseman Theatre with Dana Ivey, Ray Gill and Morgan Freeman. The Playwrights Horizons production that explores racism through the relationship between a Southern white woman and her black chauffeur is directed by Ron Lagomarsino.

1999 If you want to understand her you've got to see things from Amy's View. Judi Dench won the Tony Award for her role in David Hare's drama about an actress and her relationship with her daughter and her career. Richard Eyre directs this Royal National Theater production at Broadway's Barrymore Theatre, which ran for a limited engagement of 115 performances, closing on July 18, 1999.

2008 Two stars make their Broadway debuts today. Television star Mario Lopez takes over the role of Zach in the revival of A Chorus Line at the Schoenfeld Theatre. Actor and model Boris Kodjoe steps into the role of Brick in the revival of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at the Broadhurst Theatre, while Terrence Howard takes a three week hiatus from the role.

2009 Alice Ripley plays a suburban woman battling mental illness in Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey’s musical, Next to Normal, which opens on Broadway at the Booth Theatre. Directed by Michael Greif, the cast also includes J. Robert Spencer, Aaron Tveit and Jennifer Damiano.