1961 Birthday Chris Heyne, Offenbach Germ, WLAF General Manager for the Frankfurt Galaxy 1881 Event Jacques Offenbach's opera "Les Contes d'Hoffman," premieres in Paris 1880 Death Jacques Offenbach, German/French composer (La belle Helene), dies at 61 1868 Event Jacques Offenbach's opera "Genevieve de Brabant," premieres in New York City 1858 Event Jacques Offenbach's opera "Orphee aux Enfers," premieres in Paris 1819 Birthday Jacques Offenbach, born in Cologne, French composer, Tales of Hoffmann
