2012 Event Fox News reporter and Opus Dei member Greg Burke is selected by Pope Benedict XVI as secretariat of state 1995 Death Philip Sherrington, opus Dei Priest, dies at 51 1994 Death Alvara del Portillo, Spanish Opus Dei bishop, dies at 80 1979 Death Arno Schmidt, German writer, author, translator, individualist, solipsist, admired for colloquial language style and theory of etyms he developed in magnum opus, titled Zettels Traum, dies at 65 1975 Event Dmitri Shostakovich completes Sonate for alto opus 147 1975 Death Jose Maria Escriva de Balaguer Albas, founder (Opus Dei), dies at 73 1954 Event Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' "Concertino opus 94," premieres 1947 Birthday Richard Dreyfuss, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Jaws, Nuts, Mr. Holland's Opus 1932 Birthday Max Schubel, born in America, composer, contemporary classical music, founder and owner of Opus One records, recorded new music 1927 Event Dmitri Shostakovich' Octet opus 11, premieres in Moscow 1914 Birthday Arno Schmidt, born in Hamburg, Germany, German writer, author, translator, individualist, solipsist, admired for colloquial language style and theory of etyms he developed in magnum opus, titled Zettels Traum 1902 Birthday Jose Maria Escriva de Balaguer y Albas, Spanish priest, Opus Dei 1785 Event Mozart publishes 6 string quartet opus 10 in Vienna 1785 Event Mozarts string quartet opus 10 premieres 1785 Event Mozart completes "Dissonantenkwartet" (opus 10)
