1991 Death Jan Ode, Dutch pianist/director Sweelinck Conservatory, dies 1978 Event Allen Ginsburg completes "Plutonian Ode," blocks trainload of fissile material headed for Rockwell's nuclear bomb trigger factory, Colorado 1967 Event Bobby Gentry releases her only hit "Ode to Billy Joe" 1967 Event Bobbie Gentry records "Ode to Billie Joe" 1956 Birthday Glynnis O'Connor, New York City, actress, California Dreaming, Ode to Billy Joe 1944 Birthday Bobbie Gentry, Mississippi, singer and songwriter, Ode to Billy Joe 1944 Event Arnold Schoenberg's "Ode to Napoleon," premieres in New York City 1934 Death Gustav Theodore Holst, English composer (Ode to Death), dies at 59 1934 Death Edward William Elgar, English composer (Coronation Ode), dies at 76 1893 Birthday Vladimir Mayakovsky, Soviet Georgia, poet, Ode to Revolution 1893 Birthday Vladimir Mayakovsky, Soviet Georgia, poet, Ode to Revolution 1835 Birthday Camille Saint-Saens, Paris, France, composer, Ode a Sainte Cecile 1820 Death Elias Annes Borger, theologist/poet (Ode on the Rhine), dies at 36 1795 Birthday John Keats, born in London, England, romantic poet, Ode to a Grecian Urn 1788 Death John Logan, Scottish conductor (Ode to the Cuckoo), dies at about 40 1770 Birthday Ludwig Van Beethoven, composer, 5th Symphony, Ode to Joy 1770 Birthday Ludwig von Beethoven, Bonn Germany, composer, Ode to Joy 1759 Birthday Frederich von Schiller, Germany, poet/lyricist, Ode to Joy 1759 Death William Collins, English poet (Ode to Simplicity), dies at 37
