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The Titanic Band Memorial Concert is held in The Royal Albert Hall, Kensington, London, England, UK, Europe. The concert, in honour of the musicians who perished in the Titanic disaster, is billed as including 'the greatest professional orchestra ever assembled', featuring 500 performers, with conductors Sir Edward Elgar, Sir Henry Wood, Landon Ronald and Thomas Beecham.
Dezider Hoffman is born in Banska Stiavnica, Hungary (now Slovakia), Europe. He will find international success as photographer Dezo Hoffman, shooting acclaimed sessions with artists as diverse as The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Dusty Springfield, Charlie Chaplin, Sophia Loren, Marlon Brando, Marilyn Monroe, Laurence Olivier, The Kinks, The Shadows, Tom Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Frank Sinatra, Bob Marley, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Elton John, Omar Sharif and Pink Floyd.