1909 Birthday of Victor Borge (1909-2000), pianist and comedian whose 1953 Comedy in Music ran 888 performances, the longest run ever for a solo musical on Broadway. He followed it with Comedy in Music Opus 2 in 1964 and Comedy With Music in 1977, but did not achieve another long run.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM on January 3, 2015