1887 Birthday of Vernon Castle who, with wife and dancing partner Irene Castle, would redefine not just what dancing represented on Broadway, but the kind of music used for that dancing. He was featured in About Town; The Girl Behind the Counter, The Summer Widowers and The Hen-Pecks before being killed at the front in World War I.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM on May 2, 2015