Today in Music History for June 7: In 1904, the Haskell Opera House was opened in Rock Island on the Quebec-Vermont border. Now classified as a historic site, it also includes a library on the main floor. Patrons from both countries enter the building without passing through customs. In the Opera House upstairs, the stage is in Canada, but most of the seats are in the U.S. In 1940, singer Tom Jones was born Thomas Jones Woodward in Pontypridd,.