May 6, 1931, was Sigmund Freud's 75th birthday. He was hoping to avoid a fuss, especially since he had been in the hospital since late April, undergoing a painful operation on his jaw, and had only returned home to 19 Berggasse the previous day. Freud Feted No such luck. According to biographer Peter Gay (Freud: A Life for Our Time, pp. 574-5): [Freud] could veto festivities