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Category Archives: History

May 14

Happy Birthday George Lucas Jr.-68 Robert Zemeckis-61 David Byrne-60 Catherine Blanchett-43 Sofia Coppola-41 Mark Zuckerberg-28 ; 1973 – Skylab, the United States’ first space station, is launched.

May 13

Happy Birthday RIP Bea Arthur(Bernice Frankel: 1922-2009) ; Harvey Keitel-71 Stevie Wonder(Stevland Judkins)-60 Dennis Rodman-49 Stephen Colbert-46 Brian Geraghty-37 Neil Hopkins-35 Robert Pattinson-24 ; 1958 Velcro is trademark registered. ; Happy Mother’s Day!

May 12

Happy Birthday ; RIP Katharine Hepburn(1907-2003) George Carlin(1937-2008) ; Burt Bacharach-84 Steve Winwood-64 Billy Squier-62 Gabriel Byrne-62 Emilio Estevez-50 Stephen Baldwin-46 Tony Hawk-44 Kim Fields-43 Jason Biggs-34

May 11

Happy Birthday ; RIP Salvador Dali  i Domènech(1904-1989) ; Frances Fisher-60 Peter North(Alden Brown)-57 Martha Quinn-53 Cory Monteith-30 Matt Leinart-29 ; 1949 – Israel joins the United Nations.

May 10

Happy Birthday ; RIP Frederick Austerlitz(Astaire)(1899-1987) ; Gary Altman(Owens)-76 Paul “Bono” Hewson-52 ; 1954 Bill Haley & Comets release “Rock Around the Clock”

May 9

Happy Birthday RIP Mike Wallace(1918-2012) ; Albert Finney-76 Candice Bergen-66 Billy Joel- 63 Tom Petersson-62 Pierre Bouvier-33 ; 1901 – Australia opens its first parliament in Melbourne.

May 8

Happy Birthday RIP Harry Truman(1884-1972) ; Don Rickles-86 Cathryn Toni Tennille-72 Gary Glitter(Paul Gadd)-68 Philip Bailey-61 Alex Van Halen-59 Melissa Gilbert-48 Enrique Iglesias Preysler-37 ; 1912 – Paramount Pictures is founded.

May 7

Happy Birthday RIP Robert Hegyes(1951-2012) ; Thelma Jackson-Houston-66 Traci Lords(Nora Kuzma)-44 Ivan Sergei Gaudio-41 ; 1846 – The Cambridge Chronicle, America’s oldest surviving weekly newspaper, is published for the first time in Cambridge, Massachusetts

May 6

Happy Birthday RIP Rudolph Valentino(Rodolfo d’Antonguolla) (1895–1926) and George Orson Welles(1915-1985) ; Willie Mays-81 Bob Seger-67 Tony Blair-59 Tom Bergeron-57  George Clooney-51 Gabourey Sidibe-29 ; 1889 – The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.

May 5

Happy Birthday Michael Palin-69 John Rhys-Davies-68 Kurt Loder-67 Brian Williams-53 Kristina Yothers-39 ; 1925 – Scopes Trial: serving of an arrest warrant on John T. Scopes for teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act ; Happy Cinqo De Mayo!