Happy Birthday RIP Raymond Burr(1917–1993) Mary “Peggy” Cass(1924–1999) ; Richard Hatch–68 Jonathan Hyde–65 Gerard “Leo” Sayer–65 Al Franken–62 Lawrence Tureaud(“Mr. T”)–61 Edward “Judge” Reinhold Jr–56 ; 1881 – Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross ; 1927 – Charles A. Lindbergh landed his Spirit of St. Louis near Paris, completing the first solo airplane flight across the Atlantic Ocean
May 20
Happy Birthday RIP James Stewart(1908–1997) ; John “Joe” Cocker–69 Cherilyn “Cher” Sarkisian–67 Jane Wiedlin–55 Matt McCoy–55 Bronson Pinchot–54 Tony Goldwyn–53 Melinda “Mindy” Cohn–47 Timothy Olyphant–45 Jack Gleeson–21 ; 1916 – The Saturday Evening Post publishes its first cover with a Norman Rockwell painting (Boy with Baby Carriage)
May 19
Happy Birthday RIP Malcolm Little(“X” 1925–1965) André Roussimoff(“the Giant” 1946–1993) ; Peter Mayhew(“Chewbacca”)–69 Pete Townshend–68 Joseph “Dusty” Hill–64 Grace Jones(Mendoza)–61 Andrew Fuller–33 ; 1536 – Anne Boleyn, the second wife of England’s King Henry VIII, was beheaded after being convicted of adultery, incest, and treason ; 2001 – The first two Apple Stores opened in Tysons Corner, Virginia and Glendale, California at Glendale Galleria.
May 18
Happy Birthday RIP Francesco “Frank” Capra(1897–1991) Perry Como (1912–2001) Pernell Roberts(1928–2010) Andrew Katsulas (1946–2006) ; “Bill Macy”(Wolf Garber)–91 Robert Morse–82 Chow Yun-Fat–58 Reginald “Reggie” Jackson–67 George Strait–61 Elizabeth “Tina” Fey–43 Marta “Martika” Marrero–44 ; 1642 – The Canadian city of Montreal was founded.
May 17
Happy Birthday RIP Dennis Hopper(1936–2010) ; William “Bill” Paxton–58 Robert “Bob” Saget–57 Ray Charles Leonard–57 Craig Ferguson–52 Eithne Ní Bhraonáin(“Enya”)–52 Tabatha Coffey–44 ; 1954 – the Supreme Court issued its landmark Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka ruling, which declared that racially segregated public schools were inherently unequal.
May 16
Happy Birthday RIP Wladziu Liberace(1919–1987) Henry Fonda (1905–1982) ; Danny Trejo–69 Pierce Brosnan–60 Mary Debra Winger–58 Kevin McDonald–53 Janet Jackson–47 Tracey Fisher(“Gold”)–44 David Boreanaz–44 Victoria “Tori” Spelling–40 ; 1866 – The U.S. Congress eliminates the half dime coin and replaces it with the five cent piece, the nickel.
May 15
Happy Birthday RIP Joseph Cotten(1905–1994) ; Madeleine Albright–76 Trinidad “Trini” Lopéz–76 Calogero “Chazz” Palminteri–61 Michael Oldfield–60 David Charvet(Guez)–41 David Krumholtz–35 ; 1862 – Lincoln signs bill into law US Bureau of Agriculture is created (later renamed to USDA)
May 14
Happy Birthday George Lucas–69 Robert Zemeckis–62 David Byrne–61 “Tim Roth”(Timothy Smith)–52 Catherine “Cate” Blanchett–44 Sofia Coppola–42 Mark Zuckerberg–29 ; 1904 – The first Olympic games and “Louisiana Purchase Exposition World Fair” to be held in the United States opened in St. Louis Missouri. The invention of the ice cream cone occurred here as well as the locale became home to Forest Park which is location of the region’s major cultural institutions—the Zoo, Art Museum, History Museum, Science Center and the Muny Opera.