Happy Birthday RIP Francesco “Frank” Capra(1897-1991) Pernell Roberts(1928–2010) ; Bill Macy(Wolf Garber)-90 Robert Morse-81 Chow Yun-fat-57 Reggie Jackson-66 George Strait-60 Elizabeth “Tina” Fey-42 Marta “Martika” Marrero-43 ; 1652 – Rhode Island passes the first law in English-speaking North America making slavery illegal.

Happy Birthday Kathleen Sullivan-59 Bill Paxton-57 Bob Saget-56 Sugar Ray Leonard-56 Enya Bhraonáin-51 Craig Ferguson-50 Sendhil Ramamurthy-38 ; 1792 The New York Stock Exchange was founded by brokers meeting under a tree on what is now Wall Street ; 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.

Happy Birthday Danny Trejo-68 Pierce Brosnan-59 Debra Winger-57 Kevin McDonald-51 Janet Jackson-46 Tracey Fisher(Gold)-43 David Boreanaz-43 Victoria “Tori” Spelling-39 ; 1866 – The U.S. Congress eliminates the half dime coin and replaces it with the five cent piece, or nickel.

Happy Birthday Madeleine Albright-75 Calogero “Chazz” Palminteri-60 Michael Oldfield-59 ; 1862 Lincoln signs bill into law US Bureau of Agriculture is created (later renamed to USDA)

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.

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!

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

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.

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”

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.