History Blog

May 18

Happy Birthday RIP Francesco “Frank” Capra(1897–1991) Pierino “Perry” Como(1912–2001) Pernell Roberts Jr(1928–2010) Andrew “Andreas” Katsulas(1946–2006) “Bill Macy”(Wolf Garber 1922–2019) Robert Morse(1931–2022) ; Reginald “Reggie” Jackson–78 George Strait–72 Chow Yun-Fat(周潤發)–69 Marta “Martika” Marrero–55 Elizabeth “Tina” Fey–54 Allen Leech–43 ; 1860 – Abraham Lincoln wins the Republican Party presidential nomination over William H. Seward, who later becomes the United States Secretary of State