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–91 Reginald “Reggie” Jackson–77 George Strait–70 Chow Yun-Fat(周潤發)–67 Marta “Martika” Marrero–53 Elizabeth “Tina” Fey–52 Allen Leech–41 ; 1860 – Abraham Lincoln wins the Republican Party presidential nomination over William H. Seward, who later becomes the United States Secretary of State