Happy Birthday RIP “Frank Morgan”(Francis Wuppermann 1890–1949) “Marilyn Monroe”(Norma Jeane Mortenson 1926–1962) Cleavon Little(1939–1992) Andy Griffith(1926–2012) ; Charles “Pat” Boone–85 Morgan Freeman–82 Rene Auberjonois–79 Brian Cox–73 John Pryce–72 Lisa Hartman–63 Heidi Klum–46 Alanis Morissette–45 Amy Schumer–38 ; 1890 – The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith’s tabulating machine to count census returns ; 1967 – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles is released ; 1980 – Cable News Network (CNN) begins broadcasting
May 31
Happy Birthday RIP Walter “Walt” Whitman(1819–1892) Denholm Elliott(1922–1992) Dominic “Don” Ameche(Amici 1908–1993) ; Clinton Eastwood Jr–89 Sharon Gless–76 Joseph “Joe” Namath–76 Thomas Berenger(Moore)–70 Christopher Elliott–59 Lea Thompson–58 Corey Hart–57 Brooke Shields–54 Colin Farrell–43 Johnathan Tucker–37 ; 1929–The first talking Mickey Mouse cartoon, “The Karnival Kid”, is released ; 2005 – Vanity Fair reveals that Mark Felt was Deep Throat, the Watergate scandal’s whistleblower
May 30
Happy Birthday RIP Mel Blanc(Melvin Blank 1908–1989) Benjamin “Benny” Goodman(1909–1986) ; Ruta Kilmonis(“Lee”)–84 Stephen Tobolowsky–68 Colm Meaney–66 Theodore “Ted” McGinley–61 Ralph Carter–58 Mark Sheppard–55 “Wynonna Judd”(Christina Ciminella)–55 Idina Menzel–48 Omri Katz–43 ; 1911 – At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the first Indianapolis 500 ends with Ray Harroun in his Marmon Wasp becoming the first winner of the 500-mile auto race
May 29
Happy Birthday RIP John Fitzgerald Kennedy(1917–1963) Leslie “Bob” Hope(1903–2003) George Clifton James(1920–2017) ; Anthony Geary–72 Daniel “Danny” Elfman–66 LaToya Jackson–63 Frank “Ted” Levine–62 Annette Bening-Beaty–61 Rupert Everett–60 Adrian Paul Hewett–60 Melissa Etheridge–58 Lisa Whelchel–56 Laverne Cox–47 David Burtka–44 Daniel Tosh–44 ; 1942 – Bing Crosby, the Ken Darby Singers and the John Scott Trotter Orchestra record Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas”, the best-selling Christmas single in history
May 28
Happy Birthday RIP Ian Fleming(1908–1964) Zelda Rubinstein(1933–2010) Elizabeth Howland(1941–2015) ; Gladys Knight–75 John Fogerty–74 Brandon Cruz(Williams)–57 Kylie Minogue–51 Justin Kirk–50 Mark Jake Johnson Weinberger–41 Jesse Bradford Watrouse–40 Carey Mulligan–34 Joseph Cross–33 ; 1892 – In San Francisco, California, John Muir organizes the Sierra Club ; 1936 – Alan Turing submits “On Computable Numbers” for publication
May 27
Happy Birthday RIP Hubert Humphrey Jr(1911–1978) Vincent Price Jr(1911–1993) Christopher Lee(1922–2015) ; Heinz “Henry” Kissinger–96 Lee Meriwether–84 Louis Gossett Jr–83 Bruce Weitz–76 “Siouxsie Sioux”(Susan Ballion)–62 Peri Gilpin(Oldham)–58 Adam Carolla–55 Todd Bridges–54 Edward McClintock–52 Joseph Fiennes–49 Paul Bettany–48 Christopher Colfer–29 ; 1896 – The F4-strength St. Louis-East St. Louis Tornado hits in St. Louis, Missouri and East Saint Louis, Illinois, killing at least 255 people and causing $2.9 billion in damage ; 1927 – The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacture of the Ford Model T and begins to retool plants to make the Ford Model A
May 26
Happy Birthday RIP “John Wayne”(Marion Morrison 1907–1979) Peter Cushing(1913–1994) “Jay Silverheels”(Harold Smith 1912–1980) “Peggy Lee”(Norma Egstrom 1920–2002) James Aurness(1923–2011) ; Brent Musburger–80 Stephanie “Stevie” Nicks–71 Philip Michael Thomas–70 Pamela Grier–70 Randall Hank Williams–70 Eugenie “Genie” Francis–57 Robert “Bobcat” Goldthwait–57 Leonard “Lenny” Kravitz–55 Helena Bonham Carter–53 Matthew Stone–48 Lauryn Hill–44 ; 1896 – Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The average price of the 11 initial stocks was $40.94. Today it’s value = 25,585.69 as of closing bell Friday.
May 24
Happy Birthday RIP Queen Victoria(Alexandrina Hanover 1819–1901) ; “Bob Dylan”(Robert Zimmerman)–78 Gary Burghoff–76 Patricia “Patti” LaBelle(Holte-Edwards)–75 Priscilla Wagner-Presley–74 James “Jim” Broadbent–70 Alfred Molina–66 Kristin Scott Thomas–59 John C. Reilly–54 Eric Close–52 ; 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge, linking Brooklyn and Manhattan, is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction
May 22
Happy Birthday RIP Laurence Olivier(1907–1989) Harvey Milk(1930–1978) ; Frank Converse–81 Bernard Shaw–79 Barbara Parkins–77 Bernard “Bernie” Taupin–69 Steven Morrissey–60 Brooke Smith–52 Naomi Campbell–49 ; 1973 – U.S. President Richard Nixon confesses his role in Watergate cover-up ; 1980 – Namco releases the highly influential arcade game Pac-Man
May 21
Happy Birthday RIP Raymond Burr(1917–1993) Mary “Peggy” Cass(1924–1999) Alice Drummond(1928–2016) Richard Hatch(1945–2017) ; Jonathan Hyde–71 Gerard “Leo” Sayer–71 Alan Franken–68 Lawrence Tureaud(“Mr. T”)–67 Edward “Judge” Reinhold Jr–62 ; 1881 – Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross