Happy Birthday RIP Dominic “Don” Ameche (1908–1993) ; Clint Eastwood-82 Peter Yarrow-74 Sharon Gless-69 Joe Namath-69 Tom Berenger(Moore)-62 Chris Elliott-52 Lea Thompson-51 Corey Hart-50 Brooke Shields-47 Colin Farrell-36 ; 1889 – Johnstown Flood: Over 2,200 people die after a dam break sends a 60-foot (18-meter) wall of water over the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
May 30
Happy Birthday RIP Mel Blanc(1908–1989) ; Colm Meaney-59 Ted McGinley-54 Wynonna Judd(Christina Ciminella)-48 Idina Menzel-41 Donald “Trey” Parker-40 Omri Katz-36 ; 1854 The territories of Nebraska and Kansas were established.
May 28
Happy Birthday RIP Zelda Rubinstein(1933–2010) ; Beth Howland-71 Gladys Knight-68 Rudolph Giuliani-68 John Fogerty-67 Brandon Cruz Williams-50 Kylie Minogue-44 Justin Kirk-43 Jesse Bradford Watrouse-33
May 27
Happy Birthday RIP Vincent Price(1911–1993) ; Christopher Lee-90 Henry Kissinger-89 Lee Meriwether-77 Louis Gossett Jr-76 Siouxsie Sioux-55 Peri Gilpin-51 Adam Carolla-48 Todd Bridges-47 Joseph Fiennes-42 Paul Bettany-41 Chris Colfer-22 ; 1896 A tornado struck St. Louis Missouri and East St. Louis, Ill., killing 255 people.
May 25
Happy Birthday RIP Dixie Carter(1939–2010) ; Ian McKellen-73 Leslie Uggams-69 Frank Oznowicz-68 Karen Valentine-65 Connie Sellecca(Concetta Sellecchia)-57 Michael “Mike” Myers-49 James “Jamie” Kennedy-42 Octavia Spencer-42 Lauryn Hill-37 Cillian Murphy-36 ; 1968 The Gateway Arch in St. Louis Missouri was dedicated.
May 24
Happy Birthday Bob Dylan Zimmerman-71 Gary Burghoff-69 Patti LaBelle Holte-68 Priscilla Presley-67 Jim Broadbent-63 John C. Reilly-47 ; 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge, linking Brooklyn and Manhattan, is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction.
May 23
Happy Birthday Joan Collins-79 Charles Kimbrough-76 Lauren Chapin-67 Drew Carey-54 Clarence “Linden” Ashby-52 Gerald “Maxwell” Rivera-39 Jewel Kilcher-38 ; 1934, bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were shot to death in a police ambush as they were driving a stolen Ford Deluxe along a road in Bienville Parish, Louisiana
May 22
Happy Birthday RIP Laurence Olivier(1907-1989) Harvey Milk(1930-1978) ; T. Boone Pickens-84 Bernard Shaw-72 Barbara Parkins-70 Bernie Taupin-62 Steven Morrissey-53 Brooke Smith-45 Naomi Campbell-42 Chris Salvatore-27 ; 1897 – The Blackwall Tunnel under the River Thames is officially opened ; 1990 – Microsoft releases the Windows 3.0 operating system.