Happy Birthday George Lucas–69 Robert Zemeckis–62 David Byrne–61 “Tim Roth”(Timothy Smith)–52 Catherine “Cate” Blanchett–44 Sofia Coppola–42 Mark Zuckerberg–29 ; 1904 – The first Olympic games and “Louisiana Purchase Exposition World Fair” to be held in the United States opened in St. Louis Missouri. The invention of the ice cream cone occurred here as well as the locale became home to Forest Park which is location of the region’s major cultural institutions—the Zoo, Art Museum, History Museum, Science Center and the Muny Opera.
May 13
Happy Birthday RIP Bea Arthur(Bernice Frankel 1922–2009) ; Harvey Keitel–74 Stevie Wonder(Stevland Judkins)–63 Dennis Rodman–52 Stephen Colbert–49 Brian Geraghty–38 Neil Hopkins–36 Robert Pattinson–27 ; 1958 – Velcro is trademark registered.
May 11
Happy Birthday RIP “Irving Berlin”(Israel Isidor Baline 1888–1989) Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dalí y Domenech(1904–1989) Martha Graham(1894–1991) ; Frances Fisher–61 “Peter North”(Alden Brown)–56 Martha Quinn–54 Cory Monteith–31 Jonathan Jackson–31 Matt Leinart–30 Matt Giraud–28 ; 1924 – Mercedes-Benz is formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging their two companies.
May 10
Happy Birthday RIP Fred Astaire(Frederic Austerlitz 1899–1987) “Nancy Walker”(Anna Swoyer 1922–1992) “Sid Vicious”(Simon Ritchie 1957–1979) ; Gary Owens(Altman)–74 Meg Foster–65 Paul Hewson(“Bono”)–53 Jason Brooks–47 Dallas Roberts–43 Odette Annable(Yustman)–28 ; 1908 – The first Mother’s Day observance took place during church services in Grafton, W.Virginia ; 1975 – Sony introduces the Betamax videocassette recorder in Japan.
May 8
Happy Birthday RIP Harry Truman(1884-1972) ; Don Rickles–87 Cathryn Toni Tennille–73 “Gary Glitter”(Paul Gadd)–69 Philip Bailey–62 Alexander “Alex” Van Halen–60 Melissa Gilbert–49 Enrique Iglesias Preysler–38 Stephen Amell–32 ; 1886 – Pharmacist John Pemberton first sells a carbonated beverage named “Coca-Cola” as a patent medicine.
May 7
Happy Birthday RIP Frank “Gary” Cooper(1901–1961) Robert Hegyes(1951–2012) ; Thelma Houston(Jackson)–67 Nora Kuzma(“Traci Lords”)–45 Ivan Sergei Gaudio–42 Breckin Meyer–39 Alexander Ludwig–21 ; 1847 – The American Medical Association is founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ; 1946 – Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later renamed Sony) is founded with around 20 employees
May 6
Happy Birthday RIP Sigismund Freud(1856–1939) Rodolfo di Valentina d’Antonguolla(Rudy Valentino 1895–1926) George Orson Welles(1915–1985) ; Willie Mays–82 Robert “Bob” Seger–68 Anthony Blair–60 Tom Bergeron–58 George Clooney–52 Gabourey Sidibe–30 Adrianne Palicki–30 ; 1889 – The Paris Exposition opened, featuring the just-completed Eiffel Tower ; 1937 – the hydrogen-filled German dirigible Hindenburg burned and crashed in Lakehurst, N.J., killing 36 of the 97 people on board.