Happy Birthday RIP “Dean Martin”(Dino Crocetti 1917–1995) Jessica Tandy(1909–1994) Prince Nelson(1958–2016) ; Thomas Jones(Woodward)–79 “Jenny Jones”(Janina Stronski)–73 William “Liam” Neeson–67 Colleen Camp–66 William Forsythe–64 Karl-Heinz Urban–47 William “Bill” Hader–41 Michael Cera–31 “Iggy Azalea”(Amethyst Kelly)–29 ; 1909 – “Mary Pickford”(Gladys Smith) makes her screen debut at the age of 16 in “The Violin Maker of Cremona” ; 1982 – Priscilla Presley opens Graceland to the public; the bathroom where Elvis Presley died five years earlier is kept off-limits
June 5
Happy Birthday RIP Robert Lansing(Brown 1928–1994) ; “Peggy Stewart”(Margaret O’Rourke)–96 Susan “Suze” Orman–68 Kenneth Gorelick(“Kenny G”)–63 Richard Butler–63 Ronald Livingston–52 Susan Lynch–48 Mark Wahlberg–48 Chad Allen Lazzari–45 Peter Wentz III–40 ; 1956 – Elvis Presley introduces his new single, “Hound Dog”, on The Milton Berle Show, scandalizing the audience with his suggestive hip movements. ; 1968 – Senator Robert F. Kennedy was shot and mortally wounded at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. Palestinian gunman Sirhan Bishara Sirhan was immediately arrested
June 4
Happy Birthday RIP Catherine Rosalind Russell(1907–1976) William Dennis Weaver(1924–2006) John Sidney Blythe Barrymore Jr.(1932–2004) ; Bruce Dern–83 Michelle Phillips(Holly Gilliam)–75 Richard Stevenson Parker Jr–67 Keith David Williams–63 Eldra “El” DeBarge–58 Albert Brown III(“Al B Sure”)–51 Scott Wolf–51 Noah Wyle–48 Angelina Jolie Voight–44 Russell Brand–44 Todd “T.J.” Miller–38 ; 1919 – Women’s rights: The U.S. Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which guarantees suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification
June 3
Happy Birthday RIP “Josephine Baker”(Freda McDonald 1906–1975) Maurice Evans(1901–1989) Ellen Corby(Hansen 1911–1999) “Tony Curtis”(Bernard Schwartz 1925–2010) Chuck Barris(1929–2017) ; “Deniece Williams”(June Chandler)–69 Susan “Suzie” Plakson–61 Anderson Cooper–52 Jason Jones–46 ; 1889 – The first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 miles (23 km) between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon
June 2
Happy Birthday RIP Marvin Hamlisch(1944–2012) ; Sally Kellerman–82 Walter Stacy Keach Jr–78 Charles Haid III–76 Lars “Lasse” Hallström–73 Gerald “Jerry” Mathers–71 Joanna Gleason(Hall)–69 Dana Carvey–64 Liam Cunningham–58 Wentworth Miller III–47 Zachary Quinto–42 Justin Long–41 Dominic Cooper–41 ; 1924 – Congress granted U.S. citizenship to all American Indians
June 1
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