Happy Birthday RIP Wladziu Liberace(1919–1987) Henry Fonda(1905–1982) ; Danny Trejo–71 Pierce Brosnan–62 Mary Debra Winger–60 Kevin McDonald–54 Janet Jackson–49 Tracey Fisher(“Gold”)–46 David Boreanaz–46 Victoria “Tori” Spelling–42 ; 1866 – The U.S. Congress eliminates the half dime coin and replaces it with the five cent piece, the nickel.
May 15
Happy Birthday RIP James Mason (1909–1984) Joseph Cotten(1905–1994) ; Madeleine Albright(Marie Korbelová)–78 Trinidad “Trini” Lopéz–78 Calogero “Chazz” Palminteri–63 Michael Oldfield–63 David Charvet(Guez)–43 David Krumholtz–37 ; 1862 – President Lincoln signs bill into law creating US Bureau of Agriculture (later renamed to USDA) ; 1935 – The Moscow Metro is opened to the public.
May 14
Happy Birthday RIP “Bobby Darin”(Walden Cassotto 1936–1973) ; George Lucas–71 Robert Zemeckis–64 David Byrne–63 “Tim Roth”(Timothy Smith)–54 Catherine “Cate” Blanchett–46 Sofia Coppola–44 Mark Zuckerberg–31 ; 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 allegedly 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) ; Beverley Owen(Ogg)–78 Harvey Keitel–76 “Stevie Wonder”(Stevland Judkins)–65 Dennis Rodman–54 Stephen Colbert–51 Brian Geraghty–40 Neil Hopkins–38 Robert Pattinson–29 ; 1939 – The first commercial FM radio station in the United States is launched in Bloomfield, Connecticut. The station later becomes WDRC-FM ; 1958 – The trademark Velcro is registered for the product line that is basically a fabric type of zipper ; 1963 – The U.S. Supreme Court landmark case “Brady v. Maryland” is decided which now is referred to in legal cases as “Brady Disclosure” meaning “Exculpatory evidence” ; Any evidence which is favorable to the defendant in a criminal trial that exonerates or tends to exonerate the defendant of guilt.
May 12
Happy Birthday RIP Wilfrid Hyde-White(1903–1991) Katharine Hepburn(1907–2003) George Carlin(1937–2008) ; Lawrence “Yogi” Berra–90 Burt Bacharach–87 Stephen “Steve” Winwood–67 William “Billy Squier”–65 Gabriel Byrne–65 Emilio Estevez–53 Stephen Baldwin–49 Anthony “Tony” Hawk–47 Kim Fields–46 Jason Biggs–37 ; 1933 – The Agricultural Adjustment Act is enacted to restrict agricultural production by paying farmers subsidies.
May 11
Happy Birthday RIP “Irving Berlin”(Israel Baline 1888–1989) Salvador Dalí y Domenech(1904–1989) Martha Graham(1894–1991) Cory Monteith(1982–2013) ; Frances Fisher–63 “Peter North”(Alden Brown)–58 Martha Quinn–56 Jonathan Jackson–33 Matt Leinart–32 Matt Giraud–30 ; 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”(John Simon Ritchie 1957–1979) Gary Owens(Altman 1934–2015) ; James Abrahams–71 Megan Foster–67 Paul Hewson(“Bono”)–55 Jason Brooks–49 Dallas Roberts–45 Odette Annable(Yustman)–30 ; 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 9
Happy Birthday RIP Myron “Mike” Wallace(1918–2012) ; Albert Finney–79 Candice Bergen–69 William “Billy” Joel–66 Thomas Petersson–65 John Corbett Jr–54 Chris Diamantopoulos–40 ; 1874 – The first horse-drawn bus makes its début in the city of Mumbai, traveling two routes.
May 8
Happy Birthday RIP Harry Truman(1884–1972) ; Donald Rickles–89 Cathryn “Toni” Tennille–75 “Gary Glitter”(Paul Gadd)–71 Philip Bailey–64 Alexander “Alex” Van Halen–62 Melissa Gilbert–51 Enrique Iglesias Preysler–40 Stephen Amell–34 ; 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) Anne Baxter(1923–1985) John Ingle(1928–2012) Robert Hegyes(1951–2012) ; Thelma Houston(Jackson)–69 Nora Kuzma(“Traci Lords”)–47 Ivan Sergei Gaudio–44 Breckin Meyer–41 Alexander Ludwig–23 ; 1846 – The Cambridge Chronicle, America’s oldest surviving weekly newspaper, is published for the first time in Cambridge, Massachusetts ; 1946 – Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later renamed Sony) is founded with around 20 employees.