Happy Birthday RIP Sigismund Freud(1856–1939) Rodolfo di Valentina d’Antonguolla(“Rudy Valentino” 1895–1926) George Orson Welles(1915–1985) ; Willie Mays–84 Robert “Bob” Seger–70 Anthony Blair–62 Thomas Bergeron–60 George Clooney–54 Gabourey Sidibe–32 Adrianne Palicki–32 ; 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.
May 5
Happy Birthday RIP “Tammy Wynette”(Virginia Pugh 1942–1998) Ann B. Davis(1926–2014) ; Michael Palin–72 Jonathon Rhys-Davies–71 Kurt Loder–70 Brian Williams–56 Kristina “Tina” Yothers–42 Henry Cavill–32 Walter “Bart” Baker IV–29 Adele Adkins–27 ; 1925 – John T. Scopes was arrested in Tennessee for teaching Darwin’s theory of evolution ; 1934 – The first Three Stooges short, Woman Haters, is released.
May 4
Happy Birthday RIP Audrey Hepburn(Ruston 1929–1993) Paul Gleason(1939–2006) ; Richard Jenkins–68 Pia Zadora(Schipani)–61 Randy Travis(Traywick)–56 Mary Beth McDonough–54 Ana Gasteyer–48 William “Will” Arnett–45 Michael Pritchard(“Mike Dirnt”)–43 James Lance Bass–36 ; 1959 – The 1st Grammy Awards are held in the Grand Ballroom of the Beverly Hills Hotel. Album of the Year was awarded to Henry Mancini.
May 3
Happy Birthday RIP Lucile Langhanke(“Mary Astor” 1906–1987) James Brown(1933–2006) ; Alex Viespi (“Cord”)–82 Francis Castelluccio(“Frankie Valli”)–81 Chris Mulkey–67 Christopher Cross(Geppert)–64 Roberto “Bobby” Cannavale–45 ; 1802 – Washington, D.C., was incorporated ; 1978 – The first unsolicited bulk commercial e-mail (which would later become known as “spam”) is sent by a Digital Equipment Corporation marketing representative to every ARPANET address on the west coast of the United States.
May 2
Happy Birthday RIP Harry “Bing” Crosby(1903–1977) “Hedda Hopper”(Elda Furry 1885–1966) ; “Engelbert Humperdinck”(Arnold Dorsey)–79 Bianca Macias(“Jagger”)–70 Louis Grammatico(“Lou Gramm”)–65 Christine Baranski–63 Donatella Versace–60 Dwayne Johnson–43 “Pandora Boxx”(Michael Steck)–43 David Beckham–40 ; 1932 – Jack Benny’s first radio show debuted on the NBC Blue Network.
May 1
Happy Birthday RIP Louis Nye(Niestat 1913–2005) Gwyllyn Samuel “Glenn” Ford(1916–2006) Jack Paar(1918–2004) ; Richard J. Riordan–85 Judith Collins–76 Rita Coolidge–70 Joanna Lumley–69 Ray Parker Jr.–61 Samuel “Tim” McGraw–48 Wesley Anderson–46 Emilia Clarke–29 ; 1885 – The original Chicago Board of Trade Building opens for business ; 1931 – The Empire State Building is dedicated in New York City ; 1941 – The Orson Welles film “Citizen Kane” premiered in New York
April 30
Happy Birthday RIP “Eve Arden”(Eunice Quedens 1908–1990) “Al Lewis”(Alexander Meister 1923–2006) Gary Collins(1938–2012) ; Cloris Leachman–89 Willie Nelson–82 Adrian Pasdar–50 Jeffrey Timmons–42 Johnny Galecki–40 Kunal Nayyar–33 Kirsten Dunst–33 Dianna Agron–29 ; 1900 – Hawaii becomes a territory of the United States, with Sanford B. Dole as governor ; 1904 – The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World’s Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri (credited with the waffle-style ice cream cone invention and first mass sales in USA)
April 29
Happy Birthday RIP Edward “Duke” Ellington(1899–1974) ; Richard Klein–71 Nora Dunn–63 Jerome “Jerry” Seinfeld–61 Leslie Jordan–60 Katherine “Kate” Mulgrew–60 Daniel Day-Lewis–58 Michelle Pfeiffer–57 Eve Plumb–57 Jack Mackenroth–46 Uma Thurman–45 Andre Agassi–45 ; 1968 – The controversial musical “Hair”, a product of the hippie counter-culture and sexual revolution of the 1960s, opens at the Biltmore Theatre on Broadway, with its song becoming anthems of the anti-Vietnam War movement.
April 27
Happy Birthday RIP Hiram Ulysses Grant(1822–1885) Walter Lantz(1899–1994) Jacob “Jack” Klugman(1922–2012) Robert Donner(Morris 1931–2006) Kemal “Casey” Kasem(1932–2014) ; Katherine “Kate” Pierson–67 Kevin McNally–59 Sheena Easton(Orr)–56 James Duke Mason–23 ; 1981 – Xerox PARC introduces the computer mouse.