Happy Birthday RIP Wilfrid Hyde-White(1903–1991) Katharine Hepburn(1907–2003) George Carlin(1937–2008) ; Lawrence “Yogi” Berra–89 Burt Bacharach–86 Stephen “Steve” Winwood–66 William “Billy Squier”–64 Gabriel Byrne–64 Emilio Estevez–52 Stephen Baldwin–48 Anthony “Tony” Hawk–46 Kim Fields–45 Jason Biggs–36 ; 1926 – The Italian-built airship Norge becomes the first vessel to fly over the North Pole.
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–62 “Peter North”(Alden Brown)–57 Martha Quinn–55 Jonathan Jackson–32 Matt Leinart–31 Matt Giraud–29 ; 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)–75 Jim Abrahams–70 Meg Foster–66 Paul Hewson(“Bono”)–54 Jason Brooks–48 Dallas Roberts–44 Odette Annable(Yustman)–29 ; 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–78 Candice Bergen–68 William “Billy” Joel–65 Tom Petersson–64 John Corbett Jr–53 Chris Diamantopoulos–39 ; 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) ; Don Rickles–88 Cathryn “Toni” Tennille–74 “Gary Glitter”(Paul Gadd)–70 Philip Bailey–63 Alexander “Alex” Van Halen–61 Melissa Gilbert–50 Enrique Iglesias Preysler–39 Stephen Amell–33 ; 1886 – Pharmacist John Pemberton first sells a carbonated beverage named “Coca-Cola” as a patent medicine.
May 7
Happy Birthday RIP Anne Baxter(1923–1985) Frank “Gary” Cooper(1901–1961) Robert Hegyes(1951–2012) ; Thelma Houston(Jackson)–68 Nora Kuzma(“Traci Lords”)–46 Ivan Sergei Gaudio–43 Breckin Meyer–40 Alexander Ludwig–22 ; 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.
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–83 Robert “Bob” Seger–69 Anthony Blair–61 Thomas Bergeron–59 George Clooney–53 Gabourey Sidibe–31 Adrianne Palicki–31 ; 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) ; Michael Palin–71 Jonathon Rhys-Davies–70 Kurt Loder–69 Brian Williams–55 Kristina “Tina” Yothers–41 Henry Cavill–31 Adele Adkins–26 ; 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–66 Pia Zadora(Schipani)–59 Randy Travis(Traywick)–54 Mary Beth McDonough–52 Ana Gasteyer–46 William “Will” Arnett–43 Michael Pritchard(“Mike Dirnt”)–41 James Lance Bass–34 ; 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 James Brown(1933–2006) ; Ann B. Davis–88 Francis Castelluccio(“Frankie Valli”)–80 Chris Mulkey–66 Christopher Cross(Geppert)–63 Bobby Cannavale–44 ; 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.