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May 28

Happy Birthday RIP Zelda Rubinstein(1933–2010) ;  Beth Howland-71 Gladys Knight-68 Rudolph Giuliani-68 John Fogerty-67 Brandon Cruz Williams-50 Kylie Minogue-44 Justin Kirk-43 Jesse Bradford Watrouse-33

May 27

Happy Birthday RIP Vincent Price(1911–1993) ; Christopher Lee-90 Henry Kissinger-89 Lee Meriwether-77 Louis Gossett Jr-76 Siouxsie Sioux-55 Peri Gilpin-51 Adam Carolla-48 Todd Bridges-47 Joseph Fiennes-42 Paul Bettany-41 Chris Colfer-22 ; 1896 A tornado struck St. Louis Missouri and East St. Louis, Ill., killing 255 people.

May 26

Happy Birthday Stevie Nicks-64 Philip Michael Thomas-63 Genie Francis-50 Bobcat Goldthwait-50 Helena Bonham Carter-46 Matt Stone-41

May 25

Happy Birthday RIP Dixie Carter(1939–2010) ; Ian McKellen-73 Leslie Uggams-69 Frank Oznowicz-68 Karen Valentine-65 Connie Sellecca(Concetta Sellecchia)-57 Michael “Mike” Myers-49 James “Jamie” Kennedy-42 Octavia Spencer-42 Lauryn Hill-37 Cillian Murphy-36 ; 1968 The Gateway Arch in St. Louis Missouri was dedicated.

May 24

Happy Birthday Bob Dylan Zimmerman-71 Gary Burghoff-69 Patti LaBelle Holte-68 Priscilla Presley-67 Jim Broadbent-63 John C. Reilly-47 ; 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge, linking Brooklyn and Manhattan, is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction.

May 23

Happy Birthday Joan Collins-79 Charles Kimbrough-76 Lauren Chapin-67 Drew Carey-54 Clarence “Linden” Ashby-52 Gerald “Maxwell” Rivera-39 Jewel Kilcher-38 ; 1934, bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were shot to death in a police ambush as they were driving a stolen Ford Deluxe along a road in Bienville Parish, Louisiana

May 22

Happy Birthday RIP Laurence Olivier(1907-1989) Harvey Milk(1930-1978) ; T. Boone Pickens-84 Bernard Shaw-72 Barbara Parkins-70 Bernie Taupin-62 Steven Morrissey-53 Brooke Smith-45 Naomi Campbell-42 Chris Salvatore-27 ; 1897 – The Blackwall Tunnel under the River Thames is officially opened ; 1990 – Microsoft releases the Windows 3.0 operating system.

May 21

Happy Birthday RIP Raymond Burr(1917-1993) ;Gerard ” Leo” Sayer-64 Al Franken-61 Lawrence Tureaud(“Mr. T)-60 Edward “Judge” Reinhold-55 Brett Tucker-40 Morgan Benoit-32 ; 1934 – Oskaloosa, Iowa, becomes the first municipality in the United States to fingerprint all of its citizens.

May 20

Happy Birthday John “Joe” Cocker-68 Cherilyn Sarkisian-66 Ron Reagan-54 Bronson Pinchot-53 Tony Goldwyn-52 Mindy Cohn-46 Timothy Olyphant-44 ; 1916 – The Saturday Evening Post publishes its first cover with a Norman Rockwell painting (Boy with Baby Carriage).

May 19

Happy Birthday Pete Townshend-67 Joseph “Dusty” Hill-63 Grace Jones-60 ; 1921 – The U.S. Congress passes the Emergency Quota Act establishing national quotas on immigration. ;  2001 – The first two Apple Stores opened in Tysons Corner, Virginia and Glendale, California at Glendale Galleria.