May 31

Happy Birthday RIP Walter "Walt" Whitman(1819–1892) Dominic "Don" Ameche(Amici 1908–1993) ; Clinton Eastwood–83 Peter Yarrow–75 Sharon Gless–70 Joseph "Joe" Namath–70 Thomas Berenger(Moore)–64 Christopher Elliott–53 Lea Thompson–52 Corey Hart–51 Brooke Shields–48 Colin Farrell–37 ; 1889 – Johnstown Flood: Over 2,200 people die after a dam break sends a 60-foot (18-meter) wall of water over the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.

May 30

Happy Birthday RIP Mel Blanc(Melvin Blank 1908–1989) Benjamin "Benny" Goodman(1909–1986) ; Colm Meaney–60 Ted McGinley–55 Mark Sheppard–49 "Wynonna Judd"(Christina Ciminella)–49 Idina Menzel–42 Omri Katz–37 ; 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 F. Kennedy(1917–1963) Leslie "Bob" Hope(1903–2003) ; Anthony Geary–66 Danny Elfman–60 Frank "Ted" Levine–56 Annette Bening-Beatty–55 Rupert Everett–54 Adrian Paul Hewett–54 Melissa Etheridge–52 Lisa Whelchel–50 David Burtka–38 Daniel Tosh–38 ; 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 Zelda Rubinstein(1933–2010) ; Beth Howland–72 Gladys Knight–69 Rudolph Giuliani–69 John Fogerty–68 Brandon Cruz(Williams)–51 Kylie Minogue–45 Justin Kirk–44 Jesse Bradford Watrouse–34 Carey Mulligan–28 Joseph Cross–27 ; 1892 – In San Francisco, California, John Muir organizes the Sierra Club.

May 27

Happy Birthday RIP Vincent Price(1911–1993) ; Christopher Lee–91 Heinz "Henry" Kissinger–90 Lee Meriwether–78 Louis Gossett Jr–77 "Siouxsie Sioux"(Susan Ballion)–56 Peri Gilpin(Oldham)–52 Adam Carolla–49 Todd Bridges–48 Joseph Fiennes–43 Paul Bettany–42 Chris Colfer–23 ; 1896 – The F4-strength St. Louis-East St. Louis Tornado hits in St. Louis, Missouri and East Saint Louis, Illinois, killing at least 255 people and causing $2.9 billion in damage ; 1927 – The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacture of the Ford Model T and begins to retool plants to make the Ford Model A.

May 26

Happy Birthday RIP "John Wayne"(Marion Morrison 1907–1979) Peter Cushing(1913–1994) Miles Davis(1926–1991) "Peggy Lee"(Norma Egstrom 1920–2002) ; Brent Musburger–74 Stephanie "Stevie" Nicks–65 Philip Michael Thomas–64 Pamela Grier–64 Randall Hank Williams–64 Eugenie "Genie" Francis–51 Robert "Bobcat" Goldthwait–51 Leonard "Lenny" Kravitz–49 Helena Bonham Carter–47 Matt Stone–42 ; 1896 – Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The average price of the 11 initial stocks was 40.94

May 25

Happy Birthday RIP Miles Davis(1926–1991) Claude Akins(1926–1994) Dixie Carter(1939–2010) ; Ian McKellen–74 Leslie Uggams–70 Frank Oznowicz("Oz")–69 Karen Valentine–66 Concetta Sellecchia("Connie Sellecca")–58 Mike Myers–50 Anne Heche–44 James "Jamie" Kennedy–43 Octavia Spencer–42 Lauryn Hill–38 Cillian Murphy–37 ; 1968 – The Gateway Arch in St. Louis was dedicated ; 1977 –The science-fiction movie "Star Wars" was released.

May 24

Happy Birthday RIP Queen Victoria(Alexandrina Hanover 1819–1901) ; "Bob Dylan"(Robert Zimmerman)–72 Gary Burghoff–70 Patti LaBelle(Holte)–69 Priscilla Wagner-Presley–68 Jim Broadbent–64 Alfred Molina–60 Kristin Scott Thomas–53 John C. Reilly–48 Eric Close–46 Steven Daigle–40 ; 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge, linking Brooklyn and Manhattan, is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction

May 23

Happy Birthday RIP Douglas Fairbanks(Ullman 1883–1939) Benjamin "Scatman" Crothers(1910–1986) Rose Mary Clooney(1928–2002) ; Joan Collins–80 Charles Kimbrough–77 Drew Carey–55 Jewel Kilcher–39 Kelly Monaco–37 Tim Robinson–32 ; 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) ; Thomas Boone Pickens–85 Bernard Shaw–73 Barbara Parkins–71 Bernie Taupin–63 Steven Morrissey–54 Brooke Smith–46 Naomi Campbell–43 Chris Salvatore–28 ; 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) Mary "Peggy" Cass(1924–1999) ; Richard Hatch–68 Jonathan Hyde–65 Gerard "Leo" Sayer–65 Al Franken–62 Lawrence Tureaud("Mr. T")–61 Edward "Judge" Reinhold Jr–56 ; 1881 – Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross ; 1927 – Charles A. Lindbergh landed his Spirit of St. Louis near Paris, completing the first solo airplane flight across the Atlantic Ocean

May 20

Happy Birthday RIP James Stewart(1908–1997) ; John “Joe” Cocker–69 Cherilyn "Cher" Sarkisian–67 Jane Wiedlin–55 Matt McCoy–55 Bronson Pinchot–54 Tony Goldwyn–53 Melinda "Mindy" Cohn–47 Timothy Olyphant–45 Jack Gleeson–21 ; 1916 – The Saturday Evening Post publishes its first cover with a Norman Rockwell painting (Boy with Baby Carriage)

May 19

Happy Birthday RIP Malcolm Little("X" 1925–1965) André Roussimoff("the Giant" 1946–1993) ; Peter Mayhew("Chewbacca")–69 Pete Townshend–68 Joseph “Dusty” Hill–64 Grace Jones(Mendoza)–61 Andrew Fuller–33 ; 1536 – Anne Boleyn, the second wife of England's King Henry VIII, was beheaded after being convicted of adultery, incest, and treason ; 2001 – The first two Apple Stores opened in Tysons Corner, Virginia and Glendale, California at Glendale Galleria.

May 18

Happy Birthday RIP Francesco “Frank” Capra(1897–1991) Perry Como (1912–2001) Pernell Roberts(1928–2010) Andrew Katsulas (1946–2006) ; "Bill Macy"(Wolf Garber)–91 Robert Morse–82 Chow Yun-Fat–58 Reginald "Reggie" Jackson–67 George Strait–61 Elizabeth “Tina” Fey–43 Marta “Martika” Marrero–44 ; 1642 – The Canadian city of Montreal was founded.

May 17

Happy Birthday RIP Dennis Hopper(1936–2010) ; William "Bill" Paxton–58  Robert "Bob" Saget–57 Ray Charles Leonard–57 Craig Ferguson–52 Eithne Ní Bhraonáin("Enya")–52 Tabatha Coffey–44 ; 1954 – the Supreme Court issued its landmark Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka ruling, which declared that racially segregated public schools were inherently unequal.

May 14

Happy Birthday George Lucas–69 Robert Zemeckis–62 David Byrne–61 "Tim Roth"(Timothy Smith)–52 Catherine "Cate" Blanchett–44 Sofia Coppola–42 Mark Zuckerberg–29 ; 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 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) ; Harvey Keitel–74 Stevie Wonder(Stevland Judkins)–63 Dennis Rodman–52 Stephen Colbert–49 Brian Geraghty–38 Neil Hopkins–36 Robert Pattinson–27 ; 1958 – Velcro is trademark registered.

May 12

Happy Birthday RIP Wilfrid Hyde-White(1903–1991) Katharine Hepburn(1907-2003) George Carlin(1937-2008) ; Lawrence "Yogi" Berra–88 Burt Bacharach–85 Steve Winwood–65 Billy Squier–63 Gabriel Byrne–63 Emilio Estevez–51 Stephen Baldwin–47 Anthony "Tony" Hawk–45 Kim Fields–44 Jason Biggs–35

May 11

Happy Birthday RIP "Irving Berlin"(Israel Isidor Baline 1888–1989) Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dalí y Domenech(1904–1989) Martha Graham(1894–1991) ; Frances Fisher–61 "Peter North"(Alden Brown)–56 Martha Quinn–54 Cory Monteith–31 Jonathan Jackson–31 Matt Leinart–30 Matt Giraud–28 ; 1924 – Mercedes-Benz is formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging their two companies.

May 9

Happy Birthday RIP Myron "Mike" Wallace(1918–2012) ; Albert Finney–77 Candice Bergen–67 Billy Joel–64 Tom Petersson–63 John Corbett–52 Chris Diamantopoulos–38 ; 1901 – Australia opens its first parliament in Melbourne.

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)–74 Meg Foster–65 Paul Hewson("Bono")–53 Jason Brooks–47 Dallas Roberts–43 Odette Annable(Yustman)–28 ; 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 8

Happy Birthday RIP Harry Truman(1884-1972) ; Don Rickles–87 Cathryn Toni Tennille–73 "Gary Glitter"(Paul Gadd)–69 Philip Bailey–62 Alexander "Alex" Van Halen–60 Melissa Gilbert–49 Enrique Iglesias Preysler–38 Stephen Amell–32 ; 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) Robert Hegyes(1951–2012) ; Thelma Houston(Jackson)–67 Nora Kuzma("Traci Lords")–45 Ivan Sergei Gaudio–42 Breckin Meyer–39 Alexander Ludwig–21 ; 1847 – The American Medical Association is founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ; 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–82 Robert "Bob" Seger–68 Anthony Blair–60 Tom Bergeron–58 George Clooney–52 Gabourey Sidibe–30 Adrianne Palicki–30 ; 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–70 Jonathon Rhys-Davies–69 Kurt Loder–68 Brian Williams–54 Kristina Yothers–40 Henry Cavill–30 Adele Adkins–25 ;  1925 –  John T. Scopes was arrested in Tennessee for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution.

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–87 Francis Castelluccio("Frankie Valli")–79 Chris Mulkey–65 Christopher Cross(Geppert)–62 Bobby Cannavale–43 ; 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)–77 Louis Grammatico("Lou Gramm")–63 Bianca Macias("Jagger")–68 Christine Baranski–61 Donatella Versace–58 Dwayne Johnson–41 "Pandora Boxx"(Michael Steck)–41 David Beckham–38 ; 1932 – Jack Benny's first radio show debuted on the NBC Blue Network.

May 1

Happy Birthday RIP Gwyllyn "Glenn" Ford(1916–2006) Jack Paar(1918–2004) ; Richard J. Riordan–83 Judith Collins–74 Rita Coolidge–68 Joanna Lumley–67 Ray Parker Jr.–59 Samuel "Tim" McGraw–46 Wesley Anderson–44 ; 1707 – the Act of Union joins England and Scotland to form Great Britain ; 1941 – The Orson Welles film "Citizen Kane" premiered in New York.