Happy Birthday RIP "Frank Morgan"(Francis Wuppermann 1890–1949) "Marilyn Monroe"(Norma Jeane Mortenson 1926–1962) Cleavon Little(1939–1992) Andy Griffith(1926–2012) ; Charles "Pat" Boone–83 Morgan Freeman–80 Rene Auberjonois–77 Brian Cox–71 John Price("Pryce")–70 Lisa Hartman–61 Heidi Klum–44 Alanis Morissette–43 Amy Schumer–36 ; 1890 – The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine to count census returns ; 1967 – Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles is released ; 1980 – Cable News Network (CNN) begins broadcasting
Wednesday, May 31, 2017
Tuesday, May 30, 2017
May 31
Happy Birthday RIP Walter "Walt" Whitman(1819–1892) Denholm Elliott(1922–1992) Dominic "Don" Ameche(Amici 1908–1993) ; Clinton Eastwood Jr–87 Sharon Gless–74 Joseph "Joe" Namath–74 Thomas Berenger(Moore)–68 Christopher Elliott–57 Lea Thompson–56 Corey Hart–55 Brooke Shields–52 Colin Farrell–41 ; 1929 – The first talking Mickey Mouse cartoon, "The Karnival Kid", is released ; 2005 – Vanity Fair reveals that Mark Felt was Deep Throat, the Watergate scandal's whistleblower
Monday, May 29, 2017
May 30
Happy Birthday RIP Mel Blanc(Melvin Blank 1908–1989) Benjamin "Benny" Goodman(1909–1986) ; Ruta Kilmonis("Lee")–82 Stephen Tobolowsky–66 Colm Meaney–64 Theodore "Ted" McGinley–59 Ralph Carter–56 Mark Sheppard–53 "Wynonna Judd"(Christina Ciminella)–53 Idina Menzel–46 Omri Katz–41 ; 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
Sunday, May 28, 2017
May 28
Saturday, May 27, 2017
May 27
Friday, May 26, 2017
May 26
Thursday, May 25, 2017
May 25
Wednesday, May 24, 2017
May 24
Tuesday, May 23, 2017
May 23
Monday, May 22, 2017
May 22
Sunday, May 21, 2017
May 21
Saturday, May 20, 2017
May 20
Happy Birthday RIP George Gobel(1919–1991) James "Jimmy" Stewart(1908–1997) John “Joe” Cocker(1944–2014) ; Cherilyn "Cher" Sarkisian–71 Jane Wiedlin–59 Matt McCoy–59 Bronson Pinchot–58 Anthony Goldwyn–57 Owen Teale–56 Melinda "Mindy" Cohn–51 Timothy Olyphant–49 Jack Gleeson–25 ; 1873 – Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for blue jeans with copper rivets.
Friday, May 19, 2017
May 19
Thursday, May 18, 2017
May 18
Wednesday, May 17, 2017
May 17
Happy Birthday RIP Dennis Hopper(1936–2010) William "Bill" Paxton(1955–2017) Robert "Bob" Saget–61 "Sugar " Ray Leonard–61 Eithne Ní Bhraonáin("Enya")–56 Craig Ferguson–55 Tabatha Coffey–48 Derek Hough–32 ; 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.
Tuesday, May 16, 2017
May 16
Happy Birthday RIP Wladziu Liberace(1919–1987) Henry Fonda(1905–1982) ; Danny Trejo–73 Pierce Brosnan–64 Mary Debra Winger–62 Kevin McDonald–56 Janet Jackson–51 Tracey Fisher("Gold")–48 David Boreanaz–48 Victoria “Tori” Spelling–44 Thomas Brodie Sangster–27 ; 1866 – The U.S. Congress eliminates the half dime coin and replaces it with the five cent piece called the nickel
Monday, May 15, 2017
May 15
Sunday, May 14, 2017
May 14
Saturday, May 13, 2017
May 13
Friday, May 12, 2017
May 12
Thursday, May 11, 2017
May 11
Wednesday, May 10, 2017
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–73 Margaret "Meg" Foster–69 Paul Hewson("Bono")–57 Jason Brooks–51 Dallas Roberts–47 Odette Annable(Yustman)–32 ; 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
Tuesday, May 09, 2017
May 9
Monday, May 08, 2017
May 8
Saturday, May 06, 2017
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)–71 Nora Kuzma("Traci Lords")–49 Ivan Sergei Gaudio–46 Breckin Meyer–43 Franchelle Davis–38 Alexander Ludwig–25 ; 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