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.